Faculty Award Recipients in the News

Biophysicist honored for pioneering electron microscopy research that elucidated the earliest steps of gene transcription.

Bioengineering Professor Aaron Streets says it is important for those who conduct that research “to represent the full diversity of human genetic variation.

The Fukuoka Prize honors the outstanding work of individuals, groups and organizations in preserving and creating the unique and diverse cultures of Asia.

African American Studies Professor Leigh Raiford and Berkeley Law Professor Saira Mohamed are winners of the annual Berlin Prize.

There are now 156 UC Berkeley faculty members in the ranks of the NAS.

Gabriel Zucman is a UC Berkeley economist who has helped propel globally influential research on tax avoidance and economic inequality.

The new UC Berkeley fellows are medical anthropologist Charles Briggs, philosopher John Campbell, neuroscientist Marla Feller, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, physicist Dung-Hai Lee and political scientist Amy Lerman.

Scott Straus, a UC Berkeley political scientist known for his study of political violence and genocide, has been named the Mahatma M.K. Gandhi Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

The Enrico Fermi Presidential Award is one of the oldest and most prestigious science and technology honors bestowed by the U.S. government.

This global recognition for outstanding work in the study of the human past is given annually recognizes emerging scholars whose work “illuminates the past in bold and creative ways.”

Four UC Berkeley faculty members have been awarded the 2023 Bakar Prize.

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected to its ranks UC Berkeley’s Kenichi Soga, a geotechnical engineer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.