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03/30/26 — UC Berkeley Engineering alum Paige Balcom is turning plastic waste into economic opportunity through her recycling company in Uganda
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Researcher Sathvik Iyengar named 2026 Schmidt Science Fellow
03/25/26 — Prestigious international fellowship recognizes emerging interdisciplinary science leaders
Organ-on-a-chip technology replicates decades of human aging in just four days
03/25/26 — Rausser College of Natural Resources: New technology could make it easier for researchers to screen longevity therapeutics without waiting years for results
Researchers grow immune cells with more targeted cancer-fighting abilities
03/10/26 — New approach could lead to therapies for a wider range of diseases and with fewer side effects
Developing a safer, more efficient autonomous robot
03/03/26 — Berkeley engineer Negar Mehr envisions a future where robot assistants are commonplace, from our homes to deep space
Building mobility trainers for toddlers
02/20/26 — UC Berkeley students gather at the Jacobs Institute to assemble assistive devices for young children with disabilities
Aditi Krishnapriyan receives 2025 DOE Early Career Award
02/18/26 — Berkeley Lab: EECS assistant professor is pioneering innovative, scalable machine learning methods that enable fast and accurate predictions grounded in real-world science
Three UC Berkeley Engineering faculty named 2026 Sloan Fellows
02/17/26 — EECS professors Sarah Chasins, Yuan Cao and John Wright received prestigious award for early-career researchers
In memoriam: Beresford Parlett (1932–2026)
02/13/26 — This pioneer in numerical analysis was a foundational figure in the history of the EECS department
New AI sensor ‘sniffs’ out spectral targets
02/11/26 — Berkeley Lab: First-of-its-kind smart sensor performs AI tricks to identify targets while it captures spectral images
Three Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE
02/10/26 — Ken Goldberg, Kam Lau and Felix Wu are among five UC Berkeley faculty elected to the esteemed organization
Record-breaking ‘molecular sponge’ pulls carbon from air faster than ever before
02/09/26 — BIDMaP: Professor Omar Yaghi’s lab achieves a breakthrough in direct air capture technology
Berkeley engineers among innovators featured on Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ list
02/02/26 — UC Newsroom: Many are leading the way across AI, entrepreneurship, science and more
UC Berkeley students design and test quantum chips in first-of-its-kind course
01/27/26 — CIQC: New course aims to bridge critical gap between theory and engineering of quantum computing hardware
Mark Asta appointed dean of Berkeley Engineering
01/21/26 — Appointment begins July 1 after the end of his current term as interim dean
Sylvia Ratnasamy named 2025 ACM Fellow
01/21/26 — Computer science professor is recognized ‘for contributions to networks and networked systems’
AI has a bias problem. Can we build something smarter?
01/21/26 — UC Berkeley computer scientist Emma Pierson believes we can if we design algorithms with an eye toward equality
UC Berkeley professors explore new ways to integrate AI in engineering courses
01/20/26 — Initiative seeks to drive innovation in undergraduate education
Berkeley Engineering welcomes five new faculty members
01/20/26 — New tenure-track professors will bring their research expertise to multiple departments
The Materials Project helps usher in the AI revolution for materials science
01/16/26 — Berkeley Lab: Pioneering database accelerates new materials discovery, is the most-cited resource for materials data and analysis tools in materials science