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UC Berkeley rated No. 1 public university in North America by Times Higher Education

In its global rankings, the British magazine ranked Berkeley as the third-best public institution in the world, and the ninth-best university overall.

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Vision scientist Teresa Puthussery receives MacArthur ‘genius’ award

Awards

UC Berkeley’s Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

UC Berkeley Emeritus Professor of Physics John Clarke is pictured in a portrait, wearing a blue button-down shirt.

Awards

John Clarke, UC Berkeley emeritus professor, awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

A group of seven people pose for a photo that was taken during Cara Schulte's research in Bangladesh

Berkeley student documents ‘climate hell’ in Bangladeshi garment factories

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Nobelist George Smoot, whose satellite experiments validated the Big Bang theory, dies at 80

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The history of vaccine hesitancy, from smallpox to COVID-19

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Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley psychologist, receives prestigious lifetime achievement award

Eugene Jarvis stands at a podium giving a speech in the Eugene Jarvis Auditorium.

How Berkeley Alum Eugene Jarvis Revolutionized Arcade Gaming

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Watch a professor explain agroecology in 101 seconds

What history scholar Carlos Noreña is trying to discover about the Roman Empire

Her sisters — and growing up working class in Sacramento — inspired this student to push for climate justice

Captivated by the science of stars, this new student seeks energy solutions for Earth

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IPCC selects UC Berkeley scientist for climate change assessment

Professor Emerita Robin Lakoff, a pioneer in gender and language, has died at 82

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Introducing UC President James B. Milliken

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