2024 Fall/Winter
Please Allow Him to Introduce Himself
By Pat JosephRich Lyons is Berkeley's 12th—and rockingest—chancellor.
Math Education Needs Reform. It Got a War Instead.
By Nathalia AlcantaraDecoding the debates over high school data science
The Wild Ride of College Sports
By Ron KroichickHow a bevy of recent changes are shaking up the game
High-Class Housing
By Leah WorthingtonTransfers find deluxe digs at Anchor House
Math and Conscience
Debates over how to teach math to high schoolers have gotten messy, plus much more in this issue
New Works by Berkeley Authors and Artists
By Editorial StaffRachel Kushner’s new novel, the limited series Earth Abides, RNA and the Quest to Unlock Life’s Deepest Secrets, and more
High-Protein Nobels
By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17List of Cal-connected laureates grows by four
Cal Curators
By Dano Nissen ’18Meet Berkeley alumni shaping the art world.
You’ll Never Believe It Came from Berkeley
By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17Quantum blue, the mouse, card stunts, and more
As It Happened
By Pat JosephHow the magazine covered the FSM
A Lens on the Mysteries of the Universe
By Brad BalukjianA new gravitational lens sheds light on dark matter.
Mussels Inspire New Surgical Glue
By Brad BalukjianSuperglue can save lives.
Breaking It Down on Plastics Recycling
By Nathalia AlcantaraBerkeley researchers develop a breakthrough chemical process to vaporize plastics.
Tampons, Toxins, Taboo
By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22A Berkeley researcher takes on harmful metals in women's products.
Wearables That Wake You
By Pat JosephThese are not your average earbuds.
Keeping It Cool in a Whole New Way
By Pat JosephThis ice-free freezing technique could help save lives and the planet.
The Motion Scientist
By Pat JosephFive Questions with Victor Ortega Jiménez, Assistant Professor in Integrative Biology
Let’s Roll On, Berkeley
By Chancellor Rich LyonsThere is nothing beyond the reach of our university.
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”
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