A letter to my future self
If you’re lucky enough to contribute to change in the world, never take no for an answer and never forget your roots or those who helped you along the way.
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Brainwashing myself
Pop Vulture
Realizing what I had done in choosing to write a column was like pulling over to throw up in a Wendy’s for dignity’s sake — only to wake 17 hours later having signed a contract for nine more weeks of throwing up in a Wendy’s.
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UC Berkeley students petition for alternative grading models for semester
Members of the campus community have started two petitions calling for alternative grading systems to be implemented to compensate for the changes caused by the COVID-19, colloquially known as the coronavirus, outbreak.
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UC receives 20th CRISPR patent before end of 2019
The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued the UC system’s 20th CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology patent with the arrival of the new year, according to a press release by Berkeley News.
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Distinguished chemist Polly Arnold appointed as chemical sciences director at Berkeley Lab
Distinguished heavy-element chemist Polly Arnold has been appointed as director of the Chemical Sciences Division at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
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Patent board announces interference between UC, Broad Institute CRISPR patents
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced an interference between multiple UC and multiple Broad Institute patents, a signal that the USPTO will resolve the seven-year ownership debate regarding CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in eukaryotic cells.
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UC Berkeley administration reclassifies economics as STEM major
This change is intended to appeal to international students who look for jobs in the United States after graduation from UC Berkeley.
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UC receives 3rd CRISPR patent after 4 years of litigation
After four years of litigation battles, the US Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, has finally approved a third CRISPR patent for the University of California.
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Decrypting the history of the Berkeley Mystery Hunt
Speed, stamina and a quick wit. These are the skills it takes to succeed in the Berkeley Mystery Hunt, a campuswide puzzles challenge that ran biannually on the UC Berkeley campus from 2011-16.
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2 UC Berkeley alumni named 2018 MacArthur Fellows
Estrin, a computer scientist, and Sly, a mathematician, were each recognized for their potential to shape the future in their respective fields and were granted $625,000 with no strings attached, according to the MacArthur Foundation’s website.
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