All Events by Category

Admissions & Student Life

8:30–9:15 am | Haas Pavilion

New Student Welcome: Newly admitted students and their families are invited to an early-morning session with Chancellor Birgeneau and campus leaders, who share their insights on the Berkeley experience.

9 am–4 pm | 103 Sproul Hall

Undergraduate Admissions Office Is Open!: Advisers are on hand to answer questions from prospective students and their families. Newly admitted students may drop off their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR).

10–11 am | 100 César Chávez Student Center

Applied to Berkeley? Next Steps for Prospective Transfer Students: Make the most of your time on campus: hear from staff and students from the Transfer, Re-entry, and Student Parent Center.

10 am–2 pm | Recreational Sports Facility atrium

Caltopia 2012 Kick-Off: Get a preview of one of the largest college lifestyle fairs in the nation. Meet sponsors and exhibitors, who introduce new products and give away samples and great prizes!

11 am–noon | 100 César Chávez Student Center

Drop-in Advising for Transfer Students: Stop by to get your questions answered by those in the know about academic and student life at Berkeley.

1–2 pm | 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building

Meet the Director of Undergraduate Admissions: Learn about the application, personal statement, and admission process. Bring your questions!

Associate Vice Chancellor, Admissions & Enrollment and Acting Director of Undergraduate Admissions Anne De Luca

1–2 pm | 100 César Chávez Student Center

Transferring to Berkeley 101: Learn tips and strategies for a successful transfer.

2–3 pm | 100 César Chávez Student Center

Drop-in Admission Advising for Transfers: What does it take to be a strong transfer applicant? Stop by to get your questions answered about how best to prepare.

Financial Aid

9 am–4 pm | 211 Sproul Hall

The Financial Aid Office Is Open: Newly admitted students and their families can ask questions about their financial aid offer or drop off required forms.

2–3 pm | 166 Barrows Hall

How to Afford a UC Education: Learn how you as a parent or student can support the Middle Class Scholarship Act, landmark California legislation that would reduce UC tuition by $8,000 per year for most families.

Getting Involved

9 am–4 pm | Sproul Plaza & Lower Sproul Plaza

ASUC Cal Lodge at Lake Tahoe: An affordable destination for students, alumni, and the public, the lodge was built and is owned by Cal students. Learn about this rustic, historic hostel.

9 am–4 pm | Sproul Plaza

ASUC Student Advocates Office: Part of the student government, this office offers free, confidential advice, and representation to students involved in disputes with the university. Dedicated students from all majors are recruited to staff its many services. Learn more and get involved!

9 am–4 pm | Recreational Sports Facility, courtyard

Recreational Sports Facility Open House: Berkeley's student sports center is your Cal Bear home for all things fitness, recreation, and adventure. Learn about the many options for keeping fit and having fun. Take a tour and pick up some free swag!

9 am–4 pm | Recreational Sports Facility atrium

Recreational Sports Facility Tours: Take a self-guided tour of Berkeley's student sports center, and see the many options there for keeping fit and having fun.

10–11 am | Eshleman Hall, Senate Chambers
1–2 pm | Eshleman Hall, Senate Chambers

Information Session: ASUC Student Government: Meet the elected officials of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), our student government at Berkeley. Learn how to get involved in the largest student organization on campus.

10 am–2 pm | Recreational Sports Facility, courtyard

Intramural Sports and Sport Clubs: Berkeley sponsors 26 sport clubs in recreational competition and has intramural leagues in more than 11 sports. Get information and find out how to join in!

10 am–2 pm | 26 Barrows Hall

KALX 90.7 FM Open House: Tour Berkeley's award-winning campus radio station, on the air since 1962, and learn how to volunteer.

10 am–3 pm | 102 Sproul Hall

Center for Student Leadership Open House: Come visit the Center for Student Leadership to see the opportunities for involvement and engagement with student organizations, fraternities and sororities, leadership development and Cal Debate on the UC Berkeley campus.

10 am–3 pm | Sproul Plaza & Lower Sproul Plaza

Student Organizations on Sproul Plaza: Meet leaders from some of the more than 1,200 student groups and learn about their activities, services, and opportunities.

11 am–noon | Eshleman Hall, Senate Chambers

Cool Stuff Is on CalTV: Run by students, for students, CalTV is the campus's online TV station. Be part of it--on-camera sports and news reporting, behind-the-camera work, or cutting and putting it all together.

11 am–noon | 110 Wheeler Hall

Discover Cal's Washington Programs: Once students are admitted, we urge them to leave! Why? Come find out at a panel discussion about the UC Berkeley Washington program and the Cal-in-the-Capital summer program with staff and students.

Program Coordinator Kathy Slusser

11 am–4 pm | 188 Dwinelle Hall

GIANT Presents Filmmaking at Berkeley: View clips of films written, directed, and produced by the members of GIANT, an organization of students majoring in film studies, art practice, media studies, and other disciplines.

1–1:30 pm | 102 Sproul Hall
2–2:30 pm | 102 Sproul Hall

Get Involved With the Center for Student Leadership: Ready to get involved on campus? The Center is a great starting point for those looking to get involved in a number of student-led organizations, fraternity and sorority life, or leadership development.

1:30–4 pm | 110 Barrows Hall

DeCal Class: Learn to Solve the Rubik's Cube: DeCal, which stands for Democratic Education at Cal, is the largest student-initiated education program in the country. Experience what makes our program so unique--and compete with some of the most-talented "speedcubers" in the world! Students and instructors will be on hand to help you perfect your technique.

2–2:30 pm | 160 Kroeber Hall
2:30–3 pm | 160 Kroeber Hall
3–3:30 pm | 160 Kroeber Hall

Fraternity and Sorority Life at Cal: Have questions about Greek life? Learn about the four pillars of CalGreeks--friendship, scholarship, leadership, and service--and how joining can enhance your Berkeley experience.

2–2:45 pm | 88 Dwinelle Hall

Coming to Cal? Public Service Opportunities: Learn about a variety of public service opportunities for Berkeley freshmen. Community service, work-study, internships, and jobs are all available through Cal Corps Public Service Center.

2–3 pm | Eshleman Hall, Senate Chambers

SUPERB: Providing Entertainment for Cal Students: Learn how Berkeley's most exciting student organization runs the show! Come meet the managers of the Student Union Program, Entertainment, and Recreation Board's nine departments: general management, concerts, films, games, sneaks, comedy, marketing, web, and art!

Getting Oriented

9 am–4 pm | Sproul Plaza & Lower Sproul Plaza

ASUC Event Services: Learn about free meeting spaces available for students to reserve, including the 9,000-square-foot Pauley Ballroom, for various events.

9 am–4 pm | Sproul Plaza & Lower Sproul Plaza

ASUC Lecture Notes: This popular service can make you smart! The service takes notes in more than 35 classes each semester, and has archived notes for hundreds more. Subscribe now or when you enroll.

9 am–4 pm | Sproul Plaza

CalSO Information Tent: Cal Student Orientation (CalSO) is the first stop for new students (after Cal Day, that is!). Stop by our blue-and-gold tent in Sproul Plaza to learn about campus resources for new Cal Bears from student counselors, and get the scoop on orientation programs for students and their parents.

9 am–4 pm | Sproul Plaza & Lower Sproul Plaza

Lower Sproul Redevelopment Exhibit: See the plans for the redevelopment of Lower Sproul into a student-centered place of entertainment, collaboration, rest and relaxation--promising to renew the spirit of Cal student life.

10–11 am | 155 Dwinelle Hall

Bear Talk: Q&A With Freshman Cal Students: Real, live students, all Cal Student Orientation (CalSO) counselors, will share their first-year experiences and answer your questions. New students and parents welcome!

Assistant Director, New Student Services Annalyn Cruz, Student Jaemie Paraon, Student Jacqueline Lee, Student Theresa Andrasfay, Student Josephine Pokrzywa, Student Carmen Jovel

11–11:30 am | 130 Wheeler Hall
1–1:30 pm | 130 Wheeler Hall

Summer Programs for Freshmen and Transfers: Get a jump on required classes, connect with peers, get to know campus, and even save money. Hear how from those who know!

11 am–noon | Alumni House, Toll Room

Cal Traditions and Songs: Traditions, yells, fight songs--Rally Committee and alumni give you a crash course to get you ready for the spirit rally on Sproul Plaza at noon.

11 am–noon | 213 Wheeler Hall

Information Session: Summer Bridge: Summer Bridge is a six-week intensive academic residential program. If invited to participate for 2012, come learn all about it. Families welcome!

Academic and Summer Orientation Programs Coordinator Cristobal Olivares

11 am–noon | 160 Kroeber Hall

Starting Off on the Right Foot at Cal: Learn tips for a successful transition to college, including time management and getting organized, avoiding procrastination, managing stress, homesickness, and more.

University Health Services Senior Staff Psychologist Aaron Cohen

Noon–12:30 pm | Sproul Plaza

Cal Spirit Rally: Get in the Cal spirit (it's impossible not to!) with the UC Rally Committee, Cal Band, Cal Dance Team, Mic Men, and Oski, as they put on a blue-and-gold event to welcome Cal Day guests--especially prospective students and their families.

1–4 pm | Anthony Hall

Cotton Candy at the Graduate Assembly Open House: The assembly advocates for all graduate and professional students on financial, academic, and campus-life issues. Celebrate decades of progressive and innovative student-led initiatives with free cotton candy!

2:30–3:30 pm | 155 Dwinelle Hall

Bear Talk: Q&A With Cal Transfer Students: Cal Student Orientation (CalSO) counselors will share their transfer and first-year experiences and answer your questions. New students and parents welcome!

New Student Services Program Coordinator Terrance Range, Student Andres Orozco, Student Djenlin Mallari, Student Inna Shapiro

3–4:30 pm | 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building

Cal 101: A Bear's Necessities: Is Berkeley for you? A panel of current students shares college experiences and answers your questions. Bring your parents--we'll have a separate panel presentation for them.

Housing

10 am–4 pm | Information Marketplace

African American Theme House: Take a short tour of the environment dedicated to the cultural and academic exploration of the African-American Diaspora. Also, find information and directions to BRRC's Black Senior Weekend programming. Visit the Residential Living Theme Housing table #67 in the Information Marketplace for information and tour specifics.

10 am–4 pm | Information Marketplace

Casa Magdalena Mora Theme House: The Casa Magdalena Mora Theme Program provides a network for students interested in Mexicano/Chicano and Latino culture, community, and social change. Casa connects students and faculty with the community through social and academic activities. Casistas gain leadership skills, form friendships that can last a lifetime, and have fun. For tours of this theme program, sign up at the Residential Living Theme Housing table #67 in the Information Marketplace.

10 am–4 pm | See the complete list of housing tours.

Residence Hall Tours: Get a glimpse of the student living experience: take a look at a student room, unit facilities and dining areas, and the Academic Service Centers in Berkeley's residence halls. Interact with current residents. Tours leave every 30 minutes through 3:30 pm.

10 am–4 pm | Information Marketplace

Student Co-op Housing Tours: One-hour walking tours of selected co-ops are offered. Tours leave on the hour from the Berkeley Student Cooperative table #71 in the Information Marketplace

10 am–4 pm | Information Marketplace

Women in Science and Engineering Theme House: Women with a strong interest in math, science, and engineering live together and learn about fields of study and strategies for success in this theme housing. For information and tours of the house, visit the Residential Living Theme Housing table #67 in the Information Marketplace.

11 am–3:30 pm | Kroeber Hall Plaza (Bancroft & College)

Walking Tours of Panhellenic Sorority Chapter Houses: Meet at the Kroeber Plaza Information Tent to take a walking tour of the Panhellenic Sorority Chapter Houses. Tours leave every half hour beginning at 11 am.

Study Abroad

1–2 pm | 145 Dwinelle Hall

Study Abroad Student Panel: Find out why students who have studied abroad think it's one of the best experiences of their lives! Hear students describe how you can fulfill academic requirements, learn languages, and complete independent-study projects or internships on your road to becoming a global citizen.

Alumni

9 am–4 pm | Sproul Plaza & Lower Sproul Plaza

ASUC Cal Lodge at Lake Tahoe: An affordable destination for students, alumni, and the public, the lodge was built and is owned by Cal students. Learn about this rustic, historic hostel.

9 am–4 pm | Alumni House, Toll Room

Cal Alumni Association Open House: Visit Alumni House for information, refreshments, and a place to take a break. Check out displays on Cal history, and learn more about CAA scholarships and memberships.

10 am–3 pm | Doe Library, Bernice Layne Brown Gallery

Heart of the Campus: Doe Library, 1912-2012: Doe Library, the campus's scholarly and architectural centerpiece, is a national landmark holding some 2.5 million volumes. This special exhibit, showcasing library history, is held in conjunction with centennial celebrations taking place this spring.

10:30–11 am | Sather Gate

Hear the Cal Band!: They're the "Pride of California" and the pacesetter of college marching bands--and it's not Cal Day without the University of California Marching Band.

11 am–noon | Alumni House, Toll Room

Cal Traditions and Songs: Traditions, yells, fight songs--Rally Committee and alumni give you a crash course to get you ready for the spirit rally on Sproul Plaza at noon.

11 am–2 pm | Edwards Stadium

Cal Football Spring Practice: Come check out the Golden Bears' final practice of the spring! This special event takes place at Edwards Stadium for the first time--giving Cal Day visitors the chance to experience Cal Football. Gates open at 10 am and the practice runs from approximately 11 am-1 pm, followed by an autograph session with the team. Special appearances by Cal Spirit groups and former players happen throughout the event. Don't miss this great opportunity to interact with the team before next season!

Noon–12:30 pm | Sproul Plaza

Cal Spirit Rally: Get in the Cal spirit (it's impossible not to!) with the UC Rally Committee, Cal Band, Cal Dance Team, Mic Men, and Oski, as they put on a blue-and-gold event to welcome Cal Day guests--especially prospective students and their families.

1–2 pm | 155 Dwinelle Hall

Political Civility Should Not Be an Oxymoron: Professor Robert B. Reich, one of the nation's leading experts on work and the economy, will discuss the state of civility in politics today. Sponsored by the Center on Civility and Democratic Engagement at the Goldman School of Public Policy.

Goldman School of Public Policy Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy

2–3 pm | Bowles Hall, meet on front sidewalk

Big "C" Hike: Join the UC Rally Committee for a hike up to the Big "C" on Charter Hill, a historic landmark and a central symbol of the spirit of the Berkeley campus. Learn about Cal history and traditions, while taking in the spectacular panoramic views of the university and the San Francisco Bay!

2–4 pm | Lower Sproul Plaza

UC Jazz Ensembles Performance: Jazz lovers won't want to miss this unique opportunity to hear the UC Jazz Alumni Big Band play many of the traditional big band arrangements, followed by the current student ensemble performing standards and originals from their jazz repertoire.

Anthropology & Archaeology

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fabulous Insights About Human Diversity in The Last 100 Years: Learn how we all came from a common ancestor about 200,000 years ago in Africa--a climbing bipedal ancestor named Ardi. Representatives from the Human Evolutionary Research Center will be on hand to explain the mysteries of hominid evolution. See replica hominid fossils and get a chance to pose with Ardi!

10–11 am | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Klamath Basin Rock Art: Learn about the history of archaeologists who have conducted rock-art research in the Klamath basin, and how their interpretations have shifted over time--ranging from the fantastic to the absurd. Particularly, how present indigenous scholars from the Klamath tribes study rock art from their own unique perspective, revealing their indigenous understanding of the paintings and glyphs created by their ancestors.

Graduate Student Robert David

10–11:30 am | 221 Kroeber Hall

Meet the Anthropology Undergraduate Association: An AUA member answers questions about the major and the Berkeley experience.

10–11:30 am | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.
1–2:30 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Paleoethnobotany: Ancient Plants and the People Who Used Them: Find out what archaeologists investigating ancient plant remains learn about an ancient civilization's day-to-day activities, diet, and cuisine--then try to identify and draw ancient seeds!

Graduate Student Jennifer Salinas

10 am–noon | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.
1–3 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Dig Like an Archaeologist: Learn how archaeologists record their findings in the field with a mock dig site in the Archaeological Research Facility--and about this interesting building, the location of the first fraternity house west of the Mississippi.

10 am–1 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Rock-Art Painting: Try your brush and hand, literally, at making paints, and help paint a rock-art mural!

10 am–4 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Think Like an Archaeologist: Come see presentations illustrating how we use various archaeological methods to learn about the world around us, and how archaeology can change the way we think about our campus, our history, and our world.

10 am–5 pm | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall

Mexican Art Demonstration and Outdoor Marketplace at the Hearst Museum: Don't miss today's Mexican art demonstration and outdoor marketplace! Mexican artists--including a wood carver, puppet maker, and textile dyer and weaver--demonstrate their techniques on the museum's patio. Zapotec rugs, pottery from Mata Ortiz, and alebrijes ("wood carvings") from Oaxaca will be for sale. Take a guided tour of the museum gallery at 11 am or 2 pm, plus listen to a live Mariachi band from 11 am-3 pm. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

11 am–noon | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Bone Narratives From New Philadelphia, Illinois: Archaeologists learn fascinating things about diet, animal husbandry, and culinary practices from archaeological materials found on digs. This talk explores what a small animal-bone assemblage excavated from the New Philadelphia site in Illinois tells us about life in this 19th-century village.

Undergraduate Researcher Amanda Burtt

11 am–noon | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall
2–3 pm | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall

Free Gallery Tour of the Hearst Museum: Join a guided tour of our galleries including current exhibitions on Egypt and conservation (crocodile mummies!), Native Californian Cultures, and World Beer Cultures. Stop by our museum store to meet your guide at 11 am or 2 pm. Don't miss this chance to enjoy our galleries before we close them on July 2nd for a two-year renovation project!

11:30 am–1:30 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Rock-Art Recording: Learn how archaeologists record rock-art paintings in the field. Make your own illustration of multi-colored, painted rock-art designs using a technique known as "stippling"--and take it home to put on your fridge!

Graduate Student Robert David

Noon–1 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Archaeology of House and Home: Hear a talk about vernacular domestic architecture. Learn how, and why, people throughout the world build their homes the way they do.

Graduate Student Anna Harkey

Noon–3 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Bones and Their Stories: Learn about animal and human anatomy with this interactive display on how archaeologists use bones to determine diet, culinary practices, and human health of past societies.

1–2 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Archaeology Resources for Teachers: The Archaeological Research Facility has many resources for Bay Area teachers, from curricula supplies to archaeological dig activities. Learn how you can bring hands-on archaeology activities to your classrooms.

1–2:30 pm | 221 Kroeber Hall

Write Your Honors Thesis in Anthropology: Join a recent anthro alum for information on writing an honors thesis.

