Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology Ph.D. candidate Darcy Tuttle has been awarded the Donald and Maria Cox | Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Rome Prize in ancient studies, one of the most prestigious honors in the humanities.
Comparative literature student Frank Cahill competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee as an eighth grader. This year, on May 28 and 29, he’ll be on the other side of the stage.
This I’m a Berkeleyan was written as a first-person narrative compiled from a UC Berkeley News interview with student Daniela Guadalupe Castellanos, who’s graduating this May.
“What they were really touching was each other,” says French Professor Henry Ravenhall. “The book was just a conduit for whatever kind of social desire was needed to be expressed within that group.”
Amber Cheng never expected music to be part of her adult life. Growing up in Taiwan, she had enjoyed childhood violin lessons, but when she applied to universities to study architecture, she assumed her instrument would fall by the wayside.
Amber Cheng never expected music to be part of her adult life. Growing up in Taiwan, she had enjoyed childhood violin lessons, but when she applied to universities to study architecture, she assumed her instrument would fall by the wayside.
This I’m a Berkeleyan was written as a first-person narrative from a UC Berkeley News interview with student Emily Thompson, who’s graduating this May with a major in film and media and a minor in Scandinavian studies.
When UC Berkeley junior history major Chloe Zitsow saw that the Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) offered courses in the Yiddish language, she leapt at the opportunity to learn the language her grandparents spoke at home.
The division is proud to announce that Leslie V. Kurke, professor of ancient Greek and Roman studies and comparative literature, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a prestigious honor that recognizes exceptional scholars, artists, and leaders across diverse
The division is proud to announce that Professor Hannah Ginsborg in the Department of Philosophy, has been awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship for 2025. Ginsborg, who has been a member of the Berkeley faculty since 1988, is recognized for her innovative scholarship on Immanuel Kant’s...Read more about Hannah Ginsborg (Philosophy) Awarded Prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship
We are proud to share that two exceptional graduate students from the Division of Arts & Humanities have been named 2025–26 Rome Prize Fellows by the American Academy in Rome, one of the most esteemed honors in the humanities and arts.
UC Berkeley recently welcomed back acclaimed alumnus and professional language creator David J. Peterson, along with his partner and fellow conlanger Dr. Jessie Peterson, for a day of conversation, creativity, and career insight with students in the Division of Arts & Humanities.
The Armenian language and literature program at Berkeley will be supported in perpetuity thanks to an effort led by alum Eric Esrailian (B.A. ‘96 Integrative Biology) and his family.
On a sunny Saturday in March, dozens of onlookers watched Jasmine Nyende charge, pull, twist, and duck under ropes held by six other performers. Nearby, portable speakers blared punk rock. Nyende’s performance — titled “Sankofa Moshpit” — was a joyful memorial to her late friend, Láwû. It...Read more about Out in Richmond, an unusual facility hosts UC Berkeley’s MFA art studios
It’s hard to pinpoint when synesthesia, the rare neurological condition where a stimulus that affects one sense prompts a response in a different sense, was first documented. Scientific literature marks its beginning in 1812, when it appeared as an aside in a Bavarian medical student’s...Read more about Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.
