Berkeley Astrophysicist Awarded for Work on Supernovae
Berkeley professor shares the 2026 Gruber Cosmology Prize for his work in supernovae and black holes.
W. M. Keck Foundation Awards Grants to Seven Faculty
Seven Berkeley faculty and their doctoral students gain a rapid boost in research advancement.
Two UC Berkeley Scholars Elected to the American Philosophical Society
Historian Carla Hesse and chemist Jeffrey Long were named to the oldest scholarly society in the nation.
UC Berkeley Journalism Alums Honored with 2026 Pulitzer Prizes
Graduates of the school won journalism's highest honor for their reporting work.
Berkeley Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Seven Berkeley professors have been elected to the prestigious American Academy.
Two UC Berkeley Faculty Members Win New Horizons Prizes
Two Berkeley professors were honored for their early career contributions.
Bay Area scientists honored at the ‘Oscars of Science’ for math and physics
Physicist Benjamin Safdi and mathematician Yunqing Tang, both associate professors, won 2026 New Horizons awards from the Breakthrough Prize for their work on dark matter detection and number theory, respectively.
Four UC Berkeley Professors Win Illustrious Guggenheim Fellowships
Two historians, a biologist and a bioengineer will receive a stipend to pursue independent work under “the freest possible conditions.”
Tolani Britton Selected for William T. Grant Foundation Scholars Program
Berkeley professor is selected for a prestigious research grant.
Matei Zaharia Awarded ACM Prize in Computing
Berkeley EECS professor is recognized for developing systems that have powered machine learning and AI at a global scale.
Eleven UC Berkeley Faculty Members Elected Fellows
The newly elected AAAS Fellows include the brightest UC Berkeley faculty.
Seven UC Berkeley Faculty Named 2026 Sloan Fellows
Seven Berkeley faculty recognized for being the most promising early-career researchers.
Four UC Berkeley Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering announced four UC Berkeley faculty joining its ranks.
Two UC Berkeley Professors Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Berkeley professors Ana Claudia Arias and Tahir Ghani named as 2025 fellows.
40 Acres and a Lie
40 Acres and a Lie, a winner of the Online Journalism Awards for Excellence in Audio Digital Storytelling, Limtied Series.
Vision Scientist Teresa Puthussery Receives MacArthur ‘Genius’ Award
Puthussery’s discoveries about the retina are paving the way for new treatments for eye disease and vision loss
Omar Yaghi shares 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Yaghi created a field called reticular chemistry, which involves stitching together molecular building blocks to form porous structures — metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) — with myriad applications.
John Clarke awarded 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Nobel Prize committee honored Clarke "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantization in an electric circuit." These circuits were forerunners of the qubits in many quantum computers.
Dacher Keltner Receives Prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award
Berkeley psychology professor receives award for his study of human emotion, power and the concept of awe throughout his career.
From Flammable Buildings to Slavery’s Hidden Legacy to Tainted Groundwater: Projects from 10 Countries Win GIJN’s 2025 Sigma Awards
Jennifer LaFleur is among the winners of the 2025 Sigma Award celebrating the best data journalism from around the world.
Six UC Berkeley Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Six UC Berkeley faculty members from a diverse range of fields are newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Two Berkeley Professors Receive Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships
The Guggenheim Foundation awards two Berkeley professors one of the highest intellectual honors on North American academics and creatives.
2025 MTI Innovator Awardees Announced
As federal research funding faces growing uncertainty, the Molecular Therapeutics Initiative (MTI) at UC Berkeley is stepping up to support bold scientific innovation.
Political Science Professor Amy Lerman Awarded 2025 Carnegie Fellowship
A Berkeley professor of public policy and political science has been awarded a Carnegie Fellowship by the Carnegie Corporation for her work focusing on political polarization in the United States.
Seven Faculty Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
The 2024 class of AAAS fellows includes UC Berkeley researchers from the fields of biology, physics, psychology, engineering and statistics.
Brian Staskawicz Awarded Wolf Prize in Agriculture
A Berkeley professor has been awarded the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for his discoveries of the immune system and disease resistance in plants.
Six Young Faculty Members Named Sloan Fellows
Six researchers at UC Berkeley have been awarded a prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship, granted for their creativity, innovation and research accomplishments in their fields.