Alumna Vanessa Adams

Art

9 am–noon | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Art Studio, lower level

Berkeley Art Studio Pottery Wheel Demonstrations: Just steps from Sather Gate, watch professional artists create vessels on a potters' wheel--or try your hand at making a pinch pot! All ages welcome.

9 am–noon | 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building
1–4 pm | 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Recreating Prehistoric Life: Specimens and Art: California artist William Gordon Huff maintained a long relationship with UCMP, from the late 1930s through the 1970s--come see his illustrations, sculptures, and murals of prehistoric life, and the fossils on which they were based.

9 am–4 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Artistic Reflections of the Animal World: Artist and wildlife biologist Bernie Peyton displays his origami sculptures inspired by nature--playful kangaroo rats, curious burrowing owls, glorious bears, and more--all delicately constructed from folded paper. Science and art are not mutually exclusive; the same man who got his doctorate in zoology at the MVZ and went on to a productive career in wildlife biology doing field research on endangered animals also learned to design origami--and is now considered an origami master!

9 am–4 pm | Lower Sproul Plaza

Berkeley Art Studio Ceramics Sale: Shop for affordable, handmade ceramics--many made from our own recycled clay. Proceeds support the artists and educational programs at the Berkeley Art Studio.

9 am–4 pm | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Art Studio, lower level

Berkeley Art Studio Photography Exhibit: BAS instructor and professional artist, Dana Davis, showcases his recent black-and-white photographs.

9 am–5 pm | 116 Kroeber Hall

40+ Years of Student Work: Visit the Worth Ryder Gallery currently featuring the work of art practice instructor Richard Shaw's students--over 40 years worth--as well as paintings by the winner of the Wendy Sussman Prize in Painting.

10–11 am | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Klamath Basin Rock Art: Learn about the history of archaeologists who have conducted rock-art research in the Klamath basin, and how their interpretations have shifted over time--ranging from the fantastic to the absurd. Particularly, how present indigenous scholars from the Klamath tribes study rock art from their own unique perspective, revealing their indigenous understanding of the paintings and glyphs created by their ancestors.

Graduate Student Robert David

10 am–1 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Rock-Art Painting: Try your brush and hand, literally, at making paints, and help paint a rock-art mural!

10 am–5 pm | 255 Kroeber Hall

4th Annual Student Fine Art Print Sale: Original fine art prints by Berkeley printmaking students, including etchings, screenprints, and lithographs.

10 am–5 pm | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall

Mexican Art Demonstration and Outdoor Marketplace at the Hearst Museum: Don't miss today's Mexican art demonstration and outdoor marketplace! Mexican artists--including a wood carver, puppet maker, and textile dyer and weaver--demonstrate their techniques on the museum's patio. Zapotec rugs, pottery from Mata Ortiz, and alebrijes ("wood carvings") from Oaxaca will be for sale. Take a guided tour of the museum gallery at 11 am or 2 pm, plus listen to a live Mariachi band from 11 am-3 pm. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

11 am–noon | Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way
2:30–3:30 pm | Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way

Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive Guided Tour: Join a guided tour of "State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970" featuring works from this inventive and highly experimental period in contemporary art. Enjoy the dynamic interior spaces of the BAM/PFA galleries, and our exhibitions that include works by Andy Warhol, Ray Johnson, and others. Admission to the museum is free.

11 am–3 pm | Moffitt Library, Free Speech Movement Café

Art in Science: The Intersection of Image and Research: View intriguing images captured during scientific investigation. Learn about the actual science behind them--or just let your imagination run wild! Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

11:30 am–1:30 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Rock-Art Recording: Learn how archaeologists record rock-art paintings in the field. Make your own illustration of multi-colored, painted rock-art designs using a technique known as "stippling"--and take it home to put on your fridge!

Graduate Student Robert David

1–2 pm | 160 Kroeber Hall

Making Things: The Search for Content and the Development of Process: Come to this presentation about the art department's most popular class: "ART 8: Introduction to Visual Thinking," a first course in the language, processes, and media of visual art.

Lecturer John McNamara

1–2 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Grinnell-Miller Library

Origami Inspired by Nature: Learn to Fold an Origami Bat: Everyone loves to look at origami, and some like to fold, but why do so few people design their own paper creations? Artist Bernie Peyton shows how easy it is and how doing this helped him preserve endangered critters--like spectacled bears in Peru! Learn how to fold your own origami bat and other animals, and what is so special about them.

1–3 pm | 171 Wurster Hall

Ceramics Demonstration: Ceramic cups are thrown on the wheel and decorated using stamps and ceramic decals.

Artist and Mechanician Ehren Tool

Astronomy & Space

9 am–4 pm | 145 McCone Hall

Touch a Meteorite!: Learn where they come from and what they're made of.

Earth and Planetary Science Major Jason Utas

10–11 am | 2 LeConte Hall

Why Are There Stars? New Answers to an Old Question: There are 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone. How are they born? Learn about our current understanding of this most basic and beautiful process of nature.

Associate Research Astronomer Steven Stahler

10 am–3:30 pm | Hearst Field Annex

Astronomy Demonstrations and Hands-On Activities: Help astronomers build a scale model of the Solar System, read the "fingerprints" of stars, and make craters on the Moon. Also, learn why the sky is blue, and what all this hype about dark matter is about.

Astronomy graduate students

10 am–3:30 pm | Hearst Field Annex

Astronomy Undergraduate Lab Tour: Tour the lab where astronomy students spend their time. Learn about undergraduate research opportunities.

10 am–3:30 pm | Hearst Field Annex

Portable Planetarium Shows: Who says you can't see stars in the Bay Area?!?! Learn about the astronomical objects, mythology, and history behind the constellations visible in the spring. Continuous 15-minute shows. (Weather permitting.)

Astronomy graduate students

10 am–3:30 pm | Lawn North of Sproul Hall

Solar Viewing: Safely observe the Sun through a telescope! See sunspots, solar flares, and other activity. Also, check out a sundial and get proof that the Earth is rotating. (Weather permitting.) Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

Astronomy graduate students

11–11:45 am | 1 Pimentel Hall

The Expanding Universe: An Interview With Saul Perlmutter, 2011 Nobel Laureate: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Berkeley Professor Saul Perlmutter "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae." Learn more about what this discovery means, the fascinating research behind the discovery, and what it's like to win a Nobel Prize. Chancellor Birgeneau, a physicist as well, will interview Perlmutter and reveal fascinating details about the scientific process, the "eureka moment" (or moments), and the meaning of his paradigm-shifting discovery.

Professor Saul Perlmutter, Chancellor and Professor Robert Birgeneau

11 am–3 pm | Moffitt Library, Free Speech Movement Café

Art in Science: The Intersection of Image and Research: View intriguing images captured during scientific investigation. Learn about the actual science behind them--or just let your imagination run wild! Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

11 am–5 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Space Sciences Laboratory: Learn about UV rays, magnetism, solar energy, and more. Recommended for ages 6 to 12, and their families. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

11 am–5 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Walking Tour of Space Sciences Laboratory: See Berkeley's home of cutting-edge space-science research. Learn about the illustrious 50-year history of NASA missions, and visit our 60' high bay, cosmochemistry laboratories that analyzed lunar samples, a clean room where a Hubble instrument was built, the missions operations center, and a Nobel laureate's office. Tours leave on the hour starting at 11 am.

Noon–12:30 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
3–3:30 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Make a Comet!: Help make a model comet! Watch as it sublimes from a solid to gaseous state without melting. Safe for all ages.

Noon–1 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

2012 Is Not the End of the World: Astronomy and the Maya Calendar: Popular culture has hyped the end of the Maya calendar in 2012 through doomsday misconceptions. This talk will dispel those misconceptions through explaining how the Maya calendar works and the significance of the year 2012.

Professor Bryan Mendez

1–1:30 pm | 141 McCone Hall

ChronoZoom: Visualizing the History of Everything: Sit back and hang on as we zoom through time on the grandest scale: From a single day to the birth of our universe. Today, a new interdisciplinary field called Big History is unifying the study of all of the past, bringing together the history of Cosmos, Earth, Life, and Humanity. ChronoZoom is an open source tool being developed by Berkeley, Moscow State University in Russia, and Microsoft Research.

Researcher Roland Saekow

1–2 pm | 2 LeConte Hall

Is Anybody Out There?: Hear about Berkeley's SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program at the world's largest telescope. Volunteers have a small but captivating chance that their computer will detect the first signal from a civilization beyond Earth.

SETI Director Dan Werthimer

1–2 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Neutron Imaging: Can You See a Flower Through a Granite Wall?: Neutron detection technology developed for NASA astrophysical missions at Space Sciences Laboratory can reveal processes happening inside and behind thick objects--where an organic object is opaque and many metals can be easily penetrated. New data from these non-destructive studies will be presented.

Associate Researcher Anton Tremsin

1–2 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)
2–3 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Stardust Lab Tour: Visit the Stardust@Home facility and use nanotechnology to view interstellar and cometary dust particles embedded in aerogel (the lightest solid in existence). Limited space.

Professor Andrew Westphal, Professor Anna Butterworth

2–3 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Cool Careers in Space Science: Join a one-hour round table discussion at the Space Sciences Laboratory to hear students, scientists, and others share the varied paths they have taken to arrive at working in space science careers.

2–3 pm | 105 Stanley Hall

Two Amazing, Rare Celestial Events Visible Soon From California: On May 20, the Moon will obscure most of the sun, creating a "ring of fire." On June 5, Venus will silhouette the Sun. Learn how you can observe these two rare events!

Professor Alex Filippenko

3–4 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

High-Energy Astrophysics: From Neutron Stars to Supermassive Black Holes: Learn some of the concepts and challenges inherent in X-ray and gamma-ray astronomy, a relatively new field. Its research relies on ground- and space-based telescopes which, taken together, observe the universe in the full spectrum of electromagnetic waves, from radio to the most energetic gamma-rays. Special emphasis given to results gathered in the past year.

Research Physicist Arash Bodaghee

4–5 pm | Space Sciences Laboratory (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Can Ice Tell Us About Past Climate and the Sun? A Cosmochemist's Perspective: Polar-ice cores contain detailed records of change in the Earth's climate over the past few hundred thousand years, and may also provide clues about how much the Sun contributed to these changes. The cosmochemistry group at the Space Sciences Lab analyzes cosmogenic isotopes, in samples of a two-mile deep ice core that was recently drilled in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, to get a better handle on the influence of the Sun.

Research Physicist Kees Welten

Biology

9 am–4 pm | 3003 Valley Life Sciences Building

Bugs Galore!: Check out the collection of beautiful bugs in the Essig Museum's special display drawers, and see live arthropods in the courtyard! Face painting, insect crafts, bug hunts, and more on the south lawn, starting at 10 am. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, south entrance

Celebrate Biodiversity With the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Visit the south lawn of the Valley Life Sciences Building for live animal shows, games and activities, and special guests from around the Bay.

9 am–4 pm | 3095 and 3097 Valley Life Sciences Building

Kids Games and Activities: Pet a live snake! See some live chickens! Make an animal mask, test your knowledge of zoology, and much more with the help of Berkeley students and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.

9 am–4 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Unexplored Corners of the World: What's it like in the jungles of Indonesia? Are there still undiscovered species on the Earth? How can you catch a glimpse of an Amur leopard? Learn about adventures in field work, past and present, at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

9 am–4 pm | 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building

University and Jepson Herbaria Open House: See the famed collections of preserved plants, algae, and fungi from around the world. Talk to our researchers about the wildflower display and observe plants under the microscope. Guided tours begin on the hour from 10 am to 2 pm. Children can choose a plant specimen to identify and take home as a souvenir, and get Science@Cal Passports stamped here.

10 am–2 pm | 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building

Tours of the University and Jepson Herbaria: Behind-the-scenes tours of these world-famous botanical collections. (Every hour on the hour.)

10 am–3 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Grinnell-Miller Library

Snake Guts and Other Topics: An MVZ Seminar Series: Witness a reptile dissection, learn how to help save amphibians, and explore current evolutionary genetics research, and more--during these fun, 15- to 30-minute talks for all ages.

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology staff and students

11–11:30 am | Valley Life Sciences Building, south entrance

Animal Puppet Show: Bring your young ones, ages 0 to 6, to this fun and interactive show!

Bunny Knight Sir Fluffer Bottoms, Iguana Rockstar Iggy Spikedust, Porcupine Penelope Prickles, Boa Constrictor Jezebel Nolegs

1–1:45 pm | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Insects, Citizen Science, and the CalBug Project: A look at California's insect diversity, the role that citizen scientists play in scientific discovery, and how the CalBug Project utilizes citizen scientists to investigate the effects of land use and climate change on insects.

Essig Museum Collection Manager Peter Oboyski

Integrative Biology

9–10 am | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

A New Geological Epoch? The Anthropocene: Learn about a growing movement to formally define a new geological epoch that recognizes the extensive ways that humans have modified the earth. Explore both the scientific basis, as well as the societal implications, of designating the time in which we now live as the Anthropocene, or Age of Humans. Cosponsored by the Museum of Paleontology and Integrative Biology.

Professor Anthony Barnosky

9 am–2:30 pm | 2101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Integrative Biology Information Table: Find out what integrative biology is, and learn about the classes and research programs underway in this exciting field.

9 am–3 pm | 2038 Valley Life Sciences Building

Stem Cell Education and Outreach Program: Poster session, talks about stem cell basics and research projects, "Play-Doh" embryo modeling, and a real stem-cell viewing station.

9 am–3 pm | 2066 Valley Life Sciences Building
9 am–3 pm | 2070 Valley Life Sciences Building

Undergraduate Honors Research in Integrative Biology: Talk with our undergraduates and see the results of their research in the honors program.

9 am–4 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Artistic Reflections of the Animal World: Artist and wildlife biologist Bernie Peyton displays his origami sculptures inspired by nature--playful kangaroo rats, curious burrowing owls, glorious bears, and more--all delicately constructed from folded paper. Science and art are not mutually exclusive; the same man who got his doctorate in zoology at the MVZ and went on to a productive career in wildlife biology doing field research on endangered animals also learned to design origami--and is now considered an origami master!

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Can You Identify It?: Found a leaf, shell, insect, fossil, or vertebrate that needs identifying? Experts in botany, entomology, zoology, paleontology will help you. Lots of specimens and live animals too!

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Diversity Abounds at Berkeley!: Gain fabulous insights into the world's biodiversity via Berkeley's premier collections and research departments and various games, activities, live animals, and more! Cosponsored by the Department of Integrative Biology and the Berkeley Natural History Museums. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fascinating Ocean Discoveries: The Department of Integrative Biology presents five important findings from in the deep discovered within the last century: a living fossil, deep ocean communities, marine organisms with medical or pharmaceutical properties, plastic garbage patches, giant and colossal squid. Plus, learn about the recent discovery of ancient life in lakes sealed beneath Antarctic ice.

10–11 am | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

How Dinosaurs Grew--and How We Know: Learn how new investigations inside dinosaur bones are telling us how fast they grew, how long they took to grow up, when they started having kids, and what this means for our understanding of their physiology and evolutionary success. Cosponsored by the Museum of Paleontology and Integrative Biology.

Professor Kevin Padian

10 am–1 pm | McCone Hall, entrance & lobby
10 am–1 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Marine Science Demonstrations: Touch live marine animals and participate in fun, hands-on science activities designed and presented by Cal students. (Also, visit the Lawrence Hall of Science for exhibits, interactive activities, Animal Discovery Room and a Planetarium!) Don't forget to get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

Professor Robert Rhew, Student Catherine Halversen, Student Lynn Tran, Student Emily Griffen

10 am–3 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Live Kelp Forest Organisms--Touch Tank: See and touch live seaweeds and invertebrates collected by scientists while scuba diving in Monterey Bay kelp forests. Marine biologists share interesting facts and natural history notes on these fascinating sea creatures.

10 am–3 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

The Evolution Answer Guy: See fossil casts of Tiktaalik and other "precursors" of the first terrestrial vertebrates, and discuss any evolutionary topic with an evolutionary biologist.

Postdoctoral Fellow Brian Swartz

11 am–noon | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Information Session: Integrative Biology: Learn about the major and how its students discover the inter-connections among living things. Here how IB students develop their understanding of health sciences, ecology, and evolution.

Adviser Amber Dillion

Noon–1 pm | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Mating Behavior and Development of Octopus chierchiae: Learn how an IB lab is studying the mating behavior and development of the Octopus chierchiae, a rare and little-known pygmy octopus from Central America, in the hopes of devising a way to breed multiple generations of the octopus in the lab for further behavioral research. Cosponsored by the Museum of Paleontology and Integrative Biology.

Graduate Student Jenny Hofmeister

1–2 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Grinnell-Miller Library

Origami Inspired by Nature: Learn to Fold an Origami Bat: Everyone loves to look at origami, and some like to fold, but why do so few people design their own paper creations? Artist Bernie Peyton shows how easy it is and how doing this helped him preserve endangered critters--like spectacled bears in Peru! Learn how to fold your own origami bat and other animals, and what is so special about them.

Molecular & Cell Biology

9–9:30 am | 2063 Valley Life Sciences Building
9:30–10 am | 2063 Valley Life Sciences Building
1–1:30 pm | 2063 Valley Life Sciences Building
1:30–2 pm | 2063 Valley Life Sciences Building

Molecular and Cell Biology Classroom Laboratory Tour: Tour state-of-art facilities used to instruct MCB students in current lab research techniques. Tour leaders can answer questions about classes and the major. (Tours begin promptly.)

9 am–2:30 pm | 2063 Valley Life Sciences Building

Molecular and Cell Biology Information Tables: Current students will be available to answer questions about major opportunities and student life. MCB honors student research projects will also be on display.

10–11 am | 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building

Information Session: Molecular and Cell Biology: Learn about the requirements, objectives, and opportunities for students who major in the field.

Lecturer Robert Beatty, Academic Adviser James Depelteau

11 am–noon | 2060 Valley Life Sciences Building

The Garbage Disposal of the Cell: For proper function, all cells require a constant turnover of protein molecules. Unwanted proteins are chewed up by molecular machines in the cell. Professor Martin will describe these important protein degradation machines (proteasomes) and how they work.

Assistant Professor Andreas Martin

Noon–1 pm | 2060 Valley Life Sciences Building

Panel Discussion With Molecular and Cell Biology Students: Get a student perspective on Berkeley experiences and the undergraduate program in MCB.

Natural Resources Biology

Noon–3 pm | 103 & 107 Genetics & Plant Biology Building

The Amazing Microscopic Carnival: Curious about microbes? Come see the amusing antics of the Berkeley water bears! Make bacteria perform spectacular acrobatics using a simple magnet! Be thrilled by the paramecium feeding frenzy! Marvel at the myriad life forms in a single drop of pond water! Amaze your friends and family by growing your own microbes! Presented by the CNR Biological Imaging Facility and the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology.

