Alumni

What will that UC degree get you? 25 years of data show UC alums in high-growth careers across industry sectors

July 28, 2025

What do Disney, Apple, Google, Genentech, Lockheed Martin, Salesforce and Boeing all have in common? Besides being global brands that drive innovation and economic growth, they are among the companies that have hired large numbers of University of California alumni over the last quarter century.

The University, in collaboration with workforce data firm Lightcast, has just released a new data dashboard that tracks UC alumni employment since 2000...

Hong Joo Ryoo '24 on the Intersection of Philosophy and Physics

July 24, 2025

Hong Joo Ryoo is a UC Berkeley alum, having completed a quadruple major in Math, Physics, Philosophy and Cognitive Science in 3.5 years. He is currently pursuing a dual graduate degree at Johns Hopkins University, working toward a PhD in Physics and a Masters in Philosophy as a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow. At Berkeley, he was a recipient of the SURF and Rose Hills Fellowships, and was also a member of the Arts & Humanities Dean's Leadership Team. His work centers an interdisciplinary approach, situated at an intersection between physical and philosophical...

UC Berkeley mourns the passing of Frank Baxter

July 18, 2025

The former ambassador, philanthropist and businessman was a champion of UC Berkeley students in need and of a free and open exchange of ideas on campus.

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Political Science alumnus named 2025 Marshall Scholar

July 18, 2025

Political Science alumnus Eli Glickman has been named a 2025 Marshall Scholar — one of just 36 recipients selected from 983 applicants. The prestigious scholarship, which focuses on strengthening the relationship between the U.S. and the U.K., will fund his graduate studies abroad.

With the support of the Marshall Scholarship, Glickman, who graduated this spring, plans to pursue a master’s in history at Oxford and a master’s in war studies at King’s College in London. He plans to pursue a career working on nuclear strategy in a research...

“I was totally hooked:” How astrophysics changed Andrea Antoni’s life

July 17, 2025

Andrea Antoni didn’t take a traditional path to graduate school — if one exists for computational astrophysicists. On her last day of high school, she gave birth and became a single, working mother.

While volunteering at her child’s school, she met other mothers who worked in computer science and electrical engineering. She felt those careers represented practical ways to get an education and earn money. So, in her 30s...

Gender and Women’s Studies shapes this recent grad’s identity and her future

July 15, 2025

Daniela Castellanos credits UC Berkeley's Gender and Women's Studies Department with helping her find her voice.

Castellanos, who graduated from Cal last month with a bachelor's degree in Gender and Women's Studies and minors in human rights and Spanish, said growing up in a conservative environment and a traditional Mexican family exposed her to strict gender roles. She struggled to speak up for herself, and felt she let others walk all over...

A college internship changed Henry Sohn’s life. He’s now helping Berkeley students secure their own.

July 15, 2025

Henry Sohn didn’t know what he wanted to do in college. At first, he was considering medical school, but an eye-opening hospital experience and a serendipitous internship at Apple altered the course of his life. Taking two breaks from UC Berkeley, Sohn ultimately completed his bachelor’s degree in sociology in 1992.

It was a good time to enter the Bay Area’s tech scene. Sohn leveraged his Apple internship into jobs at...

Op-Ed: Where I Learned the Power of Looking at Everything

July 7, 2025

Political Economy Alumna Rachel Kushner wrote an op-ed that was published in The New York Times.

People who earned their bachelor’s degree from an Ivy tend to let you know, even decades after graduating. It’s in their author bio, or on their X handle. My degree from the University of California, Berkeley, never seemed like a detail worth mentioning, unless someone explicitly asks me where I went to college, in which case my instinct is to explain that it was easier to get in when I attended.

That I share this alma mater with, say, Joan Didion, never...

L&S Commencement Moments - Spring 2025

June 16, 2025

Cal Memorial Stadium crowd during Commencement with grad cap with "Cal" script in foreground. Overset with text "College of Letters & Science - Commencement Memories 2025 "

Photo Credit: Keegan Houser/UC Berkeley

History alumnus shares his nontraditional path to working at a national lab

June 23, 2025

Long before enrolling at UC Berkeley, Brandon Williams was driven by the desire to gain new perspectives and seek out new experiences. He traveled to Egypt, Indonesia and India, immersing himself in Arabic and Indonesian while conducting independent research.

At Berkeley, he used what he learned in his travels to develop a bold, internationally focused dissertation as a Berkeley History Ph.D. student. After graduating, he switched focus, deciding to apply his global and historical perspectives by working at a national laboratory. As a...