$20M NSF renewal supports new frontiers in AI and optimization
08/27/26 — IEOR faculty are among researchers advancing more scalable, efficient and trustworthy approaches to decision-making in energy systems, supply chains and manufacturing
Honors & awards
Berkeley researchers receive ARPA-H award
08/25/26 — Team will receive up to $19.3M in funding to transform lifesaving medical interventions with autonomous robotic surgeries
EECS professor Jitendra Malik elected to UK’s Royal Society
05/27/26 — A prestigious honor accorded to researchers whose contributions ‘reflect the highest standards of scientific endeavour’
Two Berkeley Engineering students named 2026 University Medal finalists
05/11/26 — Madeleine Bardy and Emma Berman embody UC Berkeley’s core values: remarkable academic achievement and a deep commitment to public service
Three professors, nine alums named to NAE
05/11/26 — Three Berkeley Engineering professors have been named to the National Academy of Engineering
The making of a Nobel Prize
05/11/26 — Professor Omar Yaghi was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in creating metal-organic frameworks
William Tarpeh named 2025 MacArthur Fellow
05/11/26 — Fellowship recognizes efforts to recover valuable chemical resources from wastewater
Peter Bartlett elected to the National Academy of Sciences
04/30/26 — EECS and statistics professor is among six Berkeley researchers recognized for ‘distinguished and continuing achievements in original research’
Kristin Persson elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/24/26 — Materials scientist is among seven UC Berkeley faculty recognized for excellence
CEE professor Arpad Horvath named ASCE Distinguished Member
04/24/26 — This is the highest honor bestowed on civil engineers, recognizing the most accomplished individuals in the profession
UC Berkeley-led biodegradable fabric research awarded $10M from Bezos Earth Fund
04/24/26 — Protein-based spider silk inspires new fibers sourced from compost
Ying Cui receives NSF CAREER Award for optimization research
04/22/26 — IEOR professor's work focuses on advancing mathematical tools that underpin modern artificial intelligence and decision-making systems
Michael Yartsev wins illustrious Guggenheim Fellowship
04/17/26 — Berkeley engineer was one of four UC Berkeley professors named a 2026 Fellow
Matei Zaharia awarded ACM Prize in Computing
04/08/26 — CDSS: EECS professor’s visionary development of open-source systems has helped enable large-scale machine learning, analytics and AI at a global scale
Researcher Sathvik Iyengar named 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow
03/25/26 — Prestigious international fellowship recognizes emerging interdisciplinary science leaders
Three Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE
02/10/26 — Ken Goldberg, Kam Lau and Felix Wu are among five UC Berkeley faculty elected to the esteemed organization
Berkeley engineers among innovators featured on Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list
02/02/26 — UC Newsroom: Many are leading the way across AI, entrepreneurship, science and more
Sylvia Ratnasamy named 2025 ACM Fellow
01/21/26 — Computer science professor is recognized ‘for contributions to networks and networked systems’
Berkeley Engineering’s 2025 in review
12/18/25 — Nine standout stories from the year
Two UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Inventors
12/11/25 — Ana Claudia Arias and Tahir Ghani named as 2025 fellows