Business

9 am–1 pm | Haas School of Business, courtyard

Haas School of Business Student Clubs: Meet representatives of undergraduate business clubs and learn about their activities.

9 am–1 pm | Haas School of Business, Bank of America Forum

Haas Undergraduate Program Advising: Staff and students provide information for new and prospective business students and their parents.

9 am–1 pm | Haas School of Business, Bank of America Forum

Self-Guided Tours of Haas School of Business: Tour open facilities, including the computer center.

10–11 am | Haas School of Business, C210 Cheit Hall

Information Session: Prospective Transfer Students: Prospective students, parents, and counselors can learn about the admission process for transferring to the Haas Undergraduate Program from outside UC Berkeley.

Assistant Director of Admissions Sojourner Blair

11 am–12:30 pm | Haas School of Business, F295 Andersen Auditorium

Information Session: Haas School of Business Undergraduate Program: Hear about Berkeley's nationally acclaimed undergraduate program in business administration. Bring your questions for the panel of alumni and current students!

Moderated by Haas Undergraduate Program Executive Director Erika Walker

Cal Parents

9 am–4 pm | Dwinelle Plaza

Cal Parents Hospitality Tent: Meet the parents! Cal Parents volunteers and staff are on hand to answer your questions and share their experiences. Stop by table # in the Information Marketplace.

9 am–1 pm | Haas School of Business, Bank of America Forum

Haas Undergraduate Program Advising: Staff and students provide information for new and prospective business students and their parents.

9 am–4 pm | Alumni House, Toll Room

Cal Alumni Association Open House: Visit Alumni House for information, refreshments, and a place to take a break. Check out displays on Cal history, and learn more about CAA scholarships and memberships.

9 am–4 pm | Sproul Plaza

CalSO Information Tent: Cal Student Orientation (CalSO) is the first stop for new students (after Cal Day, that is!). Stop by our blue-and-gold tent in Sproul Plaza to learn about campus resources for new Cal Bears from student counselors, and get the scoop on orientation programs for students and their parents.

10–11 am | 155 Dwinelle Hall

Bear Talk: Q&A With Freshman Cal Students: Real, live students, all Cal Student Orientation (CalSO) counselors, will share their first-year experiences and answer your questions. New students and parents welcome!

Making the Most of Your Undergraduate Years: Hear a panel discussion of the rich educational opportunities open to students at every stage of their studies in Berkeley's largest college.

Director of Undergraduate Research Leah Carroll, Undergraduate Advising Director Roseanne Fong, Academic Planning Director Alix Schwartz

11 am–noon | 160 Kroeber Hall

Starting Off on the Right Foot at Cal: Learn tips for a successful transition to college, including time management and getting organized, avoiding procrastination, managing stress, homesickness, and more.

University Health Services Senior Staff Psychologist Aaron Cohen

3–4:30 pm | 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building

Cal 101: A Bear's Necessities: Is Berkeley for you? A panel of current students shares college experiences and answers your questions. Bring your parents--we'll have a separate panel presentation for them.

Cal Teach

1–2 pm | 101 Wheeler Hall

Become a Math or Science Teacher!: Learn from a panel of current students how Berkeley undergraduates can earn their undergraduate degree in math, science, or engineering and, concurrently, a secondary teaching credential through the Cal Teach program.

Chemistry, Chemical Biology & Chemical Engineering

9 am–4 pm | 120 Latimer Hall

Seaborg Symposium: Beloved Berkeley professor and Nobel laureate Glenn T. Seaborg would have celebrated his 100th birthday on April 19, 2012. Today, the campus honors his achievements in science, education, and politics at an all-day symposium. Stop by to learn more about his legacy from various speakers, including Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, Dean Richard Mathies, LBNL Director Paul Alivisatos, and scientists from LANL, LBNL, and LLNL. For details, see http://sg.sg/gseaborg.

11 am–1 pm | Latimer Hall, lobby

College of Chemistry Information Tables: Learn more about the College of Chemistry at these tables hosted by undergraduate advisers and student organizations. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here by doing hands-on science experiments!

1–2 pm | 1 Pimentel Hall

Goldilocks and the Three Bears: Is the College of Chemistry Right for You?: While searching for the best college, Goldilocks wanders into the chemistry department at Berkeley. Dramatic chemistry demonstrations help guide her to the college that's "just right."

Lecturer Michelle Douskey

2–4 pm | 1 Pimentel Hall

College of Chemistry Undergraduate Programs: Hear about the programs and opportunities in chemistry, chemical biology, and chemical engineering at Berkeley. An informal Q&A session follows the presentation.

Professor and Undergraduate Dean Marcin Majda

Computer Science

9–10 am | 306 Soda Hall

The Beauty and Joy of Computing: Experience CS Unplugged--see some really cool programs written by kids, and try your hand at programming.

Lecturer Dan Garcia

9 am–3:30 pm | Soda Hall, 3rd floor

Computer Science Information Tables: Staff and student groups discuss the computer science programs and share what life is like at Berkeley.

9:30 am–3:30 pm | Soda Hall, 3rd floor

Tours of Soda Hall: Where can you find Berkeley computer science students? Meet them where they live, and pick up information about the computer science programs here at Berkeley.

10–11 am | Soda Hall, 4th Floor

Erinbot and the Positive Eigenvalues: Come hear our band of EECS professors and graduate students!

10–11:30 am | 306 Soda Hall

Computer Animation with UCBUGG: Continuous showing of the best animations and images created by Undergraduate Graphics Group (UCBUGG) over the past decade.

10 am–noon | 320 Soda Hall

Upper Division Class Projects Exhibition: Come see what computer science is really like! Students showcase live demos of ongoing projects from courses in CS.

Upsilon Pi Epsilon undergraduates

10 am–1 pm | 345 Sutardja Dai Hall, The Tech Museum

CITRIS High-Definition Time-Lapse Project: See the high-definition time-lapse movie that captures the multi-year construction of Sutardja Dai Hall, the new headquarters for the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).

Video produced by Lecturer Dan Garcia

10 am–1 pm | 326 Soda Hall

Computer Science Unplugged: The three coolest things you can learn about computer science without a computer! CS isn't just about writing computer programs--come see what else we do.

Colleen Lewis and Women in Computer Science and Engineering members

10 am–1 pm | 310 Soda Hall

GamesCrafters: Play some of the games created by the GamesCrafters Undergraduate Computational Game Theory Research and Development Group.

GamesCrafters undergraduate members

10 am–1 pm | 293 Cory Hall

Hackers at Berkeley: Check out the cool applications and hardware you can build after just a few weeks as a Berkeley student. Award-winning projects from 2011-2012 will be showcased.

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science undergraduates

10 am–2 pm | Soda Hall, 4th floor, Wozniak Lounge

High School Science Fair: Come to the fair! Oakland Tech high school students mentored by Berkeley graduate students show off their cool science projects.

Black Graduate Engineering Science Students Association

10 am–3:30 pm | 330 Soda Hall

Computer Programming for Kids: Learn how to program a computer using Scratch and Snap!, graphical languages for kids. Make animations, teach "sprites" to dance, and create a game. For kids 8 and older.

Professor Brian Harvey

11:30 am–noon | 306 Soda Hall

Computer Animation From Start to Finish: Students demonstrate the entire computer animation short-film production process in 30 minutes: idea, storyboard, character design, modeling, rigging, animation, and, finally, rendering.

Lecturer Dan Garcia and undergraduate students

Noon–3 pm | 212 Cory Hall

Berkeley Institute of Design Lab: The Berkeley Institute of Design (BiD) is a research group that fosters a deeply interdisciplinary approach to design for the 21st century. Come by the BiD lab to see some of our ongoing research and for a Q&A with graduate students.

Berkeley Institute of Design graduate students

1–2 pm | 306 Soda Hall

Information Session: Computer Science: Learn about the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) program in computer science.

Head Adviser Barbara Hightower

3–4 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium

Life in EECS: A Student Perspective: A student panel answers questions and offers tips about life at Berkeley. Hear the real deal about EECS and computer science programs in both Engineering and Letters and Science.

Undergraduate honor students

3–4 pm | 1169 Etcheverry Hall

The Berkeley Automation Science Lab: Directed by Professor Ken Goldberg of both IEOR and EECS, Berkeley's Automation Science Lab is a center for research in robotics and automation. Come see current projects including networked telerobotics, computer-assisted surgery, automated manufacturing, and new-media art forms.

Ph.D Student Siamak Faridani

Dance & Theater

2–3:30 pm | Zellerbach Playhouse

Berkeley Dance Project 2012: Join us for new dance works by choreographers Lisa Wymore, Amara Tabor-Smith, and Stephanie Sherman.

2–4 pm | 20 César Chávez Student Center

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, Sweeney Todd nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next. Presented by BareStage Productions. Tickets on sale at the door, one hour before showtime. Please note: not appropriate for young children.

Earth & Planetary Science

9 am–4 pm | McCone Hall, entrance & lobby

McCone Hall Rocks!: Wander our halls and explore rock and mineral displays (1st and 3rd floors), faculty profile posters, and photos from space. Visit the Berkeley Seismology Lab on the 2nd floor. Take part in activities with professors and students throughout the day.

9 am–4 pm | 145 McCone Hall

Touch a Meteorite!: Learn where they come from and what they're made of.

Earth and Planetary Science Major Jason Utas

10–11 am | 141 McCone Hall

Probing Ocean Carbon Chemistry in Remote and Stormy Seas: Hear an oceanographer describe his experiences at sea with robotic exploration of the ocean-atmospheric carbon cycle.

Professor Jim Bishop

10 am–1 pm | McCone Hall, entrance & lobby
10 am–1 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Marine Science Demonstrations: Touch live marine animals and participate in fun, hands-on science activities designed and presented by Cal students. (Also, visit the Lawrence Hall of Science for exhibits, interactive activities, Animal Discovery Room and a Planetarium!) Don't forget to get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

Professor Robert Rhew, Student Catherine Halversen, Student Lynn Tran, Student Emily Griffen

10 am–3 pm | 220 McCone Hall

Earthquake!: Learn about earthquakes through hands-on activities and displays about earthquake science, seismic hazards, earthquake monitoring, and past quakes in California and around the world. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

10 am–3 pm | 325 McCone Hall

EPS Study Center Open House: At the Ramsden Study Center, undergraduates answer questions about student life and the six EPS majors: atmospheric science, environmental earth science, geology, geophysics, marine science, and planetary science.

10 am–3 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

The Evolution Answer Guy: See fossil casts of Tiktaalik and other "precursors" of the first terrestrial vertebrates, and discuss any evolutionary topic with an evolutionary biologist.

Postdoctoral Fellow Brian Swartz

10 am–3:30 pm | Lawn North of Sproul Hall

Solar Viewing: Safely observe the Sun through a telescope! See sunspots, solar flares, and other activity. Also, check out a sundial and get proof that the Earth is rotating. (Weather permitting.) Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

Astronomy graduate students

11 am–noon | 141 McCone Hall

California Climate, Past and Future: How has California's climate changed, and what might this mean for the future? With a growing population in a drought-prone state, learn what we need to know about the history of precipitation and runoff over the long term to better understand the variability of our climate and water supply, as well as the frequency and magnitude of extreme flooding.

Professor Lynn Ingram

11 am–3 pm | Moffitt Library, Free Speech Movement Café

Art in Science: The Intersection of Image and Research: View intriguing images captured during scientific investigation. Learn about the actual science behind them--or just let your imagination run wild! Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

Noon–1 pm | 141 McCone Hall

Clean Air Heads: Real-World Applications of Atmospheric Science: Come hear about the research conducted by Lan Ma, a recent Berkeley alum who majored in Atmospheric Science and now works with an international environmental consulting group.

1–1:30 pm | 141 McCone Hall

ChronoZoom: Visualizing the History of Everything: Sit back and hang on as we zoom through time on the grandest scale: From a single day to the birth of our universe. Today, a new interdisciplinary field called Big History is unifying the study of all of the past, bringing together the history of Cosmos, Earth, Life, and Humanity. ChronoZoom is an open source tool being developed by Berkeley, Moscow State University in Russia, and Microsoft Research.

Researcher Roland Saekow

1–2 pm | 2 LeConte Hall

Is Anybody Out There?: Hear about Berkeley's SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program at the world's largest telescope. Volunteers have a small but captivating chance that their computer will detect the first signal from a civilization beyond Earth.

SETI Director Dan Werthimer

1:30–3 pm | 141 McCone Hall

Undergraduate Perspectives: Research and Internships in Earth and Planetary Science: Current undergraduates in EPS talk about their research and work internships as related to their majors.

Undergraduate students

2–3 pm | 105 Stanley Hall

Two Amazing, Rare Celestial Events Visible Soon From California: On May 20, the Moon will obscure most of the sun, creating a "ring of fire." On June 5, Venus will silhouette the Sun. Learn how you can observe these two rare events!

Professor Alex Filippenko

Economics

Noon–1 pm | 160 Kroeber Hall

Information Session: Economics: Advisers and junior and senior economics students will discuss their experiences at Berkeley. Come learn more about what the program has to offer and all the exciting possibilities!

Education

10 am–2:30 pm | 2600 Tolman Hall, 2nd floor

16th Celebration of Children's Literature and Literacy: This free event provides an opportunity for children, parents, grandparents, teachers, librarians, and other children's-book lovers to meet acclaimed local authors and illustrators, participate in fun reading and writing activities, and learn about new literacy research and literacy efforts taking place in our communities. Meet authors Anne Nesbet, Jenn Reese, Annie Barrows, Joanne Rocklin, Marissa Moss, Thacher Hurd, Lewis Buzbee, and more! Check out our mini-bookstore, complete with the very best new books for young readers.

Hosted by the Graduate School of Education

1–2 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Archaeology Resources for Teachers: The Archaeological Research Facility has many resources for Bay Area teachers, from curricula supplies to archaeological dig activities. Learn how you can bring hands-on archaeology activities to your classrooms.

1–2 pm | 101 Wheeler Hall

Become a Math or Science Teacher!: Learn from a panel of current students how Berkeley undergraduates can earn their undergraduate degree in math, science, or engineering and, concurrently, a secondary teaching credential through the Cal Teach program.

Energy

9 am–4 pm | McCone Hall plaza

Transportation Sustainability Research Center's Interactive Advanced Transportation Technologies: See the latest alternative fuel vehicles--including plug-in hybrid, electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles--on the plaza in front of McCone and McLaughlin Halls. Ride Segways, view electric bikes, and test dynamic eco-driving devices. TSRC staff will explain the various technologies.

10–11 am | 310 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Nanotechnology Research Showcase: Hear an overview of Berkeley's teaching and research in nanotechnology, ranging from early disease detection to faster computers, to clean sustainable energy production. Learn about the field's implications and opportunities. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

Faculty and graduate students

10–11 am | 3113 Etcheverry Hall

The ABCs of Nuclear Science: Watch demonstrations and learn the basics of radioactivity and nuclear reactions.

Professor Eric Norman

11 am–noon | 3108 Etcheverry Hall

The Fukushima Aftermath and Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: When the nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station reached "cold shut-down state," the main focus turned to environmental remediation, treatment, and contaminated-materials disposal. Professor Ahn will discuss Japan's current nuclear fuel cycle policy, particularly regarding interim storage and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, geological disposal of radioactive waste, and the future impacts and implications in light of public opinion, costs, and available technology.

Professor of Nuclear Engineering Joonhong Ahn

11 am–3 pm | Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

Bugs, Biofuels, and Biology: A Plant Extravaganza!: Learn how scientists spin simple grasses into bioenergy gold. Identify creepy crawlers on bug-riddled plants. See inside a termite gut, and discover how the enzymes that may unlock the mysteries of biofuels are found. Marvel at the wonders of ice-crystal formations found on plants.

11 am–3 pm | Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

From Cellulose to Fuel: How "Grassoline" Is Made: Learn how grass feedstocks are broken down into sugars and fermented into ethanol to make "grassoline." Safety glasses will be given to youngsters who follow the conversion pathway. Energy Biosciences Institute researchers will be available to answer questions about biofuels.

2–3 pm | 3111 Etcheverry Hall

Energy Research in IEOR: A major technological challenge of our time is transforming our electricity and transportation systems into a smart, interconnected network that makes intelligent use of renewable energy sources. IEOR students demonstrate optimization tools that make our energy grid smart, discuss policy and analysis methods for assessing our carbon footprint, and present business models for making electric cars a viable business.

Postdoctoral Fellow Anthony Papavasiliou

2–3 pm | 3113 Etcheverry Hall

Nuclear Engineering Information and Laboratory Tour: Catch the excitement and get answers to all of your questions about the program.

Engineering

9 am–3 pm | Engineering Student Services Patio, 230 Bechtel Engineering Center

Engineering Information Table: Berkeley engineers excel--find out why! Faculty and staff answer your questions and distribute information about the College of Engineering.

9 am–3 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Engineering Student Services Patio, 230

Engineering Student Groups: There's an engineering student group to match every interest, many under the umbrella of the Engineering Student Council. Meet students and stop by their tables for information, demonstrations, and contests.

9 am–3 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Engineering Student Services Patio, 230

Team Cal Simraceway: Team Cal Simraceway, the UC Berkeley Formula SAE Team, shows off its two most-recent race cars. One of the cars will compete in the Formula SAE Lincoln competition this June. Come by to learn more about the cars, and check out the racing simulators provided by their title sponsor.

10–11 am | Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium

Information Session: Engineering Undeclared Program: Learn about this popular option and how you can get the most out of it.

10–11 am | 310 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Nanotechnology Research Showcase: Hear an overview of Berkeley's teaching and research in nanotechnology, ranging from early disease detection to faster computers, to clean sustainable energy production. Learn about the field's implications and opportunities. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

Faculty and graduate students

10 am–3 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Engineering Student Services Patio, 230

Electric Racing Kart: Come see a demonstration of energy-recovery principles using an electric-powered go-kart.

Professor Dennis Lieu

11 am–noon | Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium

Information Session: College of Engineering Student Life: A panel of students answers your questions about the programs and student life in the College of Engineering.

11 am–1 pm | McLaughlin Hall plaza

Engineering Tour on Northside: The northeast quadrant of campus is home to the College of Engineering. Join students for a guided, outdoor walking tour of the engineering buildings. Tours depart at 11, 11:20, 11:40, noon, 12:20, 12:40.

Noon–1 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium

Information Session: Is Berkeley Engineering for You?: Is Berkeley engineering for you? Find out about classes, research opportunities, and what it takes to succeed as an engineering student. Bring your questions!

