Academics

UC Berkeley’s Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, or TDPS, department saw an overwhelming decrease in accepted PhD offers this year. 

Jeff MacKie-Mason, the University Librarian, will retire June 2024 according to a campus press release.

The National Academy of Sciences, or NAS, announced May 2 that seven UC Berkeley professors were selected to become members of the academy.

UC Berkeley alum Hua Hsu, a professor of literature at Bard College and staff writer for the New Yorker, received the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for his memoir “Stay True.”

As graduation nears, seniors are presenting their research and creative projects to represent their time and work on campus.

ASUC Senator Stephanie Wong released a statement last week urging the UC Berkeley community to address the alleged lack of support for the Cantonese language on campus.

Berkeley Lab scientists Dung-Hai Lee and Jizhong Zhou were recently elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

For students at Berkeley Law, clinics play a vital part in their curriculum and journey towards pursuing law, while making impacts on various communities.

Enrollment for fall 2023 classes began at UC Berkeley this past week. 

Berkeley Law professor Nazune Menka created an American Cultures course fall 2021 named Decolonizing UC Berkeley, dedicated to unpacking campus’ ties to settler colonialism and its relationship with Indigenous groups in California.