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Berkeley's music boom
A curriculum overhaul and a post-pandemic need to reconnect have made music Cal’s fastest-growing major.
UC Newsroom |
Next up for UC’s Class of 2025? Building California’s brilliant future
From jobs to graduate school to giving back to the communities they came from, UC’s latest crop of graduates has big plans to make a difference.
UC Office of the President |
Visionary partnership between UC Investments and Berkeley Institute for Data Science
UC Investments and UC Berkeley’s Institute for Data Science today (May 22) announced the formation of the AI Futures Lab, a new hub for groundbreaking research and collaboration at the intersection of AI, science and society.
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The world’s top spelling bee is coming up. This UC Berkeley Ph.D. student built the word list.
Comparative literature student Frank Cahill competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee as an eighth grader. This year, on May 28 and 29, he’ll be on the other side of the stage.
UC Berkeley |
Infant born with deadly disease now thriving thanks to customized CRISPR treatment six months after birth
A newborn boy, KJ, was diagnosed at birth with a rare and potentially fatal genetic disease. He received a novel, on-demand CRISPR therapy in record time.
UC Newsroom |
The race to perfect the quantum computer is on, and UC is helping America hold its lead
There's a reason several of the world's biggest tech companies have quantum research headquarters in California.
UC Newsroom |
9 UC alumni awarded 2025 Pulitzer Prizes
Across categories of reporting, biography, history, and nonfiction UC alums from four campuses produced urgent work of the highest quality.
UC Berkeley |
The key to success for this year’s University Medalist? Curiosity and collaboration
From using smartphone data to predict mental health relapses to leading French Club, Asher Cohen found community — and opportunities to serve others — in a myriad of corners of campus.
UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center |
Why going offline might save us
What happens when we replace sky-gazing with screen-scrolling? Discover how digital life impacts happiness and what Gen Z can teach us about reclaiming control over our well-being.
UC Newsroom |
11 UC faculty honored with 2025 Guggenheim fellowships
The prestigious award, now in its 100th year, is granted to distinguished artists and scholars and provides support for their creative and research endeavors.
UC Newsroom |
What makes a UC education stand apart? Opportunities for hands-on learning and undergraduate research
For these UC students, hands-on research has led to class credit, money for school and a path to their dream future.
UC Office of the President |
Young UC scientists and economists selected for prestigious Nobel laureate meeting
The University of California today (April 24) announced the 2025 cohort of UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows, 42 outstanding young scientists and economists from across the UC system who will join Nobel laureates from around the world at two renowned scholarly gatherings in Lindau, Germany.