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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <title> Inspire Home - Berkeley Inspire </title> <meta name="description" content="" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"> <meta name="twitter:description" content="Driven by the motto Fiat Lux, Berkeley illuminates the world."> <meta name="twitter:title" content="Inspire Home"> <meta property="og:description" content="Driven by the motto Fiat Lux, Berkeley illuminates the world."> <meta property="og:title" content="Inspire Home"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/static/campaign/img/script_cal.fd67ba64676f.ico" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.typekit.net/rgx1csj.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/CACHE/css/base.9749a08969c7.css" type="text/css"> </head> <body class="template-home-index inspire-site"> <header class="site-header"> <h1 class="site-logo"><a href="/"><span>BERKELEY</span> Inspire</a></h1> <nav id="site-nav" aria-label="Main Site Navigation"> <ul role="menubar"> <li role="menuitem" class="menuitem li-makeanimpact has-submenu"> <div data-inclusive-menu class="dropdown-menu"> <button data-inclusive-menu-opens="menu-makeanimpact" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-makeanimpact"> <span> Make an Impact </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="caret">▾</span> </button> <ul data-inclusive-menu-from="left" id="menu-makeanimpact" class="dropdown-menu" role="menu"> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/make-an-impact/the-gateway/">The Gateway</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/make-an-impact/cal-athletics/">Cal Athletics</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/make-an-impact/moffitt-library/">Moffitt Library</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/make-an-impact/the-engineering-center/">The Engineering Center</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li role="menuitem" class="menuitem li-getinspired has-submenu"> <div data-inclusive-menu class="dropdown-menu"> <button data-inclusive-menu-opens="menu-getinspired" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-getinspired"> <span> Get Inspired </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="caret">▾</span> </button> <ul data-inclusive-menu-from="left" id="menu-getinspired" class="dropdown-menu" role="menu"> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/get-inspired/calfacts/">Cal Facts</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/get-inspired/nobels/">Nobelists</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/get-inspired/videos/">Videos</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/get-inspired/digital-swag/">Digital swag</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/get-inspired/fiat-lux/">Fiat Lux</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li role="menuitem" class="menuitem li-gettoknowus has-submenu"> <div data-inclusive-menu class="dropdown-menu"> <button data-inclusive-menu-opens="menu-gettoknowus" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-gettoknowus"> <span> Get to Know Us </span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="caret">▾</span> </button> <ul data-inclusive-menu-from="left" id="menu-gettoknowus" class="dropdown-menu" role="menu"> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/get-to-know-us/leadership/">Leadership</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/get-to-know-us/faq/">FAQ</a></li> <li role="menuitem"><a href="/get-to-know-us/faq/#faqform">Contact</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li role="menuitem" class="link-button"><a target="_blank" href="https://give.berkeley.edu/?sc=121015" class="btn">Give Now</a></li> </ul> </nav> <form action='/search/' method="getpos" class="search-bar closed" role="search"> <label for="header-search">Search by keyword</label> <input type="search" id="header-search" name="query" placeholder="Enter query"> <img src="/static/campaign/img/SearchSymbol.1ae501457956.svg" alt="a magnifying glass"> </form> <button class="mobile-menu-button" onclick="utils.toggleClass('.site-header', 'open');return false;">☰</button> </header> <main class="site-content" role="main"> <section class="site-intro"> <div class="homepage-banner"> <img alt="An image of the UC Berkeley Campanile" height="701" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/campaign-identity/images/dsc-7535-sm-2-1.width-1500_3yo8wGF.jpg" width="1479"> </div> <h2>UC Berkeley inspires</h2> <div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="9iisw">As one of the top public universities in the world, UC Berkeley acts as a catalyst for transformation around the globe. Berkeley Inspire is home to uplifting, powerful stories you need to inspire, and be inspired by, your Berkeley community.</p></div> </section> <section class="featured-video"> <h3>Ensuring Berkeley’s undergraduates can shine</h3> <div class="the-video"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="200" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vtbZDeasxwU?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1" title="The Undergraduate Academic Building at UC Berkeley" width="356"></iframe> </div> <div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="zwybo">The Undergraduate Academic Building will <b>transform the undergraduate learning experience</b> at UC Berkeley by fostering academic excellence, meaningful connections, and discovery.