I, Naturalist
By Nathalia AlcantaraHow a Berkeley-born app has led to one of the largest biodiversity datasets on Earth
On Campus
Universities in the Crosshairs
By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22How the Trump Administration is gunning for higher education everywhere, UC included
The Queen is Dead! Long Live the Queen!
By Hayden RoysterBerkeley’s beloved peregrine falcon, Annie, may be gone.
Joy Luck Collection
By Leah WorthingtonBancroft Library receives Amy Tan’s personal archive
Novel Material Captures Carbon from Thin Air
By Pat JosephMeet COF-999, a Berkeley-borne substance that could change how we fight climate change.
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.
My Old Guy Master’s Piece
By Robert Strauss“A lot of my people at home have had good retirements, but none of them got to spend it with 25-year-olds.”
Berkeley’s Music Boom
By Emma SilversA curriculum overhaul and a post-pandemic need to reconnect have made music Cal’s fastest-growing major.
Feeling the Dance
By Leah WorthingtonBlind patrons experience Alvin Ailey through sound and touch
Please Allow Him to Introduce Himself
By Pat JosephRich Lyons is Berkeley's 12th—and rockingest—chancellor.
The Wild Ride of College Sports
By Ron KroichickHow a bevy of recent changes are shaking up the game
