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Fiona McFarlane holds an award for The Story Prize and smiles

Arts & culture

English Professor Fiona McFarlane’s ‘Highway Thirteen’ wins The Story Prize

The annual prize honors the author of an outstanding short-story collection and is among the largest cash-prize awards for a collection of short fiction.

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Humanities

How is slavery represented at American tourist sites today?

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Awards

‘Tremendously effective teachers’: Five UC Berkeley instructors receive Distinguished Teaching Award

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Campus & community

Researchers and students gather in Sproul Plaza to ‘Stand up for Science’

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Five UC Berkeley faculty named to National Academy of Engineering

After the Palisades Fire, student Max Rodman looks at the rubble that once was his family home. His knee is wrapped because he was recovering from surgery.

After the LA wildfires, stories emerge at UC Berkeley of great loss, support and strength

Susan Stone named dean of Berkeley Social Welfare

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New African American history lecture series created to honor beloved professor

Jelani Nelson uses computer science tools to replicate human thought

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UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation

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No. 1 book of the century, ‘My Brilliant Friend’, is subject of UC Berkeley research, courses

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Ken Ribet awarded math prize for influential proof

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Holiday gift guide 2024: New books by UC Berkeley authors

Economist James A. Robinson, sitted at a desk in a happily cluttered office, smiling as he waits to start a video interview

Economist James A. Robinson, a new Nobel laureate, left a lasting impact in his years at UC Berkeley

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World Humanities Report, directed by UC Berkeley’s Sara Guyer, warns of extinction risk to human knowledge

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New Berkeley center seeks “to make American democracy better”

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