UC health workers strike at UCSF
UCSF health workers went on strike Tuesday, May 21 at the medical center on campus. Read more here.
Class of 2013 Graduation Commencement
Slideshow of the graduating class of 2013 set to Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Steve Wozniak’s speech and interview with Gerald Stanley Weissberg. Check out the article about the general commencement.
State Assembly allows community colleges to charge nonresident tuition
The California Assembly passed a bill Monday, allowing California community colleges to charge all students out-of-state tuition during summer and winter sessions, regardless of residency. Read More…
Founding director of Townsend Center for Humanities dies at 80
Paul Alpers, a longtime UC Berkeley English professor and the founding director of the UC Berkeley Townsend Center for the Humanities, passed away on Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Read More…
Batter up: Cal club baseball heads to NCBA World Series
On a baseball diamond three miles uphill from the UC Berkeley campus, senior Ian Paratore peers out from underneath his blue and gold baseball cap. He adjusts his grip on his baseball bat. Friday afternoons mean batting practice on Caldecott Field, the home of Oakland’s Little League tournaments. Still, tykes Read More…
3 similarities between college and camping
There are quite a number of outdoorsy people in Berkeley, even if we do live in an urban environment during the semester. We like to think that the redwood trees around campus pay tribute to our affinity for the outdoors. But did you ever consider how your college lifestyle might Read More…
4 careers with some pretty cool perks
With our national economy recovering at a painfully slow rate and recent grads entering an increasingly competitive job market, we have to face the harsh reality that the careers we initially came to this school to prepare for may not be the easiest to break into. So, in the interest Read More…