1–2 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium

Information Session: Transfer Student Admissions: Learn how to create a winning transfer application with tips on how to write a compelling essay and what core requirements you need to apply to Berkeley Engineering. Get answers to your questions about student life from current transfer students.

2:30–4 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, 225B

Broadening Participation to Leadership and Academic Excellence: Enjoy an introduction to the Broadening Participation Program which helps students from underrepresented backgrounds achieve their full potential. Meet the college's Associate Dean for Equity & Inclusion, the Executive Director of Student Academic Affairs and current students while receiving an overview of the services provided in the MEP Academic Learning Center designed to help students succeed.

2:30–4 pm | 240 Bechtel Engineering Center

Tea With the Society of Women Engineers: Enjoy tea and desserts while meeting current and future engineering students and the college's executive associate dean.

Executive Associate Dean Fiona Doyle

Banatao Institute @ CITRIS Berkeley

10 am–3 pm | 345 Sutardja Dai Hall, The Tech Museum

Banatao Institute Tech Museum: Enjoy a self-paced tour of the museum, which showcases the research and real-world innovations that CITRIS students and faculty are working on to improve our lives. Hands-on exhibits include a solar race car building/competition and a video game that promotes balance and control for physical therapy patients. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

Bioengineering (BioE)

9 am–3 pm | Stanley Hall atrium, 1st floor

Bioengineering Information Center: Stop by to learn more about bioengineering from faculty, staff, and students.

10 am–noon | 105 Stanley Hall

Information Session: Bioengineering: What's it like to be a BioE student? Get the scoop on the bioengineering major and various concentrations, classes, and research opportunities. Interested in medical school? Find out how a bioengineering degree is an excellent pre-med education--plus tips on how to succeed in this exciting, interdisciplinary major.

Chair Kevin Healy, Professor Dorian Liepmann

Noon–1 pm | 106 Stanley Hall

Master of Translational Medicine Program: Come to a presentation and panel discussion about the Master of Translational Medicine program, a joint Berkeley-UCSF program that trains students in applying translational research and engineering approaches to solve fundamental problems in healthcare delivery. Details about coursework, team-based projects, and the application process will be discussed.

Executive Director Kurpinski Kyle, Graduate Student Vaibhavi Umesh, Graduate Student Joyce Bao, Alumnus Derek Dashti, Phillip Chung

1–2 pm | 106 Stanley Hall

Mechanical Biology of the Living Cell: Learn about two important components of cell machinery of the living cell: the focal adhesion, a multi-protein system that enables the cell to "connect" with the outside world, and the nuclear pore complex, a nano-highway that controls traffic in and out of the nucleus and thereby regulates gene expression.

Professor Mohammad R. K. Mofrad

1–3 pm | Stanley Hall atrium, 1st floor

CellScope: Hands-On Activity: Learn about--and play with--a CellScope, a mobile microscope created by modifying the camera of an iPod or iPhone. Come see if you can identify various samples with it.

Professor Dan Fletcher, Graduate Students Stephanie Eistetter, Gautham Venugopalan, Mike Vahey, Arun Skandarajan

1–3 pm | 327 Hildebrand Hall

Microbes and Biofuels: The Dueber Synthetic Biology Lab: Learn about Dueber Lab, which develops strategies for designing living cells with possible biofuel applications.

Professor John Dueber, Graduate Student Will DeLoache, Undergraduate Student Sneha Thatipelli, Undergraduate Student Rahul Nayak

1–3 pm | 321 Stanley Hall

The Anderson Synthetic Biology Lab: Stop by the Anderson Lab which is a synthetic biology lab, using the traditional engineering concepts of abstraction, modularity, and standardization to predictably and reliably create organisms with industrially and scientifically useful applications. Some of the specific thrusts include engineering bacteria to destroy cancer cells, detect small molecules, and write DNA.

Professor Chris Anderson, Postdoc Nina DiPrimio

Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE)

9 am–4 pm | McLaughlin Hall plaza

Civil and Environmental Engineering Information Table: Stop by to pick up information on the CEE department and ask questions of faculty, staff and current students.

10–11 am | 502 Davis Hall

The Earth's Riches: Reflections of an Explorer: Learn about the search for oil and gas, minerals, and buried treasure that has led Professor Rector to a wide variety of applications for applied seismology.

Professor James Rector

10 am–noon | McLaughlin Hall plaza

CEE Student Competition Teams: Come see the hands-on engineering projects of our students: concrete that can float and race; a 1:10 scale model of a replacement bridge built to span an environmentally sensitive river and then loaded with 2,500 pounds of weight; and a water-treatment system that treats contaminated water with everyday materials.

1:30–2 pm | 434 Davis Hall

Liquefaction: When Earthquakes Turn Ground to Liquid: The soil that lies between bedrock and any structure can control how an earthquake is felt--in some cases, even firm soil can be temporarily turned into a fluid, like quicksand. See how this can happen, and the potential effects on bridges, houses, and other structures.

Adjunct Professor Michael Riemer

1:30–3 pm | 125 O'Brien Hall

Go With the Flow: Fluid Lab Demonstration: CE 100: Elementary Fluid Mechanics uses this unique transparent fluid station to conduct various lab assignments. See first hand how fluids flow under various conditions.

2–3 pm | 502 Davis Hall

Skyscrapers and Long Span Bridges and Steel Column Test: Learn how structural engineers design skyscrapers and long span bridges and find out how much pressure a steel column will withstand before it buckles.

Professor Hassan Astaneh

Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)

9:30 am–3:30 pm | Cory Hall, 2nd floor & Soda Hall, 3rd floor

All Day in EECS: Activities abound all day in EECS--information tables, building and lab tours! Come check them out and get your questions answered.

Staff and undergraduate students

10–11 am | Soda Hall, 4th Floor

Erinbot and the Positive Eigenvalues: Come hear our band of EECS professors and graduate students!

10 am–noon | Cory Hall, courtyard

Automated Robot Racing Cars: See student-made vehicles race while avoiding obstacles and staying on track.

Professor Ron Fearing

10 am–noon | 246 Cory Hall

Berkeley's Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Lab Open House: IEEE students demonstrate how to build a circuit using a soldering iron and talk about life as a student at Berkeley.

10 am–1 pm | Sutardja Dai Hall, Kvamme Atrium, 3rd floor

Robot Learning Lab: Robot Folds Laundry: EECS students conduct research on how to make robots perform challenging tasks. Come and see our robot fold laundry--and maybe get a hug as well!

Professor Pieter Abbeel

10 am–2 pm | Soda Hall, 4th floor, Wozniak Lounge

High School Science Fair: Come to the fair! Oakland Tech high school students mentored by Berkeley graduate students show off their cool science projects.

Black Graduate Engineering Science Students Association

10 am–3 pm | Cory Hall, 2nd floor entrance

EECS Information Tables: Staff and student groups discuss the EECS program and share what life is like at Berkeley.

10 am–3 pm | Cory Hall, 2nd floor entrance

Tours of Cory Hall: Electrical engineering students lead tours of their building, leaving every 20 minutes.

10 am–3:30 pm | 218 Cory Hall

Microfabrication Lab Tour: Tour the microfabrication lab where chips are designed.

Professor Jeffrey Bokor

Noon–1 pm | 306 Soda Hall

What's Nano About My iPod?: Hear about the nanotechnology used in today's (and tomorrow's) high-tech electronics, including computers and smartphones.

Professor Jeffrey Bokor

Noon–2 pm | 140 Cory Hall

Student Demos and Labs From Circuits Classes: Come see and play around with undergraduate laboratory experiments from EE 40/43/100, "Introduction to Microelectronic Circuits and Digital Electronics" classes.

Professor Michel Maharbiz, Professor Ali Niknejad, Undergraduate Students

Noon–3 pm | 212 Cory Hall

Berkeley Institute of Design Lab: The Berkeley Institute of Design (BiD) is a research group that fosters a deeply interdisciplinary approach to design for the 21st century. Come by the BiD lab to see some of our ongoing research and for a Q&A with graduate students.

Berkeley Institute of Design graduate students

Noon–3 pm | 400 Cory Hall

Controlling Robots With the Mind: Students, wearing EEG sensors on their heads, will use mind-control to move robots.

Professor Jose Carmena

1–3 pm | 247 Cory Hall

PiE Robotics Demonstration: Pioneers in Engineering is an annual robotics competition for East Bay high schools organized entirely by Cal students. Drive demonstration robots built from a student-designed robotics kit and learn more about robotics!

Pioneers in Engineering undergraduate students

2–3 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium

Information Session: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science: Get all the details on the undergraduate program in EECS.

Professor Costas Spanos

3–4 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Sibley Auditorium

Life in EECS: A Student Perspective: A student panel answers questions and offers tips about life at Berkeley. Hear the real deal about EECS and computer science programs in both Engineering and Letters and Science.

Undergraduate honor students

Engineering Science

10–11 am | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Information Session: Engineering Science: A panel of faculty and students gives an overview of the interdisciplinary studies majors in the engineering science program: engineering mathematics and statistics, engineering physics, environmental engineering, and the new major in energy engineering.

Professor David Attwood

Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR)

1–2 pm | 3111 Etcheverry Hall

The Science of Better: IEOR professionals develop ways to predict how systems will behave and, in turn, promote better decision making. Learn about the majors--both IEOR and operations research and management science--and how students use information technology and mathematical modeling to solve problems.

Chair Phil Kaminsky, Professor Robert Leachman

2–3 pm | 3111 Etcheverry Hall

Energy Research in IEOR: A major technological challenge of our time is transforming our electricity and transportation systems into a smart, interconnected network that makes intelligent use of renewable energy sources. IEOR students demonstrate optimization tools that make our energy grid smart, discuss policy and analysis methods for assessing our carbon footprint, and present business models for making electric cars a viable business.

Postdoctoral Fellow Anthony Papavasiliou

2–4 pm | 3108 Etcheverry Hall

Having Fun With Robots: Autonomous robots make decisions on their own, without a remote control. See a demonstration of two types of small, mobile autonomous robots: a line follower that explores a grid and a free-ranging light seeker. Both robots detect and avoid obstacles. Help set up the obstacles courses, and see how clever they are!

Professor Emeritus C. Roger Glassey, IEOR

3–4 pm | 1169 Etcheverry Hall

The Berkeley Automation Science Lab: Directed by Professor Ken Goldberg of both IEOR and EECS, Berkeley's Automation Science Lab is a center for research in robotics and automation. Come see current projects including networked telerobotics, computer-assisted surgery, automated manufacturing, and new-media art forms.

Ph.D Student Siamak Faridani

Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)

Noon–1 pm | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Meet MSE Faculty and Students: Meet with the department chair, professors, and students. Learn how materials are key to so many breakthroughs in science and engineering.

Professor and Chair Ronald Gronsky, professors MSE, and students

Noon–4 pm | Hearst Memorial Mining Building, lobby

Introduction to Nanoscience: The phenomenon of nano-scale materials and devices is revolutionizing science and technology. Learn what they can do!

Professor Andrew Minor, and students

Noon–4 pm | Hearst Memorial Mining Building, lobby

It's the Materials: How do engineers keep making things faster, stronger, cheaper, and better? It's the materials! See demonstrations of the amazing ways that current materials can be used.

Materials Science Engineering Association members

Noon–4 pm | Hearst Memorial Mining Building, lobby

Sampling Science With Superballs and Superconductors: Materials scientists demonstrate the wonders of their world. Learn about liquid-nitrogen ice cream, metal alloys that deform and "spring back" to their original shapes, polymeric superballs, high-temperature superconductors, and insulation for space flight.

Materials Science Engineering Association members

1–1:30 pm | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

"Right" Materials: Does it trouble you that aircraft are "glued" together? Should you be concerned if gas pipelines in your neighborhood are "welded?" Why are "plastic" water bottles under attack? Who decides what materials are used in consumer goods? Join us, and bring your questions!

Chair Ronald Gronsky

1:30–2 pm | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Why Smaller Is Stronger: Like a number of basic material properties, mechanical strength is not simply an intrinsic property of a material but can actually change depending on the size of a sample. Learn what factors determine strength in a material and why small samples are sometimes stronger than big ones.

Professor Andrew Minor

2–2:30 pm | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

The Science of Energy Conversion: What materials do we use to convert light and heat into electricity (and vice versa)? Learn about this transformation, how it works, and how we can make it work better.

Professor Junqiao Wu

2:30–3 pm | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

The World of Soft Materials: Look around you! Nearly everything is made of soft materials, from the synthetic (plastics or clothing) to the natural (your DNA or hair). Master manipulators, material scientists rearrange molecules to generate the best soft materials for nano- and biotechnology.

Professor Ting Xu

Mechanical Engineering (ME)

10–10:30 am | 3107 Etcheverry Hall
11–11:30 am | 3107 Etcheverry Hall
1–1:30 pm | 3107 Etcheverry Hall
2–2:30 pm | 3107 Etcheverry Hall

Mechanical Engineering Labs and Machine Shop Tour: Join us for a 30-minute walking tour of instructional labs and the fully-equipped machine shop used by ME students.

10 am–3 pm | Etcheverry Hall-Soda Hall esplanade

Mechanical Engineering Information Tables and Demonstrations: Meet the students, learn about their projects, and find out what it takes to be an ME major.

10 am–3 pm | Etcheverry Hall-Soda Hall esplanade

Mechanical Engineering Open Labs and Demonstrations: Check out our laboratories and meet the students who work and study there.

Noon–1 pm | 3110 Etcheverry Hall

Information Session: Mechanical Engineering: Meet the chairs of the ME department and learn about our exciting research. Hear an overview of the program, and find out why this is such a dynamic, versatile discipline.

Chair David Dornfeld, Vice Chair of Instruction Tarek Zohdi

1–4 pm | 3110 Etcheverry Hall

ME Project Showcase: Come and see what our students have worked on in their courses over the past year.

Nuclear Engineering

10–11 am | 3113 Etcheverry Hall

The ABCs of Nuclear Science: Watch demonstrations and learn the basics of radioactivity and nuclear reactions.

Professor Eric Norman

10:30 am–3 pm | Bechtel Engineering Center, Trefethen Terrace

Nuclear Engineering Student Projects: A backyard nuclear reactor? A mousetrap fission chain-reaction model? See what students have made, and use a Geiger counter to test Fiestaware! (Rain moves to 3rd floor of Etcheverry Hall.)

American Nuclear Society student members

11 am–noon | 3108 Etcheverry Hall

The Fukushima Aftermath and Back-end of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: When the nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station reached "cold shut-down state," the main focus turned to environmental remediation, treatment, and contaminated-materials disposal. Professor Ahn will discuss Japan's current nuclear fuel cycle policy, particularly regarding interim storage and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, geological disposal of radioactive waste, and the future impacts and implications in light of public opinion, costs, and available technology.

Professor of Nuclear Engineering Joonhong Ahn

1–2 pm | 3113 Etcheverry Hall

The Beauty of Materials: Every tool and machine built and used today is only as good as the available materials. Besides chemistry, it's the tool's structure that makes it strong and lasting. Modern instruments help us see in detail how materials work and what makes them fail--allowing us to create better tools for nuclear applications.

Assistant Professor Peter Hosemann

2–3 pm | 3113 Etcheverry Hall

Nuclear Engineering Information and Laboratory Tour: Catch the excitement and get answers to all of your questions about the program.

English

10–11 am | 315 Wheeler Hall
1–2 pm | 315 Wheeler Hall

Inspiration in Education: English Majors and Faculty in Conversation: Hear students read their essays and meet some of the outstanding faculty who teach the courses that give rise to them.

Professor Kent Puckett

11 am–noon | 315 Wheeler Hall
3:30–4 pm | 30 Wheeler Hall

Information Session: English: Love literature, poetry, writing, and reading? Be an English major! Get your questions answered about Berkeley's English program.

Undergraduate Adviser Ken Mahru

2–3 pm | 315 Wheeler Hall

Creative-Writing Students Read Their Work: Hear the work produced by English students in Berkeley's creative-writing courses.

Professor Geoffrey O'Brien

Environmental Design (CED)

9 am–3 pm | Wurster Hall, lobby

Open House, Tours, and Exhibits: CED admissions ambassadors, peer advisers, and student leaders answer questions about the undergraduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban studies. See student work and take a tour of the CED building and design studios. Tours at 12, 1, and 2 pm.

11–11:45 am | 112 Wurster Hall

The Student Experience: Hear directly from undergraduate admissions ambassadors about what it's like to be a student in the CED. Bring your questions!

Noon–2 pm | 104 Wurster Hall

embARC High School Summer Academy Open House: Learn about this exciting, intensive three-week design academy, held this summer (July 16-August 3) at CED for high school juniors and seniors. Students explore the fields of environmental design, experience the culture of the design studio, and build a portfolio for their college application. Presentations are at 12:30 and 1:30 pm.

Program Director Erica Mohar

1–5 pm | 210 Wurster Hall, Environmental Design Library

Environmental Design Library Open House: See the collections and resources of CED's world-class library. Library staff are on hand to answer your questions. Fifteen-minute, librarian-led tours are at 1, 2, and 3 pm.

Librarian David Eifler

1–5 pm | 210 Wurster Hall, Environmental Design Library

Plants, Books, and Drawings: The Work of Beatrix Farrand: A founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Beatrix Jones Farrand designed more than 200 gardens for educational institutions, universities, communities, museums, and wealthy private clients over the course of her career from the 1890s to the 1940s. She donated nearly 2500 volumes on architecture and landscape architecture to the Environmental Design Library, some of which are currently on display.

Architecture

9–9:45 am | 112 Wurster Hall

Information Session: College of Environmental Design: Join our dean and faculty chairs for an introduction to CED and its vital and vibrant undergraduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban studies.

Dean Jennifer Wolch, Chair of Architecture Tom Buresh, Chair of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Chip Sullivan, Chair of City and Regional Planning Paul Waddell

9 am–3 pm | 277 Wurster Hall

Fabrication Shop Open House: This 3,000-square-foot facility is well-equipped for model-making, woodworking, metalworking, plastic fabrication, and concrete casting. See students work on their class projects. Safety glasses provided.

Fabrication Shop Manager Jamie Banes

9 am–3 pm | 108 Wurster Hall

Perry Kulper Exhibit: See recent work by Perry Kulper, architect and associate professor of architecture at the University of Michigan, whose interests include the roles of representation and methodology in the production of architecture, and in broadening the conceptual range by which architecture contributes to our cultural imagination.

9 am–4 pm | Blake Garden, 70 Rincon Rd. (Kensington)

Blake Garden Open House: Enjoy a stroll through this 10.5-acre, formal garden, and landscape-architecture teaching facility overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Join the free tour at noon. Don't miss the Create-With-Nature Zone for kids. Partial wheelchair accessibility; plenty of parking. Driving directions are at the information table in the Wurster Hall lobby.

