Education
Q&A: Noura Erakat’s Long Fight
By Hussain Khan, M.J. ’25The author and human rights attorney on Berkeley activism and what keeps her advocating for Palestinians.
Chancellor’s Letter: 2025 Fall/Winter
By Rich Lyons“I am among the first to admit that Berkeley’s marketplace of ideas is not as open as it could and should be.”
Lessons in Humility and Persistence
By Andrea LamprosFilmmaker Toby McLeod has spent four decades amplifying Indigenous voices—while wrestling with how to tell stories not his own.
Universities in the Crosshairs
By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22How the Trump Administration is gunning for higher education everywhere, UC included
Joy Luck Collection
By Leah WorthingtonBancroft Library receives Amy Tan’s personal archive
5 Questions for Rita Lucarelli, Associate Professor of Egyptology
By Pat Joseph“I think we should stop thinking about ancient Egypt as a land of kings and queens only.”
Chancellor’s Letter: Spring/Summer 2025
By Chancellor Rich Lyons“We will likely soon face threats to our independence and be presented with difficult choices.”
Big Picture: Cal’s Stonehenge
By Emily WilsonPart sculpture, part solar calendar, Sunstones II is beloved by sky-watchers and kids.
Berkeley’s Music Boom
By Emma SilversA curriculum overhaul and a post-pandemic need to reconnect have made music Cal’s fastest-growing major.
Five Questions for Vishal Subramanyan ’24
By Nathalia AlcantaraThe wildlife photographer captured the first images of the rare Mount Lyell shrew.
Please Allow Him to Introduce Himself
By Pat JosephRich Lyons is Berkeley's 12th—and rockingest—chancellor.
Math Education Needs Reform. It Got a War Instead.
By Nathalia AlcantaraDecoding the debates over high school data science
