Innovation

Segrè Gino Segrè, managing director of Bakar Bio Labs. (Photo by Marcus Hanschen)

From Art to State of the Art 

By Coby McDonald

Biotech incubator marks five years in former Berkeley Art Museum

View of large group of students as they take an exam in a lecture hall at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, January 28, 1964. (Photo by Warren K Leffler/US News & World Report Collection/PhotoQuest/Getty Images) Photo by Warren K Leffler/US News & World Report Collection/PhotoQuest/Getty Images

Editor’s Note: Fall 2026

By Pat Joseph

“How strange it would be if the apogee of digital technology delivered us back to blank notebooks and pencils.”

Doudna stands Reuters/Manuel Orbegozo

The House that Doudna Built

By James Pagett Tollen

IGI-affiliated researchers have spawned more than 30 startups. Here are just six of them.

Kelmar and her son smile Courtesy Stephanie Kelmar

The Daily, for Kids

By Alison Bowen

Five questions for Stephanie Kelmar ’90, founder of KidNuz podcast

Plush unicorn toys idp yorkshire collection/Alamy Stock Photo

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 notable architects and designers