UC Berkeley named top public university in the U.S. and No. 7 in the world by U.S. News
The 2026 Best Global Universities rankings evaluated 2,250 research institutions from more than 100 countries. By Lila Thulin…
Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize for work on supernovae
UC Berkeley supernova and black hole expert Alex Filippenko will share the 2026 Gruber Cosmology Prize, which was…
Two UC Berkeley scholars elected to the American Philosophical Society
Historian Carla Hesse and chemist Jeffrey Long were named to the oldest scholarly society in the nation. By…
‘A system that called itself justice’ took his future. UC Berkeley helped him take it back.
Charles Long couldn’t decide what to wear. He had doubted that he’d even make it to the final…
Seven UC Berkeley faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
This week, seven UC Berkeley faculty — representing academic fields from philosophy to molecular biology to engineering —…
UC Berkeley appoints Rachel Morello-Frosh as inaugural associate provost for energy, climate, and environment
From sea level rise adaptations to international microplastics treaties, UC Berkeley researchers are at the forefront of addressing…
Two UC Berkeley faculty members win New Horizons prizes for math and physics
Two young UC Berkeley faculty members, Yunqing Tang of mathematics and Benjamin Safdi of physics, are among the…
Four UC Berkeley professors win illustrious Guggenheim Fellowships
From Zora Neale Hurston to Jennifer Doudna, winners of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship are known for artistic creations,…
Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members have been elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of…