From the Bay to Broadway: Broadway shows that started in Berkeley
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The Berkeley Repertory Theatre, located in the heart of Downtown Berkeley, has seen many productions make it to the Big Apple …
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Pediatrician Carrie Byington to assume role of executive vice president of UC Health
Byington currently works as the vice chancellor of health services at the Texas A&M University System while simultaneously serving as senior vice president of the Texas A&M Health Science Center as well as the Jean and Thomas McMullin professor and dean of the university’s College of Medicine.
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‘The Boy From Oz’ suffers from poor storytelling despite enthusiastic cast
As lights went up on “The Boy From Oz” at the Gateway Theater on Oct. 27, the musical’s star Justin Genna leaped and pirouetted toward the front of the stage to applause before standing stone-still and performing a somewhat tuneless song about the many lives of Peter Allen.
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UC Berkeley professors talk on their favorite summers in college
What do illegal camping, bilingual sailing lessons and Robert Kennedy have in common? They each could be your path to a future university professorship — or, at least, they each were part of a UC Berkeley faculty member’s road to success.
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Cal women’s gymnast Toni-Ann Williams qualifies for 2016 Summer Olympics
Cal sophomore gymnast Toni-Ann Williams has officially qualified to represent Jamaica in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. This is a prestigious accomplishment, as she’ll be the first gymnast to represent Jamaica at the Olympics. She also made Cal history by becoming the first women’s gymnast to qualify
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Cal men’s swim prepares for Pac-12 Diving Championships
Cal men’s swimming and diving — a dominant team during championship season in recent years — will be relying heavily on swimming as it attempts to take back the Pac-12 Conference title from USC. Despite diving making up three of the 21 events at the Pac-12 Championships, Cal’s divers scored just
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Profiter de la vie: Coming back from a semester abroad
I was warned about culture shock when I left California to study in Bordeaux, France, for the fall semester. I was told I might feel disoriented and confused in my new European environment. When my program ended, I was reminded that I might experience reverse culture shock. But spending time with my family over winter break and seeing my friends for the first time in months, I felt at home, and I was convinced that I had escaped the anticipated reverse culture shock. I was wrong.
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Cal men’s, women’s crew set to compete in different Bay Area events Saturday
While everyone else will be hitting the snooze buttons this weekend, the Cal’s men’s and women’s crew teams will be up at the crack of dawn, readying themselves for the final events of the Bears’ fall season. Instead of hiding underneath warm comforters, both teams will be rowing on top
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Missy Franklin awarded Honda Cup as best female college athlete
In case the Cal women’s swimming community wasn’t already aware that Missy Franklin’s departure is going to be a big loss for the program, they certainly know now. On Monday, Franklin was awarded the Honda Cup, which is annually handed out to the best female collegiate athlete in the country.
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Interning abroad expands your career prospects
One antidote to the harsh realities of postgraduation job prospects is interning abroad, preferably somewhere that has a thriving economy such as one of the emerging economies commonly referred to as the BRICS, the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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