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Cal Culture

“When I Was at UC Berkeley…”

Take a trip down memory lane with your fellow Golden Bears as they share their experiences from their time at UC Berkeley.

Alumni Chapters

Remembering Eric R. Mart ’70, 1948–2023

Celebrating Eric R. Mart’s life and legacy, a dedicated alum who contributed to the Cal community and beyond.

News

Meet the 2023 – 2024 Cohort of The Achievement Award Program (TAAP)

The Achievement Award Program supports high-achieving, community-minded, low-income, first-generation college students in their pursuit of a UC Berkeley education. The Cal Alumni Association (CAA) congratulates all twenty-two members of our incoming 2023 – 2024 Alumni Scholar cohort.

Cal Culture

Adding to Berkeley’s Multiculturalism, One Ice Cream at a Time

Sharon Ku ’08 uses ice cream (and her nutritional science degree) to give back to UC Berkeley and encourage multiculturalism through her dessert cafe Uji Time.

Cal Culture

Stories from Then and Now: The Walter Gordon Story

From breaking barriers to creating history, Walter Gordon has left his mark at UC Berkeley and beyond. However, his story remains largely untold.

Cozy Year-Round Cabins / A. Lang

Bring the Family to a Lair Winter Getaway

15 new heated cabins at the Lair’s Camp Oski are a cozy home base for winter weekends in Pinecrest.

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Jesse Gabriel speaks at National Gun Violence Awareness Day Press Conference

_{National Gun Violence Awareness Day Press Conference / Courtesy of Jesse Gabriel}

‘A very big deal’: Proposed legislation would tax California gun sales to fund violence prevention

“I joined the gun violence prevention movement because of school shootings like Uvalde and Parkland. Shootings that left me terrified to go to school. Shootings that left me worried that I was going to be the next headline,” the Oakland 9th grader told the senators emphatically. “I am here today pleading for a change.”

_{Rebekah Shirley}

Want to Solve the Climate Crisis? Invest in Africa

As Deputy Director of World Resources Institute Africa, Shirley is on a mission to accelerate the continent’s clean energy industry and spread awareness about the paltry financing the sector currently attracts.

_{San Quentin / Pat Joseph}

Stuck in the Middle

Kevin Sawyer is a man of many parts. He's a certified commercial and residential electrician. A trained paralegal. A skilled guitarist and pianist. He's also an inmate at San Quentin State Prison serving an indeterminate life sentence for burglary and sexual assault.

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