2024 Spring/Summer
Exit Interview with the Chancellor
By Pat JosephAfter seven years at the helm, Carol Christ hangs up her iconic blue blazer. Before she headed out the door, California sat down with her for a final interview.
Solving for Doomsday
By Hayden RoysterHarold Camping ’42 thought he had calculated when the world would end. Ten years after his death, he still has plenty to teach us about the dangers and appeal of “doing your own research.”
The Bedrock of Good Journalism
By Francisco Martínezcuello2024 Alum of the Year Bill Whitaker brings integrity to his storytelling.
What to Read, Watch, and Listen to This Summer
By California magazine editorsHere are our favorite books, shows, and podcasts by people from Berkeley to enjoy this summer.
Kingdom Come Never Came
By Pat JosephSolving for the end of the world, plus much more in this issue
Cal Comedians
By Dano Nissen ’18Maz Jobrani, Sheng Wang, Ali Wong, and more
Five Questions for Social Psychologist Sa-kiera Hudson
By Nathalia AlcantaraThis Berkeley Haas assistant professor is studying a less understood social emotion called “schadenfreude.”
Working Toward Justice
By Leah WorthingtonAt Berkeley's Human Rights Center, students patiently verify crimes against humanity.
Berkeley Buffet
By Dhoha BarecheA new course enables students to sample the campus’s intellectual riches
Neanderthal-Human Overlap
By Katherine BlesieWhat 45,000-year-old bones reveal about the earliest history of modern humans
Semester of Discontent
By Pat JosephAs campuses across the country made headlines, Berkeley managed to stay out of them. Mostly.
Mother of Neutrino Detectors
By Glen MartinBerkeley physicists build a new device to detect one of the universe’s most elusive particles.
None Like it That Hot
By Glen MartinIn a bit of bad news, it turns out that scientists have been underestimating the heat index, or how hot it feels, amid deadly heatwaves.
A Bird’s-Eye View of People’s Park
By Pat JosephWhere People’s Park stands now
How to Quickly Upgrade the Power Grid
By Glen MartinA potentially simple solution to help the U.S. meet its future energy needs
Adversity and Exclusion
By Katherine BlesieIn a new experiment, Berkeley researchers found that racial “contact gaps” were highly concentrated in just a few companies.
Fuzzy Logic, Boxed Salad, and No-Fault Divorce
By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17Even more things you never knew came from Cal.
The Ghost Ship of Inverness
By David Hopkins ’96The mysterious origins of the “Inverness Shipwreck”
Ending with Thanks
By Chancellor Carol T. ChristBecause this is the last column I will write for California magazine, I begin with thanks …
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