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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 be released in 2023. Go Bears!
Jennifer L. Hanson (B.S., Mass Communications, 1994) is pleased to announce her book “Sensored Souls,” published in October 2021, has been optioned for a feature film by production company No Sunrise Wasted, headed by Devin Fei-Fan Tau (B.S., Business Administration, 1997).
Carol Brandt is a Senior Project Control Analyst for Environmental Science Associates (ESA). She is a founding member of the Cal Women’s Crew Team (1975). Carol lives in Petaluma, CA with husband Gregg. She is a published photographer and loves the outdoors, taking photos of birds, landscapes and everything else in between!
Juno Song has been promoted to Senior Associate at Kuth Ranieri Architects in San Francisco. He joined Kuth Ranieri in 2015. His current work includes a private residence in Napa Valley and ongoing projects at Terminal 1C at San Francisco International Airport. He received his Master of Architecture degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his Bachelor of […]
90-year-old Berkeley alumna Rebecca Contopoulou speaks Greek, Italian, French, English, Spanish, and another language that sounds a lot like Spanish but is actually Ladino, a Sephardic language that traces its origins to Medieval Spain.
Many Berkeleyans know that Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz taught at Cal for many years. Fewer likely remember that his fellow laureate Seamus Heaney.
What Dacher Keltner teaches isn’t likely to land you a job on Wall Street or even make you more hireable, but that’s not really the point.
Iris Yamashita has always loved fiction writing, but it was a winding road to her first novel, City Under One Roof (Berkley/Penguin, January 2023). As she explained, “I have Asian parents and they really expected me to be a doctor or engineer or something. Writing was okay as a hobby, but not okay as my main focus.”
The holidays are rapidly approaching, and if you’re anything like me, you have no idea what to get your family members. Mom has so many sweaters already, Grandpa has all the cookbooks in the world, and what does a 19-year-old even want? Well, luckily for us, Cal has a wealth of grads who make products perfect for gift giving, be it stocking stuffers or statement presents.
Richard Hyman celebrated Lloyd Lettis’ (’45) 102nd birthday this year alongside Curtis Gleason (’54) with a game of tennis. See the picture for proof!
Melinda Ng‘s debut novel Mattie and the Machine has been released by Santa Monica Press (under the pen name Lynn Ng Quezon). The YA historical is a fictionalized account of 19th century inventor Margaret Knight’s journey to obtaining her first patent. Publishers Weekly wrote this about the book: Nineteenth-century inventor Margaret “Mattie” E. Knight (1838-1914) […]
In October 2022, bestselling author, actor, and radio personality, Cynthia Brian, published her first book in the children’s picture book series, Stella Bella’s Barnyard Adventures, with her charming true-life cadre of critters and endearing illustrations in No Barnyard Bullies, a colorful book about learning to be kind and inclusive. The diverse animal family of Stella […]
Olivia Chen and Pauline Ang have been friends for 20 years. During the pandemic, they decided to start their own canned milk tea company, Twrl.
Context and insight on that moment in 1982 when the football gods proved to fans everywhere that the cliches really are true: Anything can happen, and It ain’t over till it’s over.
From Richard Rahl: My wife and I were in the end zone where the touchdown was made, so we could see the whole thing developing in front of us. We were in the Stanford section because we have a mixed marriage – I graduated from Cal in 1955 and Boalt in 1961. She graduated from […]
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, cosponsored a panel discussion with the […]
Karen Shinberg Czapanskiy recently published a law review article about denying paternal rights to rapists and others who coerce conception. “The Constitution, Paternity, Rape, and Coerced Intercourse: No Protection Required,” Vol. 35, Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, pages 83-122 (2022). Also, became a Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland Carey School […]
Greg Miller‘s Now and Then Here and Now: New and Selected Poems 2022 has been released by Sheep Meadow Press, distributed by Syracuse University Press. Greg edited with Anne-Marie Miller-Blaise at the Nouvelle Sorbonne a book of essays just published by Manchester University Press: Edward and George Herbert in the European Republic of Letters. Greg’s author page includes […]
It was great to gather at our recent 68th Class Reunion with old friends Carl Walker, Bill Morrish, Bob Merrick, Jack Ken, Jim Griffin, and Beryl Smith Voss at the Golden Bear Luncheon during Homecoming. The entertainment was super, as was the food and drink.
