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Leon Litwack, Pulitzer Prize-winning...

August 11, 2021
Alex Glazer

Alexander Glazer, rescuer of UC's natural...

August 4, 2021
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UC Berkeley mourns Justice Cruz Reynoso, a...

May 13, 2021
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Herpetologist David Wake, who warned of...

May 4, 2021
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World-renowned anthropologist Paul Rabinow...

April 23, 2021
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Robert Middlekauff, leading scholar of early...

April 6, 2021
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Immunologist Nilabh Shastri, an expert on T...

February 9, 2021
Leo Goodman, professor emeritus of sociology and statistics, dies at 92

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January 15, 2021
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January 7, 2021
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December 21, 2020
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William Clemens, expert on fossil mammals, dies at 88

December 1, 2020
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August 28, 2020
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August 19, 2020
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August 14, 2020
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