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A crowd of some 3,900 in black caps and gowns, and 21,000 fanatically proud fans in the stands above, turned out at California Memorial Stadium for Saturday’s Commencement Convocation 2013. Apple co-founder and Berkeley alum Steve Wozniak keynoted the event, which was held in the sports venue for the first time in more than 40 years.
Events at Berkeley archive
Student graduation speaker on ‘vaulting off a page and into the world’
May 22, 2013: At the English department’s 2013 commencement, student speaker Prachi Naik ’13 pays respects “to the connective tissue of our world, that glimmering lattice of convergences [that is] made most brilliant, most visible through literature.”
Jerry Brown tells grads ‘you can make change’ 
May 20, 2013: California Gov. Jerry Brown praised students for making a difference in the last election, and encouraged them to continue their activism to improve the world, in his keynote speech at Monday’s political-science graduation.
Media Advisory: Gov. Jerry Brown to address 2013 political science graduates
May 17, 2013: California Gov. Jerry Brown will address UC Berkeley political science graduates May 20.
Students think big ideas in tackling societal problems
May 15, 2013: Projects targeting money matters, water technology and cultural taboos took top prizes as Big Ideas @ Berkeley honored outstanding student solutions to pressing social problems.
Law school’s Altholz wins 2013 Yamashita Prize
May 14, 2013: This year’s Foundation for Change: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize has been awarded to Roxanna Altholz, an assistant clinical professor of law and associate director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic at Berkeley Law. Altholz successfully represented 127 family members of 28 individuals who were forcibly “disappeared” between 1983 and 1985 by Guatemalan security forces.
Biology scholars thank Birgeneau, Breslauer
May 13, 2013: More than 50 students and 30 alumni of Berkeley’s Biology Scholars Program gathered recently in the Durant Hall atrium to thank Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer for their support.
Holder urges law-school grads to work for ‘a better world’
May 13, 2013: U.S. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder delivered the commencement address at Berkeley Law on Saturday, congratulating graduates on what he called “your chance to help realize your vision of a better world.” Here is a video excerpt of his remarks.
Crown Prince of Norway visits, agreement signed with Haas
May 10, 2013: On a swing through the Bay Area, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit spent the afternoon at UC Berkeley Thursday, meeting with Chancellor Birgeneau and signing a technology-sharing agreement with the Haas School of Business.
Bike to Work Day at Berkeley, in photos 
May 9, 2013: Hundreds of people strapped on their helmets and rode their bikes to UC Berkeley Thursday in celebration of Bike to Work Day, and some of them sent in their photos. Take a look.
Campus bids farewell to the Birgeneaus, with burgers, hot dogs and good cheer
May 7, 2013: The campus community came out to bid farewell Tuesday to Chancellor Robert and Mary Catherine Birgeneau, who greeted well-wishers at a barbecue lunch on the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Plaza.
Nicholas Dirks, history prof
May 1, 2013: Appearing not as a future chancellor but as a fellow faculty member, Nicholas Dirks led a history department colloquium Tuesday on the topic of “Scholars and Spies: World War II and the Emergence of South Asian Area Studies.”
Fourteen staffers, six teams win Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards
April 25, 2013: Fourteen staffers and members of six teams will be honored Monday (April 29) as the UC Berkeley campus recognizes the 2013 recipients of the Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards. Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will hand out awards and shake the honorees’ hands. The 2 p.m. event will be streamed live online.
Cal Performances kicks off 2013-14 season
April 23, 2013: Next week: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Handel and Haydn Society.
Cal Day 2013, in words and pictures
April 23, 2013: UC Berkeley threw open its lecture halls and research labs, museums and libraries, galleries and gardens to some 40,000 members of the general public Saturday. It was a day that, for many, won’t be topped until Cal Day 2014. View a slideshow, or follow the day’s events via Storify.
‘Create Your Own Cal Day’? Let us count the ways
April 22, 2013: UC Berkeley threw open its lecture halls and research labs, museums and libraries, galleries and gardens to some 40,000 members of the general public Saturday. It was a day that, for many, won’t be topped until Cal Day 2014.
