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Across a remarkable range of academic disciplines, Berkeley’s graduate programs are rated among the nation’s best in the magazine’s annual evaluation.

The rally was part of a nationwide day of action in support of federal funding for scientific research.

Over a thousand people crowded around UC Berkeley’s Savio Steps in Sproul Plaza on Friday (March 7) to protest ongoing or threatened cuts to federal research funds, part of a day of action organized by research scientists around the country.

Chancellor Rich Lyons responds to recent changes in federal policies and funding.

A tiny, elusive mammal native to a small stretch of the Sierra Nevada has been photographed for the first time by a team led by UC Berkeley student researchers.

Exercise is Medicine On Campus is an increasingly popular health, wellness and research initiative, providing hundreds of students consultations with coaches and mentors each year.

The Student Emergency Fund

Announced by President Joe Biden, the award honors the nation's technological trailblazers

More than a few major milestones marked UC Berkeley’s 2024 calendar: one chancellor’s retirement and another’s arrival, the successful end of a multi-billion-dollar fundraising campaign, the long-awaited start of construction at People’s Park and the opening of a novel apartment building for transfer students.

Prisha Bhadra said her journey to graduate from UC Berkeley began long before she set foot on campus. Her parents, who immigrated from India, “left behind familiarity, security, and every single loved one they had” to give her the chance to choose her own path. For students with immigrant roots, she said, “This moment feels bigger than just us. It’s the product of generations of hope. … This degree doesn’t just belong to me. It belongs to them.”

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Moffitt Library is a meeting place for friends, a destination for doggo devotees, and one of the most popular study spots on campus.

And after fall finals this year, the beloved library will close for renovations, which, once finished, will make Moffitt an even more coveted corner of the UC Berkeley campus.

"I see this not as a personal ceremony, but as a communal one, an inauguration of another era of excellence for our university," Chancellor Rich Lyons said.

Robinson helped to transform the study of development in low-income countries, and built a network of influential former students. His win is now one of four 2024 Nobel Prizes awarded to scholars with UC Berkeley connections.

This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by David Baker, a biochemist who received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1989 working with Randy Schekman, a professor of molecular and cell biology who won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Ruvkun obtained his B.A. in biophysics from UC Berkeley in 1973