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Living with original prints in order to foster a better appreciation of art was the goal of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection when it was created in 1958. This exhibit will look at the unique program’s 60-year history and showcase prints from the collection’s past and present.

Explore these libraries that have served the campus for more than 100 years. Be awed by grand spaces like the North and Heyns reading rooms and delve into the exhibits of the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery. Plus get special access to the 52 miles of shelves in the Gardner Stacks.

Simply show your Homecoming badge at the entrance for access.

With more than 2.2 million specimens representing all plant groups from around the world, the herbaria hold the largest collection of their kind at a U.S. public university. Visit on your own time to see these delicately preserved specimens, from marine algae to California flowers, or join a guided tour at 1 or 3 p.m.

The Environmental Design Library has the largest collection west of the Mississippi for architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. During Reunion and Parents Weekend, the library will have a custom exhibit of Chinese Architect He Jingtang’s work on display for public viewing.

This exhibition celebrates the University of California’s sesquicentennial anniversary with photographs, correspondence, publications, and other documentation drawn from the university archives and the Bancroft Library collections. It features an array of golden bears — including Oski — and explores the illustrious history of UC Berkeley.

Learn about campus architecture, history, and university life during a 90-minute walking tour led by a knowledgeable campus ambassador.

By one estimate, public employee pensions across the U.S. are underfunded by $1.1 trillion. Others say the underfunding levels are much larger. What, exactly, are the problems associated with public employee pensions? How and why did those problems come about? And what are the likely consequences for state and local governments, for government employees, and for the citizens of the United States? This talk will focus on the politics behind the nation’s pension problems: how and why public pension benefits have been expanded over the years, the political considerations of those who are charged with fully funding those benefits, and the political factors that shape how local governments across the country respond to their rising pension costs.