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November 26, 2018

Professor Robert Braun discussing the book, “Care of the State”It’s sometimes difficult for students to see professors as people other than graders or lecturers. Recently, Berkeley Connect Sociology held an open, honest, and encouraging dialogue to help students get to know the professors who choose to teach sociology at UC Berkeley.

November 6, 2018

A Degree in English Does Not Equal Unemployment!What can you do with a degree in English? Nervous English majors want to know! At a recent event for Berkeley Connect English students, three alumni on very different professional paths reminisced about their time within the English department and described how their careers took shape following graduation.

October 23, 2018

What does your future hold? Are you bound for success? These may seem like the opening lines of a kitschy psychic, but they are also questions many students ponder during their undergraduate years. Students with a strong social conscience may be drawn to majors such as Ethnic Studies, but wonder how their studies will translate into post-college careers. On a recent Tuesday evening, alumni from UC Berkeley’s Department of Ethnic Studies talked with Berkeley Connect students about their current lives, post-graduation.

How to Have a Life During Crunch TimeIt’s midterm season. You know what this means –– studying, trying to focus, and drinking gallons of coffee. Self-care is especially imperative during the general stress of midterm season.

October 9, 2018

Some may think that the field of philosophy is inaccessible, full of larger-than-life ideas that seem difficult to comprehend. From this point of view, the prospect of writing about philosophy can be daunting. However, in his recent talk to Berkeley Connect students on  “How To Write a Paper for a Philosophy Course,” Professor Niko Kolodny made the process seem less intimidating.

April 30, 2018

Mindy DaiWe invited students participating in Berkeley Connect in Spring 2018 to enter our Student Voice Contest and share with us a memorable experience they had in Berkeley Connect. The winning entry below was written by Mindy Dai, who participated in Berkeley Connect in Philosophy.

April 20, 2018

Growing Pains in ArchitectureAs any student who has ever worked on a creative project knows, at a certain point the distinction between art and identity begins to blur. The artwork we create becomes extensions of ourselves and frankly, it can get us into quite a frenzy.

April 17, 2018

Students discuss ideas for their intellectual projects.How do scholars decide on the focus of their research projects? Berkeley Connect mentor Robert Connell began his academic journey far before he began the PhD program in African Diaspora Studies at UC Berkeley.

December 7, 2017

Favorite Moments in MusicWe invited students participating in Berkeley Connect in Fall 2017 to enter our Student Voice Contest and share with us a memorable experience they had in Berkeley Connect. The winning entry below was written by first-year Sean Tseng, who participated in Berkeley Connect in Music.

December 5, 2017

My Favorite Moment in Berkeley Connect PhilosophyWe invited students participating in Berkeley Connect in Fall 2017 to enter our Student Voice Contest and share with us a memorable experience they had in Berkeley Connect. The winning entry below was written by senior Danny Hutto, who participated in Berkeley Connect in Philosophy.

November 2, 2017

Ari Dimmitriou (left), Professor Nadia Ellis (middle), and Daniel Valella (right) share about writing processes.Every student with a paper assignment and a deadline looming has probably wondered, “How do I get started?” or “How do I keep going?” or “What am I trying to say?” At a recent panel for B

October 18, 2017

Research Opportunities in PhysicsBerkeley students are lucky to study at a research university: new knowledge is being produced around us all the time. Many students would like to make research part of their undergraduate experience, but some aren’t sure how to begin.

October 4, 2017

Director Shana McDevitt explains the Illumina sequencing device to Berkeley Connect students.Researchers at Berkeley can take advantage of new technology that allows them to conduct, for just a few thousand dollars, experiments that once cost millions.

October 2, 2017

Students meet their faculty at the Howison Philosophy Library.Often the first question on anyone’s mind is a deceptively simple one: “Why?” Why do I have to go to class today? Why do cicadas emerge only once every 17 years? Why am I here?

May 26, 2017

Notes on Changing the Campus CultureEntering a classroom in Morrison Hall, Berkeley Connect Music students were greeted with an array of sensory pleasures: the speakers played “Footprints” by Wayne Shorter and the strong smell of garlic and Chinese takeout pervaded the room.

May 8, 2017

We invited students participating in Berkeley Connect in Spring 2017 to enter our Student Voice Contest and share with us a memorable experience they had in Berkeley Connect. The winning entry was written by Surina Gulati, who participated in Berkeley Connect in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

April 17, 2017

ESPM students brainstorm how to address a professor for a recommendation through email.“What is your dream job? What job are you applying for?

April 12, 2017

Director Mora shares about her high school experience as a member of the student council.As students start to think about what they will do once their undergraduate years are over, they can feel like they are being presented with many pathways and little direction.

March 23, 2017

Lee Ann Titangos shows students a page from the Nuremberg Chronicles.Consumed by our present reality, it can be difficult to imagine history as anything but words and dates: abstract notions of the past. History majors, however, seek to bridge the gap between past and present.

March 21, 2017

Panelists (from left to right) Rajelin Escondo, Brittney Enin, Vi Tuong Vo, and Brittany Schmitt discuss their experiences in social work.Students who are interested in making a difference in the world have to sift through a bewildering array of opportunities availab