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06/11/25 — Create your legacy at Berkeley today.
Transforming engineering
06/11/25 — Raising awareness and appreciation for engineering is more important than ever.
Leadership and legacy
06/11/25 — Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu reflects on her tenure at Berkeley Engineering as she prepares to step down.
Designed to inspire
06/09/25 — The Grimes Engineering Center showcases innovative approaches to architecture and seismic engineering.
Spring design showcase
06/09/25 — Students unveiled a wide range of projects, prototypes and research at the Jacobs Hall event.
New & noteworthy
06/09/25 — Updates about Berkeley Engineering alumni, faculty and students.
George Leitmann, renowned academic leader, decorated WWII veteran, dies at 99
05/30/25 — Engineering science professor made seminal contributions in the field of optimal control
New MRI method offers deeper insight into brain physiology
05/29/25 — Technique traces blood flow sources ‘in reverse’ to study brain function and disease
Berkeley Engineering celebrates class of 2025
05/27/25 — Newest grads seek to build technologies that benefit humanity, touch lives
EECS professor Stuart Russell elected to Royal Society
05/23/25 — The British computer scientist has joined 89 other “exceptional scientists”
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
Carlos Quezada named a 2025 University Medal finalist
05/08/25 — In turbulent times, civil engineering student excelled through idealism, hard work
Tsu-Jae King Liu named president of the National Academy of Engineering
05/08/25 — Liu to step down as dean to begin six-year NAE term on July 1
Berkeley engineers’ crowd-sourced AI ranking system rises to the top
05/07/25 — Chatbot Arena, which allows users to rank and compare AI models, has quickly grown to 1 million monthly users
Indigenous knowledge helps biotech find new drugs. This grad student wants those companies to give back.
05/06/25 — Maria Astolfi (Ph.D.’26 BioE) is working toward a new type of partnership with indigenous peoples to create a more ethical bioeconomy
Household drinking water identified as key pathway for bacterial transmission
05/05/25 — Research points to effective strategies for protecting community health
Two Berkeley engineers elected to National Academy of Sciences
05/02/25 — Robert Ritchie and Daniel Kammen recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research
Sayeef Salahuddin named to NSTC Technical Advisory Board
05/01/25 — EECS professor will help shape the National Semiconductor Technology Center Research Agenda, advance U.S.-led innovation and economic and national security
EECS professor Dawn Song elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/28/25 — Organization recognizes leaders from across disciplines and engages them in meeting the nation’s challenges
Podcast: ‘Locked in’ stroke survivor hears her voice again with help from AI
04/28/25 — Researchers describe using a brain-computer interface to restore Ann Johnson’s ability to speak