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Stories that inspire — and are inspired by — @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social’s brilliant community. Official account of University Development & Alumni Relations.
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“The people who lead, who change, who make a difference in the world? They have one thing in common… They’re relentlessly curious and ask questions about everything.” – Aravind Srinivas '21
Congratulations to the newest group of Cal alums! Relive the #CalGrad festivities: bit.ly/3MOY1zH
Congratulations to the newest group of Cal alums! Relive the #CalGrad festivities: bit.ly/3MOY1zH
Before coming to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, Momoka Yanagisawa knew about the Salz Collection, but never dreamed she’d have a chance to play one of its instruments.
When she had the opportunity to play one from the collection, the 1834 Pressenda stole her heart. bit.ly/4ihB57K
When she had the opportunity to play one from the collection, the 1834 Pressenda stole her heart. bit.ly/4ihB57K
December 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Before coming to @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, Momoka Yanagisawa knew about the Salz Collection, but never dreamed she’d have a chance to play one of its instruments.
When she had the opportunity to play one from the collection, the 1834 Pressenda stole her heart. bit.ly/4ihB57K
When she had the opportunity to play one from the collection, the 1834 Pressenda stole her heart. bit.ly/4ihB57K
“The people who lead, who change, who make a difference in the world? They have one thing in common… They’re relentlessly curious and ask questions about everything.” – Aravind Srinivas '21
Congratulations to the newest group of Cal alums! Relive the #CalGrad festivities: bit.ly/3MOY1zH
Congratulations to the newest group of Cal alums! Relive the #CalGrad festivities: bit.ly/3MOY1zH
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
“The people who lead, who change, who make a difference in the world? They have one thing in common… They’re relentlessly curious and ask questions about everything.” – Aravind Srinivas '21
Congratulations to the newest group of Cal alums! Relive the #CalGrad festivities: bit.ly/3MOY1zH
Congratulations to the newest group of Cal alums! Relive the #CalGrad festivities: bit.ly/3MOY1zH
Winter Commencement is TOMORROW! We’re vibrating with excitement (not cold) 🤩
For the loved ones joining us online, check out the livestream on the Commencment website at commencement.berkeley.edu
#CalGrad
For the loved ones joining us online, check out the livestream on the Commencment website at commencement.berkeley.edu
#CalGrad
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Winter Commencement is TOMORROW! We’re vibrating with excitement (not cold) 🤩
For the loved ones joining us online, check out the livestream on the Commencment website at commencement.berkeley.edu
#CalGrad
For the loved ones joining us online, check out the livestream on the Commencment website at commencement.berkeley.edu
#CalGrad
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From heartbreak to racism to personal truth, storytelling in pop lyrics has evolved, largely thanks to hip-hop's rise in popularity. UC Berkeley researchers analyzed over 5,000 @billboard.com Hot 100 hits to map the evolution of music over the past 60 years. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/f...
From Bob Dylan to Ice Cube: Mapping 60 years of storytelling in pop lyrics - Berkeley News
UC Berkeley researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 5,000 Billboard Hot 100 hits, finding that storytelling has been on the uptick since the 1990s thanks to the rise in popularity of hi...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
From heartbreak to racism to personal truth, storytelling in pop lyrics has evolved, largely thanks to hip-hop's rise in popularity. UC Berkeley researchers analyzed over 5,000 @billboard.com Hot 100 hits to map the evolution of music over the past 60 years. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/12/f...
The concept of Winter Commencement being next weekend... Winter 2025 grads, do you have all the info you need to make it a day to remember?
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad
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December 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The concept of Winter Commencement being next weekend... Winter 2025 grads, do you have all the info you need to make it a day to remember?
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad
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A new series in "The Lancet", led by a UC Berkeley professor, equips policymakers and clinicians with a toolkit to break out of silos and make more informed health decisions. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/04/b...
Beyond biology: Why social context is the key for improving modern medicine - Berkeley News
A new series in "The Lancet" led by a UC Berkeley professor equips policymakers and clinicians with a toolkit to break out of silos and make more informed health decisions.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A new series in "The Lancet", led by a UC Berkeley professor, equips policymakers and clinicians with a toolkit to break out of silos and make more informed health decisions. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/04/b...
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Ran into Trouper during one of my strolls around campus. What a nice surprise, this is exactly what I needed during my break. Did you know you can sign up to walk Trouper, too?
Don’t tell Winston…
Don’t tell Winston…
December 5, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Ran into Trouper during one of my strolls around campus. What a nice surprise, this is exactly what I needed during my break. Did you know you can sign up to walk Trouper, too?
