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‘Stay curious’: Elizabeth Dupuis closes her final chapter at the UC Berkeley Library

From guiding the Library through the pandemic to reimagining Moffitt, Dupuis retires this January after 23 years of tireless student advocacy and steady leadership that reshaped the campus experience.

Events at Berkeley

In new African lit exhibit, stories challenge and enchant

Hannah Hoffman hands items to Lara Michels of Bancroft Library at St. Hieronymus Press

Arts & culture

Iconic Berkeley printmaker’s archive comes to The Bancroft Library

Humanities

Berkeley Remix: The hidden heroes of the East Bay Regional Park District

‘Biographers heaven’: Ron Chernow spotlights Mark Twain Papers & Project amid funding crisis

about a dozen covers of books in the 2025 summer reading list

This year’s UC Berkeley summer reading list theme? Generosity

Several hand drawn art books by Caribbean and Latin American artists sit behind glass in an exhibit

From trash to treasure: Library showcases new Latin American book art exhibit

Trier Mortlock and Helen Kirkby sit close together on couch and smile happily

A storybook romance: Marriage proposal in Morrison Library

Percival Everett speaks at a podium at a UC Berkeley event

‘James’ author Percival Everett discusses his ‘Huckleberry Finn’ retelling at a campus event

Law Professor Laurent Mayali standing causally before racks of antique bound legal documents

By digitizing ancient manuscripts, Berkeley Law expands access to remarkable legal history

a student sits at a voter registration table and smiles as another student approaches

Library’s trove of voter data is ‘a window into how our democracy functions’

a colorful map of uc berkeley's campus showing historical and present day landmarks related to the LGBTQ community

Nine LGBTQ+ landmarks to discover at UC Berkeley

Jack Weinberg sits in a police car in 1964 with his arms folded out the window, surrounded by police and protesters

How Freedom Summer activists brought the Free Speech Movement to Berkeley

The white cover of an artist book with a sepia-toned drawing of an eye next to a row of several vials labeled things like,

Artists’ books shine in new exhibit at the UC Berkeley Library

Jeff MacKie-Mason, dressed in all black, sits on a couch and smiles for a portrait

Jeff MacKie-Mason has seen the future of libraries

a student sits surrounded by tall grass reading a book

UC Berkeley summer reading list for new students

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