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Erwin Chemerinsky on Testing the Limits of Presidential Power

by Nathalia Alcantara
The UC Berkeley Law dean breaks down the Supreme Court's game-changing ruling on birthright citizenship.
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The Other Fraternity House

By Ian A. Stewart

For nearly 50 years, the Freemasons had an outsized presence on campus. Today, a new group is trying to revive that fraternal legacy.

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The Edge Episode 29: Will AI Be Humanity’s Last Act? with Stuart Russell

The distinguished computer science professor explores the promises and perils of the AI revolution.

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Berkeley’s Music Boom

By Emma Silvers

A curriculum overhaul and a post-pandemic need to reconnect have made music Cal’s fastest-growing major.

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Feeling the Dance

By Leah Worthington

Blind patrons experience Alvin Ailey through sound and touch

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My Old Guy Master’s Piece

By Robert Strauss

“A lot of my people at home have had good retirements, but none of them got to spend it with 25-year-olds.”

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What’s on Your Berkeley-Inspired Playlist?

By Pat Joseph

While music may not be the first thing most people think of when they think of Berkeley, both the campus and town have been home to an enormously influential and eclectic music scene across the years, one with deep roots in the folk and blues revivals of the mid-20th century. 

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Meet Zona Roberts

By Martin Snapp

Nowadays, people look back on the 1950s as the Happy Days, but for the kids who grew up during that time, it was anything but. Hovering over them were the twin terrors of The Bomb and a raging polio epidemic. One victim of the latter was Zona and Verne Roberts’ eldest son, Ed.

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Working Toward Justice

By Leah Worthington

At Berkeley's Human Rights Center, students patiently verify crimes against humanity.

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