“Public higher education will set you free, make no mistake about that. I wouldn’t be here today." 🌟 — Clothilde Hewlett ’76, JD ’79

See the results on the *first-ever* interactive audio map. 🔊 #BerkeleyResearch

California’s lieutenant governor, Eleni Kounalakis, returned to campus today and she said she felt the same Berkeley electricity she’s come to adore. #GoBears #CalAlum

Richard Buxbaum came to Berkeley in 1961 and has seen it all in more than half a century of teaching and advocating for the disenfranchised.

“I don’t mind a little turmoil, I have to tell you. I didn’t then, and I don’t now.”

Happy CALentine's Day, Bears!!! 💙🐻💛 #valentinesday

(#BerkeleyPOV by harrisonmaphotography on Instagram | Artwork by Frida Hernandez '20 | bit.ly/2SPcmi1)

Street Story gives California residents a new platform for reporting roadway collisions and near-misses — be they between 🚙, 🚲, or 🚶. #BerkeleyResearch

“The broader lesson of the book is what profit-seeking looks like when the rules allow it to absolutely dominate labor. The planters were enjoying absolutely unregulated capitalism.”

Go Bears! 💙 + 💛 = 💚

Congratulations to Professors Claire Tomlin and Douglas Clark! 🏆🌟 #BerkeleyResearch #GoBears

Professor Saez estimates that the wealth tax they’ve laid out could raise $2.75 trillion over a decade — “and finally narrow the gap between wealth growth at the top and wealth growth for the middle class.”

“Democracies become oligarchies when wealth is too concentrated. A progressive wealth tax is the most direct policy tool to curve the growing concentration of wealth in the United States. It can also raise sorely-needed tax revenue to fund the public good.” 🌟 #BerkeleyResearch

I’m a Berkeleyan: Henry Wei Leung

Berkeley is one of two American universities to co-found GAUC, the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate.

“The power of the university and what it could do became clear and had a lasting impact on me. I went to [Berkeley Law] while still a conscientious objector. My first job was with the NAACP’s regional council for the western states. That all led me to being the lawyer I became.” 🌟

"Many supposed transportation revolutions — from buses and streetcars to interstate highways and Uber — have led to increased segregation and growing wealth gaps between the rich and the poor."

By making the issue about more than just salary, teachers across the country have started a revolution. How well that translates to California is yet to be seen, but early results show promise.

Stay dry, Bears! ☔ Story: bit.ly/2I24XYz

(Video by Patrica Besada '20 | Music: Imaginary — Broken Elegance & Nomyn)

Happy National Periodic Table Day! 😎

#DidYouKnow: UC Berkeley, along with Berkeley Lab, has discovered more elements than any other university in the world? 🌟 Story: bit.ly/2LiW2hY

Where are you headed? 🌟

(#BerkeleyPOV by lenin.silva on Instagram | bit.ly/2GuVRRB)

Watch the babies hatch this year — from anywhere in the world! 🐣🐣🐣

Happy Lunar New Year! 🎋🏮🎊

(#BerkeleyPOV by molly_pinder on Instagram | bit.ly/2SwhSpq)

See the results demonstrated in vivid sound and color on the FIRST-EVER interactive audio map of nonverbal vocal communication at bit.ly/2t3r0Up. 🔊 #BerkeleyResearch

A new kid on the block, CasX, may give Cas9 a run for its money. 🌟 #BerkeleyResearch #CRISPR

The New York Review of Books: "Your discovery means that, among other things, the world now has the means to eliminate many genetically related diseases."

Professor Doudna: "Well, potentially. On the horizon, we’re on the verge of solving sickle-cell anemia and muscular dystrophy." 🌟 #BerkeleyResearch #CRISPR

For those of a certain age, Nixon and Watergate were and are linked together every bit as menacingly as Trump and Russia are today — which makes this campus exhibit all the more relevant.

Rebecca Sorla Portnoff, PhD '17, uses her computer security know-how to help catch sex traffickers. 🌟