Spring 2022

Cal sports are in full swing this semester with the winter programs in the heart of their schedules and many spring seasons already underway.

There are plenty of opportunities to watch Golden Bear men’s and women’s basketball in action in Haas Pavilion through the end of February. Both squads end their home schedules on Saturday, Feb. 26 with a doubleheader inside the arena – a women’s game against Washington State at noon and a men’s game versus Stanford at 5:30 p.m. Among the players to watch are high-scoring freshman Jayda Curry, one of the top freshman women’s basketball players...

Attending UC Berkeley is an academic challenge in itself, but it can be an even bigger challenge for students who struggle with securing stable housing. A November 2021 student Pulse Survey (brief, regular campus surveys of students to assess well-being) revealed that 26.5% of undergraduate students and 21.1% of graduate students faced housing insecurity since the beginning of October. As the accessibility of housing continues to permeate student life at UC Berkeley, the students of Cal Student Philanthropy (CSP) are stepping up to help as many of their peers as they can through their...

Traveling abroad was my first adventure. Among strangers, I learned to depend on myself and to see the world from a different perspective.

Undergraduate students typically start their university years expecting the greatest challenges will come in the classroom or the lab, but the Class of 2022 also had to work through a pandemic, natural disasters and historic social turmoil.

These years have demanded focus and resilience, and those strengths are embodied in this year’s University Medal Winner Anjika Pai and in the four finalists: Claire Beckstoffer, Jonah Lounds, Claire Rider and...