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Official account of the University of California, Berkeley. Home of the @CalAthletics Golden Bears. 🐻 #BerkeleyNews #BerkeleyResearch
Berkeley, California
Joined August 2010
UC Berkeley has been ranked the #1 public university in the U.S. by @timeshighered, a ranking the university has held for 9 of the past 10 years. All thanks to our community of brilliant bears.🐻
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The moment you realize you finally get a parking spot @UCBerkeley. 🌟 . Congratulations Professor Doudna! @NobelPrize #CRISPR #GoBears!
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Dear prospective students: We fully support your right to peacefully protest, and would never refuse your admittance for doing so. Signed, the home of free speech.
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BREAKING: The scheduled performance by Milo Yiannopoulos has been cancelled. More info to come.
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Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry!. The groundbreaking power & versatility of CRISPR-Cas9 has opened up new & wide-ranging possibilities across biology, agriculture & medicine, including the treatment of thousands of intractable diseases.
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Kamala Harris to give UC Berkeley's 2018 commencement address 🎓🎉💙💛: . “My parents met at UC Berkeley when they were active in the civil rights movement, so this university will always mean a great deal to me.”. @KamalaHarris #Commencement #graduation
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#BerkeleyTalks 🎧“Remember that when you’re on the right side, everything is going to try to tell you that you’re not, that you’re wrong."—@timnitGebru to @BerkeleyISchool grads #podcast
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The @UofCalifornia took a stand today in its push for publicly-funded UC research to be accessible to the world, free of charge. “Publishing our scholarship behind a paywall deprives people of the access to and benefits of publicly-funded research.”
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UC Berkeley ranked world’s No. 1 public, fourth-best overall by US News 🎉🙌🐻💙💛 #GoBears @usnews #BestGlobal #Berkeley150
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Congratulations to Professor Reinhard Genzel, awarded the 2020 @NobelPrize for Physics! 🌟 #BerkeleyNobel @BerkeleyPhysics .
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Congratulations to Professor David Card, awarded the 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel! 🌟 #NobelPrize #BerkeleyNobel
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A Campus-wide Emergency alert has been issued. Campus police are investigating a credible campus-wide threat. Please go inside and move away from doors and windows. If you are not on campus, please stay away from the area. Shelter in place.
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UC Berkeley top U.S. public, fourth overall in QS World rankings. 💫Go Bears!
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Congratulations to Professor Jennifer Doudna for winning a #NobelPrize in Chemistry! @doudna_lab @berkeleyMCB #BerkeleyNobel #GoBears!.
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Congratulations to the @UCBerkeley Class of 2025! Golden Bears from all around the world welcome you to the family! 🐻 #IAmBerkeley 💙 💛 . To check your @CalAdmissions status, visit your MAP@Berkeley portal:
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"For the eighth straight year, UC Berkeley tops the list of the world’s best public universities." 💫.#GoBears💙💛#NumberOne 🏆 #PublicUniversity.
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Healthy triplet peregrine falcons hatch on the Campanile! 🐣 🐣 🐣 #peregrinefalcons @CalFalconCam
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Congratulations to the #Classof2023!! You're #BerkeleyBound! Welcome to the #GoldenBear family! 👏🏽💫🐻 . To check your @CalAdmissions status, visit your MAP@Berkeley portal:
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Welcome, new Bears! 🐻 Thank you for continuing our 150 years of light! We're so glad you're here and can't wait to see you shine! 🌟💙💛. #Berkeley150 #WelcomeBears #WeAreGolden
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Congratulations to UC Berkeley alum Gary Ruvkun on winning a #NobelPrize for his role in the discovery and research of microRNAs!.
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“We write to express our outrage; we stand in steadfast solidarity with our Black community; and we offer heartfelt condolences to the loved ones of the victims of the racially-motivated violence that is taking place in various communities across America.”.
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We are brokenhearted about the death of Nicolas Leslie. Our thoughts are with his family & friends. 💔 #ForeverABear
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Campus update: We have made the difficult decision to begin the fall semester with fully remote instruction.
