Berkeley engineers among innovators featured on Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list 02/02/26 — Many are leading the way across AI, entrepreneurship, science and more
UC Berkeley students design and test quantum chips in first-of-its-kind course 01/27/26 — New course supported by the CIQC aims to bridge critical gap between theory and engineering of quantum computing hardware
Mark Asta appointed dean of Berkeley Engineering 01/21/26 — Appointment begins July 1 after the end of his current term as interim dean
Sylvia Ratnasamy named 2025 ACM Fellow 01/21/26 — Computer science professor is recognized ‘for contributions to networks and networked systems’
AI has a bias problem. Can we build something smarter? 01/21/26 — UC Berkeley computer scientist Emma Pierson believes we can if we design algorithms with an eye toward equality
UC Berkeley professors explore new ways to integrate AI in engineering courses 01/20/26 — Initiative seeks to drive innovation in undergraduate education
Berkeley Engineering welcomes five new faculty members 01/20/26 — New tenure-track professors will bring their research expertise to multiple departments
The Materials Project helps usher in the AI revolution for materials science 01/16/26 — Pioneering database accelerates new materials discovery, is the most-cited resource for materials data and analysis tools in materials science
National Nuclear Security Administration renews $25M grant to UC Berkeley-led university consortium 01/14/26 — DOE agency grant will support R&D in nuclear science, engineering and security
Using the microbiome to combat lung pathogens 01/13/26 — Novel approach offers a way to stop deadly infections without using antibiotics
After decades searching for ET, UC Berkeley scientists home in on 100 signals 01/12/26 — UC Berkeley’s SETI@home, one of the most popular crowd-sourced research projects ever, originally yielded 12 billion signals of interest
Researchers uncover new rules for designing protein-like polymers 01/01/26 — Findings could lead to eco-friendly plastics and other materials
Two UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Inventors 12/11/25 — Ana Claudia Arias and Tahir Ghani named as 2025 fellows
UC Berkeley study shows how patenting boosts pure research 12/01/25 — Researchers who both publish papers and file patents were found to produce work that is more novel and more influential
Nature provides the answers 11/19/25 — Phillip Messersmith harnesses the natural world to engineer medical innovations
SOAR labs have liftoff at Richmond Field Station 11/17/25 — Launch of Student Organization Applied Research facility begins new era of student innovation
Karl van Bibber and Shafi Goldwasser elected to the American Academy of Sciences and Letters 11/14/25 — ‘Distinguished academics’ honored for their outstanding scholarship
Researchers pioneer greener way to extract rare earth elements 11/12/25 — Sustainable biomining approach uses genetically engineered viruses