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A headshot photo of UC Berkeley’s Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer Darren Cooke sits on the left with his quote featured on the right in white text over a dark blue background. The quote reads: “From gene editing to semiconductors to city policy, these nominees show what happens when Berkeley research leaves the lab.”
A collage of 3 UC Berkeley community members holding instruments. From left to right: UC Berkeley lecturer Melanie Acosta with a guitar; Alum Kylie Cloutier holding a flute; and Alum Victoria Otvos holding a guitar.
In the background is a macro shot of a mosquito piercing a person’s skin. A semi-transparent blue overlay sits on top with “UC Berkeley” printed in gold in the top left corner and “Cimate change is redrawing the malaria map in Africa” in white text at the bottom.
In the background are trajectories (color-coded by time) of a few dozen C. elegans freely moving across a field of view greater than 5 square centimeters. A semi-transparent blue overlay sits on top with “UC Berkeley” printed in gold in the top left corner and “New high-throughput microscope for imaging large, dynamic samples” in white text at the bottom.
A visual titled “Fire Frequency Yosemite National Park.” The visual shows three of the same maps of Yosemite National Park side-by-side with a gradient color legend labelled “fires per century” below each one. The color legend increases intensity from left “0” to right “>15.” From left to right, each visual’s map title and fires per century count reads: “1849 estimated” with “9.1"; “1950-2023 actual” with “12.2"; and “2100 projected” with “>15" At the very bottom, it prints”Gonzalez and Verkerke 2026 in Environmental Research Letters”
An image of hands holding a phone with the Instagram logo on-screen sits in the background under a blue semi-transparent overlay. The top left corner reads “UC BERKELEY” in gold text and the headline centered at the bottom reads “Does misinformation on Facebook and Instagram change what you believe?” in white text.
Headshot of Catherine Breed wearing a high-neck sweater. Text on-screen reads “Then: Catherine Breed”
A headshot photo of UC Berkeley author Bora Lee Reed sits on the left with her quote featured on the right in white text over a dark blue background. The quote reads: “It started with wondering what happened to my grandfather and the pain of family separation, which is a common experience for so many Korean families of that generation.”
A headshot photo of UC Berkeley psychology professor Dr. Dacher Keltner sits on the left with his quote featured on the right in white text over a dark blue background. The quote reads: “[Ask yourself] what really inspired me as a child? What are your core strengths? This isn’t about your career... [or] what you do. This is where you come alive.”
A headshot photo of UC Berkeley Possibilty Lab Executive Director Amy E. Lerman sits on the left with her quote featured to the right in white text over a dark blue background. The quote reads: “As a public university, this should be the norm... We should be in these conversations. The idea that we are serving the people of California — this is in our DNA.”
A view of pastel blue and purple skies with scattered clouds on campus.
Cal alum Danny Muñoz poses in a squat stance in front of Sather Gate. He’s wearing a white tank, dark pants, black shoes, a pair of black sunglasses, a gold watch, and his graduation stole. A blue banner label reads “Then: Danny Muñoz (2023)” in gold lettering on the bottom left.
UC Berkeley #1 public college According to WSJ/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S.
Rainbow gradient overlay over an image of UC Berkeley's Campanile with text that reads "#1 Public University According to U.S. News & World Report 2025-2026 best global universities rankings"