第22章 University of California, Berkeley: Let there be l
加州大学伯克利分校：愿知识之光普照大地
英文导读
Back to its origin
University of California， Berkeley (also referred to as UC Berkeley， or UCB) is a public research university located in Berkeley， California， United States. Founded in the wake of the gold rush by leaders of the newly established 31st state， the University of California"s flagship campus at UC Berkeley has become one of the preeminent universities in the world. Established in 1868 as the result of merger of the private College of California and the public Agricultural， Mining， and Mechanical Arts College in Oakland， Berkeley is the oldest of the ten major campuses affiliated with the University of California (UC). The mascot for UC Berkeley is the Golden Bear and its athletic teams compete in the Pacific-10 Conference. UC Berkeley has a diverse student body， with no single ethnic majority on campus and more than 100 countries represented among students.
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System： UC Berkeley is comprised of 14 schools and colleges， including a number of graduate and professional schools such as the School of Optometry， Graduate School of Journalism， and College of Environmental Design， the Haas School of Business， the College of Letters and Science， the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and the School of Social Welfare. The university offers two years of guaranteed housing for incoming freshmen， and one year for entering transfer students. There are more than 700 student organizations on campus， ranging from political groups to a hang gliding club and everything in between. Berkeley also has a thriving Greek life with more than 55 fraternity and sorority chapters.
Alumni： Notable alumni include currently the 12th United States Secretary of Energy Steven Chu， former U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren， Olympic gold medalist Jonny Moseley， and Gregory Peck， Academy Award winning actor. Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer， scientific director of the Manhattan Project during WWII to develop the atomic bomb， was a physicist and professor at Berkeley.Daniel Kahneman， awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
生词助读
merger [m：d] n. （企业等的）合并；并购
optometry [ptmitri] n. 验光业
journalism [d：nlizm] n. 新闻业；新闻学
guarantee [ɡrnti：] vt. 担保；保证
hang gliding 悬挂式滑翔运动
中文概述
加州大学伯克利分校1868年创建于奥克兰市，由加利福尼亚学院以及农业、矿业和机械学院合并而成，1873年迁至伯克利市，1952年采用现校名。加州大学伯克利分校是加州大学九个分校中历史最悠久、学术最繁荣、思想最自由的分校，也可称得上是全美最好的州立大学。
加州大学伯克利分校本科生院招收中学毕业生，学制4年。学生修满180个学分，可获得学土学位。学校实行1学年分3学期制。学生每学期应修习15个学分。此外，伯克利的研究生教育一直被认为是美国最为顶尖的水平。加州大学伯克利分校以传统的多学科综合的文理学院为主，以新兴学科和专业学院为辅。全校共有3个法学院，5个医学院，14个学院，大多数学院下面还设有系。对国际学生而言，加州大学伯克利分校仅接受秋季入学申请，开学时间为每年8月底。
加州大学伯克利分校不仅是九个分校中校史最长的一个，而且其教学质量、科研成就、师资、硬件设备和学生质量也是九个"兄弟"中最棒的一个。该校的劳伦斯辐射实验室、劳伦斯科学馆、古生物学、动物学与人类学等博物馆，以及可容纳1万名观众的希腊式赫斯特剧场等设施，尤为著名。
众多的诺贝尔奖得主、美国国家科学奖章得主、科学院院士、工程院院士，连同在硅谷商战中成为亿万富翁的伯克利人，撑起了一面汇集天下英才的大旗。
梦想成功录
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power.
没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略。
Look at every one equally， irrespective of rich or poor， noble or of low caste.
平等地对待每一个人，而不论其贫富或贵贱。