Celebrating 40 years of fostering student success
April 16, 2013: Testimonies about lives changed, often against the odds, flowed freely at a weekend gala celebrating the Student Learning Center’s 40 years on campus. Providing academic support to 8,500 undergrads annually (80,000 since its launch), the SLC has much to do with Berkeley’s high retention and graduation rates, as many of its alums attested.
Cal Day open house promises laughs and learning aplenty
April 12, 2013: With more than 300 free events and activities — shoehorned into one unforgettable day of arts, music, dance, science, games and fun — UC Berkeley’s annual open-house is the place to be April 20.
Japanese cherry trees commemorate UC alumni
April 9, 2013: Saturday’s formal dedication of a Japanese cherry tree grove at the West Circle marked the culmination of an idea planted, and cultivated, by the California Japanese American Alumni Association.
Attention high schoolers: March 23 talk on “survival of the kindest”
March 19, 2013: UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner is the next speaker (Sat., Mar. 23, 10 a.m.) in the Nano-High series of talks sponsored by Berkeley Lab. Any high school student or teacher can sign up online and drop in to hear about cutting-edge scientific issues of the day. Keltner’s talk is titled “The Compassionate Instinct: A Darwinian Tale of Survival of the Kindest.”
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to keynote 2013 commencement
February 27, 2013: Berkeley’s Class of 2013 has chosen Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to be keynote speaker at its May 18 Commencement Convocation at Memorial Stadium. Gladys Hernandez, senior class council president, said the council put the ’86 alum “at the top of the list” of possible convocation speakers. Wozniak is currently chief scientist for the data-storage company Fusion-io.
Symposium to reimagine the 21st-century research library
February 26, 2013: What is the role of the research library in the 21st century? Campus scholars and members of the public are invited to examine this subject, with national library leaders and information experts, at a free, day-long academic symposium on Friday, March 1.
Students to query campus finance chief at open forum Tuesday
February 22, 2013: Students have many questions about how UC Berkeley raises and spends money, and what it means for them. John Wilton, vice chancellor for administration and finance, will answer questions at a forum set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26. Students are invited to submit and vote on questions ahead of time online.
Exploring the world of silence, charted or not
February 5, 2013: Drawing its inspiration from John Cage, a six-week OLLI course delves into art, music, film, neuroscience, bliss, edginess, paradox and more in what Susan Hoffman, OLLI’s director, calls “an experiment” in experiential learning.
Nano-High: Feb. 2 talk aimed at local high school students
January 31, 2013: UC Berkeley sugar chemist Carolyn Bertozzi is the next speaker (Sat., Feb. 2, 10 a.m.) in the Nano-High series of talks sponsored by Berkeley Lab and held periodically this semester in Stanley Hall. Any high school student or teacher can sign up online and then drop in to hear about cutting-edge scientific issues of the day.
Spring 2013 coming attractions: Chinese rock ‘n roll, The Secret Garden, your Canis familiaris
January 29, 2013: From visits by prominent Chinese and Taiwanese artists to a new opera based on the children’s novel The Secret Garden to talks on understanding the family dog and feeding the world’s soon-to-be 9 billion mouths, UC Berkeley’s spring calendar boasts events to engage, entertain and explain.
Playwright/alum Stan Lai to discuss creativity, theater
January 25, 2013: The prolific director/playwright Stan Lai comes home to the Berkeley campus to talk about contemporary theater, culture and creativity in Asia and the United States — and what the world would be like without theater.
In tradition of Ed Roberts, youth with disabilities urged to think big
January 23, 2013: Local high school students with disabilities were urged to consider higher education, even UC Berkeley, as within their reach, at a campus event celebrating California’s annual Ed Roberts Day, Jan. 23. A take-home message: “your presence is going to matter to the University and the world.”
Berkeley 2012 – the year in pictures
December 19, 2012: New faces, new vitality, reflection and celebration — 2012 brought all that, and more, to UC Berkeley. Here’s a glance back at the year, in pictures.
Geography department map sale set for Saturday
December 11, 2012: Hundreds of historical maps, water and topographical maps (and more) will be up for grabs at the geography department map sale, Saturday, Dec. 15 in McCone Hall.
