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Berkeley’s commitment to innovation is transforming lives — on campus and beyond. 💡🌍 At a @UCBerkeley Library talk, leaders highlighted the programs, partnerships, and people powering a new era of purpose‑driven entrepreneurship. 🚀🐻 🔗 ucberk.li/luncheon-2026
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“My buildings will be my legacy … they will speak for me long after I’m gone.” ✨ Architect Julia Morgan, born #OTD in 1872: 🐻 Studied civil engineering at Cal 📐 Was the 1st woman architect licensed in CA ✏️ Designed buildings in Berkeley + beyond, including Hearst Castle
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Welcome back, Bears! 🐻🫶🌱 A new semester is here! Remember to: 😮‍💨 Take a deep breath 🍃 Spend time outside 🏛️ Explore the Library The Library is here for you — for jobs, research help, books, movies to stream, and more! 🔗 ucberk.li/welcome
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“Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” 🕊️💙 Martin Luther King Jr. was born #OTD in 1929. King spent his life fighting inequality, earning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The Library holds records of the FBI’s efforts to undermine the civil rights leader.
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“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” 🕊️💙 Martin Luther King Jr. was born #OTD in 1929. King spent his life fighting inequality, earning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The Library holds records of the FBI’s efforts to undermine the civil rights leader.
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New year, same library. 🏛️💙✨🐻 As we turn the page to 2026, we look forward to sharing knowledge with the thinkers and dreamers who are building a better world. Here’s to a year of adventure and possibility. 🫶 Happy New Year! 🎉

ALT An animated GIF depicts the Ursa Major constellation turning into a golden bear above Doe Library’s north facade. The words “Fiat Lux” flank the bear.

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Dear Bears: Congratulations on another year of learning and growth. 🐻🏛️💙 2025 had its challenges — from exams to personal setbacks to a changing world. But we loved to see you shine. We’re grateful to be part of your journey. P.S. We’ll see you in January — same place? 🫶
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“I always felt like I couldn’t be an observer; I had to be in the middle of it.” Cal alum Judith Heumann — the “mother of disability rights” — was born #OTD in 1947. Heumann fought discrimination to get a teaching license in New York, and helped spark a disability revolution.
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“I’m not sure they make people like Beth anymore.” 🫶 After 23 years, Elizabeth Dupuis is closing her final chapter at the @UCBerkeley Library. 🏛️💙 A compassionate leader, Beth helped reimagine Moffitt Library and empowered generations of students. 🔗 ucblib.link/dupuis
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✨ Finals week vibe check ✨ Are you feeling … 🫡 Prepped? 🧑‍🍳 Cooked? 🤡 Chopped? 🫠 Sautéed? 🤠 Golden? There’s a library to match every mood. Plus: Doe Library and Main Stacks are open 24 hours a day this week. 🕰️ See hours + locations: lib.berkeley.edu/hours
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A library legend was born #OTD in 1909. 🐻 Eliza Atkins Gleason earned an M.A. in library science at UC Berkeley in 1936 and was the 1st African American to earn a doctorate in that field. A champion of inclusivity, Gleason educated and inspired generations of Black librarians.
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It’s study season! 🐻📚🫶👩🏻‍💻 Don’t forget to: 💧 Hydrate (with water, not just boba) 🌯 Eat well 😴 Sleep 🏛️ Study in the libraries* *Doe Library and Main Stacks are open 24 hours a day during RRR and finals weeks. 🕰️ Libraries’ hours: ucberk.li/hours
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“Whenever I think of Berkeley I am nineteen again.” ✍️ Joan Didion was born #OTD in 1934. Didion, who died in 2021 at age 87: 🐻 Studied English at Cal 🗞️ Worked at @dailycal 📝 Has papers at @bancroftlibrary 🏅 Was awarded a 2012 National Humanities Medal by @BarackObama
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🎶 Oh, the weather outside is … 🎶 OK, it’s actually not bad. But you *have* to see @UCBerkeley’s Morrison Library decked out in its winter swag. Grab a book, and cozy up! 🐻📚❄️🏛️🫶 🕰️ When to visit: ucberk.li/hours
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“We wander in our respective forests.” 🌲 Tomorrow: Wander into the library for a reading by Bay Area poet … ✨ Connie Mae Oliver ✨ 📍 Morrison Library (inside Doe) 🕰️ 12:10 p.m. 🔗 lunchpoems.berkeley.edu
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Drooling for a study break? 🐶👅🐾 Today: Therapy dogs are coming to campus! Enjoy some canine cuddles to ease exam season stress. Pet Hugs puppers can’t wait to see you! ⏰ 12-1 p.m. 📍 Outside Doe Library 🔗 uhs.berkeley.edu/pethugs @JoyboundTweets
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✨ Libraries light the path to tomorrow. ✨ This #GivingTuesday, help the @UCBerkeley Library — and the future — shine brighter. 💙📚💛 Your support preserves the past, fuels discovery, and illuminates futures not yet imagined. 🌟🌍 👉 Give today: ucberk.li/giving-tuesday
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No way they came to cheer for a tree. 🌲🪓 Are you ready for the 128th Big Game? 🐻🏈✨💙 From the archives: In this 1938 photo, fans with impeccable drip watch Cal dominate Stanford at Memorial Stadium. What are your fondest Big Game memories? 🫶 #GoBears
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“You must always see with a big vision.” ✨👁️ Chiura Obata, born #OTD in 1885, was among the 120,000 Japanese Americans imprisoned during WWII. He: 🐻 Taught art at @UCBerkeley for 20 years 🖼️ Started art schools at two prison camps 🎨 Created 500+ works while incarcerated
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Replying to @BearsBy50
It’s … beautiful. 🥲 You make history. We preserve it. Thank you for your service. 🫡🏛️✨💙

ALT Nicole Kidman watches an enrapturing movie at an AMC theater.

