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Alumni Association’s editorially independent and award-winning magazine, covering ideas and innovation from
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Love is complicated. Where does it come from. How can you make it last? Where can you get a Cupid's Arrow? To help us get a handle on the subject in time for #Valentine’sDay, we turned to expert Dr. Emiliana Simon-Thomas
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. #love 💕
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The Science of Love - Cal Alumni Association
To help us get a handle on the subject in time for Valentine’s Day, we turned to Simon-Thomas for answers on questions about the biological basis for love, the different kinds of human love, and...
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The "Battle of the Sexes" is just one of many things you'll never believe came out of Berkeley! Read more here: alumni.berkeley.edu/california-mag
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40 years before Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs, a "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match was played in San Francisco. On January 28, 1933, #1 Helen Wills, @Cal Class of 1926, defeated US Men's #8 Phil Neer, 6-3, 6-4. Neer was a Stanford alum and 1921 NCAA Singles Champion.
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The Wall is a special place at Cal. For many Black Students and alumni, the space located next to Golden Bear Cafe has been a place to convene for 50+ years. Happy start to Black History Month! For a complete list of events during this month, head to: diversity.berkeley.edu/celebrating-bl
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Happy Birthday to Collin Morikawa, @Cal Class of 2019. Morikawa is the first Cal alum to win a major, both the 2020 PGA Championship and the 2021 Open Championship. He is currently the #7 ranked golfer in the world. #GoBears
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In the 9th century in Jiangyong, China, women developed a secret language called Nushu to communicate without their husbands’ knowledge. In her film, “Hidden Letters,” Violet Du Feng uses the language as a tool to explore modern gender politics in China.
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Hidden Letters: The Co-optation of a Once Secret Language - Cal Alumni Association
When filmmaker Violet Du Feng, M.J. ’04, returned to China after earning her master’s degree at Berkeley, she was struck by a kind of gender inequality she hadn’t noticed before.
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Cal Bears History
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40 years before Billie Jean King vs. Bobby Riggs, a "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match was played in San Francisco. On January 28, 1933, #1 Helen Wills, @Cal Class of 1926, defeated US Men's #8 Phil Neer, 6-3, 6-4. Neer was a Stanford alum and 1921 NCAA Singles Champion.
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In Sept. 2022, a piece ran in the Jewish Journal with an alarming headline, “Berkeley Develops Jewish-free Zones.” The
@BerkeleyLaw
Dean responded, writing that it was “stunningly misleading & inaccurate." We sat down with Chemerinsky to find out more.
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Discriminatory Bylaws and Free Speech - Cal Alumni Association
On September 28, 2022, an opinion piece ran in the Los Angeles–based Jewish Journal that carried the alarming headline, “Berkeley Develops Jewish-Free Zones.”
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, & Justice
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Thrilled to see Vice Chancellor of Equity and Inclusion, Dania Matos, featured in the
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@UCberkeley
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Last issue, we spoke to Dania Matos @UCBDiversity about serving underrepresented communities @UCBerkeley, equity and inclusion initiatives, and how becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) will affect the university. alumni.berkeley.edu/california-mag
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Check out my article on Ladino, or Judeo-Spanish, a Sephardic Jewish language. I got to talk to some amazing people, such as
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, doing excellent research on how to revive and preserve this part of Jewish history!
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Ladino is a language that sounds like Spanish but is actually a Sephardic language that traces its origins to Medieval Spain. With increasingly few #Ladino speakers left, researchers are working with survivors to revive this Judeo language. ✍@Madrtz alumni.berkeley.edu/california-mag
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Ladino is a language that sounds like Spanish but is actually a Sephardic language that traces its origins to Medieval Spain. With increasingly few #Ladino speakers left, researchers are working with survivors to revive this Judeo language. ✍@Madrtz alumni.berkeley.edu/california-mag
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Ladino is a language that sounds like Spanish but is actually a Sephardic language that traces its origins to Medieval Spain. With increasingly few #Ladino speakers left, researchers are working with survivors to revive this Judeo language. ✍
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Saving a Language from Extinction - Cal Alumni Association
90-year-old Berkeley alumna Rebecca Contopoulou speaks Greek, Italian, French, English, Spanish, and another language that sounds a lot like Spanish but is actually Ladino, a Sephardic language that...
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In our student columnist’s latest article, she discusses safe spaces; specifically, the controversy at the Castro House, which implemented the house rule “white guests are not allowed in common spaces.” As a Muslim, she offers her nuanced take.
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Trouble with Safe Spaces - Cal Alumni Association
Last Summer on Reddit, someone posted a picture of the house rules at the Person of Color Berkeley Student Cooperative, also called Castro House, that stated “white guests are not allowed in common...