Noah Whiteman Among the Recipients of the 2025 GSA Award
Noah Whiteman, Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development, is a 2025 recipient of the Genetics Society of America Medal for outstanding contributions to the field of genetics.
Michael I. Jordan Receives Frontiers of Knowledge Award for Advances in Machine Learning
The predictive algorithms created by Jordan laid the foundations for generative AI models like those powering ChatGPT or Amazon’s recommender systems.
Three Berkeley Engineering Professors Named to NAE
The National Academy of Engineering has elected three Berkeley engineering professors for their outstanding contributions to engineering practice, research or education.
IRE announces winners of the 2024 Philip Meyer Journalism Award
“40 Acres and a Lie,” Center for Public Integrity, Reveal, Mother Jones, PRX
By Alexia Fernández Campbell, Pratheek Rebala, April Simpson, Jennifer LaFleur, Nadia Hamdan, Cynthia Rodriguez and Roy Hurst
Stuart Bale Awarded the 2025 Arctowski Medal
Bale has revolutionized our understanding of the energization of and heat transport in the solar wind.
Professor and Alums Win Prestigious duPont-Columbia Awards for Investigative Stories
Berkeley current faculty and alums win the Prestigious Dupont-Columbia Award in journalism.
Michael I. Jordan Receives Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Berkeley EECS professor receives Frontiers of Knowledge Award for their core contributions to the field of machine learning.
UC Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna Receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Jennifer Doudna has been awarded a National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement.
Ken Ribet Awarded Math Prize for Influential Proof
Berkeley mathematics professor awarded the Steele Prize of the American Mathematical Society.
Psychology Researchers Awarded $4.5 Million Grant for Bipolar Disorder Study
Berkeley psychology researchers score a $4.5 million grant aimed to improve the lives of those suffering from bipolar disorder.
CITRIS Announces Recipients of Inaugural Innovation Fellowship and AIC Awards
Berkeley professor awarded the Innovation Fellowship and AIC Awards for their research in rapid crop bioengineering.
UC Berkeley Engineer Homayoon Kazerooni Elected to the National Academy of Inventors
Berkeley engineering professor Homayoon Kazerooni has been named a 2024 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Teresa Head-Gordon, Ph.D. To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Professor Head-Gordon is being inducted "For outstanding contributions to the development of fundamental computational methodologies applied to macromolecular assemblies, disease aggregation, molecular liquids, and biomaterials", according to AIMBE.
James A. Robinson, a New Nobel Laureate, Left Lasting Impact at Berkeley
Robinson helped to transform the study of development in low-income countries, and built a network of influential former students.
Berkeley Civil Engineering Members Receive 2024 Institutional Lead Award
Several members of Berkeley Civil Engineering receive the Institutional Lead Award.
David Baker, a UC Berkeley Ph.D., Awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Three Nobel Prize winners this year share a UC Berkeley connection.
Hilary Hoynes Awarded 2024 Daniel M. Holland Medal for Groundbreaking Work in Child Poverty
UC Berkeley Economics and Public Policy Professor has been awarded the 2024 Daniel M. Holland Medal by the National Tax Association.
Kristin Persson Receives Distinguished Scientist Fellow Award
Prominent scientist honored for pioneering data-driven approach to accelerate clean energy innovations
Maria Laura Delle Monache Named ITS Faculty of the Year
Assistant Professor Maria Laura Delle Monache is named ITS faculty of the year.
Yang Dan wins Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize
Congratulations to HWNI member Yang Dan for winning the 2024 Peter Seeburg Integrative Neuroscience Prize!
UC Berkeley Neuroscientist and Nanoscientist Among This Year’s Kavli Prize Winners
Doris Tsao shares prize in neuroscience, while Paul Alivisatos shares prize in nanoscience
Michael Yartsev wins Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award
Michael Yartsev's Our leverages the power of natural behavior to uncover general principles of higher-level brain functions related to learning & memory, group sociality, and communication.
UC Berkeley Political Science Professor David Broockman Awarded 2024 Carnegie Fellowship
His research challenges common beliefs about political polarization and offers strategies for political campaigns to persuade voter.