A token of an arcade legend’s school spirit
09/10/25 — Alum Eugene Jarvis looks back on his time at Berkeley
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Preparing for the next ‘big one’
09/08/25 — Studying how people are injured inside buildings during earthquakes could improve safety and survival
Researchers awarded $15 million NSF grant to transform the science of natural hazards
09/05/25 — UC Berkeley civil engineering professor to co-lead the multi-institutional effort
The deepfake detective
09/02/25 — PBS: Professor Hany Farid, a leading voice in AI research and digital forensics, helps us identify what’s real in the digital age
California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how.
08/28/25 — UC Berkeley-led study demonstrates how two mitigation strategies — home hardening and defensible space — can have a major impact on wildfire destructiveness
Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution?
08/27/25 — UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency
Berkeley Engineering welcomes 11 new faculty members
08/25/25 — Professors are joining the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Documentary examines rural Calif. town’s fight for water
08/11/25 — Los Angeles Times: Allensworth residents join forces with CEE professor Ashok Gadgil to fight for clean water
New database on police use of force and misconduct makes public once-secret records
08/04/25 — UC Berkeley Journalism: Team used emerging technologies such as generative AI to create a searchable user interface
Researchers develop energy-efficient memory sensor for wet, salty environments
08/01/25 — Innovative design uses phase-shifting material, enabling electronic sensors to function like biological neurons
Computer scientists propose evidence-based AI policy recommendations
07/31/25 — CDSS: Researchers articulate a vision to address the opportunities and challenges of 'increasingly powerful AI'
A smarter approach to designing metamaterials
07/22/25 — AI-driven framework creates defect-tolerant materials with complex functionality
UC Berkeley scholars help Bay Area communities prepare for wildfire season
07/09/25 — Professor Michael Gollner and his students are applying advanced wildfire simulation tools to help neighborhoods understand their specific wildfire risks
UC Berkeley scientists uncover neural mechanisms behind long-term memory
07/09/25 — Neuroscientists record activity from hundreds of neurons simultaneously in bats, providing new clues into how memories are stored
From COVID to cancer, new at-home test spots disease with startling accuracy
07/08/25 — Novel technology uses the ‘coffee-ring effect,’ paired with plasmonics and AI, for rapid diagnostics
Inspired by nature, engineering professor’s designs fold, move and morph
07/03/25 — UC Berkeley’s Morphing Matter Lab is transforming what’s possible in engineering design with their biomimetic materials
Berkeley engineers develop customizable, 3D-printed robot for tech newbies
06/25/25 — The open-source Berkeley Humanoid Lite provides an entry point into the robotics field
Cracking the code of life
06/17/25 — The Evo 2 machine learning model enlists the power of AI in the fight against diseases.
Summer magazine is here
06/11/25 — Latest Berkeley Engineer features stories on the new Grimes Engineering Center and the power of AI in the fight against diseases.
From silence to sound
06/11/25 — An AI-based method can synthesize signals from brain-computer interfaces into audible speech in near-real time.