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2026 Summer

Breed entering the ocean as waves splash around her

_{Photo by Lauren Segal}

Queen of Pain

By Chris Ballard

For her next feat of endurance, Catherine Breed ’15 will swim the length of California.

_{Photo by Marcus Hanschen}

Someone Had to Go First

By Pat Joseph

Berkeley Law’s Claudia Polsky on Taking Trump to Court

Campus Architect Wendy Hillis stands at the reflecting pool in Hearst Mining Circle with Bruce Beasley’s sculpture Rondo II behind her.

_{Photo by Marcus Hanschen}

What Goes Up

By Coby McDonald

For the Campus Architect, It’s a Question of Coherence

_{Jami Smith for the UC Berkeley Library.}

Humble Recipient

By Apoorva Tadepalli

Author Amy Tan is Cal’s 2026 Alum of the Year

_{Bancroft Library, Digital Collections.}

Editor’s Note: Summer 2026

By Pat Joseph

“If you went to Cal, we want you to be proud that this is your magazine. If you didn’t and you stumble upon a copy, we want you to wish you had.”

Illustration of people connected by circuit-like pathways

_{Dan Bejar}

Major Issue

By Nathalia de Alcantara

Media reports say the computer science major is in trouble. At Berkeley, it’s complicated.

_{idp yorkshire collection/Alamy Stock Photo}

A Blessing of Unicorns

By James Pagett Tollen

Berkeley alumni have founded nearly 80 billion-dollar startups. Here are six of them.

_{NASA Scientific Visualization Studio}

Research Radar: Summer 2026

The latest findings and breakthroughs from Berkeley researchers

Collage featuring winter sports, golf, soccer celebration, sculpture, and Olympic snow monument.

_{Lily Zheng VCG/Associated Press;
Connie Carpenter-Phinney Team USA; Collin Morikawa David Cannon/Getty Images; Max Homa PGA; Solomon Hughes WireImage; Jack Clark Alex Menendez/Getty Images; BB team AP Photos/Trinity Marchan/Icon Images}

The Play: Summer 2026

By Scott Ball

The Wide World of Cal Sports

_{Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images}

Q/A: Speaking Out for Science

By Pat Joseph

Nobelist Randy Schekman on the State of Scientific Research in the U.S.

Running football player in graduation gown holding a diploma and football

In a Hurry

By Scott Ball

Some of Cal’s best athletes are graduating early

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

_{Marvel Television/Disney+}

Mixed Media: Summer 2026

New works by Berkeley authors and artists

_{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 most notable architects and designers

_{Courtesy of Bancroft Library}

Collections: Summer 2026

By Pat Joseph

Plano del Puerto de Sn. Francisco, 1776

_{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 […]