February 3, 2019

Philip Brett LGBT Studies Fellowship — 3/15/2019

Philip Brett, musician, conductor, researcher, teacher, and alumnus (photo: Kathleen Karn) The Philip Brett LGBT Fund will provide an award of up to $3,500 in the spring or summer of 2019 to a UC Berkeley graduate student who is conducting research related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer…

November 6, 2018

Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship — 1/7/2019

The Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, established in 1987, is a highly-competitive national fellowship program that provides recent college and graduate school alumni with the opportunity to gain a Washington perspective on key issues of peace and security. Twice yearly, the fellowship’s Board of Directors selects a group of…

March 13, 2018

Alternative Career Paths and Public Service

An alumna reflects on how graduate students can explore public service and prepare for a variety of career paths in their future.

November 6, 2017

Congresswoman Barbara Lee Honors Public Service Center’s 50th Anniversary

The Public Service Center celebrates 50 years of serving the greater good with personal reflections and service stories from alums like Congresswoman Barbara Lee, ’75.

a group of students received advice at Berkeley's Career Center

October 3, 2017

Fall Career Connections Series

Featuring casual networking events where alumni share their path from Cal to career with interested students, and offer advice to those who hope to follow in their footsteps.

April 12, 2017

UC Alumni Featured in Three Arts + Design Initiative Programs

The Arts + Design Initiative is sponsoring three upcoming programs in mid-April and May, all of which focus role of the media and cultural criticism in today’s politically charged climate. These programs, as part of The Future of Cultural Criticism series, will feature some of the most innovative and incisive commentators (and Cal…

October 19, 2016

MacArthur “Genius” Reflects on His Graduate Student Years at Berkeley

Ethic Studies PhD alumnus Josh Kun highlights how campus funding empowered him as a graduate student and how awards — in his case, a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship — validate working in non-traditional fields.

May 17, 2016

The Ausfahl Family Gives Back

Bill Ausfahl established the Ausfahl Chair in Philosophy, which provides a stable, predictable source of funding for a professor to apply to research and to supporting top graduate students.

May 15, 2015

Journalism Alums Win Pulitzer Prizes

Journalist alumni earn their marks reporting on this year's biggest news stories like the Ebola epidemic.

March 16, 2015

Alumnus Pens Book about Race

UC Berkeley students are at the heart of a novel about race and friendship in T. Geronimo's new book, "Welcome to Braggsville."

March 16, 2015

Tufts University Taps Cal Political Scholar as New Dean of Arts & Sciences

After earning two degrees from Cal, James M. Glaser will head Tufts University's largest and oldest school.

January 20, 2015

Philosophy Alum Snags Arlt Award in Humanities

The Arlt Award is given to a recent doctorate recipient who authored a book on the topic of humanities.

November 17, 2014

Berkeley Doctoral Alumni Survey Reports High Satisfaction and Career Success

A UC survey released shows high satisfaction, career success, low unemployment, decreasing student loan debt and overall degree satisfaction among UC doctoral alumni.

Tami Bond conducting research with mechanical equipment

October 15, 2014

UC Berkeley Alumna Wins MacArthur Fellowship

UC Berkeley alumna, Tami Bond, was recently named a 2014 MacArthur Fellow for her work on measuring black carbon emissions on human health and the atmosphere.

October 15, 2014

>Play Digital Media Conference Connects Student and Alumni Techies

The Berkeley HAAS School of Business will be hosting the >Play Digital Media Conference to connect students and alumni interested in technology.

Alumni pose in front of step and repeat banner

October 15, 2014

J-School Alumni and Lecturers Earn Eight Emmy Nominations and Three Wins

Several J-School alumni and others with strong ties to the Graduate School of Journalism were among the red carpet glitterati ...

July 15, 2014

Call for Nominations for the 2015 CAA Alumni Awards

Each year, the Cal Alumni Association (CAA) awards distinguished alumni whose achievements and service exemplify the excellence of our University. The nomination period for the 2015 Alumni Awards is now open until August 15, 2014. Send in your nominations today! For more…

June 4, 2014

Berkeley Wall of Fame Focuses on Tech Innovators

Andy Grove Ph.D. ’63 In 1956, as Grove fled Communist-occupied Hungary and a Holocaust-haunted past, little did he foresee becoming a legend of the high-tech industry. A few years after finishing his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Berkeley, he was the first hire at Intel —…

October 11, 2013

Berkeley Wall of Fame Welcomes Alumnus Vijay Iyer (Ph.D. ’98)

Jazz pianist-composer Vijay Iyer recently received a giant windfall: the MacArthur Foundation's "genius" grant.

September 11, 2013

Berkeley Alumnus Wins PEN Literary Award

Last month UC Berkeley alumnus Leonard Mlodinow was awarded the PEN: E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for his book Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior.