UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science
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- #FacultyFriday 🌟 Meet UC Berkeley professor Mike Boots, chair of the Department of Integrative Biology. His research tackles important "why" questions: "Why are some infectious diseases more virulent than others?" Read more here: bit.ly/4rpQlml #Research #BiologicalScience
- 📝Linguistics Research Apprenticeship Practicum (LRAP) at UC Berkeley is reshaping undergraduate research by pairing undergrads with graduate student mentors. Professor Hannah Sande: "We are truly building the next generation of linguistic researchers." Learn more: bit.ly/4c5dnun
- 🧬 From quantum theory to the modern laser, curiosity-driven research has shaped the world we live in. In just 101 seconds, watch UC Berkeley Dean Steve Kahn explain why basic science fuels innovation. ▶️ bit.ly/4sVf6IH #CuriosityDrivenResearch #UCBerkeley
- Want to make better decisions in 2026? 🎧 Listen to a panel of UC Berkeley L&S professors, with expertise ranging from political science to philosophy, discuss decision-making and how we can use different approaches to make better, more informed choices. ➡️ bit.ly/4qO3wgV
- 🌟 From Nobel Prize-winning experiments to the future of computing, UC Berkeley leads quantum information science. The new Roger Herst Quantum Nexus will help scientists, students, and industry leaders access groundbreaking quantum activity now and into the future! ➡️ bit.ly/48V0jGh
- 💡 Did you know? Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 jump from animals to humans. UC Berkeley Integrative Biology Professor Cara Brook is studying wild fruit bats in Madagascar to test vaccines and prevent future pandemics before they start. 🦇 Read more: bit.ly/4ahjriF #ResearchExcellence
- 🪸 UC Berkeley (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) researchers report that sponges likely evolved first, reshaping our view of early animal evolution and the base of the animal tree of life. This research was funded by the Life Sciences Research Foundation and HHMI. Read More ↠ bit.ly/4axMbnf
- 📚 Third-year English & Rhetoric major, and Mellon Mays Fellow, Kelly Chuang shares how speculative fiction, vision, and unreliable narrators shape her research and her work in the humanities. Read more: bit.ly/44K0bXg #SpeculativeFiction #Humanities #StudentSpotlight
- Silicon Valley’s hustle culture is back and intensifying, and UC Berkeley Ethnic Studies Professor Carolyn Chen explains what’s driving it — from AI to changing ideas of work, community, and purpose. Read more: bit.ly/4ox0VWN #UCBerkeley #SiliconValley #HustleCulture
- 🌟 UC Berkeley dean of biological sciences, Richard Harland, shares how his basic research has inspired emerging treatment for a rare bone disease called FOP. ➡️ Read more: bit.ly/3KrDvUP #UCBerkeley #ResearchWithResults
- #FacultyFriday: UC Berkeley Arts & Humanities Dean Sara Guyer discusses the modern utility of a #humanities degree: “The arts and humanities classroom really helps us understand the world. We’re comfortable being in complexity.” Read more: bit.ly/4i1putm #UCBerkeley #LiberalArts
- #Alumni Spotlight: Purvi Kunwar credits her UC Berkeley interdisciplinary double major (political economy & development studies) with laying the foundation for a dynamic career that has spanned public health, education and biotechnology 🌟 Read more: bit.ly/3M2D4ko #SocialSciences
- 🌟 UC Berkeley molecular & cell biology alum, Wendy Marie Ingram Ph.D. '15, transformed a tragedy into a positive movement by founding Dragonfly Mental Health. “Action is my coping mechanism,” says Wendy. Read more here: bit.ly/3JcDq72 📷: Aga Ignas #Research #Impact #CalAlum
- #FacultyFriday: UC Berkeley's Prof. Roland Bürgmann is studying "earthquake weather" and the effect of climate on seismic activity. Are the atmosphere & solid earth connected? 🤔 His research may offer new insights into earthquake forecasting. Read more: bit.ly/4oSFgJW #Research #Earthquakes
- 🐋 Sperm whales communicate in ways similar to humans according to a new study from UC Berkeley and Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) by Linguistics Professor Gašper Beguš. Read more here: bit.ly/3KbEMiN #Linguistics #Research #Impact
- A UC Berkeley (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) study led by Professor David Harding finds that how applicants explain their past crimes can affect hiring decisions. Those who took responsibility and showed change were most likely to be hired. Read more – bit.ly/4nVVsc7 #Sociology #Research
