Uganda

In Memoriam Professor Emerita Thelma E. Rowell

February 18, 2025

Thelma Rowell, a pioneering British primatologist, died on December 10, 2024, in Yorkshire, UK. She was 89 years old. Dr. Rowell joined the Berkeley faculty in 1974 as a member of the Department of Zoology and, later, the Department of Integrative Biology. She retired from the Berkeley faculty in 1994

Sam Dubal

Alumnus
Anthropology
Sam Dubal’s Against Humanity: A Memorial Forum

From Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 22 January 2025

On October 9, 2020, the promising young anthropologist, activist, and medical doctor, Sam Dubal, set off to hike the Mother Mountain Loop at the northwest corner of Mount Rainier National Park, and never returned.

In the immediate...

Ravina and Rushika Pattni: The Powerhouse Sister Duo in Tanzania

April 1, 2024

Ravina and Rushika Pattni

Ravina and Rushika Pattni are two exceptional women making a difference in Tanzania and beyond on the African continent. Ravina earned her bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley as a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, majoring in Development Studies and Economics. Although she then obtained a Master of Public Administration in Development Practice from...

African Languages Spring 2025

December 6, 2024

Studying a language is an immediate way to immerse oneself in African knowledge systems.

Why study language and culture
Why study language and culture at Berkeley

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Joseph Lample

Social and Cultural Studies in Education

Sylvan Herskowitz

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Charisma Acey

Associate Professor
City and Regional Planning

Andrew Wooyoung Kim

Assisstant Professor
Biological Anthropology