Did you know? The Star Wars saga based its innovative filmmaking techniques on research first tested in UC Berkeley’s Environmental Simulation Lab! 🌟

'The focus of the project required that I figure out, in a scientific way, the things that made the image believable,' said John…

The mission of academic institutions is long-term societal impact. Speaking with Naresh Sunkara, Ph.D. on Lab to Startup, I shared how we've advanced this mission on campus via our #innovation & #entrepreneurship ecosystem. Listen here: labtostartup.com/lessons-from-e…

Happening now! Come support UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate Victoria Chevee, a student in the Molecular and Cell Biology program.

Her work currently focuses on bacterial replication and dissemination during infections that affect the brain. 🧠

“It’s hard to understand what I just did.”

Cal discus athlete Mykolas Alekna shattered the world record with a throw of 74.41 meters. The mark he surpassed was the longest standing record in men’s track and field history, set in 1986 by Jurgen Schult.

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Happening today: Join Chancellor Christ's final appearance on #CampusConversations at noon, where she will talk about:

- Her time in office, including the accomplishments and the work that remains to be done
- Her view of the challenges and opportunities in higher education…

Catch the documentary Pathways to Invention, which airs tonight at 7 p.m. on KQED and screens at Jacobs Hall at 12:15 and 4:15 p.m. on May 2.

Paige Balcom, co-founder & CTO of Takataka Plastics, is one of the Berkeley alums profiled.

Learn more: bit.ly/3WkI5ry

335 items previously stored at UC Berkeley have now returned to Hawaii through collaboration between Native Hawaiians and the university. This is believed to have been the largest single repatriation of cultural items in Hawaiian history.

Native Hawaiians said the effort…

“I was running the race, … and people were yelling and screaming, ‘Do one for Cal.’” 🥇🐻💙

Cal alum Archie Williams was born #OTD in 1915.

The Oakland native was a gold medalist at the Berlin Olympics, a flight instructor at Tuskegee Institute, and a high school teacher.

New research out today by UCMP curator Z. Jack Tseng about Smilodon baby teeth! 👶🦷🐈
news.berkeley.edu/2024/04/30/the…

A new metal alloy resists damage at both hot & cold temperature extremes due to an atomic-level effect called kink bands, making it potentially suitable for demanding applications like more powerful aerospace engines! 🚀Molecular Foundry
newscenter.lbl.gov/2024/04/22/thi…

April is #NationalPoetryMonth ! Did you know that UC Berkeley offered the nation’s very first university-level creative writing course? ⬇️

Witness the Future of Tech at UC Berkeley SCET's Collider Cup XIV, UC Berkeley's premier tech startup showcase. See student teams pitch their ventures for the coveted Collider Cup!

RSVP here: bit.ly/44iylAl

New UC Berkeley housing complex will be called xučyun ruwway (HOOCH-yoon ROO-why), a name in Chochenyo, the language of the Ohlone people. This is the first time Berkeley has chosen an Indigenous name for a campus building and consulted with Indigenous people in the process.

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Congratulations Jeffrey Long of UC Berkeley, newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS161 #chemistry

Congratulations Hilary Hoynes of UC Berkeley, newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS161 #economics

Congratulations Tyrone Hayes of UC Berkeley, newly inducted #NASmember ! #NAS161 #biology