Education & outreach

John DeNero, associate teaching professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences speaking to his class from a stage in a lecture hall.

UC Berkeley professors explore new ways to integrate AI in engineering courses

01/20/26 — Initiative seeks to drive innovation in undergraduate education

Mark Asta speaks during the Grimes Engineering Center opening celebration

Empowering future engineers

11/10/25 — A Berkeley Engineering education provides opportunities that are critical for the future workforce

Hany Farid, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences and in the School of Information.

The deepfake detective

09/02/25 — PBS: Professor Hany Farid, a leading voice in AI research and digital forensics, helps us identify what’s real in the digital age

A home with severe fire damage, including a collapsed roof, broken windows and smoke damage, stands next to a home that appears undamaged.

California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how.

08/28/25 — UC Berkeley-led study demonstrates how two mitigation strategies — home hardening and defensible space — can have a major impact on wildfire destructiveness

A group of students sits in a large yellow disposal bin that is filled with small twigs and branches. The bin is on a hilly street next to a white house.

UC Berkeley scholars help Bay Area communities prepare for wildfire season

07/09/25 — Professor Michael Gollner and his students are applying advanced wildfire simulation tools to help neighborhoods understand their specific wildfire risks

Honorees cut the ribbon during the Grimes Engineering Center opening celebration

Transforming engineering

06/11/25 — Raising awareness and appreciation for engineering is more important than ever.

Dean Tsu Jae King Liu holding a molecule structure smiling at the camera

Leadership and legacy

06/11/25 — Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu reflects on her tenure at Berkeley Engineering as she prepares to step down.

crowd of students in the lower level of a building

Designed to inspire

06/09/25 — The Grimes Engineering Center showcases innovative approaches to architecture and seismic engineering.

Graduate students in UC Berkeley’s Indigenous Research Methods seminar.

Native FEWS Alliance trains students to strengthen tribal food, energy, water systems

05/22/25 — This multi-university consortium now faces an uncertain future due to NSF funding cuts

Dean Liu shakes hands with Chancellor Lyons

Innovation with impact

11/20/24 — Our faculty, students and alumni have made pioneering contributions that helped form the hardware backbone of AI.

An expert from El Camino College speaks at the National Workshop on Data Science Education in Berkeley, Calif., in June 2024.

UC Berkeley to launch compute hub with California Education Learning Lab

09/23/24 — CDSS: $1.5M grant will fund first-of-its-kind computing technology hub for the state’s public colleges and universities

Nobel-prize winning professor Jennifer Doudna meets with Society of Women Engineers students before the Kuh Distinguished Lecture

Building on strength

05/31/24 — The Light the Way campaign raised $900 million for Berkeley Engineering in support of research programs, faculty and students.

Tsu-Jae King Liu, dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, and Carol Christ, UC Berkeley chancellor, center from left, join a group photo with attendees at the WHIAANHPI (White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders) Leadership Development Summit at UC Berkeley’s Pauley Ballroom in Berkeley, Calif. on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

Summit advances Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in higher education

04/04/24 — UC Berkeley hosted the nation’s first AA & NHPI Higher Education Leadership Development Summit, sponsored by the White House

Dan Garcia lectures in front of a classroom with seated students in front of him. Several students have their hands raised.

Making the grade

12/01/23 — EECS professors develop ‘A’s for All’ pilot

Photo of inaugural cohort of Yardi Scholars.

Yardi Scholarship Program seeks to leverage technology to advance democratic principles

11/17/23 — Inaugural cohort of scholars aspires “to create insightful, publicly minded solutions to the many challenges to democracy”

Sculptor Dana King poses with her bust of electrical engineering professor Joseph Gier.

Unearthing a legacy

11/06/23 — A new sculpture outside Blum Hall honors engineering professor Joseph Gier, the first tenured Black professor in the UC system.

New online master’s degree

11/06/23 — The MAS-E degree is designed for professionals seeking “knowledge upgrades” in STEM fields.

Dean Liu greets aerospace engineering student Nihal Gulati and his family in a classroom at Homecoming

Pioneering a flexible online degree

11/06/23 — Our newest professional master’s degree program meets an important educational need in the tech sector.

Photo of female engineer wearing hard hat and holding a tablet.

Berkeley Engineering to offer new online master’s degree for career growth

08/29/23 — Flexible, streamlined curriculum to help professionals keep pace with rapid advances in technology fields

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What is ChatGPT’s future in higher education?

03/21/23 — Berkeley experts in artificial intelligence are studying how ChatGPT and similar tools will transform everything from admissions screening and research to writing college essays