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Joyous graduates, their friends and families filled Edwards Track Stadium in a swirl of blue and gold on Saturday, as they celebrated their graduation as UC Berkeley’s Class of 2012 and heard Google leader Eric Schmidt and Chancellor Robert Birgeneau send them on their way.
Events at Berkeley archive
Public invited to Doe Library’s centennial party Wednesday
March 19, 2012: UC Berkeley’s Doe Library is inviting the entire campus community to join its 100th birthday party at an open house with exhibits, appearances by authors, music, cupcakes and the chance to view parts of the library rarely open to the public.
Berkeley to host transatlantic clean-energy conference
March 14, 2012: The YESS 2012 symposium, starting March 20, brings together young researchers and senior scientists from France and America to discuss nanotechnology solutions to clean-energy challenges.
‘Imaginate’ inspires young innovators
March 5, 2012: ‘Imaginate,’ the latest exhibit at UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science, aims to inspire youngsters to become innovators. It runs through April 29.
Registration open for 5K “I Run 4 Cal” fundraiser
March 2, 2012: Members of the campus community are invited to register for the third annual “I Run 4 Cal 5K” charity run/walk event, set for Sunday, April 15. Funds raised are donated to the UC Berkeley program or unit of the runner’s choice. Early registration online ends March 23; the final deadline to register is April 11.
Memorial salutes Michael Heyman, campus’s sixth chancellor, as ‘builder of Berkeley’
February 29, 2012: Family, friends and colleagues celebrated the life and legacy of former Chancellor I. Michael Heyman during an inspirational campus memorial service.
Mystery, murder on show in ‘Bullets Across the Bay’
February 23, 2012: Exhibit on locally themed mystery fiction, in Doe Library’s Brown Gallery, is set to close Feb. 29.
Campus celebrates Black History Month
February 22, 2012: The annual monthlong commemoration of African American contributions to American society draws to a close with a series of events.
Stockholm logician to present Tarski Lectures (PDF)
February 17, 2012:
Per Martin-Löf, University of Stockholm emeritus professor, scheduled to give three talks
Feb. 27 campus memorial to honor former chancellor I. Michael Heyman
February 16, 2012:
A public memorial honoring the life of I. Michael Heyman, the sixth chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, will be held at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 27, at the International House, located in the southeast corner of the UC Berkeley campus.
At subdued Boalt Hall forum, Nov. 9 protest clash gets a hearing
February 14, 2012: A Police Review Board forum drew a sparse crowd, but elicited powerful testimony from students, faculty and others who said they were victims of, or witnesses to, police violence during November’s Occupy Cal protests.
Berlusconi lecture delves into the cult of personality 
February 8, 2012: With the 2012 US presidential race heating up, IGS visiting scholar Sergio Fabbrini unpacked the Italian media tycoon’s rise to power in the age of “tele-democracy.”
‘Justice will prevail,’ chancellor tells campus diversity conference
February 3, 2012: UC Berkeley hosted a two-day event, the 2012 California Diversity and Leadership Conference, Feb. 2 and 3, in a push for multicultural equity and inclusion.
Pauley forum opens dialogue on UC’s response to campus protests
February 1, 2012: Part of UC’s “Looking Forward” project, Pauley Ballroom was the scene of some genuine dialogue between Berkeley students and university administrators on the subject of the campus’s response to November’s Occupy Cal protests.
Berkeley to hold UC Global Health Day on Feb. 4; registration closes today
January 27, 2012: Faculty, students and staff from around the UC system will convene at Berkeley on Feb. 4 for the second UC Global Health Day, featuring a wide range of subjects. Registration deadline is Friday, Jan. 27.
Community celebrates Ed Roberts Day
January 24, 2012: On Jan. 23, the campus honored the father of the independent-living movement, Ed Roberts, during an outreach event for local high-school students with special needs.
Coming this spring: From Norwegian music to stories of Appalachia to a melodic salute to the Arab Spring
January 24, 2012: From a course on the biodiversity of the planet, to the East-meets-West music of the Bustan Quartet, to appearances by notable women with varied voices, diversity in all its forms is celebrated in this spring’s attractions at UC Berkeley. New exhibits open up the worlds of Andy Warhol, reclusive artist Ray Johnson, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender artists. And that’s just the beginning.
Campus hosts diversity conference
January 20, 2012: Cornel West and Donna Brazile will deliver keynote speeches.
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life to open Jan. 22 
January 19, 2012: The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, the latest addition to the city’s burgeoning downtown arts and culture district, is opening to the public on Sunday, Jan. 22.
Campus to hold math festival for 6-12 graders on Jan. 29
January 19, 2012: Young mathematicians — middle and high school students mainly, but younger kids too — are invited to the 2012 Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival at UC Berkeley’s Pauley Ballroom on Sunday, Jan. 29.
Media Advisory: North Korean crossroads
January 17, 2012:
Experts will assemble on campus Friday to assess North Korea
Reading Room offers adventures in poetry and experimental fiction
January 13, 2012: A series of readings by local writers, a listening station featuring recordings of selected poets, plus the opportunity to take home a free book from local presses highlight the The Reading Room, a special project dedicated to poetry and experimental fiction that opens Sunday at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA).
Media Advisory: Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life open house Jan. 22
January 12, 2012:
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life to welcome the public to its new home with a Jan. 22 open house.
Botanical art as ‘capturing a plant’s soul’ 
January 6, 2012: A camera can record a plant, but a botanical artist captures its soul, says botanical illustrator Catherine Watters in an audio interview with Paul Licht, director of the UC Botanical Garden. Works by Watters and other artists, along with classes and programs, will be featured at the Garden’s third-annual Plants Illustrated exhibition, Jan. 14 to Feb. 3.
Berkeley 2011 — the year in pictures
December 22, 2011: Beyond the protests, the story — as always — is one of engagement, passion and perseverance in the face of challenges, whether institutional or personal.
Cheers, diplomas greet fall graduates
December 21, 2011: More than 460 students in caps and gowns walked across the stage at UC Berkeley’s graduation ceremony on Sunday (Dec. 18) at Walter A. Haas Jr. Pavilion. Altogether, more than 2,800 UC Berkeley students are completing degrees this fall.
New UC Berkeley financial-aid plan targets squeeze on middle-class students
December 14, 2011: Thousands of UC Berkeley undergraduates from middle-income families will get a helping hand from a new, far-reaching financial-aid plan hailed by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau as “the first program of this sort at any public university in the United States.”
Art Studio Holiday Pop-Up Shop, open through Dec. 14
December 8, 2011: Vases, bowls and other ceramics, paintings, sculptures and jewelry are among the handcrafted items luring shoppers to Berkeley Art Studio’s Holiday Pop-Up Shop, open now in Lower Sproul Plaza.
Taxation, citizenship, protest and the future of UC
December 7, 2011: Three themes — taxation, citizenship and protest — were explored at the Dec. 6 Campus Forum on the Future of Public Universities, the second in a series of public conversations sponsored by campus deans. Many called for UC to form alliances with other institutions affected by public disinvestment.
‘Everyday Dogs’ book depicts allure of man’s best friend
December 6, 2011: New book drawn from the Bancroft Library’s vast Pictorial Collection celebrates the powerful connections between people and pets.
SAGE summit tackles graduate-student issues
December 6, 2011: The Berkeley Graduate Assembly hosted panel discussions on higher education with top UC administrators, leading faculty and state lawmakers.
