October 15, 2014
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.
June 13, 2014
In 1965 when Paul Hertelendy graduated from Berkeley with a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering, he established a fund in memory of his colleague Tse-Wei Liu who died in an auto accident. For half a century, the fund has been benefiting students in Berkeley.
February 14, 2013
At Berkeley today, budding entrepreneurs can test their mettle in competitions, team up with like-minded thinkers, bend the ears of faculty and industry experts, and find guidance toward funding, all on campus or very nearby.
January 23, 2013
As you read the fond farewell to one Associate Dean and the welcome back to another, you can learn what their areas of responsibility are.
October 2, 2012
How gratitude turns into fellowships and other opportunities for new generations of graduate students
December 14, 2011
A Berkeley-trained engineer, Arun Majumdar Ph.D. '89, is President Barack Obama's nominee to serve as U.S. Under Secretary of Energy.
June 23, 2011
Here is news about some significant changes in the Dean’s Office on the fourth floor of Sproul Hall...
October 29, 2010
Two trios of grad students made the news recently, not for their trinity but for the interesting work they've been doing in very different fields.
August 11, 2010
An instrument box mounted in the depths of a campus classroom and office building is hardly a headline-grabbing weapon against climate change. But because buildings are estimated to be responsible for nearly half of all greenhouse-gas emissions, cutting-edge monitoring systems in fact are crucial tools for reducing global warming.
February 10, 2009
Reno native and triathlete Sara McAllister has a lot going for her these days. The newly minted Berkeley mechanical engineering Ph.D. and current post-doc not only successfully participated in some 16 triathlons--including a grueling half-Iron Man Aquabike race, she also recently appeared on the History Channel series “The Universe,” ...
August 27, 2003
When the Russians sent Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite, into space on October 4, 1957, they unknowingly launched a women’s movement in America which would bring good fortune to higher education — Berkeley in particular — for years to come.