A crowd of some 3,900 graduates in black caps and gowns, and 21,000 proud fans, turned out at California Memorial Stadium for Commencement Convocation 2013. Apple co-founder and Berkeley alum Steve Wozniak praised Berkeley's human values in his keynote speech.
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Whether we're listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the pieces make us feel, according to new research from UC Berkeley. For instance, Mozart's jaunty Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major is associated with bright yellow and orange, whereas his somber Requiem in D minor is linked to dark blue-gray.
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Meet Marlene Castro, Jesus Galindo, DJ Sellarole and Javier Mendez, four among dozens of UC Berkeley graduates who are heading back to class with Teach for America. The national teacher corps, which works to give kids in poverty a strong education, ranks Berkeley as top in the nation for the number of recruits who join.
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