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October 2, 2026

Irene Chen and 6 EECS alumni named Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Fellows

Schmidt Sciences has named EECS Assistant Professor Irene Chen as a 2026 AI2050 Early Career Fellow. Her work will focus on studying the hidden failures of AI when used for important decisions. This year’s cohort includes 28 researchers receiving up to $16 million over three years to…

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September 18, 2026

Guiding AI toward better protein design

QB3: UC Berkeley researchers led by Professor Jennifer Listgarten and Professor David Savage developed ProteinGuide, a method that uses experimental data to guide existing protein generative models toward desired properties without retraining them.

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September 18, 2026

Five students honored as Siebel Scholars

Five UC Berkeley students were honored as Siebel Scholars Foundation’s class of 2027. The graduate students — all from computer science — join more than 2,000 distinguished honorees advancing research in the fields of bioengineering, computer science and business.

September 9, 2026

New AI model for DNA learns from evolution to unlock secrets of the human genome

Researchers at UC Berkeley have created a new genomic language AI model, called GPN-Star, that far outpaces its competitors at identifying the most important genetic variants that contribute to inherited traits, including those that lead to disease. It is also far more computationally efficient than larger models,…

Media Mentions

August 6, 2026

The New Yorker: What Would It Mean to See a New Color?

The article explores the creation and perception of a newly experienced color named “olo” (described as the “greenest green” or an impossibly vivid, hyper-saturated teal) that was produced artificially by a multidisciplinary team led by CS Professor Ren Ng.