Profiles

Mind & body

As the suicide rate grows among Black youth, here’s where a Berkeley researcher sees reason for hope

By focusing on cultural, familial and community strengths, Jasmin Brooks Stephens says we can support the mental health of kids and young adults long before a crisis occurs.

Campus & community

At UC Berkeley, they learned to question the status quo. They found purpose in the Peace Corps.

Campus & community

Charting a unique path from the ‘Salad Bowl of America’ to UC Berkeley

Campus & community

At 16, she competed in the Olympics. Now she’s diving for UC Berkeley.

For a Berkeley ROTC cadet, the road less traveled rises toward service and leadership

How ‘double Bear’ Danny Muñoz is humanizing the justice system

How do Californians tolerate extreme inequality?

In search of independence far from home, this graduate found it at Berkeley

Being on stage terrified her. So she majored in theater.

For this environmental health researcher, science is an ‘act of hope’

Q&A: Sir Michael Marmot’s society-wide approach to improving health equity

He felt ‘lost’ as a nontraditional student. A decade later, he’s helped hundreds find their path.

UC Berkeley Professor Matei Zaharia awarded ACM Prize in Computing

What makes HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ feel so real? Two UC Berkeley alums who bring the show to life explain

UC Berkeley Professor Darlène Dubuisson found ‘liberation’ in reading. It led her to study how Black people imagine better futures

AI has a bias problem. Can we build something smarter?

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