- 🌎 Finch chirps are more than mindless chatter — they actually convey meaning. UC Berkeley (@uofcalifornia.bsky.social) researchers found that zebra finches understand what they’re hearing. Read more – bit.ly/4hTNIG7 #UCBerkeley #Neuroscience #AnimalCommunication #Finches #Science
- Artificial intelligence is transforming society and raising deep questions. UC Berkeley Philosophy, led by Alva Noë and supported by Sarah Douglas, is launching a new initiative on the philosophy of AI. Read more – bit.ly/47KxmL5 #UCBerkeley #Philosophy #AI
- 🚀 NASA’s ESCAPADE mission — led by UC Berkeley — launches in early November. Twin “Blue and Gold” satellites will map Mars’ magnetic fields and atmosphere in 3D to aid future human exploration. Read more ⇨ bit.ly/4oXxFtc #UCBerkeley #NASAMission #Mars #ESCAPADE
- 🧐Chimpanzees may have more in common with human thinkers than we thought. A new study co-authored by Emily Sanford at the University of California, Berkeley (@ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) shows they can rationally revise their beliefs when given new evidence. Read more ➥ bit.ly/4qKyDug
- ⏰ There are fewer than 500 atomic clocks in the world, and the one inside UC Berkeley's Kolkowitz Lab is not just keeping time for the planet. It's helping researchers "test fundamental physics, to search for new physics, and to test relativity." ▶️ bit.ly/3Jj2nOh #Physics #BasicScience
- #FacultyFriday: By designing innovative new algorithms that harness the power of quantum computers, UC Berkeley professor Lin Lin is making game-changing contributions to both fields of computational mathematics AND quantum science. 💡 Read more >> bit.ly/48RPqVW
- Generative #AI tools are everywhere, and UC Berkeley's Division of Social Sciences is helping students and faculty use these tools wisely: "We see generative AI as a tool to supplement — not substitute — intellectual curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge." ➡️ bit.ly/47B7RNp
- 🏆 UC Berkeley‘s Mike Zaletel was named a 2025 American Physical Society Fellow for "pioneering contributions to the understanding of topological aspects of condensed matter.” 💡Read more here: bit.ly/3KQdTRw #UCBerkeley #Research #APSFellows #Physics
- #FacultyFriday: Exploring the forms of Postcolonial African Literature with UC Berkeley Professor Farah Bakaari, a scholar of 20th and 21st century African literature. 💡Read more here: bit.ly/4hmEXnH #UCBerkeley #Research #English
- 🧠 Professor Na Ji is transforming our understanding of how the brain processes visual information and about diseases, addiction, and other neurological conditions through her research at UC Berkeley. Read more here: bit.ly/4hd5Fio #UCBerkeley #LettersAndScience #ResearchImpact #Neuroscience
- 🏆#ICYMI: University of California sets a world record with five Nobel Prizes in one week, including UC Berkeley's emeritus professor of physics John Clarke and chemist Omar Yaghi! Read more here: bit.ly/4okwnId #NobelPrize #Physics #Chemistry #BasicScience #ResearchExcellence
- 📢 ICYMI: “...These Nobel laureates reflect the excellence of our universities, the strength of our innovation ecosystem, and the boundless creativity that defines the Golden State.” - Gov Gavin Newsom 🌟 Read more: bit.ly/47q3BjO #FiatLux #GoBears #Research
- 🦠 UC Berkeley's Andrew Dillin is launching CURED, a new center that connects efforts across campus to discover cures for unmet, rare, and emerging diseases. “We are decentralizing the normal path to clinical breakthrough.” Read more: bit.ly/42CVDkK #GlobalHealth #ResearchImpact #CURED
- Juan Liu, a UC Berkeley paleontologist, assistant adjunct professor of integrative biology and assistant curator in the UC Museum of Paleontology, used fossilized ear bones to rewrite the history of freshwater fish! Learn how: bit.ly/4odOY8V 🐟 #Research @ucmpberkeley.bsky.social
- UC Berkeley's Department of African American Studies has launched a three-year initiative on Black critical theory, founded by Professor Henry Washington, Jr., to explore new directions in the field. 📚 ➡️ Read more here: bit.ly/47dK1am #AfricanAmericanStudies #BlackCriticalTheory
- 📚 Did you know? UC Berkeley students can now major in Korean studies! The program offers an interdisciplinary dive into Korea’s language, history, and culture, reflecting growing demand across campus. 🇰🇷✨ Read More Here ➟ bit.ly/42T9pzC