Blake Garden Manager Lauri Twitchell

10–10:45 am | 112 Wurster Hall

Information Session: Architecture: Learn about the major, admission to the college, licensure, and career issues from faculty, advisers, and students.

Chair Tom Buresh, Adviser Rachel Klein, Associate Professor Renee Chow

Noon–1 pm | Wurster Hall, 6th Floor Architecture Studio

Architecture Studio Open House: Studio classes lie at the heart of architectural education. Learn more about studio culture and take a tour with current instructors. Tours begin at noon and 12:30 pm.

Chair Tom Buresh

Noon–2 pm | 481 Wurster Hall

CAD/CAM Open House: Using Technology in Design: See students at work in the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) lab! Learn how computer technology is used in design and architecture, and see laser cutters and 3-D printers in action. Visit the Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) Router Lab in 273B Wurster, next to the main Fabrication Shop.

CAD/CAM Manager Chris Palmer

Noon–2 pm | 214 Wurster Hall

Computing Open House: Learn about the types of computers available at CED and the 2-D and 3-D programs students use, and how best to prepare for the CED coursework. Also, see a demonstration of the Mavenstation website, wiki, and workstation.

Instructor Madeline Hartzell, Manager, Student Technology Center Miguel Quinonez-Skinner, Assistant Dean for Infrastructure and Information Technology Patty Mead, Computing Lab Manager Juergen Steyer

Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning

9–9:45 am | 112 Wurster Hall

Information Session: College of Environmental Design: Join our dean and faculty chairs for an introduction to CED and its vital and vibrant undergraduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban studies.

Fabrication Shop Open House: This 3,000-square-foot facility is well-equipped for model-making, woodworking, metalworking, plastic fabrication, and concrete casting. See students work on their class projects. Safety glasses provided.

Fabrication Shop Manager Jamie Banes

9 am–3 pm | Wurster Hall, lobby

The UC Berkeley Tree Museum: Grab a map and discover 18 trees commonly used for landscaping right on campus! Selected by the urban forestry class (LA 225), these trees represent nature within an urban landscape. Spin the number on the sign located on each tree and learn about each tree's role in an urban environment. Maps are available in the Wurster Hall lobby, and on signs at College and Bancroft Way.

9 am–4 pm | Blake Garden, 70 Rincon Rd. (Kensington)

Blake Garden Open House: Enjoy a stroll through this 10.5-acre, formal garden, and landscape-architecture teaching facility overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Join the free tour at noon. Don't miss the Create-With-Nature Zone for kids. Partial wheelchair accessibility; plenty of parking. Driving directions are at the information table in the Wurster Hall lobby.

Blake Garden Manager Lauri Twitchell

10–10:45 am | 104 Wurster Hall

Information Session: Landscape Architecture: We live much of our lives in public spaces and communities. Society looks to landscape architects to not only design successful, culturally relevant spaces but to do so with respect for the natural world. Join us for an inspiring discussion about the exciting field of landscape architecture.

Professor Chip Sullivan, Adviser Lauren Roscoe

Noon–1 pm | 315 Wurster Hall

LAEP Studio Open House: See the studio in action! Meet LAEP faculty, learn about local to international projects, and see a slideshow of student work at noon and 12:30 pm.

Professor Chip Sullivan, Assistant Professor Karl Kullman, Instructor Sara Jensen

Noon–2 pm | 481 Wurster Hall

CAD/CAM Open House: Using Technology in Design: See students at work in the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) lab! Learn how computer technology is used in design and architecture, and see laser cutters and 3-D printers in action. Visit the Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) Router Lab in 273B Wurster, next to the main Fabrication Shop.

CAD/CAM Manager Chris Palmer

Noon–2 pm | 214 Wurster Hall

Computing Open House: Learn about the types of computers available at CED and the 2-D and 3-D programs students use, and how best to prepare for the CED coursework. Also, see a demonstration of the Mavenstation website, wiki, and workstation.

Urban Studies (City & Regional Planning)

9–9:45 am | 112 Wurster Hall

Information Session: College of Environmental Design: Join our dean and faculty chairs for an introduction to CED and its vital and vibrant undergraduate programs in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban studies.

Kids, Build a Box City!: Help build a city and learn how cities are planned, or unplanned; what makes a quality city; and how citizens (yes, kids too!) can participate in the improvement of the built environment.

Urban Studies undergraduates

9 am–3 pm | Wurster Hall, main gallery

City and Regional Planning Exhibit: Come see the newest exhibition space at Wurster Hall, displaying recent projects by faculty and students, including planning solutions, research projects, and award-winning work by graduate and undergraduate students. A must see!

9 am–3 pm | 277 Wurster Hall

Fabrication Shop Open House: This 3,000-square-foot facility is well-equipped for model-making, woodworking, metalworking, plastic fabrication, and concrete casting. See students work on their class projects. Safety glasses provided.

Fabrication Shop Manager Jamie Banes

10–10:45 am | 106 Wurster Hall

Information Session: Urban Studies: Learn about one of the fastest growing majors at Berkeley! The study of cities is vital--the world is now more urban than at any time in history, and with this rapid urbanization has come the crucial role of cities as sites of economic development, crucibles of civic citizenship, and spaces of cultural imagination.

Professor Daniel Chatman, Professor Raymond Lifchez, Adviser Donna Vivar

Noon–1 pm | 314 Wurster Hall

City and Regional Planning Studio Open House: Learn about the planning studio and get your questions answered by faculty and students. Also, see an exhibit by current students on San Francisco's Market Street.

Lecturer Andrea Gaffney

Noon–2 pm | 481 Wurster Hall

CAD/CAM Open House: Using Technology in Design: See students at work in the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) lab! Learn how computer technology is used in design and architecture, and see laser cutters and 3-D printers in action. Visit the Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) Router Lab in 273B Wurster, next to the main Fabrication Shop.

CAD/CAM Manager Chris Palmer

Fall Program for Freshmen (UC Berkeley Extension)

10–11:30 am | Wheeler Auditorium

Information Session: Fall Program for Freshmen: Attention students admitted for the spring semester of 2013! Learn about the benefits of starting your Cal career as part of the UC Berkeley Extension Fall Program for Freshmen. A presentation on housing and a Q&A session will follow.

Film

11 am–noon | Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way
2:30–3:30 pm | Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way

Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive Guided Tour: Join a guided tour of "State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970" featuring works from this inventive and highly experimental period in contemporary art. Enjoy the dynamic interior spaces of the BAM/PFA galleries, and our exhibitions that include works by Andy Warhol, Ray Johnson, and others. Admission to the museum is free.

11 am–noon | Eshleman Hall, Senate Chambers

Cool Stuff Is on CalTV: Run by students, for students, CalTV is the campus's online TV station. Be part of it--on-camera sports and news reporting, behind-the-camera work, or cutting and putting it all together.

11 am–4 pm | 188 Dwinelle Hall

GIANT Presents Filmmaking at Berkeley: View clips of films written, directed, and produced by the members of GIANT, an organization of students majoring in film studies, art practice, media studies, and other disciplines.

Geography

9 am–4 pm | McCone Hall, entrance & lobby

McCone Hall Rocks!: Wander our halls and explore rock and mineral displays (1st and 3rd floors), faculty profile posters, and photos from space. Visit the Berkeley Seismology Lab on the 2nd floor. Take part in activities with professors and students throughout the day.

10 am–1 pm | McCone Hall, entrance & lobby
10 am–1 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Marine Science Demonstrations: Touch live marine animals and participate in fun, hands-on science activities designed and presented by Cal students. (Also, visit the Lawrence Hall of Science for exhibits, interactive activities, Animal Discovery Room and a Planetarium!) Don't forget to get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

Professor Robert Rhew, Student Catherine Halversen, Student Lynn Tran, Student Emily Griffen

10 am–2 pm | McCone Hall, 5th floor balcony

Earth Day Face Painting: Enjoy a gorgeous view of the bay and campus, and get a globe painted on your face by a geography student.

11 am–noon | 141 McCone Hall

California Climate, Past and Future: How has California's climate changed, and what might this mean for the future? With a growing population in a drought-prone state, learn what we need to know about the history of precipitation and runoff over the long term to better understand the variability of our climate and water supply, as well as the frequency and magnitude of extreme flooding.

Professor Lynn Ingram

Health & Medical

9–10 am | 1 Pimentel Hall

Information Session: Pre-Med: Interested in medical school? Career Center advisers and current medical students explain how to get there.

9 am–3 pm | 2038 Valley Life Sciences Building

Stem Cell Education and Outreach Program: Poster session, talks about stem cell basics and research projects, "Play-Doh" embryo modeling, and a real stem-cell viewing station.

10–11 am | 251 Hearst Gymnasium
11 am–noon | 251 Hearst Gymnasium

Yoga for Beginners: Join in, or just observe, this open yoga workshop for beginners. Refresh your mind, body, and soul!

Lecturer Toni Mar

10 am–2 pm | Recreational Sports Facility atrium

Massage Therapy: Need a break? Pamper yourself with a complimentary 10-minute chair massage, offered by our certified therapists.

11 am–noon | 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building

How Our Emotional Lives Mature: Many cognitive and physical processes show signs of decline as we age. Past theories suggested that the same was true for emotion. New research, however, suggests something quite different: many aspects of our emotional functioning remain intact in later life and some show continued growth and improvement.

Professor Robert Levenson

11 am–noon | 160 Dwinelle Hall

Medical Technology: Balancing Innovation and Affordability: New drugs, diagnostics, and devices offer many clinical benefits but often are heavily managed by health plans and provider organizations who seek to reduce their expenditures. How does one balance innovation with affordability?

Berkeley Center for Health Technology Director James Robinson

11 am–noon | 160 Kroeber Hall

Starting Off on the Right Foot at Cal: Learn tips for a successful transition to college, including time management and getting organized, avoiding procrastination, managing stress, homesickness, and more.

University Health Services Senior Staff Psychologist Aaron Cohen

Noon–12:45 pm | 251 Hearst Gymnasium

Vinyasa Yoga Demonstration: Come to observe a demonstration of Vinyasa Yoga.

Lecturer Toni Mar

Noon–1 pm | 106 Stanley Hall

Master of Translational Medicine Program: Come to a presentation and panel discussion about the Master of Translational Medicine program, a joint Berkeley-UCSF program that trains students in applying translational research and engineering approaches to solve fundamental problems in healthcare delivery. Details about coursework, team-based projects, and the application process will be discussed.

Executive Director Kurpinski Kyle, Graduate Student Vaibhavi Umesh, Graduate Student Joyce Bao, Alumnus Derek Dashti, Phillip Chung

1–2 pm | 160 Dwinelle Hall

Urban Slums: The World Outside the One and 99 Percent: Globally, more than one-billion people live in urban settlements defined by the United Nations as slums. These new social clusters emerge out of neglect and unprecedented concentrations of wealth.

Chair of Infectious Diseases Lee W. Riley

2–3 pm | 160 Dwinelle Hall

Our Neighborhood Environment Affects Our Health: A growing body of evidence suggests that our neighborhood plays an important role in the state of our health. Learn about the latest insights and challenges in this area of public-health research.

Professor Jennifer Ahern

History

1–1:30 pm | 141 McCone Hall

ChronoZoom: Visualizing the History of Everything: Sit back and hang on as we zoom through time on the grandest scale: From a single day to the birth of our universe. Today, a new interdisciplinary field called Big History is unifying the study of all of the past, bringing together the history of Cosmos, Earth, Life, and Humanity. ChronoZoom is an open source tool being developed by Berkeley, Moscow State University in Russia, and Microsoft Research.

Researcher Roland Saekow

1–2 pm | 109 Dwinelle Hall

Don't Know Much About History?: Did you know that Berkeley is home to the top-ranked history department in the nation? Learn why from our advisers and students.

2:30–4 pm | 145 Dwinelle Hall

Edible History: Feast, Fast, and Fare: Join our panel of distinguished historians as they discuss food from a historical perspective: Massimo Mazzoti, "The Olive From Tree to Table, From Fruit to Oil"; Maureen Miller, "Food and Honor in Renaissance Florence"; and Robert Chester, "Sensory Experience and Food in American History."

Moderated by Chair Mary Elizabeth Berry

Interdisciplinary Studies

11 am–noon | 219 Dwinelle Hall

Introduction to Technology, Society, and Culture: Learn about the similarities and differences between the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century and the information technological revolution of the post-1989 era--against the background of the theoretical frameworks on network societies developed by Manuel Castells, one of the leading social theorists today.

Director Renate Holub

Noon–1 pm | 219 Dwinelle Hall

Seminar of Interdisciplinary Studies Student Research: All IS students conduct a research project and write a senior thesis. Current students present some of their interdisciplinary research results, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of doing an undergraduate research project at Berkeley.

Professor Earl Klee

1–2 pm | 219 Dwinelle Hall

Introduction to Social Theory: Some of the current thinking about the nature of modernity and the epochal changes ushered in by industrialization will be presented.

Professor Rakesh Bhandari

2–3 pm | 219 Dwinelle Hall

Theories of Late Capitalism in Global Perspective: The Interdisciplinary Studies Field Major provides a unique forum for students to explore many connections within the arts and sciences. This is especially important since today's university student must contemplate the many cultural, social, political, and economic transformations that have overtaken communities across the globe over the past 50 years. Many scholars are eager to view these transformations as fundamental shifts in global capitalism itself. Come and discover why.

Professor Joseph Lough

International & Area Studies

11 am–noon | 145 Dwinelle Hall

Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes in the New Millennium: Professor Ananya Roy, award-winning teacher and chair of the Global Poverty and Practice Minor, will moderate a discussion about how Berkeley students are currently tackling issues of poverty and inequality, both domestically and throughout the world.

Blum Center for Developing Economies Education Director Ananya Roy

11 am–noon | 10 Evans Hall

Going Global: Opportunities in International and Area Studies: Learn about six internationally focused majors: political economy, development studies, peace and conflict studies, Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies, and Latin American studies. Q&A with current students.

Professor Maximilian Auffhammer

1–2 pm | 145 Dwinelle Hall

Study Abroad Student Panel: Find out why students who have studied abroad think it's one of the best experiences of their lives! Hear students describe how you can fulfill academic requirements, learn languages, and complete independent-study projects or internships on your road to becoming a global citizen.

International House

11 am–6 pm | International House, 2299 Piedmont Ave.

SpringFest: Edith Coliver Festival of Cultures: Travel the world in a day at I-House! Sample dance, music, tantalizing delicacies from Armenia to Zambia, arts, crafts, exhibits, and kids' activities from around the globe. Note: I-House is wheelchair accessible.

Kindergarten to College

10–11 am | 126 Barrows Hall

Como Prepararse Para la Universidad: ¿Cómo puede preparase un estudiante de la preparatoria o de la secundaria para la universidad? ¿Cómo uno de padre o familiar puede apoyar a su hijo/a durante su carrera escolar? En este taller contestaremos estas entre otras preguntas sobre como mejor preparase para la educación universitaria.

Nanci Román, East Bay Consortium

10–11 am | 20 Barrows Hall

Preparing for College: Middle-School Years: How should students in grades 6-8 begin preparing for college now? How can parents and families support them on their educational journey? Get answers here.

Monique Adorno-Jiménez, The College Place, José Rivas, Destination College

10–11 am | 166 Barrows Hall

Strategies to Maximize Your Community College Experience: Learn how to make a successful transition to community college and prepare for a transfer to Berkeley.

Leilt Seblega and Gina Morris, Transfer Alliance Project

10 am–3 pm | LeConte Hall, 235, 245, 248

Hands-On Physics: Physics is phun! Don't miss the interactive exhibits and demonstrations for all ages. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

Graduate and undergraduate students

10 am–4 pm | Archaeological Research Facility, 2251 College Ave.

Think Like an Archaeologist: Come see presentations illustrating how we use various archaeological methods to learn about the world around us, and how archaeology can change the way we think about our campus, our history, and our world.

11 am–noon | 126 Barrows Hall

Taller de Ayuda Financiera: Si eres estudiante, padre o familiar y quieres aprender de cómo se recibe ayuda financiera para la universidad ¡Ven a este taller! Aprenderás sobre los fundamentos de ayuda financiera, como llenar los formularios requeridos y pasos para solicitar información de becas privadas.

Nanci Román, East Bay Consortium

11:30 am–12:30 pm | 20 Barrows Hall

Preparing for College: High-School Years: How should students in grades 9-11 begin preparing for college now? How can parents and families support them on their educational journey? Get answers here.

Monique Adorno-Jiménez, The College Place, Theresa Vidaurri, Early Academic Outreach Program

1–2 pm | 126 Barrows Hall

Financing a College Education: Students and families learn how to pay for a college education, and about financial aid, completing forms, application procedures, and private scholarships.

Mario Garcia, Educational Guidance Center

Letters & Science

11 am–noon | 155 Dwinelle Hall

Making the Most of Your Undergraduate Years: Hear a panel discussion of the rich educational opportunities open to students at every stage of their studies in Berkeley's largest college.

Director of Undergraduate Research Leah Carroll, Undergraduate Advising Director Roseanne Fong, Academic Planning Director Alix Schwartz

1–2 pm | 101 Morgan Hall

Information Session: Letters and Science Student Peer Advisers: Learn about the academics and opportunities that contribute to the strength, breadth, and excitement of Berkeley's liberal-arts college. Letters & Science Student Peer Advisers will answer questions and discuss their personal experiences in the College.

Letters and Science peer advisers

Libraries & Collections

10 am–2:30 pm | 2600 Tolman Hall, 2nd floor

16th Celebration of Children's Literature and Literacy: This free event provides an opportunity for children, parents, grandparents, teachers, librarians, and other children's-book lovers to meet acclaimed local authors and illustrators, participate in fun reading and writing activities, and learn about new literacy research and literacy efforts taking place in our communities. Meet authors Anne Nesbet, Jenn Reese, Annie Barrows, Joanne Rocklin, Marissa Moss, Thacher Hurd, Lewis Buzbee, and more! Check out our mini-bookstore, complete with the very best new books for young readers.

Hosted by the Graduate School of Education

10 am–2:45 pm | 303 Doe Library

Doe Library Bookstore Sale: Thousands of mostly hardbound books from private collections are for sale at $1 apiece. These titles include works on virtually every subject collected by the Library--with very few exceptions, offered for sale for the first time.

10 am–2:45 pm | 190 Doe Library

Doe Library Map Sale: Don't miss this special sale of nearly 5,000 duplicate and superseded maps priced at $1 each (or 25 maps for $20). The maps are mostly USGS topographic quadrangles, nautical and aeronautical charts, and a small assortment of other topographic, street, and tourist maps.

10 am–3 pm | Bancroft Library Gallery

Bancroft Library: Current Exhibit Gallery Talks: Hear curator commentary about "A Place at the Table: A Gathering of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Text, Image, and Voice." Talks begin on the hour, 10 am to 3 pm.

