College History Stories

Chemistry has been part of Berkeley since the University's charter was signed on March 23,1868. We are excited to present our series of stories celebrating the history of the college.

Robert Andrews Fisher

May 2, 2023

In Memoriam: alumnus Herbert Alexander Young

November 3, 2022

In Memoriam: Alumna Vera Kistiakowsky

October 27, 2022

Celebrating 25 years of groundbreaking research at Tan Kah Kee Hall

October 11, 2022

Alumna Miriam Elizabeth Simpson

September 2, 2022

David Lyon, UC chemistry professor, dies at 89

August 20, 2022

In Memoriam Charles Bonner Harris Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus

March 10, 2020

Theoretical chemist Robert Harris has passed away

July 12, 2022

In Memoriam: Robert Curl (1933-2022)

July 6, 2022

Celebrating George Pimentel on his 100th birthday

April 9, 2022

C. Judson King of Berkeley

February 27, 2022

Stanley G. Thompson- a Chemist's Chemist

February 14, 2022

The Women Written Out of Nuclear Science

January 10, 2022

In memoriam: Willard B. Rising

January 14, 2023

Lester Andrews (Ph.D. ’66, Chem) reminisces about his experience in George Pimentel’s lab

October 1, 2021

Samuel Benedict Christy, first dean of mining and metallurgy

September 15, 2021

In Memoriam: Philip Schutz

September 10, 2021

John Gofman: Medical school to nuclear chemistry at UC Berkeley

August 5, 2021

In Memoriam: Alumna Marjorie (Young) Vold

August 3, 2021

John Maxson Stillman

July 25, 2021

The cyclotron's history at Berkeley

July 22, 2021

In Memoriam: Norman Edgar Phillips

July 20, 2021

In Memoriam: Harold S. Johnston

July 19, 2021

In memoriam: Alum Harvey Itano and the journey to sickle cell research

July 13, 2021

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