French-American duo Ginkgoa brings jubilance to not-so-Stern Grove Festival
Ginkgoa blanketed the grove with tunes that sounded part Daft Punk and part Caravan Palace, with lyrics rapped and sung in English and French.
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99 years: Armistice Day in Berkeley, 1918
It was the day of the armistice, when the German forces had formally surrendered to the Allies in France. The news could not have been more welcome.
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Global political shift affects higher education abroad
While many people were left questioning, “How could something like this happen?” the United States was not alone. This is a global phenomenon.
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Guéthary getaway
The south of France is largely known as a summer tourist hotspot. Guéthary, however, seems to have ignored this catering to tourism and stayed loyal to its French roots.
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Daily Cal Arts’ 10 films to see in theaters this week
It’s the height of summer, but theaters around the Bay Area are currently resplendent in a wide variety of amazing pictures right now, from tentpole superhero movies to quiet, meditative micro-budget films
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’ is testament to inventive, practical filmmaking
We learn hardly any names — no backstories, no motivations. But war leaves little time for dialogue, and the wordless understanding between the soldiers, while one we may not be privy to, establishes a new way of telling war stories — one that focuses not on an “us vs. them” but on survival by any means.
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Campus’s Isacoff Lab receives DARPA funding to research neural implants
The campus’s Isacoff Lab has been granted about $21 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency for research into neural implants.
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Campus receives $10.1M gift to acquire art of renowned Polish Jewish artist
Bay Area-based Taube Philanthropies has donated $10.1 million — the largest single monetary gift to acquire art in UC Berkeley history — to the campus’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, providing the public with access to the artwork of Polish Jewish artist Arthur Szyk, according to a campus press release issued Monday.
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Daily Cal Abroad
Studying abroad is a sure-fire way of enriching your college experience and expanding your horizons. Below are some shots of Daily Cal staff members enjoying their own times abroad!
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A glimpse into I-House student experiences
Exchange students living at the International House share their experiences and cultural shocks related to the city and campus. They reflect on some of their unusual experiences, such as the Greek culture here and discuss why coming to UC Berkeley to study is a great opportunity.
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