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Pages in category "University of California, Berkeley buildings" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Underneath UC Berkeley's oldest buildings is a system of steam tunnels which carry steam for heat and power. [27] During the 1960s, Berkeley students chained the doorknobs of the Chancellor's office in protest over the Vietnam War. The Chancellor, having no other way in or out of the building, used the steam tunnels to escape.
Campus tour guides often point out a small stone bear, sculpted by Michael H. Casey, [3] in the architecture of South Hall, on the balcony railing above the entrance, in the third circle from the left, claiming it is the smallest bear statue on campus. The four-story building is located southwest of Sather Tower.
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) [11] [12] is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States.. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley, it is the state's first land-grant university and is the founding campus of the University of California sys
Bowles Hall is a coed residential college at the University of California, Berkeley, [2] known for its unique traditions, parties, [3] [4] and camaraderie. [5] [6] Designed by George W. Kelham, the building was the first residence hall on campus, dedicated in 1929, and was California's first state-owned residence hall. [7]
The Faculty Club of the University of California at Berkeley, [2] or Faculty Club at UC Berkeley, is a private members' club located on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California. In 1982, The Faculty Club was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NPS-82000960).
The University of California Botanical Garden is a 34-acre (13.7 ha) botanical garden located on the University of California, Berkeley campus, in Strawberry Canyon. The garden is in the Berkeley Hills, inside the city boundary of Oakland, with views overlooking the San Francisco Bay. It is one of the most diverse plant collections in the ...
During calmer times, numerous student groups set up tables to recruit and inform other students (a practice known as "tabling," as occurs at many universities throughout the United States). Upper Sproul Plaza also features a double row of the pollarded London Plane trees characteristic of the Berkeley campus. On the first Tuesday of each month ...