Announcements

Our department is proud to announce the launch of the Berkeley Space Station, a 24/7 streaming radio station where we curate and create sonic works that explore with Place, wonder amidst Space, and entwine in Time.

The department radio station, spearheaded by Joel Wanek, is located on the first floor of McCone Hall in what was once a windowless storage room. Outfitted with soundproofing, recording equipment, and editing software, the Berkeley Space Station will...

The American Cultures Center has selected 10 undergraduate students as ACES Fellows for Spring 2026. Fellows play a key role in developing community-engagement components of courses, working closely with faculty to create meaningful learning experiences while ensuring partnerships support long-term community impact.

We are proud to share that Geography undergraduate, Antonio Pacheco, has been awarded an ACES...

We are delighted to share recent recognition of Seth Lunine’s community-engaged teaching and scholarship, which continues to bring well-deserved attention to the impactful work happening in our department and in partnership with communities across the Bay Area.

Chancellor Rich Lyons praised Seth Lunine (PhD '13) in an email sent yesterday to Cal alumni, parents, and friends. Lyons highlighted Lunine's innovative work...

"Tropical forests include the warmest and wettest of globally distributed biomes, but with additional warming, large areas of the tropics will be pushed to higher temperature states beyond current conditions. We may create a climate that has been absent on Earth for millions of years: the ‘hypertropics’."

Professor Jeff Chambers and colleagues have recently published a critical finding in the journal Nature, demonstrating how the world's most extensive tropical forest is facing a new and deadly climate regime...