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UC Berkeley research by James P. Allison led to Nobel Prize-winning immunotherapy for #cancer “I don’t know if I could have accomplished this work anywhere else than Berkeley. I always tell people that it was one of the happiest times of my life. "
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CAMPUS ANNOUNCEMENT: Classes cancelled Monday and Tuesday and will resume after Thanksgiving break. A letter from Chancellor Christ
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Berkeley top U.S. public university in new Academic Rankings of World Universities (ARWU) rankings: 🙌🎉💙🐻💛. #GoBears #Berkeley150
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Congratulations to UC Berkeley PhD alum David Baker on winning a #NobelPrize for his success in building entirely new kinds of proteins, an almost impossible feat.
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“UC Berkeley rivals in quality as any ivy league, but educates more low-income students than all ivy leagues combined.”.- Chancellor Carol Christ on Charter Day. #Berkeley150 #UC150
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Berkeley scientists Jill Banfield and #JenniferDoudna find new & smaller #CRISPR gene editor: CasX 😮 🔬 . "the protein was similar to Cas9, but quite a bit smaller: a big advantage if you’re trying to deliver a gene editor into a cell." #BerkeleyResearch
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Another one. 🥇. According to @timeshighered 2024 World University Rankings, UC Berkeley is the #1 public university in the U.S. and the 9th best in the world overall. Thank you to all of our Berkeley bears — we are #1 because of you! 💙🐻💛
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Welcome, Class of 2022! 💛🐻💙 .THE WORD IS OUT! Are you #BerkeleyBound? 🎉. (Check your application's status now: ).@CalAdmissions
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UC Berkeley has begun work to cordon off the People’s Park construction site, where it will build much-needed housing for students and unhoused people, while preserving more than 60% of the 2.8 acre site as open park space that reinforces the park’s history.
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Classes cancelled Friday, November 16 due to worsening air quality.
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“The end of all education should surely be service to others.”- Cesar Chavez. (Photo from Blue and Gold Yearbook, 1973.).#CesarChavezDay #CesarChavez
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UC Berkeley's LeConte and Barrows halls lose their names. The decision was made in response to growing awareness of the controversial legacies of the halls’ namesakes that clash with UC Berkeley’s mission and values.
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". a Berkeley degree is also a privilege, and with it comes the responsibility of using your education to contribute to a society that needs your energy, your intelligence, and your help.".- Chancellor Carol Christ .#CalGrad.
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Congratulations to the @UCBerkeley Transfer Class of 2021! You're #BerkeleyBound! Welcome to the Golden Bear family 🐻💙💛 . To check your @CalAdmissions status, visit your MAP@Berkeley portal:
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All clear for shelter in place. Routine campus business and classes will be held tomorrow. #miloatcal.
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Due to poor air quality in the Bay Area, the 121st Big Game between Cal and Stanford has been rescheduled.
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Congratulations Professor Doudna! See you at the ceremony! #Livestream @NobelPrize🏆#GoBears! @berkeleyMCB @doudna_lab @igisci.
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Truly changing sex is possible, says Berkeley trans scholar Grace Lavery.
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Please join us in congratulating @richlyons, the first UC Berkeley undergraduate alum since 1930 chosen to lead our university. #FiatLux #GoBears
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UC Berkeley remains the No. 1 public university in the world.
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This fall, students can take a UC Berkeley English class on Frank Ocean 🎧🎤🌊 . “We hope that people will gain a greater understanding of Frank Ocean’s artistry & the way he challenges hyper-masculinity & #gender politics.”. #FrankOcean #highered #music
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It’s two falcon babies for UC Berkeley’s Annie and her new mate, Alden.
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Campus update: Classes will be canceled on Wednesday due to expected campus power loss. The campus, however, will remain open, though services will be limited. 🔋🔌
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Berkeley has minted the first of 2 Nobel #NFTs, representing #NobelPrize winning IP, on @withFND. This historic moment represents another cutting edge step in a long history of innovation at UC Berkeley. #Blockchain #CryptoNews #Crypto .
