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...
By Brett Israel, UC Berkeley News Many international travelers to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, openly considered skipping the games to avoid...
By Public Affairs, UC Berkeley News Dozens gathered at Sather Gate Monday to mourn the lives of 40 Guatemalan girls who were killed by a fire...
Marking the grand opening of the expanded Center for Latino Policy Research (CLPR) at the University of California, Berkeley, the Center presented an art exhibit...
By Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley News Transgender and gender-fluid teens face up to three times more mental and physical abuse at school and at home...
By Sandra Messick, UC Berkeley News The standing-room-only crowd was blessed by Corrina Gould, a member of the indigenous Chochenyo and Kerkin Ohlone, and Auntie Stella,...
Three days before the opening of the first African-American Museum of History in Washington, D.C., a dedicated group of academics, students, friends and family gathered the...
By Gretchen Kell, UC Berkeley News Is a dog named Igor buried on campus? Does the Bancroft Library contain a book bound in human skin?...
After over 15 months of organizing, mobilizing, and negotiations, the Black Student Union at UC Berkeley–in assistance with the African Black Coalition–, has reached an agreement...
After 35 years of service to UC Berkeley, Harry Le Grande is retiring his position as vice chancellor of student affairs on Dec. 31. LeGrande...
By Anne Brice, UC Berkeley News About 100 students, staff, faculty and community members gathered for this year’s Take Back the Night at UC Berkeley....
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley The United Kingdom’s Institute of Physics has awarded its prestigious Isaac Newton Medal and Prize to Eli Yablonovitch, a professor...
Black student activists at UC Berkeley, looking back on the school year that just ended, are saying they have accomplished many things, but have much more...
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley News UC Berkeley researchers have developed algorithms that enable robots to learn motor tasks through trial and error using a...
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley News Fans of homebrewed beer and backyard distilleries already know how to employ yeast to convert sugar into alcohol. ...
By Cathy Cockrell, UC Berkeley News “This is the proudest moment of my life,” Samira Salim, of Los Angeles, said as she waited for her...