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“Stories connect us. Stories teach us that we’re not alone.” 📖✨ — Isabel Allende Last night in Morrison Library, the iconic author talked about preserving the truth, taking risks, and creating herself through writing. The event celebrated @ArtsResearchCtr’s 25th anniversary.
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“Poetry felt and sounded strange to me and that interested me.” ✨ Today: Treat yourself to a poetry reading by … 🍂 Juliana Spahr 🍂 📍 Morrison Library (inside Doe) 🗓️ 12:10 p.m. 🔗 lunchpoems.berkeley.edu
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“Chao qualified, in no uncertain terms, as a genius.” — @believermag Yuen Ren Chao, born #OTD in 1892: 🇨🇳 Was called China’s founder of modern linguistics 🍄 Translated “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” to Chinese, keeping the playful language 🐻 Was a @UCBerkeley professor
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“I say let wisdom be your anvil and knowledge your hammer.” 💫🔨 Next week: Immerse yourself in poetry with a reading by … ✨ Juliana Spahr ✨ 📍 Morrison Library (inside Doe) 🗓️ 12:10 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 6 🔗 lunchpoems.berkeley.edu
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“In a time of destruction, create something.” Happy 85th birthday, Maxine Hong Kingston! ✏️🎂⚔️ The genre-bending feminist author: 🐻 Is a @UCBerkeley grad + professor emerita 📝 Has papers at @bancroftlibrary 🏅 Was presented a 2013 National Medal of Arts by @BarackObama
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📖 Preserve history and knowledge for future generations! 📖 Join the Library in protecting rare and fragile materials through our preservation efforts. ⏳📜🗃️ 🗝️ Help us reach our $20K goal as part of @UCBerkeley’s crowdfunding campaign: ucberk.li/preservation-fund
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When does publishing become political? 📚 Next week: Join a Zoom talk by Lily Beckett (@BristolUni), exploring her research at @bancroftlibrary on Lebanese American artist Etel Adnan and the vision of the Post-Apollo Press. 🗓️ Noon, Thursday, Oct. 23 📋 ucberk.li/adnan
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✨ New exhibit alert ✨ The “Shape of Thought” exhibit challenges what a book can be, featuring: 🚈 A 3D BART commute 👠 A shoe-shaped volume ✊🏿 A Black Panther Party stamp book 🦋 A book hidden in a chrysalis 📍 @bancroftlibrary | 🗓️ Open now | 🔗 ucberk.li/shape
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Do midterms have you feeling mid? 😵‍💫 Today: De-stress with a furry friend who doesn’t care how you did on your math test. 🐶 The Pet Hugs program brings therapy dogs to campus to brighten your day. 🕰️ 12-1 p.m. 📍 Outside Doe Library 🔗 uhs.berkeley.edu/pethugs @JoyboundTweets
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Happy Homecoming! ✨🐻💙 The Library’s guide to the weekend: 🐻 Prep for Cal to beat Duke 🏛️ Tour our stunning spaces 🏈 Watch Cal beat Duke 🗺️ View exhibits on artists’ books, maps, + more! Bring the whole crew to the Library! (Parents love us.) 🔗 ucberk.li/homecoming-2025
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✨ New exhibit alert ✨ “Celebrating 21st Century African Literatures,” featuring: 🧙‍♂️ Wizards + postapocalyptic princes 📝 Poetry that pops 🦸‍♂️ Streetwise superheroes 🌍 Stories that unlock new worlds 📍 Doe Library | 🗓️ Open now | 📚 Read more: ucberk.li/african-lit
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Happy Filipino American History Month! 🇵🇭✨📖 Celebrate Filipino voices with the Library’s book list, featuring: 🐍 “Love Can’t Feed You” by Cherry Lou Sy 🥘 “Arsenic and Adobo” by Mia P. Manansala 🌀 “Saints of Storm and Sorrow” by Gabriella Buba 🔗 ucberk.li/fahm-2025
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“If you’re attentive, people are infinite.” 💫 — Bob Hirst, one of the world’s foremost Mark Twain experts 📖🖋️ Hirst retired this month after 45 years leading @UCBerkeley’s Mark Twain Papers & Project. Meet the man behind the archive: ucberk.li/hirst-legacy @bancroftlibrary
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Library Prize winners, revealed! 🏆🐻✨ This year, @UCBerkeley undergrads’ stunning research explored: 🎓 Undocumented students 🌻 The Russia-Ukraine war 🗣️ Revitalizing an Indigenous language And the winners are … 🥁🥁🥁 🔗 ucberk.li/library-prize-2025 @UCBHistory
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Happy 104th birthday, Betty Reid Soskin! 🎉 Born #OTD in 1921, Soskin: 🕊️ Was a songwriter in the civil rights movement 💪🏽 Was the oldest park ranger in the @NatlParkService 🗣️ Has helped bring untold Black history to light
