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Our phenomenal Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded the Gruber Cosmology Prize.

Astrophysicist Alex Filippenko awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize for work on supernovae - Berkeley News By clarifying the differences among various types of exploding stars, Filippenko enabled them to be used to measure the expansion of the universe.

A new building for a new college.

New Gateway building creates dedicated campus hub for AI, computing - Berkeley News The state-of-the-art facility will be the new home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society, promoting cross-collaboration and accelerating AI-driven discovery.

Congratulations to our University Medalist!

'A system that called itself justice' took his future. UC Berkeley helped him take it back. - Berkeley News "Every day is a new opportunity," said Charles Long, the 2026 University Medalist. "Nothing is set in stone."

Congratulations to the Class of 2026!

At UC Berkeley’s 2026 commencement, grads reflected on an education defined by connection - Berkeley News More than 7,000 graduating students and 25,000 guests attended the campuswide ceremony at California Memorial Stadium.

BMO is the official Bank of UC Berkeley.

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Cal Parents & Families wishes all students "Good Luck" in their finals!

Go Bears!

Top of Mind with Chancellor Rich Lyons, May 7, 2026 A monthly video series where Chancellor Lyons shares what’s top of mind, along with a few things our community should know.Episode 6http://news.berkeley.edu/...

Eleven UC Berkeley faculty members elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - Berkeley News The newly elected AAAS Fellows include a tech pioneer, the author of a book on nature’s poisons and a neuroscientist who can decode what you are seeing from your brain wave activity.

Matei Zaharia awarded ACM Prize in Computing for contributions to data systems, enabling AI Matei Zaharia, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the 2026 ACM Prize in Computing for his visionary development of distributed data systems and computing infrastructure. In the prize announcement, the Association for Computing Machine...

He felt 'lost' as a nontraditional student. A decade later, he's helped hundreds find their path. - Berkeley News Dean Tanioka struggled to navigate UC Berkeley when he transferred in 2016. Through a program he co-founded called NAVCAL, he now helps first-generation and non-traditional students find community and thrive on campus.