Dozens of civic-minded members of the campus community were honored May 9 at an annual ceremony to bestow the Chancellor's Awards for Public Service and take stock of UC Berkeley's tradition of public service.

The campus's Jepson Herbarium has joined with the California Native Plant Society to create Calscape, an online tool to help homeowners replace lawns and other water-thirsty plants with native California species.

UC Berkeley environmental engineer David Sedlak tracks chemical contaminants in urban water systems, and says aging systems are not up to the challenge of providing us with clean water these days. What’s needed, he says, is nothing short of a revolution in water technology.

Mapping molecules with atomic precision is helping expand the toolbox for designing new catalytic reactions

UC Berkeley's 2016 campuswide commencement, honoring graduating seniors and graduate students, is set for Saturday, May 14. Departments across campus are holding their own, more intimate, ceremonies as well.

What is gained, and lost, by digitizing and replicating objects of cultural heritage? Sonia Katyal, faculty co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, is coauthor of a piece in the Boston Globe exploring this complex issue.

UC Berkeley won recognition one of the “elite six” world universities in the newly released 2016 reputation rankings by the 'Times Higher Education'

Antibodies in breast milk help shape newborns' immune systems

Almost fatally injured in Iraq, Brian Vargas is graduating next week and aims to save veterans' lives as a social worker

The opening of the expanded museum next week throws the spotlight on ways that UC Berkeley’s faculty, students, and alumni play pivotal roles in SFMOMA’s projects and plans.

Nearly 200 people descended on San Francisco City Hall on May 3, vying for the attention of city and UC Berkeley transportation experts who hope to tap the local tech industry to turn San Francisco

University Medalist Kaavya Valiveti is breaking gender barriers in a male-dominated field

The UCPD is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the murder of 21-year-old Alberto Santana-Silva in the Oakland hills on Mother’s Day 2013.

Each year, graduating seniors have the opportunity to apply for UC Berkeley’s prestigious University Medal, an honor that requires a 3.96 grade-point average and goes to students who have overcome challenges and are making a difference in people’s lives. Here, the four runners-up — Amy Wang, Chun Man Chow, Rachael Acker and Yizhuang Alden Cheng — share who they are, what they’ve learned, what inspires them and what comes next.

Newly discovered genetic switches that increase lifespan and boost fitness in worms are also linked to increased lifespan in mammals, offering hope that drugs to flip these switches could improve human metabolic function and increase

Applicants for staff jobs at UC Berkeley will no longer be asked, at the start of process, to disclose past felony or misdemeanor convictions. A group of formerly incarcerated students played a key role in working with HR to create the new policy.

After a rapid review of critical gaps in its sexual harassment training, awareness, reporting and disciplinary units, UC Berkeley announced today that it will make immediate investments in its Title IX and Student Conduct Offices, as well as in key units that provide support to survivors and training and prevention programs.

Berkeley, NYU study compares prices in California, New York health care marketplace