Archivist William Benemann, Associate Academic Specialist, Regional Oral History Office Martin Meeker

10 am–3 pm | Doe Library, north entrance, or Moffitt Library, south entrance

Doe and Moffitt Libraries Self-Guided Tours: Take a self-guided tour through the Doe and Moffitt Libraries, including the Gardner Stacks.

10 am–3 pm | Doe Library, Bernice Layne Brown Gallery

Heart of the Campus: Doe Library, 1912-2012: Doe Library, the campus's scholarly and architectural centerpiece, is a national landmark holding some 2.5 million volumes. This special exhibit, showcasing library history, is held in conjunction with centennial celebrations taking place this spring.

10 am–3 pm | Doe Library, Morrison Reading Room

Morrison Reading Room, Doe Library: Don't miss the magnificent Morrison Reading Room in Doe Library, which has special hours just for Cal Day, with most services available from 10 am to 2:45 pm.

12:30–1:30 pm | Magnes Collection, 2121 Allston Way
1:30–2:30 pm | Magnes Collection, 2121 Allston Way
2:30–3:30 pm | Magnes Collection, 2121 Allston Way
3:30–4 pm | Magnes Collection, 2121 Allston Way

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life Guided Tour: One of the world's preeminent Jewish collections in a university setting, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life provides highly innovative and accessible resources to both researchers and visitors alike. Its remarkably diverse archive, library, and museum holdings include art, objects, texts, music, and historical documents about the Jews in the Global Diaspora and the American West.

Magnes Collection Director Alla Efimova

1–1:45 pm | Hargrove Music Library, east entrance
2–2:45 pm | Hargrove Music Library, east entrance

Hargrove Music Library Tours: A 45-minute guided tour features the architectural highlights of Berkeley's music library, plus some of the rare books and manuscripts in its collection.

Head of the Music Library John Shepard, Music Librarian Manuel Erviti

1–5 pm | 210 Wurster Hall, Environmental Design Library

Environmental Design Library Open House: See the collections and resources of CED's world-class library. Library staff are on hand to answer your questions. Fifteen-minute, librarian-led tours are at 1, 2, and 3 pm.

Librarian David Eifler

1–5 pm | 210 Wurster Hall, Environmental Design Library

Plants, Books, and Drawings: The Work of Beatrix Farrand: A founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, Beatrix Jones Farrand designed more than 200 gardens for educational institutions, universities, communities, museums, and wealthy private clients over the course of her career from the 1890s to the 1940s. She donated nearly 2500 volumes on architecture and landscape architecture to the Environmental Design Library, some of which are currently on display.

2–3 pm | C.V. Starr East Asian Library

C.V. Starr East Asian Library and Chang-Lin Tien Center for East Asian Studies Tour: Tour this architectural gem and take in a temporary exhibit, "What You Can Tell about a Book by Its Cover," with rare book curator Deborah Rudolph.

2–3 pm | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Shrunken Heads and Edible Spacesuits: Come hear a lively conversation with author Mary Roach (Stiff, Bonk, Spook, and Packing for Mars) and two Berkeley staff. Learn about little known facts, strange studies, and what goes on "behind the scenes"--and see the university's famous collections in a whole new light.

Author Mary Roach, Senior Museum Scientist of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Monica Albe, Head of the Engineering Library Jean McKenzie

Linguistics & Languages

9 am–4 pm | 52 Dwinelle Hall

Ask a Linguist: What's linguistics? How many languages are there? How do words evolve? How does your uvula help you speak French? Just ask--and get a picture of your voice!

10–10:45 am | 254 Barrows Hall

Some American Misconceptions About Arabic: Misconceptions about the Arabic language abound among students and the public alike. How do they contribute to stereotyping the Middle East?

Lecturer John Hayes

2–4 pm | Dwinelle Hall, B4

Mini-African Language Lessons with the Center for African Studies: KARIBU! SALAM ALAIKUM! WELCOME! In 30 minute mini-sessions learn to ask questions and carry on a basic conversation in Swahili and Wolof. Learn one language or stay to learn both of them! 2:00 Swahili, Visiting Scholar J. Michael Halderman 2:30 Wolof, Lecturer Paap Sow 3:00 Swahili, Visiting Scholar J. Michael Halderman 3:30 Wolof, Lecturer Paap Sow

Literature

10 am–2:30 pm | 2600 Tolman Hall, 2nd floor

16th Celebration of Children's Literature and Literacy: This free event provides an opportunity for children, parents, grandparents, teachers, librarians, and other children's-book lovers to meet acclaimed local authors and illustrators, participate in fun reading and writing activities, and learn about new literacy research and literacy efforts taking place in our communities. Meet authors Anne Nesbet, Jenn Reese, Annie Barrows, Joanne Rocklin, Marissa Moss, Thacher Hurd, Lewis Buzbee, and more! Check out our mini-bookstore, complete with the very best new books for young readers.

Hosted by the Graduate School of Education

Mathematics

9 am–4 pm | 1015 Evans Hall

Ask the Mathematician: A Cal Day favorite! Everything you always wanted to know about mathematics (but couldn't find anyone to ask).

Professor George Bergman

9 am–4 pm | 1015 Evans Hall

Mathematics Undergraduate Advising and Information: Visit advisers and get comprehensive information about major and minor programs in mathematics.

9 am–4 pm | 1015 Evans Hall

Mathematics Undergraduate Student Association: Come meet current math majors and hear about their experiences at Berkeley. Learn about the MUSA resources and events that help math majors succeed. Bring your questions!

10–11 am | 60 Evans Hall

Tropical Mathematics: In tropical arithmetic, the sum of two numbers is their "minimum" and the product of two numbers is their "usual sum." Many results that are familiar from high school algebra and geometry--including the formula for solving quadratic equations and the fact that two lines meet in one point--continue to hold up in the tropics. Learn how to draw tropical curves and why biologists might care about them.

Professor Bernd Sturmfels

11:30 am–12:30 pm | 60 Evans Hall

The Voronoi Tessellation: In 1908, a Russian mathematician named Georgy Voronoi came up with a simple geometrical idea: if you draw several points on a sheet of paper, you can draw polygons around each point to comprise the space around it that's closer to that point than any other. This simple idea, referred to as the Voronoi tessellation, has been used countless times in a wide range of scientific fields over the last century. Learn more about this idea and some of its exciting applications.

Professor Christopher Rycroft

1–2 pm | 60 Evans Hall

Topology and the Possible Shapes of the Universe: Come hear an introduction to the topology of two-dimensional surfaces and three- and four-dimensional spaces and learn what mathematicians have done, and are doing, to classify the possible shapes found in the universe.

Professsor Michael Hutchings

2:30–4 pm | 60 Evans Hall

What Can You Do With a Major in Math?: Alumni discuss what you can do with a math or applied math degree, and how their majors shaped them and their careers.

Museums, Galleries & Gardens

Bancroft Library Gallery

10 am–3 pm | Bancroft Library Gallery

Bancroft Library: Current Exhibit Gallery Talks: Hear curator commentary about "A Place at the Table: A Gathering of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Text, Image, and Voice." Talks begin on the hour, 10 am to 3 pm.

Archivist William Benemann, Associate Academic Specialist, Regional Oral History Office Martin Meeker

Berkeley Art Museum

11 am–noon | Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way
2:30–3:30 pm | Berkeley Art Museum, 2626 Bancroft Way

Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive Guided Tour: Join a guided tour of "State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970" featuring works from this inventive and highly experimental period in contemporary art. Enjoy the dynamic interior spaces of the BAM/PFA galleries, and our exhibitions that include works by Andy Warhol, Ray Johnson, and others. Admission to the museum is free.

Berkeley Natural History Museums

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Can You Identify It?: Found a leaf, shell, insect, fossil, or vertebrate that needs identifying? Experts in botany, entomology, zoology, paleontology will help you. Lots of specimens and live animals too!

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Diversity Abounds at Berkeley!: Gain fabulous insights into the world's biodiversity via Berkeley's premier collections and research departments and various games, activities, live animals, and more! Cosponsored by the Department of Integrative Biology and the Berkeley Natural History Museums. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fabulous Fossil Tales: See cool fossils--and what gives them scientific value--field notes, maps, illustrations, and research. Representatives from the UC Paleontology Museum will be on hand to explain what determines an important scientific specimen from just a pretty paperweight.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fabulous Insights About Human Diversity in The Last 100 Years: Learn how we all came from a common ancestor about 200,000 years ago in Africa--a climbing bipedal ancestor named Ardi. Representatives from the Human Evolutionary Research Center will be on hand to explain the mysteries of hominid evolution. See replica hominid fossils and get a chance to pose with Ardi!

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fabulous Insights From the Botanical Side: Did you know that many Californian species require fire to germinate? That many mosses can stay desiccated for 100 years, be rehydrated, and continue to thrive? That some plants look like rocks, are pollinated by lizards, or eats animals! Representatives from the University and Jepson Herbaria and the UC Botanical Garden will be on hand to answer your questions and showcase some cool specimens to demonstrate these and more fun facts.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fascinating Insights About Insect and Spider Evolution: Want to meet a live tarantula? See the colors of the rainbow in cool insect specimens? Representatives from the Essig Museum of Entomology will be on hand to show how research at Berkeley reinforces evolutionary principles while making new discoveries about the natural world.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fascinating Ocean Discoveries: The Department of Integrative Biology presents five important findings from in the deep discovered within the last century: a living fossil, deep ocean communities, marine organisms with medical or pharmaceutical properties, plastic garbage patches, giant and colossal squid. Plus, learn about the recent discovery of ancient life in lakes sealed beneath Antarctic ice.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fascinating, Weird, and Wonderful Vertebrate Species: What's the weirdest animal you can think of? Sometimes evolution goes beyond the wildest of imaginations! The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology presents some of the strangest vertebrate species on the planet. Live animals and specimens will be on display.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, south entrance

Pick Up Your Science@Cal Passport: Explore the awesome world of science with your Science@Cal Passport in hand! Pick up a passport at participating locations, and begin your journey! At each destination, your passport will get a stamp or sticker to show where your travels have taken you. Recommended for ages 6 to 12 and their families.

1–1:45 pm | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Insects, Citizen Science, and the CalBug Project: A look at California's insect diversity, the role that citizen scientists play in scientific discovery, and how the CalBug Project utilizes citizen scientists to investigate the effects of land use and climate change on insects.

Essig Museum Collection Manager Peter Oboyski

2–3 pm | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Shrunken Heads and Edible Spacesuits: Come hear a lively conversation with author Mary Roach (Stiff, Bonk, Spook, and Packing for Mars) and two Berkeley staff. Learn about little known facts, strange studies, and what goes on "behind the scenes"--and see the university's famous collections in a whole new light.

Author Mary Roach, Senior Museum Scientist of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Monica Albe, Head of the Engineering Library Jean McKenzie

Blake Garden

9 am–4 pm | Blake Garden, 70 Rincon Rd. (Kensington)

Blake Garden Open House: Enjoy a stroll through this 10.5-acre, formal garden, and landscape-architecture teaching facility overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Join the free tour at noon. Don't miss the Create-With-Nature Zone for kids. Partial wheelchair accessibility; plenty of parking. Driving directions are at the information table in the Wurster Hall lobby.

Blake Garden Manager Lauri Twitchell

CITRIS Technology Museum

10 am–3 pm | 345 Sutardja Dai Hall, The Tech Museum

Banatao Institute Tech Museum: Enjoy a self-paced tour of the museum, which showcases the research and real-world innovations that CITRIS students and faculty are working on to improve our lives. Hands-on exhibits include a solar race car building/competition and a video game that promotes balance and control for physical therapy patients. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

Essig Museum of Entomology

9 am–4 pm | 3003 Valley Life Sciences Building

Bugs Galore!: Check out the collection of beautiful bugs in the Essig Museum's special display drawers, and see live arthropods in the courtyard! Face painting, insect crafts, bug hunts, and more on the south lawn, starting at 10 am. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fascinating Insights About Insect and Spider Evolution: Want to meet a live tarantula? See the colors of the rainbow in cool insect specimens? Representatives from the Essig Museum of Entomology will be on hand to show how research at Berkeley reinforces evolutionary principles while making new discoveries about the natural world.

Lawrence Hall of Science

9 am–5 pm | Lawrence Hall of Science (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Lawrence Hall of Science: Explore our featured exhibit "Imaginate" and turn imagination into innovation! Get your cosmic questions answered in the Planetarium and/or create an engineering project in the Ingenuity Lab from noon to 4 pm. Enjoy a 10% discount at our Discovery Corner Toy and Book Store on all items beginning with "B" (for Berkeley). Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

Museum of Paleontology

9–10 am | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

A New Geological Epoch? The Anthropocene: Learn about a growing movement to formally define a new geological epoch that recognizes the extensive ways that humans have modified the earth. Explore both the scientific basis, as well as the societal implications, of designating the time in which we now live as the Anthropocene, or Age of Humans. Cosponsored by the Museum of Paleontology and Integrative Biology.

Professor Anthony Barnosky

9 am–noon | 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building
1–4 pm | 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Recreating Prehistoric Life: Specimens and Art: California artist William Gordon Huff maintained a long relationship with UCMP, from the late 1930s through the 1970s--come see his illustrations, sculptures, and murals of prehistoric life, and the fossils on which they were based.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fabulous Fossil Tales: See cool fossils--and what gives them scientific value--field notes, maps, illustrations, and research. Representatives from the UC Paleontology Museum will be on hand to explain what determines an important scientific specimen from just a pretty paperweight.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, Wallace Atrium, 1st floor

Meet T. rex: Visit T. rex and Pteranodon, buy a museum t-shirt (new Smilodon design!), get your Science@Cal Passport stamped and free tour tickets for the Museum of Paleontology.

9:30 am–3:30 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, Wallace Atrium, 1st floor

Tour the Museum of Paleontology Collections: This is your chance to see the museum's extensive collections, normally closed to the public. Small group tours leave on the half hour (except at 12 and 12:30 pm). The free tickets--distributed on a first-come, first-served basis at the t-shirt table (near T. rex)--go fast, so come early!

10–11 am | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

How Dinosaurs Grew--and How We Know: Learn how new investigations inside dinosaur bones are telling us how fast they grew, how long they took to grow up, when they started having kids, and what this means for our understanding of their physiology and evolutionary success. Cosponsored by the Museum of Paleontology and Integrative Biology.

Professor Kevin Padian

10 am–noon | 3007 Valley Life Sciences Building
1:30–3:30 pm | 3007 Valley Life Sciences Building

Fun With Fossils: Experience the thrill of finding millions-of-years-old animal fossils in this hands-on activity. You might discover Cretaceous micro-fossils, gar scales, turtle shells--even dinosaur teeth!

Noon–1 pm | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Mating Behavior and Development of Octopus chierchiae: Learn how an IB lab is studying the mating behavior and development of the Octopus chierchiae, a rare and little-known pygmy octopus from Central America, in the hopes of devising a way to breed multiple generations of the octopus in the lab for further behavioral research. Cosponsored by the Museum of Paleontology and Integrative Biology.

Graduate Student Jenny Hofmeister

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

9 am–4 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Artistic Reflections of the Animal World: Artist and wildlife biologist Bernie Peyton displays his origami sculptures inspired by nature--playful kangaroo rats, curious burrowing owls, glorious bears, and more--all delicately constructed from folded paper. Science and art are not mutually exclusive; the same man who got his doctorate in zoology at the MVZ and went on to a productive career in wildlife biology doing field research on endangered animals also learned to design origami--and is now considered an origami master!

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, south entrance

Celebrate Biodiversity With the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Visit the south lawn of the Valley Life Sciences Building for live animal shows, games and activities, and special guests from around the Bay.

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fascinating, Weird, and Wonderful Vertebrate Species: What's the weirdest animal you can think of? Sometimes evolution goes beyond the wildest of imaginations! The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology presents some of the strangest vertebrate species on the planet. Live animals and specimens will be on display.

9 am–4 pm | 3095 and 3097 Valley Life Sciences Building

Kids Games and Activities: Pet a live snake! See some live chickens! Make an animal mask, test your knowledge of zoology, and much more with the help of Berkeley students and the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology.

9 am–4 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building

Unexplored Corners of the World: What's it like in the jungles of Indonesia? Are there still undiscovered species on the Earth? How can you catch a glimpse of an Amur leopard? Learn about adventures in field work, past and present, at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

10 am–3 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Grinnell-Miller Library

Snake Guts and Other Topics: An MVZ Seminar Series: Witness a reptile dissection, learn how to help save amphibians, and explore current evolutionary genetics research, and more--during these fun, 15- to 30-minute talks for all ages.

Museum of Vertebrate Zoology staff and students

11–11:30 am | Valley Life Sciences Building, south entrance

Animal Puppet Show: Bring your young ones, ages 0 to 6, to this fun and interactive show!

Bunny Knight Sir Fluffer Bottoms, Iguana Rockstar Iggy Spikedust, Porcupine Penelope Prickles, Boa Constrictor Jezebel Nolegs

1–2 pm | 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Grinnell-Miller Library

Origami Inspired by Nature: Learn to Fold an Origami Bat: Everyone loves to look at origami, and some like to fold, but why do so few people design their own paper creations? Artist Bernie Peyton shows how easy it is and how doing this helped him preserve endangered critters--like spectacled bears in Peru! Learn how to fold your own origami bat and other animals, and what is so special about them.

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

10 am–5 pm | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall

Mexican Art Demonstration and Outdoor Marketplace at the Hearst Museum: Don't miss today's Mexican art demonstration and outdoor marketplace! Mexican artists--including a wood carver, puppet maker, and textile dyer and weaver--demonstrate their techniques on the museum's patio. Zapotec rugs, pottery from Mata Ortiz, and alebrijes ("wood carvings") from Oaxaca will be for sale. Take a guided tour of the museum gallery at 11 am or 2 pm, plus listen to a live Mariachi band from 11 am-3 pm. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

11 am–noon | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall
2–3 pm | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall

Free Gallery Tour of the Hearst Museum: Join a guided tour of our galleries including current exhibitions on Egypt and conservation (crocodile mummies!), Native Californian Cultures, and World Beer Cultures. Stop by our museum store to meet your guide at 11 am or 2 pm. Don't miss this chance to enjoy our galleries before we close them on July 2nd for a two-year renovation project!

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life Guided Tour: One of the world's preeminent Jewish collections in a university setting, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life provides highly innovative and accessible resources to both researchers and visitors alike. Its remarkably diverse archive, library, and museum holdings include art, objects, texts, music, and historical documents about the Jews in the Global Diaspora and the American West.

