For Ph.D. candidate Malika Imhotep, devotion to black studies is a life practice. She grew up in West Atlanta, rooted in a community that she calls...
More than 80,000 apply to be UC Berkeley freshmen Year after year, for more than a decade, applications for admission to UC Berkeley’s freshman class reached...
When we’re in pain, we have a hard time sleeping. But how does poor sleep affect pain? For the first time, UC Berkeley scientists have answered...
When photojournalist Wesaam Al-Badry, a first-year student at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, went to rural North Dakota to photograph a Native American family struggling...
By Will Kane Kim Guess works for UC Berkeley. Her job is to make sure her colleagues — all 8,300 staff and 3,800 faculty — eat...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Mayor Randall Woodfin said late Sunday he was “dismayed” by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s decision to rescind a Human Rights Award...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Whether you ask a parent, a teacher or even a college student like me, creating a better world for kids is...
League members Linda McClain, Lois Corrin, and Julie Chang saying “thank you” to David Thigpen, Director of undergrad journalism at UC, after his presentation Sunday at...
When monuments dedicated to a historic legacy of whiteness are being toppled, it is refreshing that UC Berkeley is honoring Dr. David Blackwell, the first tenured...
Young people age 5 to 14 and their parents are invited to enjoy a day of outdoor fun at Hoover Elementary School. The free event will...
California Senator Kamala D. Harris will give the 2018 commencement address to UC Berkeley’s graduates on May 12, 2018. Harris, the second African-American woman elected to the...
By Will Kane UC Berkeley’s newest residence hall will be named after David Blackwell, the first Black professor to ever receive tenure at UC Berkeley and...
Libertad Ayala, lead organizer for AFSCME Local 3299, delivers an emotional speech at a protest on UC Berkeley’s campus on Tuesday, February 6. Ayala joined with...
Aaron James Price along with Dr. Jowel C. Laguerre receiving the Chancellor’s Trophy at the Laney College Spring Commencement Ceremony on May 27, 2017. Photo Courtesy...
Vernard Lewis, an urban entomologist whose work has had a lasting impact on insect pests around the world, has retired. UC Berkeley’s first African American entomologist,...
UC Berkeley’s School of Social Welfare has won a five-year $3.4 million grant to fund recruitment, scholarship and research efforts in the school’s new Latino Center...
Oscar Dubón, materials science and engineering professor and associate dean of equity and inclusion in the College of Engineering, has been selected as UC Berkeley’s next...
Feras Fahed Abushaar grew up in Kuwait knowing precisely the damage that conflict could cause. Both his Syrian father and Palestinian mother had lost their...
By: Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley News Humans are not the only species to show a strong work ethic and scruples. UC Berkeley researchers have found evidence...
Shown (L to R): Professors David Pearson and José Lizárraga, who nominated them, with award winners Arturo Cortéz and Nicola McClung. UC Berkeley photo by Christine...
By Gretchen Kell, UC Berkeley News Majoring in sociology, studying abroad, joining student clubs, even learning to salsa dance. Natalie Ruiz was eager to see how...
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley News When she graduates in a few days, Ursula Kajani is headed to Rwanda to work with a maternal and child...
By Kathleen Maclay, UC Berkeley News Two UC Berkeley professors are among the 35 scholars, authors and journalists selected from 200 nominations for 2017 Andrew Carnegie...
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley News Imagine a future in which every home has an appliance that pulls all the water the household needs out of...
University of California President Janet Napolitano joined Mexican Secretary of Energy Pedro Joaquín Coldwell in Mexico City March 30 to announce $10 million in new funding...