Reasons to be hopeful, optimistic and maybe even cheerful in 2022

The year 2021 was spectacularly tough: raging COVID-19 variants, extreme weather catastrophes, voter suppression efforts, racial injustice, income inequality, mass homelessness and housing instability, a bleak economic outlook. Yet, UC Berkeley scholars, students and staff recently offered reasons not to lose hope for the future — on campus, around the globe and all the way in outer space.

Read on for contributions from Adrian Aguilera, Stephen HInshaw, and others.