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01/08/2025

Congratulations professor Doudna!

Announced by President Joe Biden, the award honors the nation's technological trailblazers

01/08/2025

🎊 New year, new opportunities! Check out our spring semester career fairs and tell a friend.

Check Handshake to learn about each fair and participating employers

01/07/2025

Three great reasons to get a meal plan this spring:
Easy, healthy, and delicious choices
Dozens of locations and menu options
Save money and time

Enjoy these benefits by getting your semester meal plan now until February 8, 2025.

To get your meal plan:
View your off-campus meal plan options
Choose the right plan for you
Purchase your spring off-campus meal plan
Get a spring meal plan that fits perfectly into your life plans.
Purchase your meal plan now
New: Use Grubhub to Order Pickup
from Berkeley Dining

Order on Grubhub in town, out of town – and now at select Berkeley Dining locations. It’s a convenient new way to order meals, snacks, and drinks for easy pickup from campus convenience stores and campus restaurants – all while using your meal plan flex dollars.

Coming Soon: Use your meal equivalency swipes at participating locations, like The Golden Bear Café, Brown's, and The Eateries at Student Union!

01/07/2025

A look back at 12 major happenings on campus, as chronicled by UC Berkeley News.

01/02/2025

Congratulations to our Winter graduates!

Over 1,000 students participated in Saturday’s event.

12/16/2024

Good Luck to all our Golden Bears as they start finals today!

12/12/2024

As we approach the end of the year, Chancellor Rich Lyons and his wife Jen share a holiday greeting with the UC Berkeley community.For more information visit...

12/11/2024

Explore new ways of understanding ourselves, our planet and our place in the universe.

12/06/2024

Moffitt Library is being renovated.

Moffitt Library is closing after fall finals this year. Here’s what you need to know — including where to study in the meantime.

12/02/2024

https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/11/21/a-nearby-supernova-could-end-the-search-for-dark-matter/

Axion dark matter should be produced and converted to gamma rays during a supernova. Will we be lucky enough to see them?

11/27/2024

UC Berkeley Parents & Families wishes all a Happy Thanksgiving!

11/25/2024

Our Golden Bears had an outstanding comeback in the 127th Big Game vs. Stanford.

Cal Overcomes 14-Point Deficit To Win Rivalry Contest For Fourth Straight Year

11/21/2024

For students living in the resident halls, some information on dining...

Dining locations will have adjusted hours for Thanksgiving Break during the week of November 24. All dining commons, convenience stores, and campus restaurants will close by 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27.

While on-campus dining locations are closed, meal plan flex dollars stay active. Flex dollars can be used on Grubhub to order pick-up and delivery from over 1,000 local restaurants, as well as nationwide.

If more flex dollars are needed, it’s fast and easy to purchase add-on flex dollars online anytime. Dining locations will reopen starting on Sunday, December 1. Get full details on dining hours by location over Thanksgiving break.

https://c1capps.sait-west.berkeley.edu/LoginModule/CASCalDiningLogin

https://dining.berkeley.edu/locations/hours-of-operation/week-of-november-24/

11/19/2024

Events Take Place Across The Bay Area Prior To Saturday's 127th Big Game

11/13/2024

Ava is revolutionizing how the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community understands the world. It couldn't have happened without the spirit of innovation fostered at UC Berkeley.

11/08/2024

Reminder to sign up for The Berkeley Parent & Family Connection.

10/29/2024

A big Thank You to all the parents who volunteered for Parents Weekend at Homecoming!

10/24/2024

Watch Raka Ray explain the basics of the study of sociology in just 101 seconds.