First-Year Guide

Alankrita Malhotra is a sophmore and is forging an interdisciplinary path by combining her passions for Data Science and the humanities. Her work on computational folklore and Nordic flavor networks under the guidance of Professor Timothy Tangherlini, who we interviewed for the project...Read more about Data, Poetry, and Nordic Flavor Networks: Alankrita Malhotra’s Journey into Computational Folklore

This interview is part of a series featuring members of the Flavor Network research team, a multidisciplinary group exploring the evolution of cuisine through computational analysis. Meet Marcus Romundset, a UC Berkeley student combining his passions for computer science, business, and...Read more about The Flavor Network Project and One of the Students Tracking Scandinavian Cuisine with Data Science

In this first-person narrative, Yesenia Ochoa, a first-year student at UC Berkeley, tells UC Berkeley News about her experience being a student from a migrant family and her educational aspirations.

“I grew up in Yuba City. My parents immigrated there from a little...Read more about POV with Yesenia Ochoa: ‘I’m just one of millions of migrant students working hard to achieve their goals’

Since joining Berkeley's faculty in the Department of Film & Media last year, Professor Nicole Starosielski has been busy guiding and conducting research with her undergraduate students in a effort to both further research on sustainable internet practices and to help train the next...Read more about Nicole Starosielski's Undergrads Travel to Singapore to Present Research on "A Global Public Humanities Project to Green the Internet"

Organized through the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships, the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP) has introduced countless students to cutting-edge research across all disciplines on Berkeley’s campus. URAP matches undergraduates with faculty members...Read more about From working with 2,000 year old objects to digitizing museum collections, undergraduates get hands-on research experience through URAP program