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Lewis Hamilton in a white suit, Angela Bassett in a blue suit wearing a black velvet hat, Zendaya in a white suit and matching wide-brimmed hat, Gigi Hadid in a gold dress, and Ayo Edebiri in a white and coral dress, all on a blue carpet

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Did the Met Gala’s attendees live up to its Black dandy-inspired theme? UC Berkeley experts discuss

Professors Leigh Raiford and Zamansele Nsele, experts on Black art and visual culture, break down the event and its theme, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”

Emily Thompson, clad in a cap and gown, holds her 2-year-old, Caspian, also wearing a small gown, while her other kid, River, stands next to her. She's smiling widely.

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After wilderness therapy, this graduate found her own path at UC Berkeley

Workers building a stand and case to hold a large Diego Rivera mural at Doe Library.

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Stunning Diego Rivera mural starts a new chapter at UC Berkeley’s Doe Library

about a dozen covers of books in the 2025 summer reading list

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This year’s UC Berkeley summer reading list theme? Generosity

two images side by side: on the left, the cover of the book Open Socrates and on the right, Judith Butler and Agnes Callard in a conversation

Berkeley Talks: The case for a philosophical life, with Agnes Callard and Judith Butler

a multistory museum with a brown lattice exterior pictured at night, with a white obelisk rising in the background.

Executive actions aim to reshape America’s cultural institutions. UC Berkeley scholars react

Dancers from the Joffrey Ballet perform on stage

Cal Performances announces its 2025-26 season

an mfa student stands in front of his artwork

Out in Richmond, an unusual facility hosts UC Berkeley’s MFA art studios

the Ratliff family of two parents and three adult children walk in the sun

Ahead of ‘The White Lotus’ finale, Berkeley professor unpacks show’s Freudian themes and fantasies

an illustration of an eye with a pinwheel of four alternating colors surrounding it, suggesting that the eye is seeing those colors

Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.

A man in his 70s wearing a Stone Harbor hoodie and a Carleton College baseball cap stands in front of a flowering tree and wood-paneled windows

After a 50-year leave of absence, returning to Berkeley’s School of Journalism

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Berkeley Voices: Fakes, replicas and forgeries: What counts as art?

Fiona McFarlane holds an award for The Story Prize and smiles

English Professor Fiona McFarlane’s ‘Highway Thirteen’ wins The Story Prize

A room of people look at a bespectacled man perched on a desk, legs crossed, with a notebook on his lap.

Ever heard of Fred Ross Sr.? New documentary chronicles the legendary organizer’s work

Several hand drawn art books by Caribbean and Latin American artists sit behind glass in an exhibit

From trash to treasure: Library showcases new Latin American book art exhibit

Jake Merioles, a student painter, stands with his back to the camera at an easel in Memorial Glade, working on a painting of University Library. The Campanile is sticking up over the top of the library and the sky is blue with small white clouds. Merioles is wearing a black shirt.

Without his Friday painting sessions, Jake Merioles says, ‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today.’

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