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When is hair more than just hair? 🪮‍💇🏻‍✨ This week: In a Zoom talk, Sarah Gold McBride (@sgoldmcbride) will draw on materials from @bancroftlibrary to uncover how hair was braided with belonging in 19th-century America. 🗓️ Noon, Thursday, Sept. 18 📋 ucberk.li/hair
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It’s #HispanicHeritageMonth! Celebrate Latinx voices with the Library’s book list, featuring: 💪🏽 “The Sons of El Rey” by Alex Espinoza 👁‍🗨 “American Abductions” by Mauro Javier Cárdenas 🪦 “The Cemetery of Untold Stories” by Julia Alvarez 🔗 ucberk.li/hhm-2025 @alex_esp
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Want a closer look at a Berkeley icon? 🔍✨ Across his career, printmaker David Lance Goines captured the city’s bold and bohemian spirit. @bancroftlibrary has acquired Goines’ archive, offering a deeper understanding of his life and work. 🔗 ucberk.li/goines
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“Be kind. Work hard. Create something beautiful.” ✨ Across his career, David Lance Goines captured the bold and bohemian spirit of Berkeley. @bancroftlibrary has acquired the late printmaker’s archive, offering a closer look at his life and work. 🔗 ucberk.li/goines
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✨ Want to customize your crib? ✨ Students: Starting today, you can reserve stunning artworks online through the @UCBerkeley Library. Explore the Graphic Arts Loan Collection! 🖼️ 🔗 ucberk.li/galc
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Start the school year on a paws-itive note! 🐶🐾 Today: Stop by Memorial Glade for some quality time with friendly, fluffy therapy doggos. De-stress — one belly rub at a time. 🗓️ 12-1 p.m. 📍 Outside Doe Library 🔗 uhs.berkeley.edu/pethugs @JoyboundTweets
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POV: School just started, and you’re about to meet your new best friend. 🐾 Today: Stop by Memorial Glade for quality time with friendly, fluffy therapy doggos. De-stress — one belly rub at a time. 🗓 12-1 p.m. 📍 Outside Doe Library 🔗 uhs.berkeley.edu/pethugs @JoyboundTweets
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Welcome, students! 🏛️💙✨ A new chapter in your story is beginning. And you’re exactly where you need to be. Through the Library, you can: 🔍 Get research help 🍿 Stream movies 💁🏻‍♀️ Find a student job 🐻 And more! You know where to find us. 🫶 🔗 ucberk.li/welcome
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✨Does your new home pass the vibe check? ✨ Find the *perfect* art for your dorm or apartment. 🖼️ Students: Stop by to browse and borrow prints from the Graphic Arts Loan Collection. ➡️ Today - Aug. 28 ➡️ Morrison Library (in Doe) ➡️ Details + hours: ucberk.li/galc-2025
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Whale whisperer. 🐳 Time traveler. 📜 Robot wrangler. 🤖 For @UCBerkeley’s Gašper Beguš, it’s all in a day’s work. We talked to the linguist about interspecies communication, decoding dead languages, and the “sacred” role of libraries. 🔗 ucberk.li/linguistics
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“You have to go after that dream.” ✨ Maggie Gee, born in Berkeley #OTD in 1923: 🛩 Was 1 of 2 Chinese American women WWII pilots 🐻 Earned a physics degree at Cal + worked at @Livermore_Lab 🏅 Was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal by @BarackObama
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At 5 a.m., photographer Chrissy Huhn is already on the trail. 📷🥾🌅 Her mission? To preserve California’s landscapes — their beauty, and their memory. Each photo is a story of change and resilience. 🌿 🏞️ See our national parks through her lens: ucberk.li/huhn-photos
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“It is now my responsibility to uphold the American dream for everyone.” Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, born #OTD in 1935: 🏛️ Was the 1st Asian American to head a top U.S. research university 🏅 Earned Cal’s Distinguished Teaching Award at age 26 💙 Was a champion of diversity
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Happy 89th birthday, Troy Duster! ✨ Duster’s favorite quote, “Pass it on,” was told to him by a mentor. A grandson of Ida B. Wells, Duster has lived up to that motto. His contributions as a sociologist, Cal professor, and leader of Berkeley’s Diversity Project are felt today.
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“We are the ones we have been waiting for.” ✨ June Jordan, a trailblazing queer poet, was born #OTD in 1936. Jordan was a Cal professor and founded Poetry for the People, or P4P. She lives on through P4P, which teaches students the power of poetry to change the world. ✏️🌎🕊️
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