honors and awards

Michael Yartsev stands in a darkened room with his hands on his hips. Yellow and teal lights swirl around him.

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UC Berkeley Professor Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

Yartsev will join 20 other UC Berkeley faculty members whose salaries and a major part of their research are paid for by the HHMI.

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UC Berkeley neuroscientist and nanoscientist among this year’s Kavli Prize winners

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Awards

Bakar Fellows program partners with Academic Innovation Catalyst to announce 2024 Spark Awards

UC Berkeley psychologist Alison Gopnik holding grandson Atticus.

Awards

UC Berkeley’s Alison Gopnik wins Rumelhart Prize in Cognitive Science

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Social Sciences associate dean wins prestigious Fukuoka Prize

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Berkeley biophysicist wins Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine

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Chemist Susan Marqusee takes leading role at National Science Foundation

Berkeley graduates in the stands at Saturday's commencement ceremony.

Fun vibes, a celebration of loved ones were standouts at UC Berkeley’s commencement 

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Berkeley alumnus Jefferson Cowie wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for history

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UC Berkeley alum Hua Hsu wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize

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For top graduating senior, a pirouette from ballet to human rights

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For University Medal finalists, the pandemic was a stormy voyage of discovery

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National Academy of Sciences elects seven from UC Berkeley

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Berkeley economist Gabriel Zucman wins prestigious Clark Medal

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UC Berkeley computer scientist wins 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship

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Berkeley political scientist Scott Straus named to prestigious fellowship

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