News

Garifuna field methods class featured in news: Department news - April 18, 2012
The graduate field methods class, led by Prof. Lev Michael and focusing on Garifuna, is featured in an article on UC Berkeley's News Center website
Linguistics students analyze communication in new video game, Journey: Research news - March 22, 2012
Linguistics students have a chance to explore and comment on Journey's multiplayer communication system
Lev Michael receives Distinguished Teaching Award in the Division of Social Sciences: Department news - February 3, 2012
Lev Michael receives Distinguished Teaching Award in the Division of Social Sciences
Leanne Hinton wins LSA award: Department news - October 16, 2011
Academic positions for recent Berkeley PhDs: Department news - October 4, 2011
Academic positions obtained by recent PhDs
Berkeley linguists make strong showing at CILLA V: Department news - October 4, 2011
Profs. Andrew Garrett, Lev Michael and Line Mikkelsen receive grants from the National Science Foundation for endangered language research: Department news - August 10, 2011
Berkeley faculty receive NSF funding
California Language Archive debuts: Department news - June 21, 2011

The California Language Archive (CLA) website, representing a vast array of materials on indigenous languages of the Americas, with a special focus on California, is now available to the public.
Susanne Gahl wins Hellman Fellowship: Department news - June 8, 2011
Terry Regier appointed Director of the Program in Cognitive Science: Department news - January 27, 2011
Andrew Garrett named to Tang Chair in Cross-Cultural Social Science: Department news - January 27, 2011
Andrew Garrett elected to LSA Executive Committee: Department news - November 11, 2010
Berkeley graduate student Hannah Haynie wins 3rd place in LSA's Best Student Abstract competition: Department news - October 17, 2010
Berkeley graduate student Hannah Haynie wins 3rd place in LSA's Best Student Abstract competition
Berkeley linguistics graduate students win fellowships: Department news - September 4, 2010
Six Berkeley graduate students win competitive fellowships.
Larry Hyman Appointed Executive Director of France-Berkeley Fund: Department news - June 10, 2010
Line Mikkelsen receives the campus Distinguished Teaching Award: Department news - April 9, 2010
Prof. Sam Mchombo moves to African-American studies: Department news - January 13, 2010
John Ohala named LSA fellow: Department news - October 18, 2009
Prof. Terry Regier joins Berkeley Linguistics: Department news - August 30, 2009
George Lakoff named to Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professorship: Department news - August 17, 2009
Dan Slobin named AAAS fellow: Department news - April 23, 2009
Lev Michael receives grant for linguistic mapping project (BeLMaP): Research news - January 31, 2009
Lev Michael was recently awarded a $20,000 grant for a collaborative pilot project to develop tools to facilitate linguists' efforts to detect spatial patterns in linguistic data.
Richard Rhodes elected president of SSILA: Department news - January 29, 2009