Nobel Prize

An experimental research method that began in the work of campus professor Edward Miguel and his former doctoral adviser led to the awarding of a Nobel prize on Monday.

Let’s give a hearty “Go Bears” to UC Berkeley’s famous fictional alumni and faculty from some of the most iconic books, movies and television series.

Over a literary career lasting half a century, Morrison has crafted words that have opened readers’ eyes to the power of literature.

The 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Paul Romer, a former UC Berkeley economics professor, who shares the prize with Yale University professor William Nordhaus.

Maybe the events of last week — Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, UC Berkeley’s abysmal equity index score and the disappearance of Washington Post columnist and Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, for a start — have made you feel a sense of deep dissatisfaction in governments, both local and global.

UC Berkeley alumna and professor at the California Institute of Technology Frances Arnold was awarded a Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday — the fifth woman in history to win this prize.

Frances Arnold, a UC Berkeley alumna and professor at the California Institute of Technology, was one of three scientists awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry this morning.

Amid the crowd at former UC Berkeley professor James Allison’s birthday party was a cancer survivor who owed her life to his newly developed treatment — the very same treatment that earned Allison a Nobel Prize in medicine Monday.

Immunologist and former director of the UC Berkeley Cancer Research Laboratory James Allison was awarded the Nobel prize in medicine Monday.