- At convocation, campus leaders urge 9k new students to discover the Berkeley way
- Fortune: Berkeley is No. 1 online Master’s in data science
- At 16, this cricket star's injury made him rethink his future
- Class helps Gen Z students grasp how 9/11 shaped the U.S.
- Fourth-year reflects on her Latinx experience on campus
- New era teed up for Cal Golf
Archives
Regular edition
Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming is October 18–20
Join the Cal family for Homecoming where we'll create memories that last a lifetime! From inspiring lectures with world-renowned professors to spirited celebrations and behind-the-scenes tours, there's something for everyone. Let's honor Berkeley's past, present, and future together. Register now at homecoming.berkeley.edu and come together to celebrate all things Berkeley!
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Students
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Innovators
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Research
- WaPo: a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet
- Can Taylor Swift shape the future of U.S. democracy?
- New recyclable adhesives could serve as surgical superglue
- Worrying about being happy is making you more depressed
- Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in Mono Lake
- Dangerous airborne fungus boosted by California droughts
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Faculty
- High-risk, high-reward research
- Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair
- Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift
- Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award
- It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan
- Landscape architecture is more people than plants
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Campus
- Forbes: America’s top public is Berkeley
- Berkeley Law launches the Edley Center on law, democracy
- New center focused on environmental stewardship
- With $3M gift, Berkeley prepares to build premier Ukrainian studies program
- New program in Palestinian and Arab studies launches at critical time
- Botanical Garden’s Tropical House reopens after $2.3M renovation
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Alumni
- Nomination deadline extended for Peter E. Haas Public Service Award
- Navigating Berkeley: a student-parent’s journey to success
- Become an MPS Scholars alum mentor
- Patricia Cariño Valdez ’10 on Berkeley, art consulting, and the Olivia Collection
- Daily Cal: Welcome from Chancellor Lyons and Mayor Arreguín
Parents edition
Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming is October 18–20
Join the Cal family for Homecoming where we'll create memories that last a lifetime! From inspiring lectures with world-renowned professors to spirited celebrations and behind-the-scenes tours, there's something for everyone. Let's honor Berkeley's past, present, and future together. Register now at homecoming.berkeley.edu and come together to celebrate all things Berkeley!
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Students
- At convocation, campus leaders urge 9k new students to discover the Berkeley way
- Fortune: Berkeley is No. 1 online Master’s in data science
- At 16, this cricket star's injury made him rethink his future
- Class helps Gen Z students grasp how 9/11 shaped the U.S.
- Fourth-year reflects on her Latinx experience on campus
- New era teed up for Cal Golf
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Innovators
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Research
- WaPo: a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet
- Can Taylor Swift shape the future of U.S. democracy?
- New recyclable adhesives could serve as surgical superglue
- Worrying about being happy is making you more depressed
- Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in Mono Lake
- Dangerous airborne fungus boosted by California droughts
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Faculty
- High-risk, high-reward research
- Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair
- Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift
- Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award
- It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan
- Landscape architecture is more people than plants
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Campus
- Forbes: America’s top public is Berkeley
- Berkeley Law launches the Edley Center on law, democracy
- New center focused on environmental stewardship
- With $3M gift, Berkeley prepares to build premier Ukrainian studies program
- New program in Palestinian and Arab studies launches at critical time
- Botanical Garden’s Tropical House reopens after $2.3M renovation
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Alumni
- Nomination deadline extended for Peter E. Haas Public Service Award
- Navigating Berkeley: a student-parent’s journey to success
- Become an MPS Scholars alum mentor
- Patricia Cariño Valdez ’10 on Berkeley, art consulting, and the Olivia Collection
- Daily Cal: Welcome from Chancellor Lyons and Mayor Arreguín
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DATES TO REMEMBER
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Extreme Politics: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Terrorists
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30–SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
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Alumni Virtual Book Club: Solito by Javier Zamora ’12
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11–FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
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Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming
FRIDAY–SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18–20
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JANUARY–MARCH 2025
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Northern California edition
Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming is October 18–20
Join the Cal family for Homecoming where we'll create memories that last a lifetime! From inspiring lectures with world-renowned professors to spirited celebrations and behind-the-scenes tours, there's something for everyone. Let's honor Berkeley's past, present, and future together. Register now at homecoming.berkeley.edu and come together to celebrate all things Berkeley!
