A pilot program allowing some freshman applicants to submit letters from teachers or mentors gave a slight boost for underrepresented students

Center for Latin American Studies showcases art depicting the dangerous train carrying Central Americans north toward the U.S.

When it comes to colleges that give students the most for their money, UC Berkeley ranks fourth among 711 schools evaluated nationwide by Money magazine, up one step from last year's fifth-place showing

A search has begun for his successor; Lyon plans to return to the faculty next summer

The number of high school students offered freshman admission represents a 7.6 percent increase over the previous year

Chancellor Carol Christ chooses current vice chancellor for research to assume campus's No. 2 position

Mice that lost sense of smell stayed slim on high-fat diet, while littermates ballooned in weight

Fiat, so named by the campus community, jumped from the tower’s second balcony on July 3, with its mom and dad following close behind

The University of California has launched new systemwide procedures for responding to alleged sexual misconduct by faculty and staff, which will go into effect on all campuses by September 1. The university enacted a similar model for students last year.

Nearly 90 percent of living frogs originated from an evolutionary radiation beginning after the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs

Scholar of Victorian literature and proven administrator is UC Berkeley's 11th chancellor

Astronomers capture hi-res images of Jupiter in the infrared, showing features that the orbiting June spacecraft can investigate

Arms sales, Mexican startups and a refugee camp on an Italian movie studio lot are among the topics being explored by Berkeley scholars receiving 2017 honors from the American Council of Learned Societies.

Berkeley Social Welfare wins $3.4 million grant to promote Latino scholarship, research and advancement

A new study co-authored by UC Berkeley researchers lays out on a county-by-county level the very high economic costs of climate change in the United States if business continues as usual.

Students at Berkeley, and at three other universities, are learning to examine digital content for proof of human rights abuses

Carol Christ lays out campus plans to cut budget deficit, with an FAQ

Understanding the cognitive steps humans take to create and comprehend metaphors may advance artificial intelligence.

Berkeley neuroscientists reconstruct mouse's spatial map of the world around its head

More and more Californians have access to high-speed internet at home, but a significant number must depend on their smartphones to get online