Cuts to UC Berkeley’s Educational Talent Search — a federal TRIO program — jeopardize work that for decades has helped Bay Area teens navigate their college and career options. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/03/u...

A study from UC Berkeley neuroscientists shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of its meaning — categorizing calls similar to how humans hear and group them. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/04/f...

How Berkeley changed everything for John Cho — from landing his first role to discovering what it means to be Asian American. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/04/t...

Galen Sheely, a postdoctoral fellow whose research focuses on election administration, redistricting and democratic institutions, answers five questions on Prop 50 and California’s redistricting debate with @goldmanschool.bsky.social. gspp.berkeley.edu/research-and...

There’s a famous quote attributed to the eminent scientist Richard Feynman: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”  Those eight words are a driving force for Patrick Shih, an associate professor of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley.

A new study from Berkeley researchers provides evidence that chimpanzees can rationally revise their beliefs when presented with new information. ls.berkeley.edu/news/new-psy...

A new study by UC Berkeley and Emory University biologists and physicists suggests that parasitic worms rely on static electricity to find prey in midair. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/29/p...

Two Nobel Prizes in one week. Research in chemistry, physics, AI and engineering that is regularly inspiring startups to solve the world’s most pressing problems. UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for three straight years in startups founded, surpassing Stanford, Harvard and MIT.

Data shows that higher education is still worth it. The average @uofcalifornia.bsky.social bachelor’s degree holder earns about $125,000 a year. But students who go on to pursue a graduate degree make even more, with UC Berkeley standing out in several categories.

Alumni Todd Roberts and Owen Kent first developed Reflex, their robotic rehabilitation device, in a UC Berkeley course. Now, six years later, they’re launching it through their company, ATDev, which aims to bring high-quality rehabilitation into the home. engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/10...

Omar Yaghi grew up in Amman, Jordan, where he was responsible for collecting fresh drinking water. "I learned that water is precious," he said. Those experiences laid the foundation for his work developing MOFs that have revolutionized chemistry, and earned him the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

As the curator of UC Berkeley’s Salz Collection of Stringed Instruments, Carla Shapreau traces the rich histories of treasured, centuries-old violins and connects them to the next generation of musicians. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/17/t...

At Philomathia Day last week, @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social Professor Jonathan Weigel was honored as the 2025 Philomathia Prize recipient. His research and work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo aims to reimagine state building in developing countries. Congratulations, Professor Weigel!

By partnering with the community, UC Berkeley researchers conducted a sweeping survey of California farmworkers on their experience working during wildfires. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/20/m...

Edward Miguel, the son of immigrants from Uruguay and Poland, knew early on that his life in the U.S. was different from his family around the world.  As faculty co-director of @cega-uc.bsky.social and a professor of economics, he’s figuring out how to improve the lives the poorest people on earth.

In case you missed it, two bears were spotted in the New York Times on Sunday. Proud to celebrate John Clarke and Omar Yaghi, our newest Nobel laureates whose work demonstrates the power of fundamental research. Congratulations to these extraordinary scientists!

According to the nonprofit organization Freedom House, nearly 40% of people live in countries where democracy is eroding. In a new report, researchers identify six key ways authoritarians use gender as a way to entrench their own power. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/16/g...

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that Michael C. Lu, Dean of #UCBerkeley School of #PublicHealth, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine @nam.edu in recognition of his groundbreaking work in addressing maternal & child #HealthDisparities. bit.ly/43l9A74

From wildfire preparedness in Berkeley to clean drinking water in the Central Valley, UC Berkeley researchers are working alongside communities to find solutions to problems affecting California residents. The results are already changing lives.

The Abundance Accelerator initiative at UC Berkeley is bridging left-vs.-right conflict to focus on housing, childcare, medical care and other troubling shortages. “We call ourselves data-driven idealists,” says leader Amy E. Lerman. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/16/a...

ICYMI, professor emeritus John Clarke shared the Nobel Prize in physics with John Martinis and Michel Devoret, who worked alongside Clarke at Cal. In chemistry, Professor Omar Yaghi was recognized for developing metal-organic frameworks. Yaghi is our 28th faculty member who has won a Nobel Prize.

UC Berkeley researchers have created a 3D printer that works in zero gravity, potentially giving astronauts the power to create replacement parts on the fly.

CA Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed a bill encouraging quantum innovation, positioning the UC Berkeley campus as a leader in the race to establish California and the Bay Area as a center of an emerging economy. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/03/g...

A key discovery in a Berkeley lab led to a spray, now on the market, that protects skin from the cancer-causing UV emitted by gel hardening lamps — without affecting the nails' looks or durability. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/14/g...

UC Berkeley has been sending experiments to Mars for nearly 60 years, helping scientists understand what shaped the planet we see today. But the latest mission may be a crucial step towards putting astronauts on the planet.

Structural racism — or the way systems like housing, education, employment and justice create racial disparities without overtly racist actors — is a concept that is often “deeply misunderstood,” according to Stephen Menendian at @obi-belonging.bsky.social. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/14/w...