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Students
- At convocation, campus leaders urge 9k new students to discover the Berkeley way
- Fortune: Berkeley is No. 1 online Master’s in data science
- At 16, this cricket star's injury made him rethink his future
- Class helps Gen Z students grasp how 9/11 shaped the U.S.
- Fourth-year reflects on her Latinx experience on campus
- New era teed up for Cal Golf
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Innovators
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Research
- Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in Mono Lake
- Dangerous airborne fungus boosted by California droughts
- WaPo: a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet
- Can Taylor Swift shape the future of U.S. democracy?
- New recyclable adhesives could serve as surgical superglue
- Worrying about being happy is making you more depressed
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Faculty
- High-risk, high-reward research
- Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair
- Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift
- Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award
- It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan
- Landscape architecture is more people than plants
-
Campus
- Forbes: America’s top public is Berkeley
- Berkeley Law launches the Edley Center on law, democracy
- New center focused on environmental stewardship
- With $3M gift, Berkeley prepares to build premier Ukrainian studies program
- New program in Palestinian and Arab studies launches at critical time
- Botanical Garden’s Tropical House reopens after $2.3M renovation
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Alumni
- Nomination deadline extended for Peter E. Haas Public Service Award
- Navigating Berkeley: a student-parent’s journey to success
- Become an MPS Scholars alum mentor
- Patricia Cariño Valdez ’10 on Berkeley, art consulting, and the Olivia Collection
- Daily Cal: Welcome from Chancellor Lyons and Mayor Arreguín
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Extreme Politics: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Terrorists
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30–SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
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The Deadly Trade in Oil and Gas
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
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Math on Tap with Hannah Larson
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
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Alumni Virtual Book Club: Solito by Javier Zamora ’12
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11–FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
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Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming
FRIDAY–SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18–20
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23
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JANUARY–MARCH 2025
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Southern California edition
Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming is October 18–20
Join the Cal family for Homecoming where we'll create memories that last a lifetime! From inspiring lectures with world-renowned professors to spirited celebrations and behind-the-scenes tours, there's something for everyone. Let's honor Berkeley's past, present, and future together. Register now at homecoming.berkeley.edu and come together to celebrate all things Berkeley!
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Students
- At convocation, campus leaders urge 9k new students to discover the Berkeley way
- Fortune: Berkeley is No. 1 online Master’s in data science
- At 16, this cricket star's injury made him rethink his future
- Class helps Gen Z students grasp how 9/11 shaped the U.S.
- Fourth-year reflects on her Latinx experience on campus
- New era teed up for Cal Golf
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Innovators
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Research
- Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in Mono Lake
- Dangerous airborne fungus boosted by California droughts
- WaPo: a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet
- Can Taylor Swift shape the future of U.S. democracy?
- New recyclable adhesives could serve as surgical superglue
- Worrying about being happy is making you more depressed
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Faculty
- High-risk, high-reward research
- Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair
- Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift
- Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award
- It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan
- Landscape architecture is more people than plants
-
Campus
- Forbes: America’s top public is Berkeley
- Berkeley Law launches the Edley Center on law, democracy
- New center focused on environmental stewardship
- With $3M gift, Berkeley prepares to build premier Ukrainian studies program
- New program in Palestinian and Arab studies launches at critical time
- Botanical Garden’s Tropical House reopens after $2.3M renovation
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Alumni
- Nomination deadline extended for Peter E. Haas Public Service Award
- Navigating Berkeley: a student-parent’s journey to success
- Become an MPS Scholars alum mentor
- Patricia Cariño Valdez ’10 on Berkeley, art consulting, and the Olivia Collection
- Daily Cal: Welcome from Chancellor Lyons and Mayor Arreguín
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Extreme Politics: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Terrorists
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30–SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
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Alumni Virtual Book Club: Solito by Javier Zamora ’12
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11–FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
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Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming
FRIDAY–SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18–20
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JANUARY–MARCH 2025
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New York Metro edition
Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming is October 18–20
Join the Cal family for Homecoming where we'll create memories that last a lifetime! From inspiring lectures with world-renowned professors to spirited celebrations and behind-the-scenes tours, there's something for everyone. Let's honor Berkeley's past, present, and future together. Register now at homecoming.berkeley.edu and come together to celebrate all things Berkeley!
