Cal does it again!!

 #1 University of California – Berkeley

Located in the Bay Area, the University of California, Berkeley is the best U.S. public college, according to Forbes’ 2023 analysis.The public research university offers more than 300 degree programs, including sustainable environmental design, aerospace engineering and Chicanx Latinx Studies.

Founded in 1868, the university’s establishment stems from a vision in the state’s constitution to “contribute even more than California’s gold to the glory and happiness of advancing generations.”

https://www3.forbes.com/business/forbes-top-25-public-colleges-v3/26/

Oppenheimer

 

Looking forward to the movie, some scenes were shot on the Berkeley campus and there were some old time cars driving in front of the library followed by a camera van.  

Apparently they hid all the garbage cans with fake trees. 

Founders Rock

This day in 1860. 

Go Bears!!

 

HEW sit-in continues - Disabled vow long fight

Daily Cal Headlines ... April 11, 1977: 

"HEW sit-in continues - Disabled vow long fight." 

from Day 6 of the nearly month-long sit-in.

highlights:

CeCe Weeks said: "It's the first militant thing we've ever done. There is a new political movement throughout the land. We're going to stay till we're dragged out."

Although HEW Secretary Califano said he would sign the revised regulations, Kitty Conetalks about how those are inadequate and called upon President Carter to sign the original regs immediately as he had promised he would do.

State Director of the Department Of Rehabilitation Ed Roberts (former CIL Director) said "We've got to keep up the pressure."

Demonstrators Mary Jane Owen and then-CIL Deputy Director Judith Heumann had gone on a hunger strike.

Donations were pouring in from "such politically dissimilar groups as the Black Panthers and Safeway stores, McDonald's and the United Farm Workers. 'We couldn't do this without the support from outside," Cone said. 'We're really excited by the community's response.'"

"We're basically happy and strong," Weeks said. "There's more energy here all the time," she said.

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That was indeed a time. The attached photo is a scan from a book of about 100 Daily Cal front pages: "The Daily Californian's Best of Berkeley 1960-1980, publ by the Independent Berkeley Student Publishing Company, 1980.

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Daily Cal photo caption:

“The nearly 100 protesting disabled staged a sit-in [to demand the passage of the long-delayed Regulations implementing section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act] at San Francisco’s HEW Office.”

Section 504, the first disability civil rights act, Required nondiscrimination of people with disabilities by end of the end by any entity receiving federal funds.

These Regulations became the model for the Americans with Disabilities Act 13 years later, which prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities in virtually all areas of public life.

Calvin Cycle

 continue to be in awe of my alma mater. Go Bears. 

Slow Burn

Usually you get to see the Cal-Stanford rivalry during the Big Game every year!

Stanford-Burn in the Night Agent series... Too funny, 

Larkin: "I thought I could read my way to Stanford."

Sutherland: "...you went to Stanford?"

Larkin: "No. Those bastards rejected me. I went to a community college then transferred to Berkeley. When I started my company I hired a bunch of Stanford grads to grab me coffee."

 

UC Berkeley mourns Judy Heumann

Berkeley News on the late Judy Heumann

https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/03/07/uc-berkeley-mourns-celebrates-the-life-of-disability-rights-icon-judith-heumann/

Leader of Disability Movement: UC Berkeley alumnus Judy Heumann dies at 75

The Daily Californian on Judy Heumann

https://dailycal.org/2023/03/07/leader-of-the-disability-movement-uc-berkeley-alumnus-judy-heumann-dies-at-75

Atmospheric Rivers

 https://youtu.be/cdhEwAZP-gI

An explanation of the crazy weather pattern this winter in California

16 of 118

 16 of the 118 elements. Go Bears!! I have the Berkelium t-shirt. 

I laughed when i saw the last hashtag. Cal and Stanford have this friendly rivalry going on which is most evident at Big Game (annual football game). Like a former therapist (had been a student at Stanford when working with me), was overjoyed that I got into Cal, with the caveat of "except during Big Game."

Big Game 125

CAL WON!!

A traditional rivalry game between the two schools. 

