Fall 2022

Since California State Proposition 209 passed in 1996, UC Berkeley has been barred from considering race or gender in the admissions process. As the U.S. Supreme Court considers a case that could expand that kind of ban across the country, the PBS NewsHour visited UC Berkeley for an extended report on how the public campus has pushed to build diverse, transformative cohorts of students.

As college students, we have access to a wide variety of resources that make new experiences affordable. Why not take advantage of as many of them as we can, and have fun while doing so? This list of opportunities is meant to be on the lighthearted side. From things to do around Berkeley, to other places to travel to and more, read what UC Berkeley students can discover.

In 1971, graduate student Stuart Freedman and postdoctoral fellow John Clauser took over a room in the sub-basement of Birge Hall at the University of California, Berkeley, and built an experiment that would put to the test one of the most enduring weirdnesses of quantum mechanics, what Einstein called “spooky action at a distance.”

Being a student is a lot of work! To help you out, I’ve created a list of resources that are free (or discounted) for you. Health and wellness-related resources are included to remind us to look after ourselves, which is important in seeing the academic successes we strive for.