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Students
- At convocation, campus leaders urge 9k new students to discover the Berkeley way
- Fortune: Berkeley is No. 1 online Master’s in data science
- At 16, this cricket star's injury made him rethink his future
- Class helps Gen Z students grasp how 9/11 shaped the U.S.
- Fourth-year reflects on her Latinx experience on campus
- New era teed up for Cal Golf
-
Innovators
-
Research
- WaPo: a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet
- Can Taylor Swift shape the future of U.S. democracy?
- New recyclable adhesives could serve as surgical superglue
- Worrying about being happy is making you more depressed
- Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in Mono Lake
- Dangerous airborne fungus boosted by California droughts
-
Faculty
- High-risk, high-reward research
- Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair
- Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift
- Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award
- It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan
- Landscape architecture is more people than plants
-
Campus
- Forbes: America’s top public is Berkeley
- Berkeley Law launches the Edley Center on law, democracy
- New center focused on environmental stewardship
- With $3M gift, Berkeley prepares to build premier Ukrainian studies program
- New program in Palestinian and Arab studies launches at critical time
- Botanical Garden’s Tropical House reopens after $2.3M renovation
-
Alumni
- Nomination deadline extended for Peter E. Haas Public Service Award
- Navigating Berkeley: a student-parent’s journey to success
- Become an MPS Scholars alum mentor
- Patricia Cariño Valdez ’10 on Berkeley, art consulting, and the Olivia Collection
- Daily Cal: Welcome from Chancellor Lyons and Mayor Arreguín
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Extreme Politics: Radicals, Revolutionaries, and Terrorists
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30–SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23
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Alumni Virtual Book Club: Solito by Javier Zamora ’12
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11–FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
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Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming
FRIDAY–SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18–20
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JANUARY–MARCH 2025
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International edition
Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming is October 18–20
Join the Cal family for Homecoming where we'll create memories that last a lifetime! From inspiring lectures with world-renowned professors to spirited celebrations and behind-the-scenes tours, there's something for everyone. Let's honor Berkeley's past, present, and future together. Register now at homecoming.berkeley.edu and come together to celebrate all things Berkeley!
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Students
- At convocation, campus leaders urge 9k new students to discover the Berkeley way
- Fortune: Berkeley is No. 1 online Master’s in data science
- At 16, this cricket star's injury made him rethink his future
- Class helps Gen Z students grasp how 9/11 shaped the U.S.
- Fourth-year reflects on her Latinx experience on campus
- New era teed up for Cal Golf
-
Innovators
-
Research
- WaPo: a radical solution for making your hamburger less bad for the planet
- Can Taylor Swift shape the future of U.S. democracy?
