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Itcelia Segoviano- Ramirez ‘19 is posed for a portrait in front of Sather Gate on UC Berkeley campus Photo by Ryan Moon
Scholars

Imagining the Future

By Shannon Cheng

Supported by a Cal Alumni Scholarship, Itcelia Segoviano-Ramirez helps young people imagine futures they may never have thought possible

A group of Cal Discoveries travelers gathers for the August 2017 total eclipse in Oregon. / Photo Credit: Eugene Chiang A group of Cal Discoveries travelers gathers for the August 2017 total eclipse in Oregon. / Photo Credit: Eugene Chiang
Travel

The Universe Will Not Be Paraphrased

By Urja Upadhyaya

Cal astrophysicist Eugene Chiang has chased total solar eclipses across three continents. His advice: stop extrapolating from the partial you saw once, and just go.

Two cheerleaders embrace Oski Jim Klein performing as Oski and Cal cheerleaders during an October, 1967 football game.
News

The Secret Life of Oski

By Urja Upadhyaya

In honor of Oski’s 85th birthday, the Cal Alumni Association spoke with five alums who served on the committee between the late 1960s and 2025. What emerged was not one story but five overlapping ones, each shaped by a different decade's idea of what Oski should be.