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If you’ve ever allowed a sudden noise to disrupt your attempt to hit a shot in golf, you are said to have “rabbit ears.” Golf is much like life. When something gets in your head, it can throw you off your game. Anthony Scattini’s Rabbit Earz is a fictional tale drawn from real life experiences that weaves the ridiculousness, […]
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Class of 2015 Michelle Ott
Michelle Ott’s book Outer Space is Closer Than Antarctica has hit bookstores! Published by Chronicle Books Ott’s illustrated memoir describes life, love, and the science she learned after the four summer seasons she spent working at Antarctica’s largest research base, McMurdo Station. Michelle learned that outer space is in fact closer than Antarctica while attending […]
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Class of 2008 Sara Mirza
Sara Mirza ’08 has created a paradigm-shifting podcast that explores how people design and discover their way to a fulfilling career: Ace of Pentacles Podcast Featuring expert interviews, real-life stories, and career and life advice, the podcast takes a deep dive into the material and the numinous layers of the human experience through the lens […]
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Class of 1968 Roberta Berry Coyl
Roberta Berry Coyl ’68 was a world traveler and as a child crossed the Atlantic five times on the Queen Mary in the 1950’s with her Mother and brother, exploring the ship from top to bottom, bow to stern as a delighted kid would. After graduating from Berkeley in English, she earned a law degree […]
Class of '68 Class Gatherings are for Cal'68 members and friends of Cal. Contact Cal68@blueconnect.org for details and to join the Class of '68 email list. Learn about upcoming Class of '68 events as they evolve.The Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement (CCDE), founded by the Class of '68, continues to provide stipends to Cal undergraduate students attending University of California in...
Evalyn Hansen (Evalyn Stanley) Dramatic Arts, class of '68, has published her book BACKSTAGE with Evalyn Hansen, available at bookstores and on Amazon. The book is a collection of over 300 interviews with prominent performing artists, writers, directors and educators gathered over 12-year period in Ashland, Oregon. What began as a theater column in the Ashland Daily Tidings to encourage and...
Jarone Lee, MD was named as one of Boston's Most Influential Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) by Get Konnected and Boston Foundation Asian Community Fund. This recognition celebrates, amplifiesand elevates economic, civic and social contributions of individuals and collected members of the AAPI community. Also, Jarone co-founded a new global, non-profit organization supporting humanitarian...
Jim Yenckel ('59) reports the fact that he and Roger Samuelsen ('58) each has sported red hair all their lives prompted an exchange of emails decades after they were sentenced in a 1957 Big Game Kangaroo Court to toss raw eggs at each other until the eggs splattered. Jim was City Editor of the Daily Cal; Roger served as Student Body President. Both were "arrested" and "jailed" in the Stephens...
Anderson Franco
Anderson Franco (J.D. 2013, B.A. 2010) is a Personal Injury Attorney in San Francisco, CA. He founded Anderson Franco Law and is focused on serving the Spanish-speaking community throughout California. He is proud to share that he was recently named a Rising Star by Super Lawyer magazine for the 5th year in a row. The attorneys selected as Rising Stars are...
Shaina Philpot and her book
Shaina Philpot was recently published in the anthology Deserts to Mountaintops: Our Collective Journey to (re)Claiming Our Voice by New York Times Bestselling Author Jessica Buchanan and other contributing authors. Her chapter, "Where Do I Belong?" focuses on the theme of belonging, including her time as a Native American student at UC Berkeley and experiences...
Benjamin C. Lau
Benjamin C. Lau of nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. has been elevated to principal. Ben is an attorney in the firm's Los Angeles office and represents public and private employers in labor and employment law matters.
Michael D. Thomas of nationwide employment law firm Jackson Lewis P.C. has been named a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility Visionary by the Los Angeles Times. The publication highlighted prominent thought leaders in the California business community who prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion policies within their respective sectors. Michael is a principal in...
Larry Lazaro Badajos - dedicated father, brother, uncle, and friend to many - passed away on December 2nd, 2022, at the age of 71 at his home in El Monte, California. Larry Badajos was born in El Centro, California, and proudly resided in El Monte, California. He graduated from Arroyo High School in El Monte, California, before attending community college at Imperial...
Warm New Year greetings for 2023, everyone! Hope you're all doing well and progressing along your path. Craig Carpenter Downer was just very impressed with the article about the artist Joan Brown that appeared in the current issue of California. Since he has recently written a published a book that shows a similar copacetic view of life as Joan had/has, he thought he would share this with...
Jate Samathivathanachai '01 joined Foundery Innovations, an immunotherapeutics-focused venture fund and studio, as Chief Business Officer in December 2022. Foundery validates and develops early drug concepts to produce pre-IND candidate packages in collaboration with academic investigators that are spun-out into independent NewCos or out-licensed to industry partners for...
Devin Fei-Fan Tau
Devin Fei-Fan Tau (B.S., Business Administration, 1997), independent director and producer, is pleased to announce an option on the film rights to Jen L. Hanson's (B.S. Mass Communications, 1994) speculative fiction novel, "Sensored Souls." The sci-fi thriller, "The Gallery," will be Tau's fourth feature film, following the thriller-suspense "Half Sisters," to...
