What to Read and Watch this Winter
The best from Berkeley’s writers and film makers
Education
How Berkeley is Improving Equity and Inclusion
By Lizeth De La LuzFive Questions with Dania Matos, Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion
Berkeley’s Partnership with Tuskegee
By Rob GunnisonIn July of this year, Berkeley announced a partnership with Tuskegee University for the study of data and community, a mission that aligns with the long tradition at Tuskegee of using academic rigor to advance its social agenda.
Editor’s Note from the Fall Issue of California Magazine
By Laura SmithI don’t know about you, but I’m growing weary of living in unprecedented times. Here I’m talking about our most recent national schism: the fall of Roe.
Our Editors’ Picks for Your Fall Reading and Viewing
New Yorker documentaries, Art and Race Matters, and more.
Tackling the Teen Sleep Crisis
By Laura SmithFive questions with Lisa L. Lewis '89, Author of The Sleep-Deprived Teen
Can equity in higher education be counterproductive?
By Dhoha BarecheSince its founding in 1868, the University of California has been committed to making higher education accessible to everyone.
Was Mark Twain an Antiracist?
By Pat JosephSince 1949, the Mark Twain Papers (now the Mark Twain Papers and Project) have resided at the Bancroft Library, and for more than four decades, Robert Hirst, M.A. ’65, Ph.D. ’76, has presided over them as general editor and curator.
The Chancellor’s Letter from the Fall Issue of California Magazine
By Chancellor Carol T. ChristOur university is relentlessly dynamic, constantly evolving to meet students’ interests, keep pace with the expanding depth and breadth of knowledge, and support an ambitious and entrepreneurial research enterprise.
Snapp Chats
By Martin SnappAfter graduating from Berkeley Law in 2014, Yoana Tchoukleva, J.D. ’14, served in many roles before she found her dream job: setting up the Restorative Justice Unit of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office.
Workingman’s Economist
By Kweku Opoku-AgyemangWhen Cal professor and labor economist David Card got the early-morning phone call from Sweden last October informing him that he’d won the 2021 Nobel Prize in economics, he thought it was a buddy back home in Ontario pulling his leg. “My old friend, Tim, who lives in Guelph, I thought it was one of his practical jokes,” Card told the Canadian news media.
Losing Joan Didion
By Pat JosephWriter Joan Didion, who graduated from Berkeley in 1956, died on December 23, 2021, at age 87. She will be remembered as one of the most distinctive voices not only of her generation but in all of American letters.