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You know it. You tell the story. 🐻🐻🐻.@CalFootball @CalAthletics .41-11 💙💛🪓.The Bears win the 124th #BigGame and will take the Axe back home!.#RollonYouBears #GOBEARS!
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Berkeley offers its fastest-growing course – data science – online, for free: #data #datascience #education.
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In honor of Stephen Hawking, here's his lecture at UC Berkeley in 2007, where he explores "Why are we here? Where did we come from?"
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Happy New Year, Bears! You are our light. You are our future. Fiat Lux! 🌟 .#Berkeley150 #GoBears ✨ 🎉 🎇 💫
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We have confirmed that a member of our campus community has contracted #COVID19. The individual does not live on campus or in the city of Berkeley. The individual has no serious symptoms and is in self-isolation.
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Thank you UC Rally Committee for keeping our Cal spirits up. Stay safe and look out for each other.💛🐻💙 (Photos by Eric Manzo) #Berkeley150 #GoBears
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Congratulations to the @UCBerkeley Transfer Class of 2023! We are excited to welcome you to our family of Golden Bears!!! 💙🐻💛 #IAmBerkeley. To check your @CalAdmissions status, visit your MAP@Berkeley portal:
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Annie the falcon, presumed long gone, returns to Berkeley’s Campanile.
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Regardless of immigration status, you are an essential part of this university, and we will continue to be unequivocal in our support of you and work towards providing a safe and supportive environment for you. — Chancellor Carol Christ #UCDACA.
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“The Class of 2020 will go down in the history books as one that achieved greatness in the face of unprecedented turmoil.” 💙💛#GoBears! #classof2020strong 🎓
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ICYMI: UC Berkeley ranks 1st among U.S. public universities & 12th in the world among both public & private universities, according to the latest "World University Rankings". 🌟
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“Grace is an invaluable member of our Berkeley community. We’re committed to a truly inclusive culture where everyone, including the LGBTQ community, can feel safe, respected and welcome.”.
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Our thoughts are with all of our UC family at @UCLA @ucsantabarbara and all affected by the wildfires. Wishing you all safety and wellness.💙💛.@UofCalifornia.
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Congratulations to Professor Jennifer #Doudna, for winning the 2020 #WolfPrize in Medicine, a prestigious international prize awarded in Israel for unique contributions to humanity. 🏆 #CRISPR @igisci @doudna_lab
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"The University of California at Berkeley has it all: World-class academics, great sports, a stunning Bay Area setting, reasonable costs and a storied history." .#NumberOne 🏆 #PublicUniversity 💙💛.#YouTellTheStory #GoBears 🐻.
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155 years of pushing boundaries, breaking barriers, and shaping the future - happy anniversary to UC Berkeley! 🎉
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First Day in a Nobel Life: #JenniferDoudna #BerkeleyNobel! . Doudna is the first woman on the #BerkeleyFaculty to win a #NobelPrize. She and Charpentier also became the first women in history to win a Nobel in the sciences together. ✨
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For the first time since 2017, all four of Annie's eggs have hatched in her nest on the Campanile. Congrats to Annie and Archie on their fluffy chicks! 🐣 @CalFalconCam
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"I mean, the picture speaks for itself." 💖. #BerkeleyPOV #regram by @from_dawn_2_dusk.#UCBerkeley #Campanile #sunset.Edited by UC Berkeley
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"I couldn't be more excited for Berkeley's next decade and beyond. And what we will build together." –Chancellor Rich Lyons. Rich Lyons has come a long way. First, he was a student, then an alum, and now UC Berkeley's 24th leader. As he assumes his new role, he reflects on the
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Thank you Professor Doudna for sharing your very special @NobelPrize ceremony. What a day to remember! ✨ #CRISPR #NobelPrize #Chemistry . @berkeleyMCB @doudna_lab @igisci #FiatLux #GoBears
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Chemistry Nobelist Carolyn Bertozzi’s years at UC Berkeley.
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