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Black-and-white photo of a person sitting on the floor with Rolling Stone magazine posters displayed behind them.

_{Baron Wolman Collection/Rock & Roll Hall of Fame/Getty Images}

It Came from Berkeley

By Pat Joseph

The Cal origins of Rolling Stone magazine

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

_{Marvel Television/Disney+}

Mixed Media: Summer 2026

New works by Berkeley authors and artists

Sperm whale

_{Amanda Cotton}

Can We Talk?

By Nathalia Alcantara

Scientists turn to AI to understand whale language.

_{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

Map

_{Courtesy of Bancroft Library}

Collections: Summer 2026

By Pat Joseph

Plano del Puerto de Sn. Francisco, 1776

Graduation day

_{Ellie Sahand/UC Berkeley}

Chancellor’s Letter: Summer 2026

By Chancellor Rich Lyons

Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

UC Comment on Thakur v. Trump

By Rachel Zaentz, UC spokesperson

“As a public university, the University of California has a fundamental responsibility to support its students, faculty, and staff, serve the state and its taxpayers, and work constructively with federal and state partners. UC is engaged in a multi-front effort to challenge the administration’s cuts to critical research funding that drives medical innovation, employs thousands […]

Room with multiple screens showing Bob Dylan in sunglasses

_{Bob Dylan Center Multitudes Gallery. Photo by Lester Cohen.}

The Dylan Beat on Tulsa Time

By Bill Hinchberger ’80, M.A. ’92

A Berkeley alum and Oklahoma transplant oversees the shrine of his idol

_{Courtesy Terry Healey}

First Person: Healing Scars from the Inside Out

By Terry Healey ’87

How adversity helped me discover new possibilities

Books and art

_{Top left: Lucy Stark. Bottom center: Eli Thorne. Bottom right: Michael Pollan, by Christopher Michel}

Mixed Media

New works by Berkeley authors and artists

Cris Chu

_{Courtesy of Chris Chu}

Accidental Album

By Emma Silvers

Musician Chris Chu discovered recordings he doesn't remember making.

quarterback Fernando Mendoza speaks at a podium during a press event

_{Quarterback Fernando Mendoza during the 2024 ACC Football Kickoff in Charlotte, NC. © Scott Kinser/Cal Sport Media/Alamy Live News}

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