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Novel Material Captures Carbon from Thin Air

By Pat Joseph

Meet COF-999, a Berkeley-borne substance that could change how we fight global warming.

Sipa via AP Images

It’s the Eggs, Stupid

By Katherine Blesie ’21

Turns out, feelings about grocery bills influence votes more than the broader economy

Patrick Welsh

They Came, They Played, They Got an Agent

By Hayden Royster

These former Cal athletes went pro and then went Hollywood

California illustration: Sipa USA via AP; Mike Taing/Hulu

Mixed Media: Spring/Summer 2025

By Editorial Staff

Books, binges, and diversions for the summer stretch

Rita Lucarelli

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.”

AP Photo/Noah Berger

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.”

Marcus Hanschen

Big Picture: Cal’s Stonehenge

By Emily Wilson

Part sculpture, part solar calendar, Sunstones II is beloved by sky-watchers and kids.

Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

First Person: You Can’t Tame Malibu

By James Rainey ’81

“When the Old Topanga Fire blew through Malibu in 1993, our family home of a quarter-century looked like it didn’t stand a chance.”

10 Books to Read This Summer

Berkeley page-turners to match your every mood or whim

Clayton Cone

Clay Cone ’82 writes: Ode to Ned and Jack Against Stanford University, even the Guanos (Cal’s third and fourth rugby teams) had an important part to play: to begin a three-game same-day Big Game sweep with a victory in the first game of the day . . . in 1982, played at the old California […]

Jose Hernandez Diaz

Jose Hernandez Diaz ’11 has published a new poetry book, Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man, winner of the Benjamin Saltman Award, with Red Hen Press.

Nadia Shihab

Filmmaker Nadia Shihab, MCP ’09, MFA ’21, was awarded a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts (Film/Video).