Two young UC Berkeley faculty members, Yunqing Tang of mathematics and Benjamin Safdi of physics, are among the winners of this year’s New Horizons Prizes, awarded annually by the Breakthrough ...

A University of California, Berkeley mathematics professor is raising concerns about the academic preparation of some incoming students, arguing that a growing number arrive on campus without the ...

In December 2025, a group of researchers from around the world, including UC Berkeley math professor Nikhil Srivastava, gathered inside the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley.

A growing consortium of University of California professors is urging the state university system to bring back standardized testing. A Berkeley mathematics professor is sounding the alarm that many ...