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Wishing you a joyous holiday season and a prosperous new year!

From our family to yours, thank you for your enduring partnership with our wonderful university.

Chancellor Rich and Jen Lyons
Jake (24) and Nicole (21)
University of California, Berkeley

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Dear Cal alums, parents, and friends,

Dear Cal alums, parents, and friends,

Waking up in a trembling bed and realizing that it’s an earthquake — not your dog pouncing on board to cuddle — is unsettling. In 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom launched the nation’s first statewide early warning system that uses an app to send alerts to people’s cellphones. It was put to the test last summer when a 5.2-magnitude quake rattled Central and Southern California. Over 517,000 alerts went out, reminding people to drop, cover, and hold on.

Dear Cal alums, parents, and friends,

I did not see my inauguration on October 18 as a personal ceremony, but as a communal one, an inauguration of another era of excellence for our university. I am certain that together we will write a new chapter in the remarkable story of Berkeley’s never-ending quest to open and explore new horizons on behalf of the greater good.

Dear Cal alums, parents, and friends,

Dear Cal alums, parents, and friends,

Sixty years ago yesterday, an alum was arrested for handing out political literature on Sproul Plaza. In response, thousands of students, led by student activist Mario Savio, surrounded the police car in peaceful protest — igniting the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley and a powerful wave of activism that swept across college campuses. Today, the right to free speech remains an essential and, at times, contested value both here and across the country.

Dear Cal alums, parents, and friends,

We pause today to remember and honor those we lost on Sept. 11, 2001, a day that forever changed our lives and our world. At that time, we came together as a nation in our grief and love for our country, reminding ourselves that even in the most difficult times, we can find the strength and unity to move forward.

Dear Cal alums, parents, and friends,