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Photo by Keegan Houser of graduate with mortarboard reading "the best is yet to come"

Spring commencement in photos, audio, video, and words

Take a look at highlights from this spring's commencement — when more than 5,500 graduates walked out onto the sun-drenched field of the California Memorial Stadium — and of the sesquicentennial class of 2018.

THE GRADUATES

From Cambodia’s killing fields to commencement

Top graduating senior champions neurodiversity

From Cambodia’s killing fields to commencement

Graduating twins stick together for success

Grad: Blockchain could be key to cracking gun debate

ALUMNI

J-School grad sees WaPo position as a mission

Volunteer to select a new class of CAA alumni scholars

Life before vaccines

J-School grad sees WaPo position as a mission

CAMPUS

Students, staff, and faculty honored for public service [photo of Katie Cruz with Chancellor Christ]

Explore sesquicentennial stories of Berkeley people, places, and things

Chancellor Christ: "I like hard problems" (video)

Students, staff, and faculty honored for public service

New plans for People’s Park call for student, homeless housing

Committee to review building renaming proposals

RESEARCH

Enlarged spleen key to diving endurance of “sea nomads”

Finding breast cancer faster

Enlarged spleen key to diving endurance of “sea nomads”

Breakthrough in drug design

Editing brain activity with holography

STUDENTS

Survivors of 2016 Nice, France massacre now fight terrorism

Photography begins with trust for winner of Dorothea Lange Fellowship

Survivors of 2016 Nice, France massacre now fight terrorism

SF Gate : Gamers win national Esports championship

Let there be light: 2018 summer reading list

FACULTY

National Academy of Sciences adds five to its ranks

Jennifer Doudna's new company to help doctors detect diseases

Berkeley Citation for Haas Dean Rich Lyons

Long distance duet tests how sound travels

INNOVATORS

Cal students use CRISPR to edit flavors

Pioneering data science tool receives top software prize

18 of top 20 tech companies are in Western U.S., China

Cal students use CRISPR to edit flavors

Fighting for the clean fuel the world forgot

Photo by Keegan Houser of graduate with mortarboard reading "the best is yet to come"

Spring commencement in photos, audio, video, and words

Take a look at highlights from this spring's commencement — when more than 5,500 graduates walked out onto the sun-drenched field of the California Memorial Stadium — and of the sesquicentennial class of 2018.

THE GRADUATES

From Cambodia’s killing fields to commencement

Top graduating senior champions neurodiversity

From Cambodia’s killing fields to commencement

Graduating twins stick together for success

Grad: Blockchain could be key to cracking gun debate

STUDENTS

Survivors of 2016 Nice, France massacre now fight terrorism

Photography begins with trust for winner of Dorothea Lange Fellowship

Survivors of 2016 Nice, France massacre now fight terrorism

SF Gate : Gamers win national Esports championship

Let there be light: 2018 summer reading list

CAMPUS

Students, staff, and faculty honored for public service [photo of Katie Cruz with Chancellor Christ]

Explore sesquicentennial stories of Berkeley people, places, and things

Chancellor Christ: "I like hard problems" (video)

Students, staff, and faculty honored for public service

New plans for People’s Park call for student, homeless housing

Committee to review building renaming proposals

RESEARCH

Enlarged spleen key to diving endurance of “sea nomads”

Finding breast cancer faster

Enlarged spleen key to diving endurance of “sea nomads”

Breakthrough in drug design

Editing brain activity with holography

INNOVATORS

Cal students use CRISPR to edit flavors

Pioneering data science tool receives top software prize

18 of top 20 tech companies are in Western U.S., China

Cal students use CRISPR to edit flavors

Fighting for the clean fuel the world forgot

DATES TO REMEMBER

Summer Session A Begins
MONDAY, MAY 21

Memorial Day Academic and Administrative Holiday
MONDAY, MAY 28

Summer Session B Begins
MONDAY, JUNE 4

April 2018

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Berkeley a “best value” university

March 2018

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Share your #Berkeley150 moment

February 2018

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What's your Berkeley moment?

January 2018

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150 years of light: sesquicentennial website, events, stories

December 2017

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A holiday message from Chancellor Carol T. Christ

November 2017

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U.S. News rates Berkeley world’s top public, fourth-best overall

October 2017

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Alumnus awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics

September 2017

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Free Speech website launches

August 2017

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Reunion & Parents Weekend October 20–22

July 2017

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Campus offers admission to more than 15,000 students

June 2017

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Berkeley ranks among world’s “elite six” universities

May 2017

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North America’s first university center of its kind

April 2017

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What can we change in a single generation?