Magnes Collection Director Alla Efimova

UC Botanical Garden

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fabulous Insights From the Botanical Side: Did you know that many Californian species require fire to germinate? That many mosses can stay desiccated for 100 years, be rehydrated, and continue to thrive? That some plants look like rocks, are pollinated by lizards, or eats animals! Representatives from the University and Jepson Herbaria and the UC Botanical Garden will be on hand to answer your questions and showcase some cool specimens to demonstrate these and more fun facts.

9 am–5 pm | UC Botanical Garden (take Hill Shuttle from Evans Hall east entrance)

Plants of the World: See more than 12,000 kinds of plants from around the world! The garden is free and open all day, with guided one-hour tours at 11 am and 12, 1, and 2 pm. Enjoy hands-on activities and special demonstrations throughout the day! On campus, visit the garden's booth at the Valley Life Sciences Courtyard. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

University & Jepson Herbaria

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Five Fabulous Insights From the Botanical Side: Did you know that many Californian species require fire to germinate? That many mosses can stay desiccated for 100 years, be rehydrated, and continue to thrive? That some plants look like rocks, are pollinated by lizards, or eats animals! Representatives from the University and Jepson Herbaria and the UC Botanical Garden will be on hand to answer your questions and showcase some cool specimens to demonstrate these and more fun facts.

9 am–4 pm | 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building

University and Jepson Herbaria Open House: See the famed collections of preserved plants, algae, and fungi from around the world. Talk to our researchers about the wildflower display and observe plants under the microscope. Guided tours begin on the hour from 10 am to 2 pm. Children can choose a plant specimen to identify and take home as a souvenir, and get Science@Cal Passports stamped here.

10 am–2 pm | 1001 Valley Life Sciences Building

Tours of the University and Jepson Herbaria: Behind-the-scenes tours of these world-famous botanical collections. (Every hour on the hour.)

Worth Ryder Gallery

9 am–5 pm | 116 Kroeber Hall

40+ Years of Student Work: Visit the Worth Ryder Gallery currently featuring the work of art practice instructor Richard Shaw's students--over 40 years worth--as well as paintings by the winner of the Wendy Sussman Prize in Painting.

Music

10–10:30 am | Lower Sproul Plaza

Cal Taiko Japanese Drumming: Hear the awesome Cal Raijin Taiko, Berkeley's premier student Taiko group, perform traditional Japanese drumming.

10–10:30 am | Hertz Hall breezeway (rain moves to lobby)

Schubert String Quintet: Music students perform Schubert's Quintet in C major, op. 163, 1, "Allegro ma non troppo." Alia McKean and Emma Lundberg, violins; Sarah Jarjour, viola; Lukas Whaley-Maida and Rio Vander Stahl, cellos. (Rain moves to lobby.)

10–11 am | Soda Hall, 4th Floor

Erinbot and the Positive Eigenvalues: Come hear our band of EECS professors and graduate students!

10–11 am | 125 Morrison Hall

The Music Connection Concert and Instrument Workshop: Cal's music-tutoring club hosts an instrument "petting zoo" for all ages. Plus a Q&A about getting involved in music at Berkeley--for majors and non-majors alike.

10 am–3 pm | Sproul Plaza

Showtime on Sproul Plaza: Come see firsthand the talents Berkeley students have to share. Dance, song, comedy--it all will be showcased on Sproul.

10 am–5 pm | Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 103 Kroeber Hall

Mexican Art Demonstration and Outdoor Marketplace at the Hearst Museum: Don't miss today's Mexican art demonstration and outdoor marketplace! Mexican artists--including a wood carver, puppet maker, and textile dyer and weaver--demonstrate their techniques on the museum's patio. Zapotec rugs, pottery from Mata Ortiz, and alebrijes ("wood carvings") from Oaxaca will be for sale. Take a guided tour of the museum gallery at 11 am or 2 pm, plus listen to a live Mariachi band from 11 am-3 pm. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

10:30–11 am | Hertz Hall breezeway (rain moves to lobby)
1–1:30 pm | Campanile Esplanade (rain cancels)

Berkeley Brass Quintet: Orchestra members perform brass classics and adaptations. Nick Antipa and Austin McGee, trumpet; Nick Carnes, French horn; Scott Michel, trombone; and Francis Upton, tuba.

10:30–11 am | Lower Sproul Plaza

Dil Se: One of the top South Asian a cappella groups in the nation, Dil Se ("from the heart") combines the melody-based raagas of Indian music with the depth and harmony that drive Western music.

10:30–11 am | Sather Gate

Hear the Cal Band!: They're the "Pride of California" and the pacesetter of college marching bands--and it's not Cal Day without the University of California Marching Band.

11–11:30 am | Lower Sproul Plaza

DeCadence: A coed a cappella group comprised of quirky performers with high musical standards, DeCadence ("dee-KAY-dence") sings American popular music, original songs, or fun spin-offs--all arranged by current or former members.

11 am–12:30 pm | Hertz Hall, concert hall stage

UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Concert: Relax in Hertz Hall as the orchestra accompanies four of its outstanding concerto audition winners: Milhaud's Cinéma-Fantaisie,, Joe Neeman, violin; Chausson's Poème, Casey Nosiglia, violin; Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto No. 3, Wooho Park, violin; Liszt's Totentanz,, Lisa Wu, piano.

Conductor David Milnes

11:30 am–2 pm | Lower Sproul Plaza

Party Down With Beats From elecTONIC's Student DJs: Enjoy the open spaces of Lower Sproul while grooving to the talented student DJs from Berkeley's elecTONIC, the best in electronic music!

Noon–3:30 pm | Hertz Hall, north courtyard

Electronic Sound Garden: A Music Demonstration: Hear a sound artist present a sound experience, featuring cymbals and gongs, in a cozy, forgotten courtyard. Listen closely as the sonic foliage reveals its secrets! (Rain cancels.)

Graduate Student Composer Matthew Goodheart

Noon–4 pm | Campanile (Sather Tower)

Campanile Carillon Recitals: Hear 10-minute recitals on the hour, starting at noon. University Carillonist Jeff Davis, staff, and students perform solo works, carillon duets, and Cal songs.

12:30–1 pm | 125 Morrison Hall

Berkeley Nu Jazz Collective: Hear the Berkeley Nu Jazz Collective from the Jazz and Improvised Music class, directed by Myra Melford and featuring Elizabeth Duran, flute; Forrest Riege, alto sax; Brendan Liu, trumpet; Nathan Bickart, piano; Oscar Westesson, bass; and Jacob Richards, drums.

1–1:30 pm | Hertz Hall breezeway (rain moves to lobby)
2–2:15 pm | 2600 Tolman Hall
2:30–3 pm | Campanile Esplanade (rain cancels)

University Chamber Chorus: Hear selections from their recent concert "La Chanson": Debussy, Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orleans, and Daniel-Lesur, Quatres Chansons populaires du Languedoc. (Rain moves to lobby.)

Guest Conductor Matthew Oltman

1–1:45 pm | Tolman Hall, 2nd floor
2–2:45 pm | Campanile Esplanade (rain cancels)

Atticus String Quartet: Music students perform movements from Shostakovich's String Quartet, No. 3 in F Major, op. 73 (1946), Wooho Park and Jason Wu, violin; Marissa Sakoda, viola; and Michael Tan, cello.

1–1:45 pm | Hargrove Music Library, east entrance
2–2:45 pm | Hargrove Music Library, east entrance

Hargrove Music Library Tours: A 45-minute guided tour features the architectural highlights of Berkeley's music library, plus some of the rare books and manuscripts in its collection.

Head of the Music Library John Shepard, Music Librarian Manuel Erviti

1:30–2:30 pm | Hertz Hall, concert hall stage

University Baroque Emsemble: University Baroque Ensemble performs music by Arcangelo Corelli and J. S. Bach on recently restored original 18th-century violins and other period instruments.

Director Davitt Moroney

2–4 pm | 20 César Chávez Student Center

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, Sweeney Todd nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next. Presented by BareStage Productions. Tickets on sale at the door, one hour before showtime. Please note: not appropriate for young children.

2–4 pm | Lower Sproul Plaza

UC Jazz Ensembles Performance: Jazz lovers won't want to miss this unique opportunity to hear the UC Jazz Alumni Big Band play many of the traditional big band arrangements, followed by the current student ensemble performing standards and originals from their jazz repertoire.

2:30–3 pm | Morrison Hall, 2nd floor

Javanese Gamelan Ensemble: Hear students and community members perform on beautiful antique Javanese percussion instruments.

Director Midiyanto, Director Ben Brinner

3–3:30 pm | Hertz Hall, south patio

Gospel Sounds on the Patio: The Gospel Chorus performs spirituals, anthems, traditional and contemporary gospel songs, which not only inspire a sense of rhythmic joy in so many students on campus but often draws them together into a community of hope for world peace. Starts at 3:10 pm. (Rain moves to lobby.)

Director D. Mark Wilson

3:30–4 pm | Hertz Hall, south patio

African Music Ensemble: Students from this lively music ensemble perform traditional drumming and dance of Ghana. (Rain moves to Morrison Hall, 2nd floor.)

Director CK Ladzekpo

4–6 pm | Memorial Glade

Cal Day Concert: Bring your blanket and sit on the grass to cap off a great day with live music by Dr. Dog on Memorial Glade! This event is sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) and SUPERB, the Student Union Program, Entertainment, and Recreation Board.

Natural Resources

9 am–3 pm | Wellman Hall, front lawn

Bug Doctor: Live Insects and Spiders!: The Bug Doctor and dream team of insect experts show you how to identify your bugs. Bring your spiders, creepy crawlers, and bug-riddled plants. And there's more: live termites, insect displays, arts and crafts, and insect viewing through microscopes! Kids who correctly identify their bugs win a small prize, so start your guessing early! Lewis Lab and the Urban Pest Management Center

9 am–4 pm | Information Marketplace

The Campus Tree Trail: Self-Guided and Guided Tours: Amazing natural beauty is part of what makes the Berkeley campus special. Look up and see the trees! For locations, pick up a self-guided tour map at the College of Natural Resources table #28 in the Information Marketplace. Guided hour-long tours, led by Cal Forestry Club members, depart in front of Mulford Hall at noon and 2 pm.

9:30–11 am | 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building

Life As a College of Natural Resources Student: A panel of students and recent graduates answers your questions about majors, research opportunities, student groups, student life, and career possibilities once you graduate!

10 am–2 pm | Mulford Hall, east patio

Forestry Club Centennial Celebration: Celebrate 100 years of the Cal Forestry Club! Don't miss the fun and interactive activities plus a traditional chili and cornbread "Bean Feed." Check out logging sports equipment, dress up like a Forester, bore into some wood yourself or take a tour of Berkeley's very own Forest Science Tree Trail!

10 am–3 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, courtyard

Live Kelp Forest Organisms--Touch Tank: See and touch live seaweeds and invertebrates collected by scientists while scuba diving in Monterey Bay kelp forests. Marine biologists share interesting facts and natural history notes on these fascinating sea creatures.

11–11:45 am | Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

College of Natural Resources Reception: Newly admitted CNR students and their families are invited to get to know current students, faculty, alumni, advisers--and each other. (Rain moves to 260 Mulford Hall.)

11 am–3 pm | Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

Bugs, Biofuels, and Biology: A Plant Extravaganza!: Learn how scientists spin simple grasses into bioenergy gold. Identify creepy crawlers on bug-riddled plants. See inside a termite gut, and discover how the enzymes that may unlock the mysteries of biofuels are found. Marvel at the wonders of ice-crystal formations found on plants.

11 am–3 pm | Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

From Cellulose to Fuel: How "Grassoline" Is Made: Learn how grass feedstocks are broken down into sugars and fermented into ethanol to make "grassoline." Safety glasses will be given to youngsters who follow the conversion pathway. Energy Biosciences Institute researchers will be available to answer questions about biofuels.

11:30 am–1:30 pm | Genetics & Plant Biology Lawn

Ice Nucleation Magic Show: Don't miss this dramatic demonstration of the phenomenon of ice crystals that quickly form on plants, subjecting them to frost damage that can harm crops. This phenomenon baffled scientists until Professor Lindow's discovery of ice nucleation bacteria, which ultimately enabled the production of man-made snow.

Noon–1 pm | Mulford Hall, east patio

The Ultimate GPS Scavenger Hunt: Using only satellite-linked global positioning system (GPS) units and clues, we'll search for hidden prizes! Fun for the whole family--bring your GPS unit, if you have one. Geospatial Innovation Facility staff

1–2 pm | Information Marketplace

College of Natural Resources Tour: Tour the college in its historic buildings on the beautiful northwest side of campus. Begins at the College of Natural Resources table in the Information Marketplace.

Natural Resources Biology

Noon–3 pm | 103 & 107 Genetics & Plant Biology Building

The Amazing Microscopic Carnival: Curious about microbes? Come see the amusing antics of the Berkeley water bears! Make bacteria perform spectacular acrobatics using a simple magnet! Be thrilled by the paramecium feeding frenzy! Marvel at the myriad life forms in a single drop of pond water! Amaze your friends and family by growing your own microbes! Presented by the CNR Biological Imaging Facility and the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology.

Near Eastern Studies

10–10:45 am | 254 Barrows Hall

Some American Misconceptions About Arabic: Misconceptions about the Arabic language abound among students and the public alike. How do they contribute to stereotyping the Middle East?

Lecturer John Hayes

Noon–2 pm | 254 Barrows Hall

Write Your Name in Hieroglyphs!: Learn how to write your name in Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, why the word "hieroglyphics" doesn't exist, and more about this amazing writing system. Take home your very own cartouche--just like a pharaoh!

Graduate Student Elizabeth Minor

Physical Education

10–11 am | 251 Hearst Gymnasium
11 am–noon | 251 Hearst Gymnasium

Yoga for Beginners: Join in, or just observe, this open yoga workshop for beginners. Refresh your mind, body, and soul!

Lecturer Toni Mar

11–11:30 am | 220 Hearst Gymnasium
Noon–12:30 pm | 220 Hearst Gymnasium

Basketball 101: Come learn skills and drills for basketball.

Lecturer Lon Rork

11 am–1 pm | 155 Hearst Gymnasium

Information Session: Army ROTC: Berkeley's ROTC program offers scholarships, leadership training, physical-fitness classes, and a guaranteed job after graduation. Information on scholarships and how to enroll in classes will be covered.

Scholarship & Enrollment Officer Matthew Sparks

Noon–12:45 pm | 251 Hearst Gymnasium

Vinyasa Yoga Demonstration: Come to observe a demonstration of Vinyasa Yoga.

Lecturer Toni Mar

Physics

9–11:30 am | 368 LeConte Hall
1:30–3 pm | 368 LeConte Hall

Physics Major Information and Advising: Meet the adviser who can answer any question about the physics undergraduate program. Learn about program requirements, academic opportunities, and life as a major in physics at Berkeley.

Adviser Claudia Trujillo

10–10:45 am | 1 LeConte Hall
1–1:45 pm | 1 LeConte Hall

Fun With Physics: Why Should Students Have All the Fun?: Sparks and explosions! These jaw-dropping lab demonstrations--from merely amazing to simply spectacular--are favorites in Berkeley physics classes.

Professor Emeritus Howard Shugart, Professor Bob Jacobsen

10–11 am | 3113 Etcheverry Hall

The ABCs of Nuclear Science: Watch demonstrations and learn the basics of radioactivity and nuclear reactions.

Professor Eric Norman

10–11 am | 2 LeConte Hall

Why Are There Stars? New Answers to an Old Question: There are 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone. How are they born? Learn about our current understanding of this most basic and beautiful process of nature.

Associate Research Astronomer Steven Stahler

10 am–3 pm | LeConte Hall, 235, 245, 248

Hands-On Physics: Physics is phun! Don't miss the interactive exhibits and demonstrations for all ages. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

Graduate and undergraduate students

10:30 am–noon | LeConte Hall, west entrance lobby
11–11:30 am | LeConte Hall, west entrance lobby
11:30 am–noon | LeConte Hall, west entrance lobby

The Quantum Nanoelectronics Lab: A Guided Tour: Take this tour and learn how to make stuff cold--colder than outer space! Also, learn about experiments carried out at temperatures near absolute zero. Brr!

Physics graduate students

11–11:45 am | 1 Pimentel Hall

The Expanding Universe: An Interview With Saul Perlmutter, 2011 Nobel Laureate: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Berkeley Professor Saul Perlmutter "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae." Learn more about what this discovery means, the fascinating research behind the discovery, and what it's like to win a Nobel Prize. Chancellor Birgeneau, a physicist as well, will interview Perlmutter and reveal fascinating details about the scientific process, the "eureka moment" (or moments), and the meaning of his paradigm-shifting discovery.

Professor Saul Perlmutter, Chancellor and Professor Robert Birgeneau

11 am–3 pm | Moffitt Library, Free Speech Movement Café

Art in Science: The Intersection of Image and Research: View intriguing images captured during scientific investigation. Learn about the actual science behind them--or just let your imagination run wild! Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here.

Noon–1:15 pm | 3 LeConte Hall

Physics Undergraduate Program Panel: Faculty advisers, staff, and students present an overview of the educational and research opportunities for physics students.

Chair Frances Hellman

1:30–2 pm | LeConte Hall, west entrance lobby
2–2:30 pm | LeConte Hall, west entrance lobby
2:30–3 pm | LeConte Hall, west entrance lobby

Physics 111 Advanced Lab: Student-Led Tours: Physics 111 students explain how to build electrical circuits, program computers to control their experiments, trap atoms at ultra-low temperatures, determine the nuclear spins of Rubidium, and use laser tweezers to measure picoNewton forces. Widely regarded as the toughest and most-rewarding course required of Physics majors, Physics 111 encourages students to apply their theoretical understanding to real-world problems and, in the process, become innovators and problem-solvers.

Physics graduate and undergraduate students

2–2:45 pm | 4 LeConte Hall

The Higgs Boson: Learn why the Higgs boson is such an extraordinary particle, the crucial role it plays in our understanding of nature, and how the scientists at the Large Hadron Collider, located at the boarder of Switzerland and France, continue to search for it and what their results mean.

Professor Lawrence Hall, Professor Beate Heinemann

Political Science

10–11 am | Eshleman Hall, Senate Chambers
1–2 pm | Eshleman Hall, Senate Chambers

Information Session: ASUC Student Government: Meet the elected officials of the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), our student government at Berkeley. Learn how to get involved in the largest student organization on campus.

1–2 pm | 155 Dwinelle Hall

Political Civility Should Not Be an Oxymoron: Professor Robert B. Reich, one of the nation's leading experts on work and the economy, will discuss the state of civility in politics today. Sponsored by the Center on Civility and Democratic Engagement at the Goldman School of Public Policy.