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- ⚛️ Gov. Gavin Newsom visited UC Berkeley to sign Assembly Bill 940, creating “quantum innovation zones” to boost research, jobs, and California’s leadership in the trillion-dollar quantum economy. Learn More: bit.ly/432FiG3 #UCBerkeley #Quantum #Research #Innovation
- #FacultyFriday: UC Berkeley historian Susanna Elm studies the late Roman Empire to understand how its legacies of autocracy, slavery, gender, religion and medicine continue to shape the world today 🏛️ ➡️ Read more: bit.ly/4nY2Unb #UCBerkeley #History #RomanEmpire #Research
- 🔬 Elena Conis, UC Berkeley professor of history and journalism, explores the history of vaccine hesitancy from smallpox to COVID-19. Learn how culture, politics & science are influencing policy and shaping attitudes. ➟ bit.ly/4gLicJT #VaccineHistory #PublicHealth
- 🤩 Congratulations to Dacher Keltner, UC Berkeley psychologist, who recently received a lifetime achievement award from the Association for Psychological Science 🏆 Read more >> bit.ly/4nPcrwR
- 🎧 In this insightful episode of #BerkeleyTalks, UC Berkeley philosopher Alva Noë argues that life and art are entangled. Learn how art changes us as humans, and makes us new >> bit.ly/42aCvu4
- 💡AI is revolutionizing weather prediction! Co-developed by #UCBerkeley professor William Boos, an AI-based weather model successfully predicted a delayed monsoon in India & enabled millions of farmers to adjust crop planting accordingly. ➡️ bit.ly/4nPXKd7 #ResearchWithResults
- 🌟 Congratulations to the 2025 L&S First-Year Pathways Course Enrichment Grant awardees! L&S Pathways helps students explore majors, fulfill breadth requirements, and discover new passions - all while making positive connections in small cohorts. Read more >> bit.ly/3Kidk2D
- 🗓️ WEDNESDAY, OCT 8: Join us for a screening of The Last Class, the hit documentary capturing UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Robert Reich's last semester. Writer & comedian W. Kamau Bell will join Prof Reich for a conversation after the film. 🎟️ TICKETS ARE ONLINE >> bit.ly/4gxZ0PA
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- Blind, neurodivergent, first-gen alum Ann Wai-Yee Kwong ’15 is reframing disability justice and creating space that is joyful, messy, healing & hopeful at UC Berkeley. Her leadership shows that true access requires cultural change. Learn More 👉 bit.ly/42ygPrO #DisabilityJustice ✊
- #FacultyFriday: Meet UC Berkeley music professors Edmund Campion and Carmine-Emanuele Cella 🎶 After Campion retires as director of the Center for New Music and Associated Technologies (CNMAT) in 2027, Cella will assume the leadership role. Read more >> bit.ly/3K6DTaR
- 😴 Chalk up another reason to get your sleep: @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers find that the growth hormone released during sleep is critical not only for childhood growth but also for adult metabolism. Learn more: bit.ly/3JThWw1
- 🎶 From Mexico City to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Professor Chris Batterman Cháirez has observed how music travels with migrants, shaping cultures and telling powerful stories. Learn about his research and new course: Music, Movement and Migration in Latin America ➡️ bit.ly/4p5Fs92
- Welcome to our new UC Berkeley Letters & Science faculty members! 🌟 Hailing from across the U.S. and the world, these brilliant scholars are bringing their expertise in Arts & Humanities, Bio Sci, Math & Physical Sci, and Social Sci research & education! bit.ly/3V43fZp
- 🎧 On this episode of #BerkeleyTalks, listen to Jennifer Doudna, #Nobel laureate and professor of molecular & cell biology and chemistry, discuss CRISPR and the future of gene editing. ➡️ bit.ly/3HWuOAG
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- #AlumniSpotlight! Meet Ruben Canedo, a trailblazer for educational justice 💙 💛 As UC Berkeley's director of strategic equity initiatives, he's striving to make sure students have the food, housing & essentials needed to succeed in school and life. bit.ly/47NYH0B
- #FacultyFriday: Meet Stephanie Syjuco, a renowned artist and longtime Art Practice professor @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. Her exhibition, "Present Tense (Roll Call)" at BAMPFA showcases Berkeley's history of radical education and protest. Learn more >> https://bit.ly/3JrJWqi
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