Don’t tell Winston…
Don’t tell Winston…
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🎧 Berkeley Talks: For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it began with pond scum and a toy microscope. Hear more in his podcast on Berkeley News. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/28/b...
Berkeley Talks: For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it began with pond scum and a toy microscope - Berkeley News
“I just could not believe the world that was revealed,” the UC Berkeley professor said of the microorganisms he saw through the plastic lens. He went on to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicin...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🎧 Berkeley Talks: For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it began with pond scum and a toy microscope. Hear more in his podcast on Berkeley News. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/28/b...
This campus still shines even when the photos look like they were taken on a potato (they were taken on a keychain camera).
#UCBerkeley #MyUCBerkeley #BerkeleyPOV
#UCBerkeley #MyUCBerkeley #BerkeleyPOV
December 3, 2025 at 7:54 PM
This campus still shines even when the photos look like they were taken on a potato (they were taken on a keychain camera).
#UCBerkeley #MyUCBerkeley #BerkeleyPOV
#UCBerkeley #MyUCBerkeley #BerkeleyPOV
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In her new book, UC Berkeley researcher Nina Beguš explores how art, history and literature provide a window into AI development, revealing a hopeful — and cautionary — path forward for humanity. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/01/h...
How Greek myths and Hollywood hits can help us understand AI today - Berkeley News
In her new book, UC Berkeley researcher Nina Beguš explores how art, history and literature provide a window into AI development, revealing a hopeful — and cautionary — path forward for humanity.
news.berkeley.edu
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
In her new book, UC Berkeley researcher Nina Beguš explores how art, history and literature provide a window into AI development, revealing a hopeful — and cautionary — path forward for humanity. news.berkeley.edu/2025/12/01/h...
This past summer, fourth-year student Kelly Ko participated in a six-person pilot program for Pan Scholars, UC Berkeley's first summer internship program in Taiwan.
The program was made possible by alum Steven Pan: gobears.me/49J4Axj
The program was made possible by alum Steven Pan: gobears.me/49J4Axj
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This past summer, fourth-year student Kelly Ko participated in a six-person pilot program for Pan Scholars, UC Berkeley's first summer internship program in Taiwan.
The program was made possible by alum Steven Pan: gobears.me/49J4Axj
The program was made possible by alum Steven Pan: gobears.me/49J4Axj
Send this to someone cheering on a Golden Bear on December 20 at Winter Commencement 🤩
For more info, visit commencement.berkeley.edu
#CalGrad
For more info, visit commencement.berkeley.edu
#CalGrad
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Send this to someone cheering on a Golden Bear on December 20 at Winter Commencement 🤩
For more info, visit commencement.berkeley.edu
#CalGrad
For more info, visit commencement.berkeley.edu
#CalGrad
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Celebrating Thanksgiving the Hogwarts way 🪄✨
Our students put together the coziest, most magical potluck feast — from spellbinding dishes to house-pride vibes all around.
Shoutout to Octavia Smith (MIMS '27) and IMSA! 🧡🤎
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCBNXq
Our students put together the coziest, most magical potluck feast — from spellbinding dishes to house-pride vibes all around.
Shoutout to Octavia Smith (MIMS '27) and IMSA! 🧡🤎
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCBNXq
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Celebrating Thanksgiving the Hogwarts way 🪄✨
Our students put together the coziest, most magical potluck feast — from spellbinding dishes to house-pride vibes all around.
Shoutout to Octavia Smith (MIMS '27) and IMSA! 🧡🤎
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCBNXq
Our students put together the coziest, most magical potluck feast — from spellbinding dishes to house-pride vibes all around.
Shoutout to Octavia Smith (MIMS '27) and IMSA! 🧡🤎
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCBNXq
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The civil rights icon and former federal judge Thelton Henderson was a witness to the violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South. Today, he says, some want to turn back the clock. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/24/t...
Thelton Henderson: Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act, the struggle continues - Berkeley News
The civil rights icon and former federal judge, now a visiting professor at UC Berkeley Law, was a witness to the violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South. Today, he says, ...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The civil rights icon and former federal judge Thelton Henderson was a witness to the violent efforts to block Black people from voting in the 1960s South. Today, he says, some want to turn back the clock. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/24/t...
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A future without chocolate seems almost unimaginable. But according to UC Berkeley’s Brian Staskawicz, it is a very real possibility.
Learn more in this thread.🧵
Learn more in this thread.🧵
November 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A future without chocolate seems almost unimaginable. But according to UC Berkeley’s Brian Staskawicz, it is a very real possibility.
