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Carlos Quezada, civil engineering student.

Carlos Quezada named a 2025 University Medal finalist

05/08/25 — In turbulent times, civil engineering student excelled through idealism, hard work
Portrait shot of Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu, wearing a navy blue jacket over a white shirt with trees in the background.

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
Anastasios Angelopoulos (L) and Wei-Lin Chiang, founders of Chatbot Arena.

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
Maria Astolfi, a doctoral student from Manaus in the Amazon, standing in front of a soapbark tree outside Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo by Robert Sanders / UC Berkeley)

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
Child

Household drinking water identified as key pathway for bacterial transmission

05/05/25 — Research points to effective strategies for protecting community health
Robert Ritchie and Daniel Kammen

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, EEC professor.

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
Dawn Song, EECS professor.

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
Research participant, sitting in a wheelchair, is connected by wires to a computer and monitor that displays an avatar. A research coordinator can be seen walking behind the monitor, and in the foreground, someone is holding a laptop computer.

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
Illustration of Lactobacillus bacteria, capsule-shaped and shown in purple against blue background.

The not-so-secret life of gut bacteria

04/28/25 — Computational modeling gives us a peek inside these important microbial communities
Ribbon cutting for the Grimes Engineering Center

UC Berkeley celebrates opening of Grimes Engineering Center

04/22/25 — New campus hub fosters a dynamic culture of collaboration, inclusivity and innovation
Photo of a brightly colored peacock

UC Berkeley scientists trick the eye into seeing new color ‘olo’

04/22/25 — Innovative technique provides new insight into the nature of color vision and vision loss
Civil and environmental engineering professor Joshua Apte and postdoc Sam Cliff take air quality measurements aboard diesel trains, which are in the process of being replaced by new electric trains at San Francisco Caltrain Station.

Electric trains quieter, more reliable — and healthier, study finds

04/16/25 — Electrifying SF Bay Area’s Caltrain line was shown to reduce riders’ exposure to carcinogenic black carbon by an average of 89%
Shot of more than 20 people in a room wearing clean suits. The people are listening to a person talking and pointing to the right.

UC Berkeley’s Marvell NanoLab gets high-tech boost with Lam Research gift

04/16/25 — Sophisticated etching system enables atomic-scale precision for next-generation chips
Runner tying her shoe next to a bottle of water.

Don’t sweat it!

04/15/25 — Wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status during physical and mental activities
UC Berkeley’s McLaughlin Hall in Berkeley, Calif. on Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering)

Berkeley Engineering ranked No. 3 grad program in the nation by U.S. News

04/07/25 — Berkeley remains top public engineering program
A male patient arrives at the therapy clinic complaining of low back pain. The therapist examines the patient

Researchers explore connections between chronic low back pain and movement

04/03/25 — UCSF/UC Berkeley study aims to make progress toward individualized treatments
Ashmita Kumar, UC Berkeley M.E.T. student.

Ashmita Kumar’s startup aims to detect signs of stroke and save lives

03/31/25 — Using AI and an iPhone, Berkeley EECS student seeks to improve stroke health care
Yunsup Lee holding RISC V prototype chip.

‘RISC architecture is gonna change everything’

03/31/25 — Wired: David Patterson, CS professor emeritus and inventor of RISC, explains how words from the 1995 movie Hackers may hold true today
Closeup of gloved hands connecting a brain-computer-interface to the back of research participant

Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

03/31/25 — AI-based model streams intelligible speech from the brain in real time
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