Cal History
Lawrence Awarded Nobel Physics Prize
"UC Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna Receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry"
Bits of History: University in 1906
"Californians Old and New Flock to Fiftieth Charter Day Festival"
Cartoon showing regents as a blacksmith forging shackles labelled "Faculty Loyalty Oath"
Oath controversy flares up anew; Board of Regents fires 157
UC president set to propose 9.6 percent tuition increase
Fifty UC Berkeley graduates and current, retired, or deceased faculty members have been Nobel Prize winners; a total of 131 Nobel laureates have had some affiliation with the campus. E.O. Lawrence, the first Cal faculty member to receive the Nobel Prize (1939), accepted the award in Wheeler Hall as travel to Europe was not possible due to World War II. Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna, a 2020 Nobel Prize winner, received the award on her patio due to the coronavirus pandemic.
– “Lawrence Awarded Nobel Physics Prize..." and "“UC Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna..."
Describes the impact of the 1906 earthquake on the campus.
– “Bits of History: University in 1906”
The 1950 Levering Act required California state employees to subscribe to a loyalty oath disavowing radical beliefs. Professors who refused to sign the oath were fired; some sued, and were rehired, including David Saxon, who was appointed president of the UC system in 1975.
– “Oath Controversy Flares Up Anew; Board of Regents Fires 157”