Learn more in this thread.🧵
Learn more in this thread.🧵
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Glowing group: First-year students bring record-setting credentials and intriguing experiences to Berkeley Law: https://bit.ly/4nZMWc1 #BerkeleyLaw
Glowing group: First-year students bring record-setting credentials and intriguing experiences to Berkeley Law
The school’s 1Ls arrived with record-setting credentials — but the numbers tell just a small part of their story.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Glowing group: First-year students bring record-setting credentials and intriguing experiences to Berkeley Law: https://bit.ly/4nZMWc1 #BerkeleyLaw
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For decades, Sally McLendon worked with Indigenous communities to document and learn about their languages. After her death, her notes and tapes were transported to the California Language Archive on campus, where they are accessible for others to learn from. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/2...
23 boxes and a suitcase full of tapes: How a linguist's lifelong work is shaping Indigenous language today - Berkeley News
Collections at UC Berkeley's California Language Archive help keep Indigenous languages alive. This is the story of one of them.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
For decades, Sally McLendon worked with Indigenous communities to document and learn about their languages. After her death, her notes and tapes were transported to the California Language Archive on campus, where they are accessible for others to learn from. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/06/2...
Reminder to winter graduates: The deadline to register to participate in Winter Commencement (and get your name in the program) is TODAY! Check your inboxes for an email from the Commencement team to register. #CalGrad
Mark your calendars to celebrate a new class of graduating Bears! Winter (Commencement) is coming, December 20, 2025!
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad #Commencement
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad #Commencement
November 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reminder to winter graduates: The deadline to register to participate in Winter Commencement (and get your name in the program) is TODAY! Check your inboxes for an email from the Commencement team to register. #CalGrad
This semester, the new Korean studies major began accepting students.
The program reflects surging demand across campus for a comprehensive and interdisciplinary evaluation of the Korean peninsula's language, history, and culture.
gobears.me/4p6CBMk
The program reflects surging demand across campus for a comprehensive and interdisciplinary evaluation of the Korean peninsula's language, history, and culture.
gobears.me/4p6CBMk
New Korean studies major begins accepting students
Driven by the motto Fiat Lux, Berkeley illuminates the world.
gobears.me
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This semester, the new Korean studies major began accepting students.
The program reflects surging demand across campus for a comprehensive and interdisciplinary evaluation of the Korean peninsula's language, history, and culture.
gobears.me/4p6CBMk
The program reflects surging demand across campus for a comprehensive and interdisciplinary evaluation of the Korean peninsula's language, history, and culture.
gobears.me/4p6CBMk
Mark your calendars to celebrate a new class of graduating Bears! Winter (Commencement) is coming, December 20, 2025!
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad #Commencement
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad #Commencement
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Mark your calendars to celebrate a new class of graduating Bears! Winter (Commencement) is coming, December 20, 2025!
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad #Commencement
#UCBerkeley #CalGrad #Commencement
Reminder: nominations for the Achievement Awards close TOMORROW! Learn more and nominate a Bear for an award: gobears.me/3CXGy3d
The UC Berkeley community is filled with people pushing the edges of what's possible, and the university honors them each year with the Achievement Awards.
Co-presented by the UC Berkeley Foundation and the Cal Alumni Association, nominations are open until Nov. 7.
gobears.me/3CXGy3d
Co-presented by the UC Berkeley Foundation and the Cal Alumni Association, nominations are open until Nov. 7.
gobears.me/3CXGy3d
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reminder: nominations for the Achievement Awards close TOMORROW! Learn more and nominate a Bear for an award: gobears.me/3CXGy3d
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Came across a familiar tower at the Oakland Airport! Did you catch the UC Berkeley ad on your travels? It’s on display for the rest of the month.
November 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Came across a familiar tower at the Oakland Airport! Did you catch the UC Berkeley ad on your travels? It’s on display for the rest of the month.
Amid surging student interest in audio technology in a time of rapid technological change and profound uncertainty, the co-directors of the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies have many plans and aspirations for the center.
gobears.me/4oqFrfn
gobears.me/4oqFrfn
Music professors steer CNMAT through AI era
Driven by the motto Fiat Lux, Berkeley illuminates the world.
gobears.me
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Amid surging student interest in audio technology in a time of rapid technological change and profound uncertainty, the co-directors of the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies have many plans and aspirations for the center.
gobears.me/4oqFrfn
gobears.me/4oqFrfn
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How Berkeley changed everything for John Cho — from landing his first role to discovering what it means to be Asian American. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/04/t...
Then / Now / Next: Actor John Cho on finding independence and identity at UC Berkeley - Berkeley News
How Berkeley changed everything — from landing his first role to discovering what it means to be Asian American.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
How Berkeley changed everything for John Cho — from landing his first role to discovering what it means to be Asian American. news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/04/t...