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March 14, 2022

Berkeley News
UC and Berkeley leaders hail legislation that overturns enrollment freeze

California lawmakers on Monday voted unanimously to pass legislation that overturns court decisions that required UC Berkeley to freeze student enrollment to 2020-21 levels.

March 9, 2022

Berkeley News
Campus, city form model alliances to aid unhoused people in People’s Park

Novel partnerships unveiled today — one between UC Berkeley, the city of Berkeley and several local nonprofit organizations, and the other between the campus, the city and a local church — will support unhoused individuals who live and gather in People’s Park, where work will begin this summer on urgently-needed student housing and on an open space revitalization project...

March 3, 2022

Berkeley News
UC Berkeley statement on court ruling that leaves student enrollment freeze intact

We are extremely disheartened by today’s ruling by the Supreme Court of California, which leaves intact a lower court order that will reduce and then freeze enrollment at 2020-2021 levels and prevent thousands of students who would have been

March 1, 2022

Berkeley News
Former UC President Janet Napolitano joins Berkeley SkyDeck as adviser

Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has joined Berkeley SkyDeck, UC Berkeley’s flagship startup accelerator, as an adviser. She will provide support and expertise for new civic technology companies that aim to enhance the relationships between people and government through technology...

Berkeley News
Remembering Richard C. Blum: ‘He left things better than he found them’

The University of California, Berkeley, mourns the loss of Richard C. Blum, ’58, M.B.A. ’59, a visionary leader and philanthropist whose profound impact was felt from the nation’s capital to the Himalayas to his beloved alma mater and beyond. He passed away at his home in San Francisco on Sunday, Feb. 27, at the age of 86...

February 7, 2022

Light the Way
Basic Needs Center helps students when they need it most

Thirty-nine percent of UC Berkeley undergraduates and 16 percent of graduate students report a lack of consistent access to healthy, affordable food, among other needs. Berkeley’s Basic Needs Center (BNC) is a caring community that connects students to food, housing, financial, health, and other resources. 

Berkeley News
UC Berkeley breaks ground on Helen Diller Anchor House

Construction has begun on a 772-bed, apartment-style housing project for UC Berkeley transfer students that is being designed, built and funded by the Helen Diller Foundation

A learning hub to help students find community and achieve success

Berkeley is academically demanding, and some students learn that all too quickly when they arrive on campus. Success at the university requires not only aptitude and grit but also community and academic support — and the latter is where the Student Learning Center (SLC) comes in.

Berkeley News
A first look inside UC Berkeley’s Bakar BioEnginuity Hub

The wait for UC Berkeley’s bold new home for research and innovation is nearly over. After two years of construction, the Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (BBH) is scheduled to open in February 2022. 

Berkeley News
On chilly Saturday, winter graduates turn to their future

Xander Young was just a few weeks into his first semester at UC Berkeley in March 2020 when in-person life ended and he, and all his fellow classmates, moved classes, clubs and college comradery online.

Athletics: Spring sports

Cal sports are in full swing this semester with the winter programs in the heart of their schedules and many spring seasons already underway.

Cal Student Philanthropy: Housing the Bears

Attending UC Berkeley is an academic challenge in itself, but it can be an even bigger challenge for students who struggle with securing stable housing. A November 2021 student Pulse Survey (brief, regular campus surveys of students to assess well-being) revealed that 26.5% of undergraduate students and 21.1% of graduate students faced housing insecurity since the beginning of October.

Berkeley Life
Finding a Healthy Mindset

Back in Spring of 2020, after the school went remote, I moved back to my hometown of Salinas, California. I settled into the room that I grew up sharing with my sister, and on our bedroom door hung a poster with a CSU system logo.

Berkeley Life
Meet Black Student Orgs at UC Berkeley

February is Black History Month, making it a time to celebrate achievements by Black people and recognize the significant roles they have had, and continue to have, in history. We asked students active in Cal’s Black community to discuss their experiences in different organizations and share their insights about the Black community at UC Berkeley.

Berkeley Housing
Housing for Continuing Students

Due to improving COVID-19 conditions and high vaccination rates, we expect to have greater capacity in 2022-23 than in the past two years, with availability in both residence halls and apartments. 

Berkeley News
A discovery experience for each undergrad? New initiative sets the goal

“Truly lost.” That’s how Ivan Chavez says he felt when he arrived at UC Berkeley in fall 2018. The first-generation college student, who’d spent most of his life in Tijuana, Mexico, couldn’t find people he identified with, or a campus path to help him discover his academic passion — one involving history, politics, research, and public service.

Berkeley Life
Mi Familia Es Mi Energía

My transition and time here at Berkeley, both online and in-person, cannot be possible without an energizer. I’m not talking about an energizer that can keep me awake all day, I’m talking about an energizer that fuels me through the semester, through the spaces where I fail to find people who look like me, through the spaces where all I hear is English and never Spanish.

Berkeley Connect encourages undergrads: “You belong here!”

Extensive research has shown that college students thrive, and their academic performance improves, when they have a strong sense of belonging. That’s why UC Berkeley has proactively worked to increase students’ sense of belonging through its innovative Berkeley Connect mentoring program.

Berkeley News
UC Berkeley No. 1 public school for startup founders in Pitchbook rankings

For the third straight year, UC Berkeley topped the list as the nation’s best public university for startup founders, and it remains the second-best university among both private and public schools, according to Pitchbook’s 2021 annual rankings of universities released today (Nov. 17).

Make Berkeley moments by taking part in Big Give

Since 2014, Big Give — the university’s annual fundraising blitz — has inspired the campus community to make Berkeley moments possible. What’s a Berkeley moment? It’s a moment of realization that could only happen in this extraordinary learning environment; a moment of connection between two researchers from disparate disciplines collaborating for the first time; or a moment of recognition between two alums from different decades. Really, it’s any moment when your blue and gold rise up to make you proud!