I especially would enjoy the week's build up to the event such as Bonfire night etc the Tree Chopping Rally.

At least got to see 2 wins during my time at Cal. 

 

@harisri108 #UCBerkeley  #CalAlum #belonging

Cal stays at #1 Public University 9th year in row

Proud of my alma mater. for such a memorable undergrad experience. 

@harisri108 #UCBerkeley #CalAlum #belonging

 

Startup Founders

 Proud of my alma mater!! 

Berkeley is #1 Public School for Startup Founders, 2nd Overall,  just 21 short  of the top spot. 

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/11/01/uc-berkeley-is-no-1-public-school-for-startup-founders-in-2022-pitchbook-rankings/#:~:text=For%20the%20fourth%20straight%20year,31).

South Hall

I heard it was like the only campus building (or one of the few buildings) to survive the 1906 SF quake. 

I'm passed this building countless times and even gone inside, but never had a class inside.

 

Cal 1973

What a contrast to the developed and bustling Cal campus of today. 

https://twitter.com/CalBearsHistory

 

20K students

 Oh wow, 20K students. When I joined it was 11K students. 

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/08/10/uc-berkeley-offers-nearly-20000-students-admission-for-2022-23/?fbclid=IwAR3eKsarMFiX3f_NausXiD_jyCxmE_n_uMpaZaGVxRw_qeFPfPB3R2NdwGk

Making the cover of Berkeley News

#redefine_the_table

I made it to the cover of Berkeley News

https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/04/14/minimally-speaking-autistic-student-wins-soros-fellowship-for-ph-d/

“Hari is a transcendent human being, beyond words in his talents, intellect, kindness, understanding and what he will do, and is doing, for our world,” said Keltner, a leading scholar in the science of emotions.


“Hari has embraced his Berkeley experience to the very fullest in the classroom, research laboratory, on campus and more broadly,” said UC Berkeley psychology chair Serena Chen. “Along the way, he has touched so many people — fellow students, staff and faculty alike — and has achieved so much against formidable odds, to boot.”

 

The Big Game

Kinda thrilled to see 2 Big Game wins (Stanford/Cal friendly rivalry) during my time here at Cal. 

And it was a resounding win too with 2 records. 

https://calbears.com/news/2021/11/20/football-big-plays-big-game-victory.aspx?elqTrackId=8135B60DE80209DEEC904F61895A0E08&elq=a3b378a9e45b4ab5b4afa198e0de1db7&elqaid=67&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=4

#1 Public University

 

https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/09/01/uc-berkeley-no-1-u-s-public-8th-best-globally-in-times-higher-ed-rankings/?utm_source=15094&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=CAN

"UC Berkeley is the No. 1 U.S. public university, the sixth-best among publics and privates nationally and the world’s eighth-best university overall, according to the Times Higher Education‘s 2022 World University Rankings, released today.

The United Kingdom’s University of Oxford ranked first among private and public universities worldwide, followed by Harvard University, the California Institute of Technology, Stanford University, the University of Cambridge, MIT and Princeton.

After UC Berkeley, Yale University and the University of Chicago rounded out the top 10.

As for the top five U.S. public universities, after UC Berkeley in first place, UCLA ranked second and in 20th place globally, followed by the University of Michigan, (24th); the University of Washington (29th) and UC San Diego (34th).

The Times Higher Ed World University Rankings evaluated more than 1,600 universities across 99 countries and territories based on five criteria: Teaching (the learning environment), research (reputation and volume income), citations (research influence), industry income (knowledge transfer) and international outcome.

Overall, UC Berkeley ranked sixth in the world for research with a score of 96 points out of 100; 14th for teaching (85.7 points); 21st for citations, (99.1 points) 104th for industry income (84.7points) and 235th for international outlook (staff, students and research) with a score of 77.6 points."

View the complete list of Times Higher Education 2022 World University Rankings rankings.

Forbes #1 College

"It isn’t enough to ask which schools give the best return on investment. It’s also important to evaluate what kind of students they educate and whether they make themselves accessible to those who can’t afford high sticker prices."