For UC Berkeley, 2022 was a year of speaking out — against injustice, against violence, against the patriarchy — and committing to a better future, together.
When Russia waged war on Ukraine in February, the campus community joined in solidarity and voiced its outrage and defiance. When Iranians rose up in protest against their repressive government and called for freedom, Berkeley students, staff and faculty spoke out in support of the protesters and what they stood for. And students on campus screamed together for the art project OUTCRY.
When Berkeleyans weren’t speaking out, they were working to build a better future. A new series about the climate crisis highlighted the ways the campus is fighting for climate justice and finding solutions, from considering the role of reparations in delivering climate justice to highlighting the snow lab’s critical mission to drilling a 400-foot borehole to explore geothermal heating on campus.
And, as always, researchers made world-changing discoveries, and the campus started a slate of new initiatives and projects to build a stronger, more inclusive community for everyone. Here’s a look back at some of the top Berkeley News stories of the year.