NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY “Fiat Lux” K
nown by its alumni simply as “Cal,” UC Berkeley is the old- est school in the 10-campus, University of California system.
. . . The UC motto means “Let there be light.” . . . Cal has been the home of 25 Nobel Prize winners. . . . Nine current faculty members are Nobel Laureates. . . . The Ban- croft Library at UC Berkeley houses the Mark Twain Papers and Project, the world’s largest collection of the author’s writings, photos, letters, and scrapbooks.
. . . The cyclotron was invented at Berkeley, launching a research era in which the fundamental structure of matter was discovered. . . . The University includes 14 colleges and schools that have more than 130 academic depart- ments and 80 interdisciplinary research units. . . . Cal annually produces more Ph.D.s than any other university in the nation. . . . The most popular campus ma- jors are electrical engineering, computer science, molecular and cell biology, and political science. . . . Berkelium (element 97) was discovered by Cal scientists and is named for the school.
CAL FACTS
Berkeley, California Founded: 1868 Joined Pac-12: 1915
Undergraduate students: 25,540
Graduate students: 10,298 Chancellor:
Robert J. Birgeneau
NCAA championships (all sports, all-time): 30
. . . Cal has the largest number of highly ranked graduate pro- grams in the United States: Of its 52 programs, 48 ranged among the top 10 nationally according to the National Research Council. . . . In 2008, the Association of Research Libraries ranked Cal’s University Library as the top public research university library in North America. . . . Nearly three-quarters of incoming freshmen in 2010 (73 percent) hailed from California.
Football home: Memorial Stadium
At the Gate Sather Gate is Cal’s iconic campus hub. Originally the Telegraph Avenue entrance to the university, the ornate gate has served as a gather- ing place on campus since it was completed in 1910.
Oski FAMOUS ALUMNI
The always-smiling and playful Cal mascot is Oski, the bear with the large, gold sweater. He made his fi rst appearance in 1941 and took his name from a popular cheer of the time, “Oski-Wow-Wow.”
Governor Jerry Brown • Publisher William Randolph Hearst • Author Maxine Hong Kingston • Representative Barbara Lee • Academy Award-winning actor Gregory Peck • Chef Alice Waters • Publisher Jann Wenner • Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak
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