The first football game on the campus was played on February 14, 1885 on West Field, now the site of the Life Sciences Building. The opponent was a San Francisco football club, the Merions. Final score: California 13, Merions 0.
(The photo shows West Field in 1899.)
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One of the most beautiful love poems ๐ is written in Tocharian B, a language spoken in 5-8th cent. in Tarim Basin (today's Xinjiang China)
All documents we have in Tocharian are Buddhist religious and admin. texts, except for this one single poem, the *Tocharian Love Poem*๐
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Had a chance to write about my relationship with June Jordan at the end of her life in Great to think about the ripples mentors can have to shape the entire trajectory of our lives.
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Learn about the Montgomery bus boycott and the women who made it possible.
LISTEN to the Berkeley Voices podcast. ๐๏ธ๐๐ป
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And weโve got the Axe!๐ช๐ป๐
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So about all those ads talking about "The Big Game"... In 2007 the NFL tried to trademark "The Big Game" to force businesses to pay a licensing fee to use it for Super Bowl promotions. @Cal and Stanford said, "not so fast." sfgate.com/sports/article
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A great Golden Bear! Congratulations Bringing well deserved honor on our Alma Mater.
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Thank you to @USAA for the honor of being this year's #SaluteToService Award Recipient. This means the world to me and my family and I am grateful to do my service for the active military, veterans and their families with the support of my team @Commanders #HTTC #STS twitter.com/Commanders/staโฆ
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Watch the trailer, and then watch the full documentary on demand! ๐ฝ๏ธ๐ฟ
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When filmmaker Violet Du Feng, M.J. โ04, returned to China after earning her Berkeley degree, she was struck by a gender inequality she hadnโt noticed before. The result, a nuanced take on Chinese sexual politics, , shortlisted for an Oscar
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Never a bad decision to actually step away from my desk at my scheduled lunch hour. #GoBears
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It's Periodic Table Day! Or as we call it around here, "U.C. Berkeley Appreciation Day." 16 of 118 Elements on the Periodic Table (14%) were discovered at . The first version of the Periodic Table was published on February 7, 1863. #Berkelium #Californium #StillNoStanfurdium
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On February 1, 1913, the Chinese Students Club was founded at . By 1924 the Club had a headquarters and residence building at 2600 Etna Street. Below: photos of the Etna Street building and of the Chinese Students Club members from the 1924 Blue & Gold Yearbook.
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Tom Lantos, Ph.D. 1953, was born in Hungary on February 1, 1928. The only Holocaust survivor to serve in the US Congress, he escaped a Nazi labor camp at 16 with the aid of Raoul Wallenberg's network & joined in saving others. He represented San Mateo in Congress 1981-2008.
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. is realizing their vision of live learning!
Co-founded by serial edtech entrepreneur & alum legend , Maven allows experts to create & teach a profitable cohort-based course.
Huge news following tons of hard work! #inTheHouse
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Big news: After 2 years of private beta and hundreds of hours of engineering workโฆ
Previously, teaching on Maven was invite-only. That changes today.
Now, anyone can use @MavenHQโs course builder!
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As noted in the invitation, guests could either climb the stairs or be hoisted to the top of the Campanile in the construction derrick. Photos: the Campanile on January 31, 1914; President Wheeler (with cigar) being lowered in the derrick after the luncheon.
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โI just say to myself, โMake Litwack proud.โโ ๐
At a Library talk, journalist and author Gary M. Pomerantz spoke about writing, the Celtics, and the teaching โgiantsโ who inspired him at Cal.
Here are 3 things we learned.
โฉ ucberk.li/luncheon-2023
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Fun alum catch-up moment. Newly elected Mayor joined me on set to talk about her goals for the city this new year. Fun fact: We both were part of the club "years" ago ;-) #GoBears #Sausalito
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. takes on a tough challenge - explaining CRISPR without oversimplifying - and does an exemplary job.
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HiPOD: A Bear on Mars?
This feature looks a bit like a bearโs face. What is it really?
More: uahirise.org/ESP_076769_1380
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
#Mars #science #NASA uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_0767
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Homa discusses his tee shot and thought process for his upcoming approach shot as he walks down the 13th fairway.
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Walter A. Haas, Jr., Class of 1937, was born Jan. 24, 1916. He made his family business, Levi Strauss & Co., into one of the world's iconic clothing companies, owned the Oakland A's 1980-1995 & was a benefactor to . Haas School of Business & Haas Pavilion are named for him.
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In the face of senseless violence throughout CA, we find solace in our community and the power of hope for a better tomorrow. Thinking of moral beautyโ exceptional virtue, character, and ability of othersโcan help us find strength, via .
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Congrats to co-founder Ismael Montanez and marketing lead Adrienne Han. Both Berkeley alums! ๐ป๐
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Meat+Poultry trade mag covers @blacksheepeat's $12.3M Series A, their plant-based lamb, & prospects for growth in the game/specialty #altmeat sector
meatpoultry.com/articles/27809
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โWe can support each other, we learn from each other.โ
Ed Roberts was born #OTD in 1939.
Roberts, seen at right, contracted polio at age 14 and was paralyzed from the neck down. In 1962, he became the first student with severe disabilities to attend UC Berkeley.
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Julia Morgan, Class of 1894, was born January 20, 1872. The first woman licensed architect in California, the only woman in her civil engineering class & the first woman admitted to the รcole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, she is most famous as the architect of Hearst Castle.
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Alum Mark Oltmanns' ('12) first feature documentary "Riders on the Storm", co-directed with Jason Motlagh is an official selection for the documentary competition at 2023 where it will have its world premiere! #proud
schedule.sxsw.com/2023/films/207
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Happy Birthday to Stephan Pastis, @Cal Class of 1989, born January 16, 1968. He gave up a legal career in 2002 to become a full-time cartoonist and draws the comic strip "Pearls Before Swine" featuring Rat and Pig. In 2019 he received the Reuben Award as Cartoonist of the Year.
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