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April 21, 2026

Ren Ng named to National Geographic’s list of visionary changemakers of 2026

CS Professor Ren Ng has been named one of National Geographic’s 33 visionary changemakers of 2026, featured in the publication’s special issue recognizing individuals whose work is reshaping the world. Ng is recognized alongside vision scientist and Professor of Optometry and Vision Science, Austin…

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April 15, 2026

How AI is changing protein engineering

In a recent Science review article, UC Berkeley researchers Jennifer Listgarten and Hanlun Jiang discussed opportunities and challenges in using generative protein models and other AI methods to advance protein engineering.

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March 31, 2026

Christian Borgs to receive honorary doctorate from Eindhoven University

CS Professor Christian Borgs will be awarded an honorary doctorate from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands this June. The honorary doctorate recognizes his pioneering work in translating complex real-world challenges, such as network design and recommendation systems, into rigorous mathematical…

March 26, 2026

Robert Pilawa-Podgurski honored with IEEE PELS Technical Achievement Award

EECS Professor Robert Pilawa-Podgurski has received the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) Technical Achievement award for Integration and Miniaturization of Switching Power Converters. The award recognizes him “for fundamental and practical contributions to hybrid switched-capacitor and flying capacitor multi-level power conversion technologies.”…

March 19, 2026

Narges Norouzi selected as NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellow

Narges Norouzi has been named an NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellow, selected to serve as an ambassador for advancing AI education along with 24 fellows from across the United States. Norouzi is associate dean for students at the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data…