UC Berkeley will open its doors wide from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 16, for Cal Day, the annual campus open house. Visitors may choose from among more than 400 free events and activities for all ages.

Polling shows that being a scientist is among the most prestigious U.S. jobs. Yet scientists are also viewed as goal-oriented and cold. Psychology professor Tania Lombrozo discusses public opinion about science and scientists.

Researchers take on urban legend about Arctic vocabulary

Two faculty members from arts and humanities are among the 2016 Guggenheim Fellowship recipients.

Berkeley students' Earth Week 2016 kicks off with a post-Cal Day creek cleanup on April 17, followed by a cornucopia of events on activism, policy and politics, water, energy, transportation, gardening and habitat.

Mechanical engineering professor directed the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation and was widely admired as a teacher and leader

The UC Berkeley Emeriti Association has announced the winners of two annual awards, the UCBEA Distinguished Emeritus of the Year and the Dickson Emeriti Professorship.

UC Berkeley took first place (again) in the 2016 Pac-12 Road to Zero Waste Basketball Competition, a contest to see which campus could divert the most waste at a designated basketball game.

New tree accounts for thousands of new microscopic life forms discovered over the past 15 years

UC Berkeley's Paula Fass spoke with Innovation Hub about her new book, The End of American Childhood.

Amateur and professional naturalists of all sizes will converge on the Berkeley campus tomorrow (Saturday, April 9) for BioBlitz 2016.

About 100 students, staff, faculty and community members gathered Wednesday for this year’s Take Back the Night at UC Berkeley.

An atomic-beam physicist, Shugart was known for his popular lecture, 'Fun with Physics'

Researchers from Stanford University and UC Berkeley report in today’s edition of Science that door-to-door canvassing by volunteers — both transgender and not — reduced voters’ prejudice against transgender people.

Mission led by UC Berkeley will study impact of Earth's weather on space weather

Stories, superstitions and social customs spur folklorists to ask why

Surprise discovery of 17-billion-solar-mass black hole in sparse area of local universe

UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks today announced the formation of the Chancellor’s Committee on Sexual Violence, Harassment and Assault. The committee will examine and address culture issues and review and make recommendations for improving all

UC Berkeley will host several events — rallies, healing sessions and trainings — to engage the campus in building a stronger culture of consent and respect in which sexual harassment and violence is not tolerated.

Three campus events will bring together scholars and journalists to assess the 2016 presidential race.