Watch Cal’s peregrine falcons live
Annie and Grinnell are back on top of UC Berkeley’s Campanile and chicks are on their way. Follow the action by webcam.
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Peregrine falcon watching in Berkeley — the perfect shelter-in-place activity?
The peregrine falcons that have made their nest atop Cal’s Campanile for the past three years are back — and they have laid three eggs so far.
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UC Berkeley students hold ‘wildcat’ strike for more pay, rehiring of fired workers
The graduate students are forming a “digital picket,” refusing to teach online classes or provide grades.
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UC Berkeley student tests positive for COVID-19
A Cal graduate student has tested positive for COVID-19. The student, who lives outside the city of Berkeley, is in self-isolation.
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Berkeley’s Bay Area Book Festival canceled due to coronavirus concerns
The organizers of the popular two-day Bay Area Book Festival — set for May 2-3 — have decided to cancel their 2020 event so as not to risk spreading coronavirus.
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An eerily empty UC Berkeley adjusts to a world with the coronavirus
At UC Berkeley this week, professors taught in nearly empty classrooms using videoconferences. Many students headed home. Sproul Plaza was practically deserted.
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UC Berkeley to suspend ‘most in-person classes’ starting Tuesday to limit coronavirus risk
The University of California at Berkeley has decided to suspend most in-person classes starting Tuesday to limit coronavirus (COVID-19) risk on campus, Berkeleyside has learned.
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The work of Arthur Szyk, whose political cartoons lampooned Hitler, resonates today
The Polish-Jewish artist, who came to the U.S. in 1941, used his artwork to fight Fascism and support human rights around the world.
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UC Berkeley launches largest ever, $6 billion fundraising campaign
The money will go to faculty positions, scholarships, student housing, research and more.
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A ‘Moorish-Tudor fever dream’ is unveiled on Telegraph Avenue
It’s been described as a cave dwelling, a wizard’s house and a Moorish palace. A recently unveiled building to house UC Berkeley students has been a long time coming — and its unusual design is causing a stir.
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Berkeley history major secures plaque for Cal student-turned-Spanish Civil War hero
Robert Merriman was a Ph.D. student at Cal more than 85 years ago. He was killed fighting fascists. Thanks to the efforts of Milton Zermanm, his story will be more broadly told.
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Berkeley Law puts Shylock in the docks
Everyone needs a good lawyer. But Shylock, one of Shakespeare’s most historically fraught villains, is a special case. On Sunday, Berkeley Law takes over the Freight to give the old usurer another shot at justice.
