Summer 2022

6 Financial Aid Tips to Make Your Life Easier

July 6, 2022

At UC Berkeley, we know that navigating the world of financial aid can be daunting. Understanding the language used to determine your financial aid status and eligibility can be confusing. Trying to figure out the difference between subsidized and unsubsidized loans might make you want to throw your computer out the window. Fear not!

https://life.berkeley.edu/6-financial-aid-tips/

Instagrammable Places on Campus

July 6, 2022

Whether you’re a newly admitted student or a student approaching graduation, the urge to take beautiful photos around UC Berkeley’s campus never goes away. Here are some location ideas for your next campus photo shoot!

https://life.berkeley.edu/instagrammable-places-campus/

Searching for Jobs & Internships

July 6, 2022

Recruiting season is here and Berkeley students are applying to jobs and internships. Finding a job or internship can be daunting. There are so many job searching sites that it is easy to become overwhelmed on where to look first.

https://life.berkeley.edu/searching-for-jobs-internships/

Hi, I’m a Cal Alum (Working for Lyft)

July 6, 2022

Ever wonder how an alum is doing in the real world? We hope to periodically share alum experiences — and how their time at Berkeley, including resources and advice — after graduation.

https://life.berkeley.edu/interview-cal-alum/

Film crew sends UC Berkeley back to the 1940s

July 6, 2022

A major Hollywood studio sent UC Berkeley back to the 1940s at the end of May for a motion picture that was filmed on campus.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/06/02/film-crew-sends-uc-berkeley-back-to-the-194…

2022 grads save on Cal Alumni Association

July 6, 2022

Welcome to alumnihood! Recent Graduate membership is just for the newest alumni in our Cal family.

https://alumni.berkeley.edu/join/recent-graduate-membership/

Finding Housing: What to Expect

July 6, 2022

I lived my first year in the residence halls as a freshman and am glad I did. Most students live on campus for at least a year, if not more.

https://life.berkeley.edu/finding-housing-what-to-expect/

An update on the People’s Park Housing Project

August 15, 2022

Dear Campus Community,

As the academic year begins, I wish to provide an update about current conditions at the People’s Park site and our plans for construction of urgently needed student housing there. I also want to share factual information about the project’s essential elements, which include the preservation of nearly two-thirds of the site as open green space; two housing facilities — one for students and...

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/08/15/an-update-on-the-peoples-park-housing-proje…

Largest gift in Berkeley Haas history will transform undergraduate business program from two to four years

July 19, 2022

Berkeley, Calif.— The Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, today announced that its top-ranked two-year undergraduate business program will expand to become a four-year program, supported by the largest single gift in the school’s history.

In recognition of the $30 million gift from Haas alumnus Warren “Ned” Spieker, BS 66, and his wife, Carol, BA 66, (political science), UC Berkeley will name the Haas School’s four-year undergraduate business program the Spieker Undergraduate...

https://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/largest-gift-in-berkeley-haas-history-will-tr…

In 10 years, CRISPR transformed medicine. Can it now help us deal with climate change?

June 28, 2022

Coming from a long line of Iowa farmers, David Savage always thought he would do research to improve crops. That dream died in college, when it became clear that any genetic tweak to a crop would take at least a year to test; for some perennials and trees, it could take five to 10 years. Faced with such slow progress, he chose to study the proteins in photosynthetic bacteria instead...

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/06/28/in-10-years-crispr-transformed-medicine-can…