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2024 Fall/Winter

Illustrations by Patrick Welsh

Cal Curators

By Dano Nissen ’18

Meet Berkeley alumni shaping the art world.

You’ll Never Believe It Came from Berkeley

By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17

Quantum blue, the mouse, card stunts, and more

UC Berkeley. University Archives

As It Happened

By Pat Joseph

How the magazine covered the FSM

Lenticular: Gravitational lenses could help scientists unravel the mystery of dark energy. William Sheu/UCLA

A Lens on the Mysteries of the Universe

By Brad Balukjian

A new gravitational lens sheds light on dark matter.

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Mussels Inspire New Surgical Glue

By Brad Balukjian

Superglue can save lives.

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Breaking It Down on Plastics Recycling

By Nathalia Alcantara

Berkeley researchers develop a breakthrough chemical process to vaporize plastics.

Tampons, Toxins, Taboo

By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22

A Berkeley researcher takes on harmful metals in women's products.

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Wearables That Wake You

By Pat Joseph

These are not your average earbuds.

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Keeping It Cool in a Whole New Way

By Pat Joseph

This ice-free freezing technique could help save lives and the planet.

The Motion Scientist

By Pat Joseph

Five Questions with Victor Ortega Jiménez, Assistant Professor in Integrative Biology

Photo by Keegan Houser

Let’s Roll On, Berkeley

By Chancellor Rich Lyons

There is nothing beyond the reach of our university.

Illustration by Adriana Bellet

First person: Berkeley’s Dean of Admissions, Now an Ed.D. in Equity and Democracy

By Olufemi “Femi” Ogundele, as told to Margie Cullen

“Going to school and working here at the same time was probably one of the greatest things I’ve ever done. I was able to bring in four of the most diverse classes that Berkeley’s ever seen since 1996”