- New recyclable adhesives could serve as surgical superglue
- Worrying about being happy is making you more depressed
- Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in Mono Lake
- Dangerous airborne fungus boosted by California droughts
-
Faculty
- High-risk, high-reward research
- Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair
- Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift
- Landry announced as laureate for Blavatnik National Award
- It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan
- Landscape architecture is more people than plants
-
Campus
- Forbes: America’s top public is Berkeley
- Berkeley Law launches the Edley Center on law, democracy
- New center focused on environmental stewardship
- With $3M gift, Berkeley prepares to build premier Ukrainian studies program
- New program in Palestinian and Arab studies launches at critical time
- Botanical Garden’s Tropical House reopens after $2.3M renovation
-
Alumni
- Nomination deadline extended for Peter E. Haas Public Service Award
- Navigating Berkeley: a student-parent’s journey to success
- Become an MPS Scholars alum mentor
- Patricia Cariño Valdez ’10 on Berkeley, art consulting, and the Olivia Collection
- Daily Cal: Welcome from Chancellor Lyons and Mayor Arreguín
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Panel Discussion on the Blue Economy in London
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1
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AI and ESG in the Age of Innovation with Omar Yaghi and Jennifer Chayes in Taipei
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2
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UC Alumni UK Network Kickoff in London
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3
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Oktoberfest Celebration in Berlin
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4
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Reception and Conversation with UC President Michael V. Drake in Tokyo
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
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Alumni Virtual Book Club: Solito by Javier Zamora ’12
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11–FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13
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Dinner and Conversation with Chancellor Lyons in Jakarta
MONDAY, OCTOBER 28
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Berkeley Club of Taiwan Annual Dinner with Chancellor Lyons in Taipei
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1
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Berkeley Club of Singapore Annual Gala with Chancellor Lyons in Singapore
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 3
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JANUARY–MARCH 2025
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Berkeley Online Past Publications
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January 2025
Lead Story
A message from the chancellor, expert takes, how to help -
December 2024
Lead Story
Read, shop, and give blue and gold -
November 2024
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Election analysis from Berkeley scholars -
October 2024
Lead Story
Homecoming 2024 -
September 2024
Lead Story
Alumni and Parents Weekend at Homecoming is October 18–20 -
August 2024
Lead Story
Remarkable housing built especially for transfer students -
July 2024
Lead Story
Rich Lyons begins his term -
June 2024
Lead Story
Carol T. Christ’s last interview as Chancellor -
May 2024
Lead Story
Congratulations, Class of 2024! -
April 2024
Lead Story
Longtime campus, innovation, business leader steps up -
March 2024
Lead Story
Light the Way campaign raises $7.37B -
February 2024
Lead Story
Big Give 2024 is coming March 14! -
January 2024
Lead Story
Embrace Berkeley’s values, pursue audacious goals -
December 2023
Lead Story
Happy holidays from Berkeley Online! -
November 2023
Lead Story
10 gifted scholars provide new perspectives -
October 2023
Lead Story
Photos and videos are live online -
September 2023
Lead Story
Berkeley to join Atlantic Coast Conference -
August 2023
Lead Story
Citizen Clinic gets big boost from Google -
July 2023
Lead Story
Homecoming registration is open! -
June 2023
Lead Story
Plans for an ambitious year ahead -
May 2023
Lead Story
Fun vibes, frequent flier miles, famous speakers -
April 2023
Lead Story
Annie, Lou, and three fluffy chicks -
March 2023
Lead Story
Bakar Prize winners go for broke -
February 2023
Lead Story
Big Give is March 9 -
January 2023
Lead Story
At winter commencement, celebration and a look forward -
December 2022
Lead Story
Happy holidays from all of us! -
