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
Students
Six students honored as Siebel Scholars
09/20/24 — Foundation announces class of 2025
Young cricket star had to rethink future after eye injury
08/26/24 — New EECS student Vihaan Hampihallikar then started a project to help others get the health care they needed
CS Ph.D. student aims to improve AI for underserved languages and communities
08/01/24 — CDSS: Hellina Hailu Nigatu to develop computing tools with “community values in mind”
A new way to make element 116 opens the door to heavier atoms
07/24/24 — Berkeley Lab: NE grad students John Gooding, Mirza Grebo, Mallory McCarthy, Emma Rice contributed to this major breakthrough
Berkeley researchers send 3D printer into space
07/02/24 — SpaceCAL tests the limits of additive manufacturing on Virgin Galactic 07 mission
Student engineers named UC Berkeley Climate Innovation fellows by CITRIS
06/14/24 — CITRIS: Rising entrepreneurs Youngseok Jo and Bear Häon will receive $10,000 each to advance innovative projects that address urgent environmental challenges
Winners of 2024 CITRIS Aviation Prize reach great heights
05/31/24 — CITRIS: UC Berkeley team received the Joby Aviation Award for Best Overall Design and the CITRIS Aviation Excellence Award
Bridging the brain
05/31/24 — A new interdisciplinary class explores the relationship between art, AI and robotics.
Q+A on solar sails
05/31/24 — The BLISS project aims to create a fleet of miniaturized, autonomous spacecraft for exploring asteroids and comets.
New & noteworthy
05/31/24 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
Berkeley engineer Lilly Etzenbach among 2024 University Medal finalists
05/07/24 — Forced into COVID-era isolation, this year’s finalists embraced resilience, compassion
EECS professor Hany Farid and I School Ph.D. students featured on PBS Nova
04/17/24 — School of Information: The episode, “A.I. Revolution,” covers the dangers of deepfakes — and how easily they can be created
Francisca Vasconcelos chosen as Paul and Daisy Soros New American fellow
04/17/24 — CDSS: EECS doctoral student to receive up to $90,000 through merit-based program for immigrants, children of immigrants
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
Berkeley Engineering celebrates 2024 mentoring award winners
03/27/24 — Recipients recognized by the UC Berkeley Graduate Division for helping students succeed
‘Boys in the Boat’ movie — and unique campus class — spark pride in Cal’s rowing history
12/05/23 — Mechanical engineering professor Oliver O’Reilly’s seminar is a "Tour de Cal Rowing"
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”
Engineering Center groundbreaking
11/06/23 — Berkeley Engineering celebrated a key milestone for its new Engineering Center in April.
Putting students front and center
11/06/23 — The new Engineering Center will transform the student experience for generations to come.