</p></div> </section> <section class="featured-content"> <h3>New Engineering Center to be named after alums Michael and Janelle Grimes</h3> <div class="featured-body"> <img alt="Grimes_ECGroundbreaking_web" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/campaign-identity/images/Grimes_ECGroundbreaking_web.2e16d0ba.fill-400x400.jpg" width="400"> <div> <h4>Honor recognizes benefactors’ outstanding contributions to the campus and students</h4> <div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="7o07q">Opening in spring 2025, the new Grimes Engineering Center, named after Michael and Janelle Grimes, sits at the heart of the Berkeley Engineering community. It is, first and foremost, a space that supports students, providing a home where they can engage in expanded opportunities for collaboration and innovation. The building will serve as a central hub for the north side of campus, hosting academic and social events in addition to advising, tutoring, and career services.</p></div> <p class="link-button"> <a href="/o/new-engineering-center-to-be-named-after-alums-michael-and-janelle-grimes/"> See more </a> </p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="related-content"> <h3>Inspiring stories</h3> <div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="r8lfn">Peruse inspiring stories about people like you who have helped transform UC Berkeley.</p></div> <div class="related-articles four-row"> <article> <a href="/o/a-decade-of-berkeley-crowdfunding-success/"> <img alt="Crowdfunding_STAR" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/campaign-identity/images/Crowdfunding_STAR.2e16d0ba.fill-400x400.png" width="400"> </a> <h4> <a href="/o/a-decade-of-berkeley-crowdfunding-success/">A decade of Berkeley Crowdfunding success</a> </h4> <a href="/o/a-decade-of-berkeley-crowdfunding-success/"><div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="9lmjm">This is the 10<span class='ord'>th</span> year of the Berkeley Crowdfunding program — a very Cal spin on the model made popular by GoFundMe and Kickstarter. Our platform empowers students to easily share the dreams of their clubs and projects with the greater community, raising money to make those dreams come true.</p></div></a> </article> <article> <a href="/o/alum-awarded-for-efforts-to-educate-every-child-in-pakistan/"> <img alt="Khadija Bahkitar at commencement_web" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/campaign-identity/images/Khadija_Bahkitar_at_commencement_w.2e16d0ba.fill-400x400.jpg" width="400"> </a> <h4> <a href="/o/alum-awarded-for-efforts-to-educate-every-child-in-pakistan/">Alum awarded for efforts to educate every child in Pakistan</a> </h4> <a href="/o/alum-awarded-for-efforts-to-educate-every-child-in-pakistan/"><div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="5kr0u">While working toward her master of public policy, Khadija Bakhtiar discovered Teach For America, a program that recruits promising leaders to teach in high-needs public schools. She founded a similar model in Pakistan, for which she has received the Haas International Award.</p></div></a> </article> <article> <a href="/o/african-american-history-series-honors-beloved-professor/"> <img alt="Litwack_Leon_2002" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/campaign-identity/images/Litwack_Leon_2002.2e16d0ba.fill-400x400.jpg" width="400"> </a> <h4> <a href="/o/african-american-history-series-honors-beloved-professor/">African American history series honors beloved professor</a> </h4> <a href="/o/african-american-history-series-honors-beloved-professor/"><div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="arvhu">A new speaker series devoted to African American history extends the legacy of Leon Litwack, a trailblazing scholar who taught generations of students to peer behind the curtain of whitewashed narratives and learn difficult truths about their country’s past.</p></div></a> </article> <article> <a href="/o/grant-supports-counter-authoritarianism-in-creative-ways/"> <img alt="BasicNeedsCentermural750" height="400" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/campaign-identity/images/BasicNeedsCentermural750.2e16d0ba.fill-400x400.jpg" width="400"> </a> <h4> <a href="/o/grant-supports-counter-authoritarianism-in-creative-ways/">Grant counters authoritarianism in creative ways</a> </h4> <a href="/o/grant-supports-counter-authoritarianism-in-creative-ways/"><div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="9lmjm">UC Berkeley has received $2.6 million to support conferences, performances, publications, and other activities confronting censorship and surveillance of academic and artistic freedom in areas such as gender, ethnic studies, migration, and sexuality.</p></div></a> </article> </div> </section> <div class="facts-page"> <section class="facts-list"> <h3>Cal Facts</h3> <div class="section-block"> <section class="section-block"> <div class="block-column"> <div class="rich-text"><p data-block-key="9woz5"></p><img alt="globe" class="richtext-image full-width" height="163" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/campaign-identity/images/globe.width-800_2VEetLh.png" width="140"><p data-block-key="3d21g"><b><plusone class="plusone">No. 1 public university in 2022–23</plusone></b> <b><i><plusone class="plusone">U.S. News & World Report</plusone></i></b><b><plusone class="plusone"> global rankings</plusone></b></p></div> </div> <div class="block-column"> <div class="rich-text"><h4 data-block-key="68ps6">Supporting students</h4><p data-block-key="8eh12"><strong class="ybold">61%</strong> of all undergraduates receive some form of financial aid</p><p data-block-key="3nq4l"><strong class="ybold">6,000+ students</strong> who participated in community service</p></div> </div> <div class="block-column"> <div class="rich-text"><h4 data-block-key="68ps6">Faculty honors</h4><p data-block-key="5j6po"><b>467 Hellman Fellows</b> launching new careers</p><p data-block-key="dfqtp"><b>9 assistant professors</b> named <b>2024 Sloan Research Fellows</b>, the largest 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