Cal Day 2018

Celebrate 150 years of light and explore the future with 400+ events at free open house

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Cal Day must-see: Octopus mom with thousands of eggs (with video)

Campanile peregrine falcon chicks could hatch on Cal Day

Calaveras Dam fossil trove gives researchers greatest local find in decades (with video)

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“When I began my career at Berkeley, now decades ago, I fell in love with this place.”
Carol Christ, Chancellor

#Berkeley150 Flashback

1988

Microscopic motors

Along with his graduate students, Richard Muller, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, produces the first electrically powered microscopic motor, no larger than the width of a human hair. This micro-machine…

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