Skip to content

News

  • All news
  • UC Berkeley
  • Research

    • Subcategories in Research

      • Technology & engineering
      • Business & economics
      • Humanities
      • Mind & body
      • Politics & society
      • Science & environment
      • All Research

    • Top Stories in Research

      Dragon from "Games of Thrones." (Credit: HBO)

      Mind & body

      What we think we know — but might not — pushes us to learn more

    • Top Stories in Research

      Portrait of Arthur Ripstein

      Politics & society

      Tanner Lectures: Why it's wrong to target civilians during war

    • Top Stories in Research

      A historical redlining map of Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda

      Mind & body

      Historically redlined communities face higher asthma rates

  • People

    • Subcategories in People

      • Profiles
      • Awards
      • Milestones
      • All People

    • Top Stories in People

      Lelisa sitting on ledge with the Campanile in the background

      Profiles

      From farming in rural Ethiopia to graduating from UC Berkeley

    • Top Stories in People

      two people sit in chairs and talk on stage

      Awards

      Baroness Oona King presented with International House award

    • Top Stories in People

      Russ Udé has learned to roll with the punches after his football injuries.

      Profiles

      ‘At peace’ with ending his NFL dreams, graduating senior finds new pursuits

  • Campus & community

    • Subcategories in Campus & community

      • Campus news
      • Work life
      • Events at Berkeley
      • All Campus & community

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      Paula Fass, May, 2019

      Campus news

      The Fass track: Out of retirement to become The Magnes’ new faculty director

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      Blue student

      Work life

      Mental health issues front and center at University Health Services

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      Chimney Rock at Point Reyes

      Campus news

      Biologists welcome new UC research station at Point Reyes

  • Arts & culture
      • Performing arts
      • Literature
      • Film
      • Visual arts
      • Events calendar
      • All arts & culture

      • Two students play guitars in a Berkeley mariachi band.

        Performing arts

        Not their mothers’ mariachi: Student band has a Berkeley spin

      • portrait of Beatriz Hernandez looking to the side

        Performing arts

        Beatriz Hernandez: ‘I want to be the one to tell a story that I can relate to’

      • Ballet dancers from Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

        Performing arts

        Berkeley Talks: Cal Performances announces its 2019-20 season

  • Opinion
      • Berkeley Blog
      • Voices
      • All opinion

      • City traffic at night

        For America’s cities, housing policy is climate policy

      • Berkeley Blog

        Our national parks deserve a dedicated workforce

      • Berkeley Blog

        Henry H. Haight, UC's 150th anniversary and the erasure of history in public spaces

MENU

Activism

Most students participate in the lab through the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program.

Doctor, lawyer, open source investigator? New field...

May 1, 2019
march in San Francisco for Jeff Adachi

Jeff Adachi embodied the spirit of UC...

February 28, 2019
Thanh Mai Bercher

With so many immigrants in need, Tijuana has new...

February 19, 2019
Lioness T-shirt

Activism 2.0: Smart vibrator changes conversation...

September 27, 2018
illustration of billy curtis

S.F. Pride grand marshal on building...

June 14, 2018
Pranav Jandhyala, who just finished his sophomore year at Berkeley, is running for the local state assembly seat as a Republican. (UC Berkeley photos by Brittany Hosea-Small)

Campaigning while Republican: Pranav...

June 1, 2018
Alfredo Figueroa in Friendship Park near the U.S. - Mexico border

To support deported vets, Alfredo Figueroa...

May 10, 2018
Marcy Whitebook with kids on a playground

Early childhood educators fight for worthy wages

May 1, 2018
Berkeley students at a Take Back the Night event

How Ana Mancia is combating intimate partner...

April 25, 2018
What can Martin Luther King Jr. teach us today?

What can Martin Luther King Jr. teach us...

April 4, 2018
Esmeralda Cortez Morales

Student: ‘Why I’m traveling...

March 23, 2018
Derrika Hunt smiling

Creating a world you want by seeing seeing what's...

March 12, 2018
Ula Taylor giving a lecture

Harnessing the leader within

February 28, 2018
Eldridge Cleaver walking on campus in 1968

Conference to examine race in the U.S. 50...

February 23, 2018
Ray Lifchez

2018 Ed Roberts Award for accessible design...

January 22, 2018
UC Berkeley graduate students Vetri Velan and Kathy Shield stand with Representative Barbara Lee while being honored for their work organizing graduate students. (Photos courtesy office of Congresswoman Barbara Lee)

Two graduate students honored for work to defeat tax...

January 16, 2018

Top Stories

Paula Fass, May, 2019

The Fass track: Out of retirement to become The...

Blue student

Mental health issues front and center at...

A historical redlining map of Oakland, Berkeley and Alameda

Historically redlined communities face higher...

Related Stories

Chimney Rock at Point Reyes

Biologists welcome new UC research station at...
A small, one-legged robot sits on the ground on the UC Berkeley campus with the campanile in the background

High-flying robot leaps over obstacles with ease

Trending now

  • AwardsTyler Chen, 2019 University Medalist.Top graduating senior an aspiring Elon Musk -- minus the tweeting
  • Campus & communitya man runs in the rainAt rainy commencement ceremony, a call to ‘stay woke’
  • PeopleLelisa sitting on ledge with the Campanile in the backgroundFrom farming in rural Ethiopia to graduating from UC Berkeley

VIDEOS

PODCASTS

peregrine parent feeds chicks

Campanile falcon chick naming contest comes to an...

Portrait of Arthur Ripstein

Berkeley Talks: Tanner Lectures, day 2: Arthur...

Browse

  • All news
  • Topics A-Z

Follow Us

  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Facebook
  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Twitter
  • View UCBerkeleyOfficial’s profile on Instagram
  • View UCZAXKyvvIV4uU4YvP5dmrmA’s profile on YouTube
  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Medium
  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Snapchat

About

  • About us
  • Contact the news team
  • Privacy Policy
  • Enroll in our online media training

Subscribe

  • Sign up for email news alerts
  • Subscribe to The Berkeleyan, our weekly email newsletter
University of California Berkeley
Copyright © 2019 UC Regents; all rights reserved
  • All news
  • UC Berkeley
  • Research
    • Technology & engineering
    • Business & economics
    • Humanities
    • Mind & body
    • Politics & society
    • Science & environment
    • All research
  • People
    • Profiles
    • Awards
    • Milestones
    • All people
  • Campus & community
    • Campus news
    • Work life
    • Events at Berkeley
    • All campus & community
  • Arts & culture
    • Performing arts
    • Visual arts
    • Film
    • Literature
    • All arts & culture
  • Opinion
    • Berkeley Blog
    • Voices
    • All opinion