“I am thrilled to announce that a major campus project deeply connected to this effort was completed this fall: a new student union and outdoor plaza, a common space at the heart of student life.” — Chancellor Nicholas B. Dirks


We live in a time when the line between the public and the personal has become blurred, and power struggles that take place in the virtual realm of 1s and 0s can have major consequences in real life.


Early-career grants come at a crucial time when young faculty have a lot to balance: building a lab, seeking funding, and teaching, while also generating their own breakthrough research.

Answering the explosion in student interest to address global poverty, Berkeley launched the Global Poverty & Practice (GPP) minor in 2007— and it remains one of the campus’s most popular minors.