Alumni

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...

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...

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...

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...