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Berkeley’s High Flying Falcons Rebounded From the Brink

If you look up at the Campanile these days, you may just spot one of Berkeley’s celebrated peregrine falcons diving from its heights.
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150 Years of Women at UC Berkeley

What a journey it has been. Today's students stand on the shoulders of the late 19th century trailblazers studying engineering and agriculture in rooms dominated by men, and every pioneering scientist, artist, and politician who followed.

My Scarf, Myself, and You: Hijab Is About More, and Less, than Religious Expression

The tiny, default, unisex photo thumbnail haunted me for days.

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Swift Justice: The Historic Fight for Gender Equality at Berkeley Law

ELEANOR SWIFT LEFT THE DEAN’S office at Boalt Hall, walked upstairs, and started packing her things. After a promising legal career and eight years as one of Berkeley School of Law’s most beloved professors, she had just been fired—her tenure denied by her overwhelmingly male peers.

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