The $1,000 Chris Kindness Award, given monthly by Alan Ross, a UC Berkeley lecturer and distinguished teaching fellow, celebrates random acts of kindness.

While sampling for insects on the former governor’s ranch, a UC Berkeley researcher found a species of beetle that has not been observed by scientists since 1966

For a robot to have the ability to navigate specific terrain, like stepping stones or stairs, it needs some kind of vision system

The Berkeley Ph.D. candidate describes what the month of Ramadan means to him, how 9/11 shaped his childhood, finding his Muslim community at Berkeley and how Islam guided him through a tragic loss

Living near active oil and gas wells can expose people to higher levels of pollution has been linked to a variety of health problems

Chancellor Carol Christ, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Benjamin Hermalin and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Rosemarie Rae Balla sent the following message to the campus community on Wednesday: We are writing

Six years ago, an interstellar comet whipped around the sun in an orbit that defied explanation. A Berkeley astrochemist now lays out a conclusive scenario for its unusual trajectory.

"The work over the years will transform you. It will teach you. And that hope and that imagination, that sense of it’s possible, I think that’s such a powerful thing," Shah says in this Be the Change episode

Some have said machine-learning tools like ChatGPT will be the death knell to learning. Berkeley scholars say it’s more nuanced than that.

This global recognition recognizes emerging scholars whose work “illuminates the past in bold and creative ways.”

The Academic Senate's Committee on Teaching says this year's brightest teaching stars show that "excellent teaching runs both deep and broad across Berkeley’s academic landscape."

Using AI, Ting Xu and her colleagues designed polymer mixtures that mimic the natural proteins in biological fluids. The technique could improve the design of biocompatible materials.

State government is one of California’s largest employers, but the UC Berkeley Labor Center finds many state workers are underpaid and face food and housing insecurity.

New research shows our ideas about even the most basic words vary widely, helping explain why we talk past each other.

The first-of-its kind database sorts pro-housing policies from 20 states by factors related to affordability and equity.

In episode two of Be the Change, host Savala Nolan and Menka talk about the joys and challenges of being a trailblazer who is pushing against the inherited wisdom and mythology surrounding UC Berkeley

As the collapse of the Silicon Valley bank resounded through the economy, Berkeley Haas scholars called SVB’s problems "banking 101” and a failure of its management, board — and regulators.

Small businesses are seen as especially vulnerable when governments raise the minimum wage. New research at UC Berkeley challenges that conventional wisdom.

Lou is a "rock star," both as a new mate for Annie and as a dad-to-be, Cal Falcons reports

Author Uwe Westphal discusses Berlin's once-thriving Jewish fashion industry and how the Nazi confiscations of Jewish-owned companies in the years before World War II led to the industry's demise