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.
Memorial Fund Benefits Berkeley Students for Half a Century 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.
Getting ready to start your startup 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.
A few changes among Grad Division’s Deans 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.
It takes a partnership: alumni, professors, corporations say thank you to Berkeley How gratitude turns into fellowships and other opportunities for new generations of graduate students
Obama nominates Arun Majumdar as U.S. Under Secretary of Energy Arun Majumdar Ph.D. '89 (photo: Peg Skorpinski) A Berkeley-trained engineer, Arun Majumdar Ph.D. ’89, is President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve as U.S.…
Changes among Graduate Division’s Deans Here is news about some significant changes in the Dean’s Office on the fourth floor of Sproul Hall...
Threesomes get noticed Stills from "Old People Driving," "Guests of Space," and "The Stinking Ship." Two trios of grad students made the news recently, not…
Energy-efficiency expert (and grad alum) Karl Brown is a champ Karl Brown B.S. '80, M.S. ‘82 with his UC Sustainability Champion trophy. (Photo: Andrea Hicklin) An instrument box mounted in the depths…
Fire in Space: A Berkeley Lab Group is Focused on How to Prevent Disasters 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,” ...
Investing in Science Futures: the ARCS Foundation 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.