Looking back on another outstanding year, Berkeley Letters & Science has compiled “23 L&S Highlights of 2023”—a recap of accomplishments from the L&S community this year. Here are just a handful of the many stories demonstrating the extraordinary work of L&S students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Enjoy!
Milestones & Highlights
At 20, Berkeley’s Disabilities Studies program looks ahead with new energy
New Berkeley center to explore critical issues at intersection of politics, economy
New Molecular Therapeutics Research Division is launched
Department of Art Practice celebrates 100 years at Berkeley
EALC launches new major in East Asian Humanities
College Writing Program celebrates 30 years
Funky and free-spirited: How a 1970s summer camp started a disability revolution
New banners celebrate 150+ years of Berkeley’s prominence in teaching world languages
UC Berkeley Social Sciences launches one-year Master of Computational Social Science program
Work begins in UC Berkeley’s new undergraduate academic building
Basic Science Lights the Way Fall 2023 Program
Faculty & Staff
L&S Faculty and Staff honored with 2023 Excellence in Advising & Student Services awards
Berkeley mathematician Svetlana Jitormirskaya awarded inaugural Barry Prize
Dr. Samantha Lewis receives 2023 Prytanean Faculty Enrichment Award
National Academy of Sciences elects seven from UC Berkeley
L&S Staff honored with Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards
35th Annual Excellence in Management Awards celebrate four L&S staff
Berkeley researchers awarded Breakthrough Prizes
Students & Alumni
Sandile Hlatshwayo: “These are historic times, and they need a historic response”
Berkeley’s Alum of the Year is a Steady Hand in Guiding the Webb Space Telescope
Jefferson Cowie awarded 2023 Pulitzer Prize for History
Hua Hsu wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize
Transfer student Bryce Wallace honored with 2023 Beinecke Scholarship