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Book Review: "Paris to the Pyrénées - A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James"

Why on earth would a skeptic take on a pilgrimage along a Christian route? Crime novelist David Downie wrote a book about this concept:...

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Start Up Series: Workshop on Sales and Negotiations

Last April, Catherine Ivari, the Berkeley Club of France's VP Entrepreneurs and Start Up organized and hosted our very first start up...

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Interview with Clara Olivares, PhD candidate in music composition

Les Gens de Berkeley met with UC Berkeley PhD candidate in music composition Clara Olivares, who is enrolled in a doctoral program...

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Interview With composer Nicklas Schmidt on Scoring "Becoming Astrid"

Les Gens de Berkeley met with Danish composer Nicklas Schmidt to talk about his score of “Astrid”, a biopic on Astrid Lindgren, the...

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Interview with Film Critic Peter Cowie on Berkeley in the Sixties

Peter Cowie, film critic and author of more than thirty books on film, has fond memories of UC Berkeley campus and the Pacific Film...

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Interview with Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman on Berkeley as a Metaphor

Frederick Wiseman is a critically acclaimed filmmaker, documentarian and theatre director, who has recently directed "At Berkeley", a...

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To Be Or Not To Be...Inside The Classroom

Cartoonist David Blanc may or may not have been musing about time lost (or gained) whilst skipping class. Regardless, if you look at the...

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What Happens Inside the Classroom...Stays in the Classroom

Cartoonist David Blanc created a hilarious character who happens to be a self-confident student in spite of his less than great grades....

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Event: The Annual Reception With The U.S. Ambassador

In June, the Berkeley Club of France attended the 2018 Annual Embassy Reception with the Ambassador of the United States of America....

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Interview: Being a Physics Ph.D. at Berkeley in 1978

What was the physics mecca in the late 70’s? It was the Lawrence Berkeley Lab, according to Jean-Pierre Sursock Ph.D.’78. In this...

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Opinion: Nuclear Energy as a Transition to Renewable Energy

Should there be a role for nuclear energy in a world transitioning towards renewable energy? Here is the opinion piece written by...

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Event: A Tour of Station F, the World's Biggest Startup Campus

In May, Catherine Ivari '09, Berkeley Club of France Vice President Startups & Entrepreneurship, invited alumni to a private tour of the...

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Verre des Bears #2: Summer To Autumn Happy Hour

Thursday, 20 September, 2018 marked the Berkeley Club of France's kickoff event at bar-club Gatsby. The team welcomed new alumni and...

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Interview: Being a Computer Science Postgrad at Berkeley in 1967

When Martin Luther King Jr gave a speech on the Vietnam War in Berkeley, François de Verdière M.S. ‘67, was a postgraduate in computer...

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EVENTS

Mark up your calendars with the exciting events organized by the Berkeley Club of France ranging from happy hours to the Big Game get together in cool venues across Paris all year round.

SPECIAL REPORTS

The Special Report section focuses not just on Berkeley alumni's occupation and industries but on opportunities and challenges that are relevant to the Berkeley community.

PEOPLE

This is all about you, your academic and professional experience before, during and after Berkeley. We share your stories, including how you got admitted to UC Berkeley, what courses you took, where you went after graduation and how you stay connected with the Berkeley community.

ARTS

The Arts section explores the cultural and artistic nuances of the Berkeley experience while featuring a riddle competition (of sorts) based on our house cartoon, created by French contributor David Blanc.