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Our phenomenal Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded the Gruber Cosmology Prize.
05/28/2026

Our phenomenal Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded the Gruber Cosmology Prize.

By clarifying the differences among various types of exploding stars, Filippenko enabled them to be used to measure the expansion of the universe.

A new building for a new college.
05/19/2026

A new building for a new college.

The state-of-the-art facility will be the new home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, promoting cross-collaboration and accelerating AI-driven discovery.

Congratulations to our University Medalist!
05/19/2026

Congratulations to our University Medalist!

"Every day is a new opportunity," said Charles Long, the 2026 University Medalist. "Nothing is set in stone."

Congratulations to the Class of 2026!
05/18/2026

Congratulations to the Class of 2026!

More than 7,000 graduating students and 25,000 guests attended the campuswide ceremony at California Memorial Stadium.

05/11/2026

Cal Parents & Families wishes all students "Good Luck" in their finals!

Go Bears!

05/07/2026

A monthly video series where Chancellor Lyons shares what’s top of mind, along with a few things our community should know.Episode 6http://news.berkeley.edu/...

04/27/2026

The newly elected AAAS Fellows include a tech pioneer, the author of a book on nature’s poisons and a neuroscientist who can decode what you are seeing from your brain wave activity.

04/27/2026

Matei Zaharia, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing for his visionary development of distributed data systems and computing infrastructure. In the prize announcement, the Association for Computing Machine...

04/10/2026

Dean Tanioka struggled to navigate UC Berkeley when he transferred in 2016. Through a program he co-founded called NAVCAL, he now helps first-generation and non-traditional students find community and thrive on campus.

04/10/2026

More than 50 Berkeley programs landed in the top 25 in their fields.

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