Berkeley researchers receive ARPA-H awards 10/10/24 — UC Berkeley researchers in two multi-institutional teams have won major awards to fund pioneering biomedical research
EECS professor Preeya Khanna wins NIH New Innovator Award 10/08/24 — CDSS: Prestigious award supports especially creative, high-impact biomedical and behavioral research by early-career investigators
How UC Berkeley researchers are making online spaces safer for all 10/02/24 — Researchers are building tools to support freedom of expression on the internet while minimizing the potential for harm
Watch a UC Berkeley digital forensics expert break down political deepfakes 10/01/24 — Hany Farid shows how to spot AI-generated political content
Bringing clarity to computational imaging 09/30/24 — New tool removes motion artifacts when imaging dynamic samples
AI hardware hub awarded $16.3M from DOD 09/26/24 — Hub led by Stanford and UC Berkeley gets funding for three projects aimed at ultra-efficient hardware for AI applications
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu nominated for NAE presidency 09/25/24 — Voting to take place in March 2025 for the six-year term beginning July 1
Berkeley Engineering ranked No. 3 for undergrad programs by U.S. News 09/24/24 — Berkeley remains top public engineering program in the nation
UC Berkeley to launch compute hub with California Education Learning Lab 09/23/24 — CDSS: $1.5M grant will fund first-of-its-kind computing technology hub for the state’s public colleges and universities
Sehat Sutardja, semiconductor pioneer and Marvell co-founder, has died 09/19/24 — Alum was longtime supporter, board member of Berkeley Engineering
New model sheds light on how wildfires spread through communities 09/16/24 — Insights could lead to more effective mitigation that saves lives and property
New computer simulations help scientists advance energy-efficient microelectronics 09/13/24 — Berkeley Lab: EECS professor Sayeef Salahuddin part of team working to fast-track the development of ultra-low-power microelectronics
California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist 09/11/24 — Study reveals low-income communities of color still breathe the dirtiest air
Laura Waller awarded Max Planck-Humboldt Medal 09/10/24 — Max Planck Society: EECS professor recognized for outstanding achievements in computational microscopy
Berkeley Engineering welcomes new faculty to campus 08/27/24 — Six new tenure-track and teaching professors will join us in fall 2024
Young cricket star had to rethink future after eye injury 08/26/24 — New EECS student Vihaan Hampihallikar then started a project to help others get the health care they needed
New recyclable adhesives can be easily adapted for medical, consumer and industrial applications 08/22/24 — Uses include surgical superglue that could be game-changer for fetal surgeries
Powerful new mini microscope will enable precision cancer surgery 08/22/24 — UCSF: Researchers win up to $15 million from ARPA-H to develop next-gen miniature scanner to detect individual cancer cells during surgery
World’s first micromachine twists 2D materials at will 08/21/24 — Device expands ways to manipulate low-dimensional quantum materials