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If you’ve ever allowed a sudden noise to disrupt your attempt to hit a shot in golf, you are said to have “rabbit ears.” Golf is much like life. When something gets in your head, it can throw you off your game. Anthony Scattini’s Rabbit Earz is a fictional tale drawn from real life experiences that weaves the ridiculousness, […]
Michelle Ott’s book Outer Space is Closer Than Antarctica has hit bookstores! Published by Chronicle Books Ott’s illustrated memoir describes life, love, and the science she learned after the four summer seasons she spent working at Antarctica’s largest research base, McMurdo Station. Michelle learned that outer space is in fact closer than Antarctica while attending […]
Sara Mirza ’08 has created a paradigm-shifting podcast that explores how people design and discover their way to a fulfilling career: Ace of Pentacles Podcast Featuring expert interviews, real-life stories, and career and life advice, the podcast takes a deep dive into the material and the numinous layers of the human experience through the lens […]
Roberta Berry Coyl ’68 was a world traveler and as a child crossed the Atlantic five times on the Queen Mary in the 1950’s with her Mother and brother, exploring the ship from top to bottom, bow to stern as a delighted kid would. After graduating from Berkeley in English, she earned a law degree […]
Mark Woods ’71 writes: “This book presents over 200 photos in 96 pages I made from ’68 to ’73. As you might imagine these photos and scenes have been floating around in my brain for the last 50 plus years. Some of you may be in or recognize someone in the book. There is Hubert, […]
For many of us, the sound of the Campanile’s carillon bells is inseparable from our memories of Berkeley, marking the hours between classes, ringing out across Sproul Plaza, and standing tall as the heart of campus life. As a longtime LEGO enthusiast, I kept asking myself: why isn’t there a LEGO set for UC Berkeley? […]
