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And the sun sets on another golden weekend of Homecoming. Roll on you Bears, and happy Homecoming! #CalHC
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Blue and gold in Times Square! We rang the @Nasdaq opening bell yesterday with UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons and Cal Deputy Athletics Director Beth Tafolla-Voetsch. Chancellor Lyons, thank you for bringing your Cal spirit and celebrating with us. Go Bears! 💛 💙
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Last week made it official! Thank you to everyone who joined us to cut the ribbon and open our new Banatao Family Beach Volleyball Stadium—see you on the sand!
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Alongside Chancellor Rich Lyons as host, CLTC Executive Director Ann Cleaveland had a fireside chat with Craig Newmark about his journey from founding craigslist to becoming a champion for cybersecurity and cyber civil defense: gobears.me/4AcpA9B
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Breakthrough innovation happens when world-class technology meets world-class institutions. Nasdaq celebrates the partnership between @Dialpad and @UCBerkeley, bringing together AI leadership and a culture of innovation in the heart of one of the world's leading technology ecosystems.
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‼️ HAPPENING NOW: Join our Reddit AMA with UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (@ucbssl), the team managing NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars. They’re live and ready to answer your questions! Ask them anything: bit.ly/4B6aBPL
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UC Berkeley and Dr. Ziad Obermeyer received the Academic Discovery of the Year Award from California Life Sciences for AI research identifying deep learning-derived ECG biomarker to detect sudden cardiac death risk — helping doctors intervene before a fatal event. bit.ly/4zCfxtW
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The 2026 Philomathia Day will honor prize recipient Associate Professor Karthik Shekhar 🧪
Assistant Professor Karthik Shekhar is this year's recipient of the Philomathia Prize, awarded to an early-career Berkeley faculty member who demonstrates great distinction and promise in their academic field. Shekhar is the third @UCB_Chemistry faculty member selected for this honor: gobears.me/4BqQ2xI
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Did you hear? The Golden Ticket Program is expanding! Alums, take advantage of this program and score more free tickets to future Cal Athletics games and matches! Learn more and get in on ticket drops now at my.berkeley.edu #UCBerkeley #GoBears
ICYMI - The new Golden Ticket program is live this week! This new pilot program offers alums the opportunity to get complimentary tickets to select home games this September! Here are the offers available in this program: Sept. 5 – Cal vs. UCLA (one complimentary ticket) Sept. 19 – Cal vs. Wagner (two complimentary tickets) Sept. 25 – Cal vs Clemson (two complimentary tickets) By participating in this program, you will also be able to purchase adjacent seats at a discount for family and friends. Ticket drop opportunities will be sent out to alums via email. If you didn’t get an email, go to bit.ly/CalAlumVerification to verify your alum status. For more information about the Golden Ticket program, contact the Golden Bear Athletics Ticket Office at 1-800-GOBEARS (462-3277) or ato@berkeley.edu. #UCBerkeley #GoBears
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Assistant Professor Karthik Shekhar is this year's recipient of the Philomathia Prize, awarded to an early-career Berkeley faculty member who demonstrates great distinction and promise in their academic field. Shekhar is the third @UCB_Chemistry faculty member selected for this honor: gobears.me/4BqQ2xI
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UC Berkeley researchers helped shape @NASA’s newest space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will help resolve unanswered questions about dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, galaxies and more. bit.ly/4yBQLth
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Hollywood created the myth of spear-throwing mammoth hunters. A UC Berkeley archaeologist explains why ancestral survival technologies actually relied on ground-planted pikes, not brute force — in just 101 seconds. bit.ly/483frjh
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UC Berkeley’s world-class economics department (@berkeleyecon) is celebrating Nobels won by two scholars: Robert E. Hall, a 1964 graduate and early-career faculty member, and Michael Woodford, a visiting scholar in the 2025-26 academic year. bit.ly/3UjUuNU
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NASA's ESCAPADE mission is headed to Mars next month — and a scientist, engineer and mission operator behind it are ready to answer your questions! 🛰️ Join UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (@ucbssl) for a Reddit AMA on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET at u/UCBerkeley! bit.ly/4B6aBPL
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Who do you admire in the public service space? 🤩 The Peter E. Haas Public Service Award honors an alum who has made significant contributions to the betterment of society through volunteering. Nominations close October 16. Learn more: gobears.me/haaspsa
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Welcome to Homecoming weekend, Golden Bears! From Cal-Nival and Noon Rally to the Homecoming Rally and Black2Cal Celebration, there are lots of events to join. What's on your forecast for the day? #UCBerkeley #CalHC
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Last week, Davis celebrated the archival of his oral history in The Bancroft Library at an event hosted by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, whom Davis helped develop in his time as governor.
In a major new UC Berkeley project, former Gov. Gray Davis tells the story of his life and times during an era of profound change and innovation that shaped modern California. bit.ly/4hyADSG
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