Innovation

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A Blessing of Unicorns

By James Pagett Tollen

Berkeley alumni have founded nearly 80 billion-dollar startups. Here are six of them.

Randy Schekman Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Q/A: Speaking Out for Science

By Pat Joseph

Nobelist Randy Schekman on the State of Scientific Research in the U.S.

Sperm whale Amanda Cotton

Can We Talk?

By Nathalia Alcantara

Scientists turn to AI to understand whale language.

Six headshot illustrations Illustrations by Heather Gatley

Spotlight: Summer 2026

By Esther Oh, James Pagett Tollen, H.J. Valerio

(A few of) Berkeley's most notable architects and designers

Portrait photos of Nobel Prize winners

Historic Haul

By Leah Worthington

The UC system set a world record with five Nobels in one year. Four of them have connections to Berkeley.

Four doors in a row, with one yellow door among white ones Theresa Wilson/iStock

Major Decision

By Lizzy Rager, M.J. ’27

How a new Berkeley course is helping first-year students find direction

Illustration of two large faces Robert Neubecker

Seeing the Other Side

By Daniela X. Sandoval, M.J. ’26

A new Berkeley course encourages dialogue across political divides.

Purple/blue solution in a vial The purple/blue solution in this vial contains crystals of the berkelocene “sandwich.” (Credit: Alyssa Gaiser/Berkeley Lab)

Behold Berkelocene

By Emily Grace Putnam ’25

Created at Berkeley Lab, the novel compound may unlock new insights into nuclear waste.

Illustrated portraits Illustrations by Patrick Welsh

Spotlight: Genius Bears

By Hussain Khan, M.J. ’25

Meet Berkeley’s recent MacArthur Fellows