A Brighter Tomorrow
Driven by the motto Fiat Lux, Berkeley illuminates the world.
Driven by the motto Fiat Lux, Berkeley illuminates the world.
Campaign Priorities
Campaign Priorities
Explore how you can light the way for faculty, students, and research.
Explore how you can light the way for faculty, students, and research.
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Places of Possibility Go to Places of Possibility
Story Spotlight
Story Spotlight
Berkeley Discover takes education personally
Berkeley Discover takes education personally
With the launch of Berkeley Discover, an exciting new program supported by a $5 million gift from Peter '73 and Megan Chernin, asking what you discovered at Berkeley may become a more relevant question than what you majored in.
Campaign Stories
Training Africaâs future leaders
Training Africaâs future leaders
Alsanosi Adam M.J. â16, a journalist in Sudan, is one example of the power of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, which announced a 10-year, $26 million renewal to support 108 masterâs degree students.
Ron and Stephanie Rivera pledge $500k toward new softball facility
Ron and Stephanie Rivera pledge $500k toward new softball facility
Nearly 40Â years after he graduated from Cal, Ron Rivera still sees the universityâs immense significance in his life. Thatâs one reason he and his wife, Stephanie, made a $500,000Â gift to Calâs softball facility project.
Lighting the way in the Central Valley
Lighting the way in the Central Valley
In her senior year at Kerman High School, when officials wouldnât allow Michael Piña to put the quote, âYes, I dress nice. I wasnât in the closet this long for nothing,â under her yearbook photo, Piña got an ACLU attorney to reverse the decision.
Jennifer Doudna wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Jennifer Doudna wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The biochemist shares it with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier for the co-development of CRISPR-Cas9, a genome editing breakthrough that has revolutionized biomedicine. Sheâs the first woman on the faculty to win the coveted award.