General style preferences
AP Stylebook
UC Berkeley faculty, staff and students can access the AP Stylebook through the Library. A UC Berkeley-specific style guide is under development.
Additional resources
Additional resources have been developed by both Public Affairs and University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) to address UC Berkeley-specific style choices that may differ from the AP Stylebook, as well as academic terms, bias-free language and more.
Academic terms & usage
This UDAR style guide covers how to address academic terms such as titles, class years, awards and honors, degrees, departments and more.
Bias-free language
The UDAR guide now includes a continuously evolving section on bias-free language that covers gender-neutral terms (e.g., alums vs. alumni, first-year vs. freshman), identity (e.g., Black, Indigenous), pronouns, and common phrases (e.g., students from low-income backgrounds vs. low-income students).