November 2022
Lead Story
Light the Way reaches $6 billion -
October 2022
Lead Story
The most amazing, sensational, historic, heart-rending … -
September 2022
Lead Story
Fall semester 2022 begins -
August 2022
Lead Story
Craigslist founder funds university clinics -
July 2022
Lead Story
Homecoming registration is open! -
June 2022
Lead Story
Artists near and far find inspiration in the peregrine falcons -
May 2022
Lead Story
In rollicking ceremony, grads cap a challenging college education -
April 2022
Lead Story
Schools, programs shine in U.S. News rankings -
March 2022
Lead Story
Campus recognizes Berkeley's brightest teaching stars -
February 2022
Lead Story
Big Give is March 10 -
January 2022
Lead Story
A year of deep reflection and great achievement -
December 2021
Lead Story
Buy local, give back -
November 2021
Lead Story
Berkeley tops U.S. News again -
October 2021
Lead Story
Berkeley's Nobelists -
September 2021
Lead Story
Reunion & Parents Weekend at Homecoming is October 1–3 -
August 2021
Lead Story
“At Berkeley, we are, and have always been, the changemakers.” -
July 2021
Lead Story
Using satellite images to improve human lives -
June 2021
Lead Story
Auction of NFT based on Nobel Prize nets $50K -
May 2021
Lead Story
Top graduating senior a tech whiz and gifted musician -
April 2021
Lead Story
A new way to educate, discover, and accelerate impact -
March 2021
Lead Story
Big Thanks! -
February 2021
Lead Story
Unprecedented moments -
January 2021
Lead Story
The top UC Berkeley stories of 2020 -
December 2020
Lead Story
Give blue and gold this year -
November 2020
Lead Story
What the next U.S. leadership must do on four key issues -
October 2020
Lead Story
Campus reacts to two Nobel Prize wins in one week -
September 2020
Lead Story
Reunion and Parents Weekend, October 16–18 -
August 2020
Lead Story
Historic $24M gift lights path for underrepresented students, diversity -
July 2020
Lead Story
First Black president of UC system -
June 2020
Lead Story
Emergency measures prevented more than 500M infections -
May 2020
Lead Story
Rejection turned out great for Berkeley’s top graduating senior -
April 2020
Lead Story
Cal’s coronavirus response -
March 2020
Lead Story
How you can help -
February 2020
Lead Story
Make Berkeley moments -
January 2020
Lead Story
UC rings out 2019 with 20th CRISPR patent -
December 2019
Lead Story
Wrap up 2019 with a gift to Cal -
November 2019
Lead Story
$106M gift fuels race for new brain disease treatments -
October 2019
Lead Story
College of Chemistry to build new Heathcock Hall with $25M alumni gift -
September 2019
Lead Story
One week left for the best prices -
August 2019
Lead Story
Newest admits are whip-smart and speak more than 20 languages -
July 2019
Lead Story
Four could be exploring by 2022 -
June 2019
Lead Story
Researchers stay one step ahead of bogus videos -
May 2019
Lead Story
Top graduating senior an aspiring Elon Musk, minus the tweeting -
April 2019
Lead Story
Berkeley alumni score three 2019 Pulitzer Prize victories -
March 2019
Lead Story
Commencement speaker: Keep being outspoken in the same good way -
February 2019
Lead Story
Big Give Is March 14 -
January 2019
Lead Story
UC Berkeley in 2018 -
December 2018
Lead Story
2018 Berkeley Gift Guide -
November 2018
Lead Story
CRISPR opens door to new type of medicine -
October 2018
Lead Story
Winning Miss America was "a kink in the plans" -
September 2018
Lead Story
Berkeley again shines as top public university -
August 2018
Lead Story
Reunion and Parents Weekend at Homecoming October 12–14 -
July 2018
Lead Story
Running back offers free football tickets to young readers -
June 2018
Lead Story
Berkeley stands tall in World Reputation Rankings -
May 2018
Lead Story
Spring commencement in photos, audio, video, and words -
April 2018
Lead Story
Berkeley a “best value” university -
March 2018
Lead Story
Share your #Berkeley150 moment -
February 2018
Lead Story
What's your Berkeley moment? -
January 2018
Lead Story
150 years of light: sesquicentennial website, events, stories -
December 2017
Lead Story
A holiday message from Chancellor Carol T. Christ -
November 2017
Lead Story
U.S. News rates Berkeley world’s top public, fourth-best overall -
October 2017
Lead Story
Alumnus awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics -
September 2017
Lead Story
Free Speech website launches -
August 2017
Lead Story
Reunion & Parents Weekend October 20–22 -
July 2017
Lead Story
Campus offers admission to more than 15,000 students -
June 2017
Lead Story
Berkeley ranks among world’s “elite six” universities -
May 2017
Lead Story
North America’s first university center of its kind -
April 2017
Lead Story
What can we change in a single generation?