In recent rankings, @timeshighered.bsky.social ranked Berkeley as the #1 public university in the U.S. This adds to a remarkable run: Campus has also recently been named the #1 public university in the U.S. by @usnews.com, @thewallstreet.bsky.social & @forbes.com. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/u...

Teresa Puthussery, a UC Berkeley vision scientist whose insights into the retina could one day help those with vision loss regain their sight, has been named a 2025 MacArthur “genius” Fellow. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/v...

Congratulations to our friend and colleague Omar Yaghi for winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Leading up to this extraordinary recognition was boatloads of hard work, dedication, and creativity. His unwavering zeal for discovery and exploration are the very attributes that define UC Berkeley.

Congratulations to John Clarke for winning the Nobel Prize in Physics. And congratulations to Michel Devoret and John Martinis, both of whom are now at UC Santa Barbara. This is a great day for America’s top public university, and leading public university system.

Congratulations to Omar Yaghi, a Jordanian-American chemist at UC Berkeley, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry today, sharing it with Richard Robson of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, Japan. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/08/u...

John Clarke, UC Berkeley emeritus professor, has been awarded the 2025 #NobelPrize in #Physics. The @nobelprize.bsky.social committee honored Clarke "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit." news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/07/j...

A team led by Lining Yao, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, developed an AI-driven framework to optimize and automate the design of complex truss robots! Read our story: bit.ly/3IKp4KT

Chef-turned-chemist Vayu Hill-Maini has a passion: to transform food waste into culinary delights using fungi.

Victoria Coleman, with extensive industry, government and academic experience in aerospace technology, will lead UC Berkeley's efforts to forge a research alliance between academia, Nasa and the tech industry. news.berkeley.edu/2025/10/01/f...

It’s not déjà vu, it’s a fact! For the second year in a row, UC Berkeley has been ranked the #1 public school in the U.S. by @wsj.com’s 2026 Best Colleges list.

From pesticides to groundwater contamination, the ways we make our food can damage the environment, surrounding communities and human health. Tim Bowles is thinking about how to create more sustainable and ecological agricultural methods. Watch him explain the study of agroecology: bit.ly/3KP35ms

Assistant Professor Jonathan Weigel will be honored as the 2025 Philomathia Prize recipient at Philomathia Day on Oct. 15. His research focuses on seeing how a fragile state can build its capacity to better serve its citizens. Learn more: https://gather.berkeley.edu/event/philomathia-day/

The UC Berkeley Law Clinical Program’s 2024-25 Annual Report showcases the stories, voices, and impact fueled by over 200 students who took part in 15 clinics last school year, seven in-house and eight at the East Bay Community Law Center. https://bit.ly/46siX71 #UCBerkeleyLaw

Elena Conis, a journalism and history professor at UC Berkeley, explains how attitudes and federal policy about vaccines have evolved in the U.S. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/26/t...

When immigrant and U.S.-born entrepreneurs team up, their startups perform better than those founded by either group alone, according to a new study from @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social and Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business. newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/research/for...

Long Le-Khac, an assistant professor of ethnic studies at UC Berkeley, has published a 1,900-entry dataset that he hopes will be used to investigate which works are discussed as “Asian American” in scholarly circles — and who that leaves out. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/16/w...

🗓️ WEDNESDAY, OCT 8: Join us for a screening of The Last Class, the hit documentary capturing UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Robert Reich's last semester. Writer & comedian W. Kamau Bell will join Prof Reich for a conversation after the film. 🎟️ TICKETS ARE ONLINE >> https://bit.ly/4gxZ0PA

🎧 Listen to UC Berkeley philosopher Alva Noë discuss how humans are in a constant state of becoming, and how art works to unveil us to ourselves in ways that empirical inquiry, common in scientific fields, cannot. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/19/b...

NASA's Carruthers mission launched this morning and is communicating with the Mission Operations Center at the @UCBerkeley Space Sciences Laboratory. Read more 👇 ssl.berkeley.edu/nasas-carrut...

Dacher Keltner, a UC Berkeley distinguished professor of psychology who has led the discipline’s study of human emotion, power and the concept of awe, was honored this month with a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/22/d...

UC Berkeley is the #1 public university in the country, according to recent 2026 @usnews.com rankings. This is the 16th time over the past two decades that Berkeley has claimed the top spot in the annual U.S. News Best Colleges rankings.✨🐻 news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/22/u...

Co-developed by UC Berkeley's William Boos, an artificial intelligence-based weather model delivered a timely prediction of a stalled monsoon this season, helping farmers decide when to plant their crops. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/16/a...

Austin Whitney was 18 when a car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down. When he stood out of his wheelchair and walked across the stage at his UC Berkeley graduation thousands in the crowd stood alongside him in thunderous applause.

A survey of the alcohol content of fruits eaten regularly by African chimps shows that their diet could deliver 14 grams of ethanol daily. Given their body size, that's nearly two cocktails' worth. news.berkeley.edu/2025/09/17/i...