ently given to architecture professor John Galen Howard. Howard designed over twenty buildings, which set the tone for the campus up until its expansion in the 1950s and 1960s. The structures forming the “classical core” of the campus were built in the Beaux-Arts Classical style, and include Hearst Greek Theatre, Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Doe Memorial Library, California Hall, Wheeler Hall, (Old) Le Conte Hall, Gilman Hall, Haviland Hall, Wellman Hall, Sather Gate, and the 307-foot (94 m) Sather Tower (nicknamed "the Campanile" after its...
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in Strawberry Canyon. Portions of the mostly undeveloped eastern area of the campus is actually within the City of Oakland; the northernmost eastern corner of Oakland extends from the Claremont Resort north through the Panoramic Hill neighborhood to Tilden Park. To the west of the central campus is the downtown business district of Berkeley; to the northwest is the neighborhood of North Berkeley, including the so-called Gourmet Ghetto, a commercial district known for high quality dining due to the presence of such world-renowned restaurants as Chez Panisse. Immediately to the north is a quiet residential neighborhood known as Northside with a large graduate student population;[68] situated north of that are the upscale residential neighborhoods of the Berkeley Hills. Imme
he university as faculty, alumni or researchers, the most of any public university in the United States and sixth most of any university in the world.Rankings and reputation[edit]University rankingsNationalARWU[54] 3Forbes[55] 22U.S. News & World Report[56] 20Washington Monthly[57] 5GlobalARWU[58] 3QS[59] 25Times[60] 8Berkeley was listed as a "Public Ivy" in Richard Mull's 1985 Public Ivies.[61] In the 2013 Times Higher...
d comprising the current Berkeley campus was purchased by the private College of California. Because it lacked sufficient funds to operate, it eventually merged with the state-run Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College to form the University of California, the first full-curriculum public university in the state. Ten faculty members and almost 40 students made up the new University of California when it opened in Oakland in 1869.[14] Andrew Gabrielson was a trustee of the College of California and suggested that the college be named in honor of the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkeley.[15] In 1870, Henr
5.2.2 Communications media5.2.3 Student groups5.3 Athletics5.3.1 California – Stanford rivalry5.3.2 National championships6 Notable alumni, faculty, and staff7 See also8 Notes and references9 Further reading and viewing10 External linksHistory[edit]View from Memorial Glade of Sather Tower (The Campanile), the center of UC Berkeley. The ring of its bells and clock can be heard from all over campus.Main article: History of the University of California, BerkeleyIn 1866, the land comprising the current Berkeley campus was purchased by the private College...
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