Official account of the University of California, Berkeley. “Bk” stands for Berkelium, one of the 16 elements discovered here.
#BerkeleyNews
#BerkeleyResearch
Dear prospective students: We fully support your right to peacefully protest, and would never refuse your admittance for doing so. Signed, the home of free speech
Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry!
The groundbreaking power & versatility of CRISPR-Cas9 has opened up new & wide-ranging possibilities across biology, agriculture & medicine, including the treatment of thousands of intractable diseases.
UC Berkeley is the
#1
public school in the world, according to a new ranking from U.S. News and World Report. 🏆
On a scale of 0 to 100, Berkeley’s global score this year is 90.3! 🎓🐻
#GOBEARS
🌟
#FiatLux
#GoPublic
Kamala Harris to give UC Berkeley's 2018 commencement address 🎓🎉💙💛:
“My parents met at UC Berkeley when they were active in the civil rights movement, so this university will always mean a great deal to me.”
@KamalaHarris
#Commencement
#graduation
The
@UofCalifornia
took a stand today in its push for publicly-funded UC research to be accessible to the world, free of charge.
“Publishing our scholarship behind a paywall deprives people of the access to and benefits of publicly-funded research.”
Congratulations to Professor David Card, awarded the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel! 🌟
#NobelPrize
#BerkeleyNobel
A Campus-wide Emergency alert has been issued. Campus police are investigating a credible campus-wide threat. Please go inside and move away from doors and windows. If you are not on campus, please stay away from the area. Shelter in place.
BREAKING NEWS:
The 2020
#NobelPrize
in Chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
Once again, UC Berkeley shares the honor of being the
#1
public school in the country according to
@usnews
rankings. We are proud of and thankful for all the students, faculty and staff who exemplify excellence every single day.
#FiatLux
! 🐻
Welcome, new Bears! 🐻 Thank you for continuing our 150 years of light! We're so glad you're here and can't wait to see you shine! 🌟💙💛
#Berkeley150
#WelcomeBears
#WeAreGolden
“We write to express our outrage; we stand in steadfast solidarity with our Black community; and we offer heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of the victims of the racially-motivated violence that is taking place in various communities across America.”
"You...have been the conscience of the academic community and our nation."
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to Berkeley students on Sproul steps, 1967. 💙💛
Remembering
#MLK
:
(Photo by Ron Riesterer)
#MLKDay
UC Berkeley research by James P. Allison led to Nobel Prize-winning immunotherapy for
#cancer
“I don’t know if I could have accomplished this work anywhere else than Berkeley....I always tell people that it was one of the happiest times of my life..."
“UC Berkeley rivals in quality as any ivy league, but educates more low-income students than all ivy leagues combined.”
- Chancellor Carol Christ on Charter Day
#Berkeley150
#UC150
Berkeley scientists Jill Banfield and
#JenniferDoudna
find new & smaller
#CRISPR
gene editor: CasX 😮 🔬
"the protein was similar to Cas9, but quite a bit smaller: a big advantage if you’re trying to deliver a gene editor into a cell."
#BerkeleyResearch
Another one. 🥇
According to
@timeshighered
2024 World University Rankings, UC Berkeley is the
#1
public university in the U.S. and the 9th best in the world overall.
Thank you to all of our Berkeley bears — we are
#1
because of you! 💙🐻💛
UC Berkeley has begun work to cordon off the People’s Park construction site, where it will build much-needed housing for students and unhoused people, while preserving more than 60% of the 2.8 acre site as open park space that reinforces the park’s history.
Just in! This photo of new Nobel Laureate Reinhard Genzel snapped after he discovered he had been awarded the 2020
#NobelPrize
in Physics.
Congratulations!
UC Berkeley's LeConte and Barrows halls lose their names.
The decision was made in response to growing awareness of the controversial legacies of the halls’ namesakes that clash with UC Berkeley’s mission and values.
"...a Berkeley degree is also a privilege, and with it comes the responsibility of using your education to contribute to a society that needs your energy, your intelligence, and your help."
- Chancellor Carol Christ
#CalGrad
Take a look at Jennifer Doudna's Nobel Prize medal!
Doudna received her
#NobelPrize
yesterday at her home in Berkeley, California, USA.
Tomorrow you will be able to watch a clip from her ceremony at the Nobel Prize award ceremony - stay tuned.
This fall, students can take a UC Berkeley English class on Frank Ocean 🎧🎤🌊
“We hope that people will gain a greater understanding of Frank Ocean’s artistry & the way he challenges hyper-masculinity &
#gender
politics.”
#FrankOcean
#highered
#music
Campus update: Classes will be canceled on Wednesday due to expected campus power loss. The campus, however, will remain open, though services will be limited. 🔋🔌
We have confirmed that a member of our campus community has contracted
#COVID19
. The individual does not live on campus or in the city of Berkeley. The individual has no serious symptoms and is in self-isolation.
HISTORY MADE: Kamala Harris is the VP of the United States! 🇺🇸
Harris is the first woman, first Black person, and first Indian American to be VP. Harris:
✅ Is an Oakland native
✅ Was raised by a
@BerkeleyLab
scientist
✅ Spent her early years in Berkeley
“The Class of 2020 will go down in the history books as one that achieved greatness in the face of unprecedented turmoil.” 💙💛
#GoBears
!
#classof2020strong
🎓
Regardless of immigration status, you are an essential part of this university, and we will continue to be unequivocal in our support of you and work towards providing a safe and supportive environment for you. — Chancellor Carol Christ
#UCDACA
“Grace is an invaluable member of our Berkeley community. We’re committed to a truly inclusive culture where everyone, including the LGBTQ community, can feel safe, respected and welcome.”
ICYMI: UC Berkeley ranks 1st among U.S. public universities & 12th in the world among both public & private universities, according to the latest "World University Rankings". 🌟
Congratulations to Professor Jennifer
#Doudna
, for winning the 2020
#WolfPrize
in Medicine, a prestigious international prize awarded in Israel for unique contributions to humanity. 🏆
#CRISPR
@igisci
@doudna_lab
The University of California at Berkeley is in the No. 1 spot on the Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges this year.
These stats help explain why
@UCBerkeley
is the first public college to ever top the list.
Read more:
Congratulations to Jennifer Doudna and her team for the
#CRISPR
patent issued today! This will accelerate development of human therapeutics and improvements in food security:
#science
#research