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a group of M.E.T. students standing on stairs hold their hands up while cheering

Campus & community

First class of joint business-engineering students graduate

The M.E.T. program is highly competitive, drawing about 2,500 applications for just 40 slots in the inaugural class

Vivek Murthy speaks in front of two flags

Campus & community

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to graduates: Love is the world’s oldest medicine

wally adeyemo in cap and gown

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: Wally Adeyemo to graduates: You are prepared to shape the world

In her regalia, colorful stoles and a lei, ASUC President and new Berkeley graduate Victoria Vera gives a thumbs-up after participating in the procession.

Campus & community

The longest procession: Five full days, 6,400 graduates, one at a time

black and white photo of kim nalley singing into a microphone

Ph.D. graduate on keeping jazz alive, the renaissance of Black protest music

Daniela Medina wearing her graduation gown on campus.

Passing the torch: Graduate Daniela Medina continues legacy of her slain mentor

brad smith in front of a grey wall

Microsoft president to graduates: ‘Be curious, not judgmental’

wally adeyemo in cap and gown

Keynote speaker to graduates: ‘The success of our country is in your hands’

Chancellor Christ, wearing a blue jacket and a face mask, waves at the camera on her way into California Hall

Chancellor Carol Christ to graduates: ‘Hold tight’ to your Berkeley experience

Kabuli in a lab in the Hearst Memorial Mining Building.

Top UC Berkeley graduate: ‘Our world is ready for all the great things we will do’

The bear statue in Lower Sproul Plaza is wearing a blue face mask.

Watch UC Berkeley’s complete 2021 commencement ceremony

Jose Magana posing at Sproul Hall

Read more stories about the Class of 2021

Julie Thao on campus wearing graduation sash.

I’m a Berkeleyan: Julie Thao is finding ways to heal trauma in her Hmong community

aurora smiles while she stands on steps on the UC Berkeley campus

How having the ‘wrong’ address almost cost one graduate everything

Jose Magana posing at Sproul Hall

I’m a Berkeleyan: Jose Magana on having faith in your journey, despite the turmoil

a young boy on a slide on a playground with his two parents watching

For Anna Sharpe, a theater degree means her son sees her pursuing her dream

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