Posts by Lila Thulin

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Campus news

A UC Berkeley professor explains the thorny history of love, sex and marriage

Two hundred years before swiping and Instagram-ready weddings, the “deadly serious institution” of American marriage had more to do with property, race and religion than love, according to historian David Henkin.

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Campus & community

Despite budget threats, UC Berkeley invests in six new tenure-track Asian American and Pacific Islands specialists

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Campus & community

For 20 years, this UC Berkeley program has helped students who’ve been in foster care succeed

Professor Juana María Rodríguez and student Mia Aguilar talk and laugh in Juana's office surrounded by a bright red wall and red desk

Humanities

Wikipedia as resistance: This UC Berkeley class makes queer contributions visible

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How the Terner Center for Housing Innovation shaped California’s decade of housing reform

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‘Gender issues’ are being used as cover to erode democracy, UC Berkeley report finds

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The history of vaccine hesitancy, from smallpox to COVID-19

A collage of 15 book covers, including The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston (on a burgundy background with a large face), A Gesture Life (black-and-white cover), Tripmaster Monkey by Maxine Hong Kingston (image of a bridge), Comfort Woman (a woman's face), Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (dragons in a style associate with Asian scroll art), Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee (on a blue background), east goes west (a globe on top of a cubist body, accompanies by Chinese characters), Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee (a back-and-white image of an Asian man's face with a childhood photo superimposed), Fifth Chinese Daughter (a fairytale draying on top of a red background), China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston (red text and a dragon), America is in the Heart, No-No Boy (a body, fists covering his face, behind two strands of crossed red barbed wire, Dictee (a black-and-white landscape image), Obasan by Joy Kogawa (an Asian girl with a bowl cut looking through the window), and Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn (a romaneqseque sculpture of a woman)

What counts as ‘Asian American literature,’ anyway?

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From AI to polar microbiology, here are 10 new UC Berkeley classes this semester

Her sisters — and growing up working class in Sacramento — inspired this student to push for climate justice

Disability leaders convene for the National Disability Cultural Centers Symposium and Justice Tour.

UC Berkeley hosts national symposium on how to serve students with disabilities

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Three standout stories uncovered by the California Local News Fellowship

This Berkeley scholar wants everyone to understand what ‘structural racism’ really means

a brightly colored rendering of a paved walkway. Many people seem to be enjoying it, including a couple with a bike. There are trees of various opacities, and one has red dots that appear to be fruit. In the background, multicolored apartments can be seen as well as a basketball court and squat community building.

UC Berkeley teams nab top prizes at national affordable housing competition

The pediment and frieze of the U.S. Supreme Court building, bearing the inscription: Equal Justice Under Law

UC Berkeley experts react to U.S. Supreme Court ruling on medical care for trans minors

Two students hug each other wearing their regalia in the bleachers at UC Berkeley's 2025 campuswide commencement on May 17.

At UC Berkeley’s campuswide commencement, grads were grateful for their personal growth — and four Big Game wins in a row

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