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In 2013, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation funded the Global Urban Humanities Initiative, or GUH, a program stemming from interdisciplinary collaboration. Both the initiative and its current iteration, the Future Histories Lab, will be closing in May 2024 after 10 years.

Unanimously remembered for his sense of humility, activism, Southern charm and heart, Raymond Lifchez, professor emeritus of Architecture and City and Regional Planning, died at the age of 90 on Sept. 6.

The city of El Paso, Texas, which borders Mexico, is an important center for West Texas' Mexican community — however, it is now also the location of one of this country’s most infamous mass shootings in recent history.

Leon Litwack, historian emeritus at UC Berkeley, became a cult figure on campus by bringing his leftist intellectual fire to American history.

Street art has a paramount role in the history and culture of Berkeley. Once disregarded as mere vandalism, street art is now a prestigious field of art.

UC Berkeley has a long history of student activism, from the Free Speech Movement to the campaign for divestment from apartheid South Africa.

After 60 years of service to the Berkeley community, Caffe Mediterraneum — a historic center of counterculture movements — will be changing ownership.