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Campus & community

UC Berkeley ranked nation’s top public university by U.S. News

In an evaluation of more than 2,250 universities around the world, Berkeley ranked sixth overall.

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Law

UC Berkeley experts react to U.S. Supreme Court ruling on medical care for trans minors

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Politics & society

New research says framing protests as fights for civil rights ‘backfires.’ So what might work?

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Humanities

Mud and robots: Why earthen architecture is the future

Spotlight: Commencement 2025

Two students hug each other wearing their regalia in the bleachers at UC Berkeley's 2025 campuswide commencement on May 17.

At UC Berkeley’s campuswide commencement, grads were grateful for their personal growth — and four Big Game wins in a row

A young woman holds her graduation cap and smiles. She is wearing a white dress and a gold-and-navy sash

Majoring in gender and women’s studies helped this graduate find her voice

Priyanka D’Souza, pictured sitting on one of the wheeled stools installed as part of her MFA exhibition, before various works created for the exhibition mounted on a shelf viewable at seated height.

This Berkeley MFA exhibition probes how museums and institutions exclude disabled bodies

Research

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Mind & body

In search of a way to improve humans’ faulty memories and bad habits

In a new paper, Allison Harvey, a UC Berkeley psychology professor, says lessons from science can help everyone instill good habits — and even lead to more effective patient treatments.

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Research

Climate change cuts global crop yields, even when farmers adapt

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Law

“Punitive” policies target the homeless in wake of high court ruling, report finds

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Research

UC Berkeley scientists are teaching computers to speak the language of life

Maria Paz Gutierrez standing next to a structure that looks like corrugated cardboard.

Milestones

UC Berkeley professor showcases flood-resilient architecture at international exhibition

Arts & culture

‘Biographers heaven’: Ron Chernow spotlights Mark Twain Papers & Project amid funding crisis

A painting by Chiura Obata called Sunset, Watertower, March 10, 1943, was done in ink, color and mica on paper while he was in an internment camp. It shows a vibrant sunset behind a watertower in a desolate landscape. There are telephone lines in front of the tower and mountains in the far distance.

Legacy of Chiura Obata, artist and former UC Berkeley professor, endures on campus

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Podcasts

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Berkeley Talks: Energy justice expert on his pursuit for affordable and clean energy for all

woman plants spring transplants at a small-scale farm in Pottstown, Pennsylvania

Berkeley Talks: Feeding the world without ‘eating the earth’

People

Noah Whiteman

‘The freedom to be fully human’: A Berkeley biology professor’s take on Pride and thriving in academia

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Professor Jennifer Chatman named dean of Berkeley Haas

Campus & community

A group of Cal Rugby players stands in a circle on the field with their arms around each other.

Cal Rugby becomes the campus’s third endowed sport this academic year

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A message about UC Berkeley’s response to changes in intercollegiate athletics

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