March 2017

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Introducing Carol Christ

February 2017

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Achievement Awards announced

January 2017

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Looking back at Berkeley 2016

December 2016

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Only 15 days left to give in 2016!

November 2016

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You are the Berkeley Effect

October 2016

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Big Give is Thursday, November 17

September 2016

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Berkeley to join forces with UCSF and Stanford in BioHub

August 2016

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Cal Bears dominate in Rio

July 2016

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Find your way here.

June 2016

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Q&A with Maddy Kerr

May 2016

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Facebook chief speaks from the heart at commencement

April 2016

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Clintons, Conan at Berkeley, but student commitment is the star

March 2016

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Big drop in teen chemical exposure with cosmetics switch

February 2016

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Cal Band takes the field

January 2016

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Berkeley — the year in pictures

December 2015

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Only 13 days left to give in 2015!

November 2015

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Thank you for thinking bigger!

October 2015

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Think bigger Thursday, November 19

September 2015

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Get in on the ground floor with Berkeley Crowdfunding

August 2015

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Obama hosts Bears at first White House demo day

July 2015

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Register now for Reunion Weekend at Homecoming!

June 2015

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Staving off Alzheimer's

May 2015

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Crowdfunding a success

April 2015

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Award goes to five faculty (video)

March 2015

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And the 2015 Alumnus of the Year is…

February 2015

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“Underground scholars” reverse school-to-prison pipeline (video)

January 2015

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Nearly Earth-size planets found orbiting nearby

December 2014

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A video holiday greeting from Chancellor Dirks

November 2014

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Next Thursday is the BIG day (video)

October 2014

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Be a part of something BIG November 20 (video)

September 2014

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Berkeley ranked #1 by U.S. News yet again

August 2014

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Hong Kingston wins National Medal of Arts

July 2014

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Homecoming is … great friends, great minds, and great fun!

June 2014

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Chancellor Dirks charms students in the Cal Calling Center

May 2014

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The impact of giving — in human terms

April 2014

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Berkeley’s Nobel minds take the stage

March 2014

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“Thanks to You… I’m here at Berkeley”

February 2014

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Thanks to you and 281,854 others, UC Berkeley raises $3.13 billion

January 2014

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Record number seek freshman admission

December 2013

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Holiday giving — with a Berkeley twist

November 2013

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Nicholas Dirks inaugurated as 10th chancellor — the day in pictures and video

October 2013

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Berkeley celebrates its 22nd Nobel laureate, Randy Schekman

September 2013

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UC launches social media campaign to raise scholarship funds

August 2013

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Save money and do more with an Alumni and Family Weekend package!

July 2013

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If you can play...

June 2013

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Greetings from Chancellor Nicholas Dirks

May 2013

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Graduation in words and images

April 2013

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Japanese cherry tree grove commemorates UC alumni

March 2013

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Expand your universe at Cal Day, April 20

February 2013

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Wall of Fame welcomes a reservist, composer, astronaut, and more

January 2013

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Berkeley ranked one of Kiplinger’s “best-value” top 10

December 2012

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14 days left to give to Cal in 2012

November 2012

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Campus community meets new Chancellor Nicholas Dirks

October 2012

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With a click, new admissions Web site brings Berkeley to the world

September 2012

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Student-funded startup crunches election impact

August 2012

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California Memorial Stadium reopening to a lineup of events

July 2012

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Higgs fever: Overflow crowd hears about new particle

June 2012

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Cal athletes gear up for Olympics

May 2012

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$60 million Simons Foundation grant to launch theory of computing institute

April 2012

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Alumnus of the Year Eric Schmidt on thinking —and thanking — Berkeley

March 2012

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“Berkeley is fighting back”: video puts strengths front and center

February 2012

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Scientists decode brain waves to eavesdrop on what we hear

January 2012

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Freshman applications increase substantially

December 2011

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17 days left to give to Cal in 2011

November 2011

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“Discovered at Berkeley” showcases knowledge turned into real-world solutions

October 2011

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22nd Nobel Prize for Berkeley: Perlmutter awarded in Physics

September 2011

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Come back to Cal for four days of fun

August 2011

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Why UC Berkeley matters: Chancellor lays out key issues facing university

July 2011

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Register today for Homecoming

June 2011

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In magical season, Cal baseball headed to College World Series

May 2011

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Commencement 2011 happening now

April 2011

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Fundraising effort preserves Cal baseball

March 2011

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World’s top 100 universities: How did UC Berkeley rank?

February 2011

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Three UC Berkeley athletic teams to be preserved

January 2011

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Proposed California budget cuts $500 million from UC

December 2010

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16 days left to give to Cal in 2010

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