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Cal alum and author Lillian Zhang ’22 returned to Alumni House to unpack the personal journey and Gen Z-driven insights behind her book, The New Money Rules. The evening brought students and alums together for candid conversations on money, community, and building financial confidence.
This year’s Cal Gift Guide highlights gifts that give back, supporting student well-being, campus programs, and everyday Berkeley spirit through thoughtful picks and purposeful contributions.
For Frederick Luis Aldama ’92, storytelling is more than art, it’s architecture for visibility and cultural reclamation. From his Berkeley roots to directing the Latinx Pop Lab at UT Austin, the acclaimed author and scholar known as Professor Latinx has spent his career expanding representation across comics, film, and media, mentoring the next generation of creators to tell their stories.
Bears Hunt Unicorns: Venture Capital at Cal brought together Berkeley investors, founders, and students for a conversation on building purposeful, enduring companies. Panelists shared how Cal’s entrepreneurial ecosystem supports founders from their first idea to global impact.
Arthur Sze ’72 returns to Berkeley memory, Josephine Miles’s courtyard, an IBM typewriter by an open window, a creek, to trace a life in poems. In this interview, the Poet Laureate maps how translation, science, and disciplined attention shape his work and teaching, and why his enduring advice to young Cal writers is simple: write, and don’t stop.
When loss struck her graduate community, Wendy Marie Ingram, Ph.D. ’15, didn’t wait for permission to act. The UC Berkeley alum transformed her pain into purpose, founding Dragonfly Mental Health to make mental health care in academia collective and sustainable. Her story is one of evidence, empathy, and resolve.
When family camp comes to a close, there’s still plenty happening behind the scenes to keep the Lair running strong. In late August and September, the Lair hosts Bear Music Fest, an International House retreat, and late summer weddings. Then, once all the guests begin their drive down Hwy 108, a hard-working Closing Crew takes over. […]
What if fiction were a working lab for AI? In conversation with UC Berkeley’s Nina Beguš, we explore how stories, translation, and careful language can reshape design choices long before ethics memos arrive. From Pygmalion to chatbots, Professor Beguš invites the Cal community to test metaphors, revise frames, and build technology with more care and clarity.
The CAA Donor and Volunteer Appreciation Brunch felt like a family gathering, but the story reaches further. Alums power six scholarship programs, steady finalist rooms, and lead chapter events that welcome, mentor, and open doors.
Public education is at a crossroads. In this Berkeley panel, school leaders and teachers confront AI, equity, and policy turbulence, sharing strategies for redesigning schools, sustaining teachers, and protecting dignity in classrooms.
From customer discovery and venture pivots to mentorship and mission-driven impact, the panel explored what makes Berkeley a launchpad for innovation, and why now is the time to build.
This summer, UC Berkeley Alumni Chapters across the country hosted Summer Welcome Parties that turned strangers into classmates and questions into confidence. From Cal Band cameos to cultural unity chants, gatherings welcomed the new students, long before Move-In Day.