Goldman School of Public Policy Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy

1:30–3 pm | 10 Evans Hall

Three Misconceptions About Religion and War: Discussed are three common errors that often characterize the thinking about religion and war. Political scientists either over-associate religion with violence, a link for which there is little evidence, or try to disassociate religion from war entirely by claiming, erroneously, that all religions are, in essence, peaceful. Sadly, the bias and ignorance that dominate this field pose as serious obstacles to a balanced study of religion and war.

Professor Ron Hassner

Psychology

10–11 am | 145 Dwinelle Hall

Information Session: Psychology: The undergraduate adviser and current students tell you how to become a Berkeley psychology major--including a review of prerequisites, admission criteria, and the application process.

Adviser Emilie Dandan

11 am–noon | 2050 Valley Life Sciences Building

How Our Emotional Lives Mature: Many cognitive and physical processes show signs of decline as we age. Past theories suggested that the same was true for emotion. New research, however, suggests something quite different: many aspects of our emotional functioning remain intact in later life and some show continued growth and improvement.

Professor Robert Levenson

1–2 pm | 2060 Valley Life Sciences Building

Life As a Psychology Major: Psychology students answer questions about volunteer activities, community service, and how to make the most of your time at Berkeley.

Public Health

11 am–noon | 160 Dwinelle Hall

Medical Technology: Balancing Innovation and Affordability: New drugs, diagnostics, and devices offer many clinical benefits but often are heavily managed by health plans and provider organizations who seek to reduce their expenditures. How does one balance innovation with affordability?

Berkeley Center for Health Technology Director James Robinson

1–2 pm | 160 Dwinelle Hall

Urban Slums: The World Outside the One and 99 Percent: Globally, more than one-billion people live in urban settlements defined by the United Nations as slums. These new social clusters emerge out of neglect and unprecedented concentrations of wealth.

Chair of Infectious Diseases Lee W. Riley

2–3 pm | 160 Dwinelle Hall

Our Neighborhood Environment Affects Our Health: A growing body of evidence suggests that our neighborhood plays an important role in the state of our health. Learn about the latest insights and challenges in this area of public-health research.

Professor Jennifer Ahern

Public Policy

1–2 pm | 155 Dwinelle Hall

Political Civility Should Not Be an Oxymoron: Professor Robert B. Reich, one of the nation's leading experts on work and the economy, will discuss the state of civility in politics today. Sponsored by the Center on Civility and Democratic Engagement at the Goldman School of Public Policy.

Goldman School of Public Policy Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy

1–2 pm | 160 Dwinelle Hall

Urban Slums: The World Outside the One and 99 Percent: Globally, more than one-billion people live in urban settlements defined by the United Nations as slums. These new social clusters emerge out of neglect and unprecedented concentrations of wealth.

Chair of Infectious Diseases Lee W. Riley

Public Safety

9 am–4 pm | Parking lot north of Sproul Hall

UC Police on the Move: Get inside a patrol car, see the bomb truck, check out the modifications on a police bicycle, meet a K-9 (police dog), and learn more about the state-of-the-art vehicles that the UC Police use for investigation and patrol.

Rhetoric

1–3 pm | 142 Dwinelle Hall

Rhetoric Show and Tell: Narrative, Theory, and Discourse: What do rhetoric honors students like about the discipline? Hear about their theses and what inspired their topics, followed by a Q&A.

ROTC

10–11 am | 188 Hearst Gymnasium

Information Session: Air Force ROTC: Interested in Air Force ROTC? Stop by AFROTC Detachment 85, UC Berkeley for more information about our program.

Captain Mariko Boone

11 am–1 pm | 155 Hearst Gymnasium

Information Session: Army ROTC: Berkeley's ROTC program offers scholarships, leadership training, physical-fitness classes, and a guaranteed job after graduation. Information on scholarships and how to enroll in classes will be covered.

Scholarship & Enrollment Officer Matthew Sparks

Noon–1 pm | 188 Hearst Gymnasium

Information Session: Naval ROTC: Berkeley's program offers scholarships, leadership training, physical-fitness classes, and a guaranteed job in either the Navy or Marine Corps.

Lieutenant Elisabeth Erickson

Seismology

10 am–3 pm | 220 McCone Hall

Earthquake!: Learn about earthquakes through hands-on activities and displays about earthquake science, seismic hazards, earthquake monitoring, and past quakes in California and around the world. Get your Science@Cal Passport stamped here!

1:30–2 pm | 434 Davis Hall

Liquefaction: When Earthquakes Turn Ground to Liquid: The soil that lies between bedrock and any structure can control how an earthquake is felt--in some cases, even firm soil can be temporarily turned into a fluid, like quicksand. See how this can happen, and the potential effects on bridges, houses, and other structures.

Adjunct Professor Michael Riemer

Sociology

10–11 am | 402 Barrows Hall

The Social Origins of the Self: Curious about sociology? How did a study on suicide lead to the development of social research and sociology as a social science? Come hear a spirited introduction to social theory and the study of society.

Professor Ann Swidler

1–2 pm | 402 Barrows Hall

Life As a Sociology Major: Sociology majors discuss their experiences and opportunities for involvement in clubs and activities, and an adviser talks about careers in sociology.

Adviser Cristina Rojas

Special Events

9 am–4 pm | Valley Life Sciences Building, south entrance

Pick Up Your Science@Cal Passport: Explore the awesome world of science with your Science@Cal Passport in hand! Pick up a passport at participating locations, and begin your journey! At each destination, your passport will get a stamp or sticker to show where your travels have taken you. Recommended for ages 6 to 12 and their families.

9 am–4 pm | Recreational Sports Facility, courtyard

Recreational Sports Facility Open House: Berkeley's student sports center is your Cal Bear home for all things fitness, recreation, and adventure. Learn about the many options for keeping fit and having fun. Take a tour and pick up some free swag!

9 am–4 pm | 120 Latimer Hall

Seaborg Symposium: Beloved Berkeley professor and Nobel laureate Glenn T. Seaborg would have celebrated his 100th birthday on April 19, 2012. Today, the campus honors his achievements in science, education, and politics at an all-day symposium. Stop by to learn more about his legacy from various speakers, including Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, Dean Richard Mathies, LBNL Director Paul Alivisatos, and scientists from LANL, LBNL, and LLNL. For details, see http://sg.sg/gseaborg.

9:30 am–5 pm | Haas Pavilion

The 43rd Annual UC Taekwondo Championships: UC Berkeley's Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) proudly hosts the 43rd annual UC Open Taekwondo Championships, welcoming competitors of all ages from across the nation. Come see the Cal Taekwondo team, winners of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships 32 out of the past 36, compete in black-belt and an exhibition of five-on-five, tag-team matches. Note: Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students, and free for Cal students and kids 6 and under.

10 am–2:30 pm | 2600 Tolman Hall, 2nd floor

16th Celebration of Children's Literature and Literacy: This free event provides an opportunity for children, parents, grandparents, teachers, librarians, and other children's-book lovers to meet acclaimed local authors and illustrators, participate in fun reading and writing activities, and learn about new literacy research and literacy efforts taking place in our communities. Meet authors Anne Nesbet, Jenn Reese, Annie Barrows, Joanne Rocklin, Marissa Moss, Thacher Hurd, Lewis Buzbee, and more! Check out our mini-bookstore, complete with the very best new books for young readers.

Hosted by the Graduate School of Education

10 am–3 pm | Lower Sproul Plaza

Kid Zone: ASUC presents Kid Zone, an interactive space filled with fun games and prizes for little Bear cubs. Build their Cal spirit through face-painting, art projects, and balloon giveaways.

10 am–3 pm | Sproul Plaza

Showtime on Sproul Plaza: Come see firsthand the talents Berkeley students have to share. Dance, song, comedy--it all will be showcased on Sproul.

10 am–3 pm | Memorial Glade

Welcome to OskiLand!: Oski, everybody's favorite Golden Bear, rules in this area for young "cubs." Get an Oski handshake (or hug!), enjoy games, and see the Cal Victory Cannon.

10 am–5 pm | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Cal Student Store

Cal Student Store Sidewalk Sale: Find great buys on clothing, gifts, and books on Sproul Plaza, right outside the store. Free popcorn in the store all day!

10:30–11 am | Sather Gate

Hear the Cal Band!: They're the "Pride of California" and the pacesetter of college marching bands--and it's not Cal Day without the University of California Marching Band.

11–11:45 am | 1 Pimentel Hall

The Expanding Universe: An Interview With Saul Perlmutter, 2011 Nobel Laureate: The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Berkeley Professor Saul Perlmutter "for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae." Learn more about what this discovery means, the fascinating research behind the discovery, and what it's like to win a Nobel Prize. Chancellor Birgeneau, a physicist as well, will interview Perlmutter and reveal fascinating details about the scientific process, the "eureka moment" (or moments), and the meaning of his paradigm-shifting discovery.

Professor Saul Perlmutter, Chancellor and Professor Robert Birgeneau

11 am–12:30 pm | Hertz Hall, concert hall stage

UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Concert: Relax in Hertz Hall as the orchestra accompanies four of its outstanding concerto audition winners: Milhaud's Cinéma-Fantaisie,, Joe Neeman, violin; Chausson's Poème, Casey Nosiglia, violin; Saint-Saëns' Violin Concerto No. 3, Wooho Park, violin; Liszt's Totentanz,, Lisa Wu, piano.

Conductor David Milnes

11 am–2 pm | Edwards Stadium

Cal Football Spring Practice: Come check out the Golden Bears' final practice of the spring! This special event takes place at Edwards Stadium for the first time--giving Cal Day visitors the chance to experience Cal Football. Gates open at 10 am and the practice runs from approximately 11 am-1 pm, followed by an autograph session with the team. Special appearances by Cal Spirit groups and former players happen throughout the event. Don't miss this great opportunity to interact with the team before next season!

11 am–6 pm | International House, 2299 Piedmont Ave.

SpringFest: Edith Coliver Festival of Cultures: Travel the world in a day at I-House! Sample dance, music, tantalizing delicacies from Armenia to Zambia, arts, crafts, exhibits, and kids' activities from around the globe. Note: I-House is wheelchair accessible.

Noon–12:30 pm | Sproul Plaza

Cal Spirit Rally: Get in the Cal spirit (it's impossible not to!) with the UC Rally Committee, Cal Band, Cal Dance Team, Mic Men, and Oski, as they put on a blue-and-gold event to welcome Cal Day guests--especially prospective students and their families.

12:30–2:30 pm | Eshleman Hall, ground floor

Build a K'Nex Bridge: The Open Computing Facility hosts a load-bearing bridge competition, with structures made entirely out of K'Nex! Come and compete--or just join in on the fun.

1–2 pm | 155 Dwinelle Hall

Political Civility Should Not Be an Oxymoron: Professor Robert B. Reich, one of the nation's leading experts on work and the economy, will discuss the state of civility in politics today. Sponsored by the Center on Civility and Democratic Engagement at the Goldman School of Public Policy.

Goldman School of Public Policy Robert B. Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy

2–3 pm | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Shrunken Heads and Edible Spacesuits: Come hear a lively conversation with author Mary Roach (Stiff, Bonk, Spook, and Packing for Mars) and two Berkeley staff. Learn about little known facts, strange studies, and what goes on "behind the scenes"--and see the university's famous collections in a whole new light.

Author Mary Roach, Senior Museum Scientist of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Monica Albe, Head of the Engineering Library Jean McKenzie

2–3 pm | 105 Stanley Hall

Two Amazing, Rare Celestial Events Visible Soon From California: On May 20, the Moon will obscure most of the sun, creating a "ring of fire." On June 5, Venus will silhouette the Sun. Learn how you can observe these two rare events!

Professor Alex Filippenko

2–3:30 pm | Zellerbach Playhouse

Berkeley Dance Project 2012: Join us for new dance works by choreographers Lisa Wymore, Amara Tabor-Smith, and Stephanie Sherman.

2–4 pm | 20 César Chávez Student Center

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Sophisticated, macabre, visceral and uncompromising, Sweeney Todd nevertheless has a great sense of fun, mixing intense drama with howlingly funny moments of dark humor: audiences find themselves laughing hysterically one moment and gasping in surprise the next. Presented by BareStage Productions. Tickets on sale at the door, one hour before showtime. Please note: not appropriate for young children.

4–6 pm | Memorial Glade

Cal Day Concert: Bring your blanket and sit on the grass to cap off a great day with live music by Dr. Dog on Memorial Glade! This event is sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) and SUPERB, the Student Union Program, Entertainment, and Recreation Board.

Sports

11–11:30 am | 220 Hearst Gymnasium
Noon–12:30 pm | 220 Hearst Gymnasium

Basketball 101: Come learn skills and drills for basketball.

Lecturer Lon Rork

Intercollegiate Sports

11 am–2 pm | Edwards Stadium

Cal Football Spring Practice: Come check out the Golden Bears' final practice of the spring! This special event takes place at Edwards Stadium for the first time--giving Cal Day visitors the chance to experience Cal Football. Gates open at 10 am and the practice runs from approximately 11 am-1 pm, followed by an autograph session with the team. Special appearances by Cal Spirit groups and former players happen throughout the event. Don't miss this great opportunity to interact with the team before next season!

1–4 pm | Evans Diamond

Baseball: Cal vs. Utah: Come out for a day of Golden Bear baseball! Admission is free.

Recreational Sports

9 am–4 pm | Recreational Sports Facility, courtyard

Recreational Sports Facility Open House: Berkeley's student sports center is your Cal Bear home for all things fitness, recreation, and adventure. Learn about the many options for keeping fit and having fun. Take a tour and pick up some free swag!

9 am–4 pm | Recreational Sports Facility atrium

Recreational Sports Facility Tours: Take a self-guided tour of Berkeley's student sports center, and see the many options there for keeping fit and having fun.

9:30 am–5 pm | Haas Pavilion

The 43rd Annual UC Taekwondo Championships: UC Berkeley's Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) proudly hosts the 43rd annual UC Open Taekwondo Championships, welcoming competitors of all ages from across the nation. Come see the Cal Taekwondo team, winners of the National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships 32 out of the past 36, compete in black-belt and an exhibition of five-on-five, tag-team matches. Note: Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students, and free for Cal students and kids 6 and under.

10 am–2 pm | Recreational Sports Facility, courtyard

Intramural Sports and Sport Clubs: Berkeley sponsors 26 sport clubs in recreational competition and has intramural leagues in more than 11 sports. Get information and find out how to join in!

10 am–2 pm | Recreational Sports Facility atrium

Massage Therapy: Need a break? Pamper yourself with a complimentary 10-minute chair massage, offered by our certified therapists.

Statistics

11 am–2 pm | 1011 Evans Hall

Brain Teasers and Probability: The emperor's life-or-death proposition, crazy guy on a plane, and the classic Monty Hall problem. Find out how probability can help answer some perplexing problems.

Graduate Student Adam Bloniarz

11 am–2 pm | 1011 Evans Hall

But Who's Counting?: Spin a wheel containing the digits 0 through 9. After each spin, place each chosen digit to ultimately make a five-digit number, with the goal of having the largest number after five spins.

Graduate Student Sean Ruddy

11 am–2 pm | 1011 Evans Hall

Fortune Teller: Take a walk down a list of random integers, ending at a random position. Our clairvoyant guesses your destined position before divulging his secret methods.

Graduate Student Jonathan Terhorst

11 am–2 pm | 1011 Evans Hall

Like Jelly Beans in a Jar: Can you guess how many green jelly beans are in a jar? Or how many people live in Berkeley? Learn how random sampling helps us guess, and how the law of large numbers makes our guesses close.

Graduate Student Yu-Jay Huoh

11 am–2 pm | 1011 Evans Hall

Statistics Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Students discuss their experiences and in-progress research.

Transportation Studies

9 am–4 pm | McCone Hall plaza

Transportation Sustainability Research Center's Interactive Advanced Transportation Technologies: See the latest alternative fuel vehicles--including plug-in hybrid, electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles--on the plaza in front of McCone and McLaughlin Halls. Ride Segways, view electric bikes, and test dynamic eco-driving devices. TSRC staff will explain the various technologies.

UC Berkeley Extension

10–11:30 am | Wheeler Auditorium

Information Session: Fall Program for Freshmen: Attention students admitted for the spring semester of 2013! Learn about the benefits of starting your Cal career as part of the UC Berkeley Extension Fall Program for Freshmen. A presentation on housing and a Q&A session will follow.

Undergraduate Research

9 am–2:30 pm | 2063 Valley Life Sciences Building

Molecular and Cell Biology Information Tables: Current students will be available to answer questions about major opportunities and student life. MCB honors student research projects will also be on display.

9 am–3 pm | 2066 Valley Life Sciences Building
9 am–3 pm | 2070 Valley Life Sciences Building

Undergraduate Honors Research in Integrative Biology: Talk with our undergraduates and see the results of their research in the honors program.

10 am–3 pm | Durant Hall Plaza

Office of Undergraduate Research Information Table: Interested in doing research? Find out how you can get started!

10 am–3:30 pm | Hearst Field Annex

Astronomy Undergraduate Lab Tour: Tour the lab where astronomy students spend their time. Learn about undergraduate research opportunities.

11 am–noon | 110 Wheeler Hall

Discover Cal's Washington Programs: Once students are admitted, we urge them to leave! Why? Come find out at a panel discussion about the UC Berkeley Washington program and the Cal-in-the-Capital summer program with staff and students.

Program Coordinator Kathy Slusser

11 am–2 pm | 1011 Evans Hall

Statistics Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Students discuss their experiences and in-progress research.

Noon–1 pm | 219 Dwinelle Hall

Seminar of Interdisciplinary Studies Student Research: All IS students conduct a research project and write a senior thesis. Current students present some of their interdisciplinary research results, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of doing an undergraduate research project at Berkeley.

Professor Earl Klee

Noon–1:15 pm | 3 LeConte Hall

Physics Undergraduate Program Panel: Faculty advisers, staff, and students present an overview of the educational and research opportunities for physics students.

Chair Frances Hellman

Noon–3 pm | 103 & 107 Genetics & Plant Biology Building

The Amazing Microscopic Carnival: Curious about microbes? Come see the amusing antics of the Berkeley water bears! Make bacteria perform spectacular acrobatics using a simple magnet! Be thrilled by the paramecium feeding frenzy! Marvel at the myriad life forms in a single drop of pond water! Amaze your friends and family by growing your own microbes! Presented by the CNR Biological Imaging Facility and the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology.

1–2 pm | 109 Dwinelle Hall

Don't Know Much About History?: Did you know that Berkeley is home to the top-ranked history department in the nation? Learn why from our advisers and students.

1:30–3 pm | 141 McCone Hall

Undergraduate Perspectives: Research and Internships in Earth and Planetary Science: Current undergraduates in EPS talk about their research and work internships as related to their majors.

Undergraduate students

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