Neuroscience Department opens with ribbon cutting and party

September 5, 2024

On August 26, we celebrated the opening of UC Berkeley’s new Neuroscience Department with a ribbon cutting and party on Barker Lawn at the annual welcome picnic for the new Neuroscience PhD students.

Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI) member Dan Feldman is the inaugural chair of the new department. Feldman spoke at the event, along with HWNI co-founder Corey Goodman and HWNI director Udi Isacoff. The new Neuroscience Department will complement our continued work in HWNI, which remains as a cross-departmental institute for neuroscience research at UC Berkeley.

Inaugural chair Dan Feldman cuts the ribbon to open the Neuroscience Department. Photo by Peony Yu