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Cal for All: Advancing Sustainable and Equitable Futures

Creating lasting change requires collaboration across industries, communities, and generations. Dr. Yvette Gullatt ’88, M.A. ’94, Ph.D. ’05  will discuss ways innovation, sustainability, and equity can drive a better future.

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Pearls of Dalmatia: Dubrovnik & the Island of Hvar 2024 [on request; singles: waitlist only]

September 28 - October 12, 2024
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Get away to the Lair this fall!

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Lair of the Golden Bear

Going Once, Going Twice! Make a Bid on Lair Auction Items

From signed Cal Athletics memorabilia to lunch with Chancellor Lyons, there’s something for everyone in the Lair of the Golden Bear’s 2024 online auction.

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Alumni Chapters

Meeting and Greeting the Newest Golden Bears

From New England to Southern California, our Alumni Chapters gave incoming Golden Bears a warm welcome.
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Jason Bircea ’17 Chose UC Berkeley Twice

Jason Bircea ’17 chose to study at UC Berkeley twice, first as an undergraduate and then as a Ph.D. student.

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Intolerable Genius: Berkeley’s Most Controversial Nobel Laureate

Kary Mullis revolutionized biology and pissed everyone off. Now that he’s dead, how should we remember him?
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How a Berkeley Eccentric Beat the Russians—and Then Made Useless, Wondrous Objects

Just like that, Cliff Stoll, goofball Berkeley hippie, had suddenly become Cliff Stoll, Cold Warrior.

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Election Polls Are Only 60 Percent Accurate, Which Is 0 Percent Surprising.

For many Americans, Donald Trump’s 2016 victory came as a shock, especially considering how much he’d trailed Hillary Clinton in the polls. Even FiveThirtyEight founder and famed pollster Nate Silver got it wrong. But UC Berkeley business professor Don Moore thinks we should cut Silver some slack.

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