Category Archives: Student Posts

Saba Nisar Soomro: Seventeen Smiles and Lessons from Berkeley

When Habib University asked me to write a one-pager about my Study Abroad experience, I didn’t know where to begin. How do you compress all the experiences into a single page? So, I’ll start imperfectly, the way it all began. …

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Resilience and Representation: Laiba Bintay Khurram’s UC Berkeley Story

My journey to UC Berkeley started with the application process, where I had to present my case to a jury. Being selected with a 75% grant felt surreal, and what made it even more special was receiving the remaining funding …

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From One Home to Another: My UC Berkeley Experience

Grabbing a French Vanilla Latte from the coffee machine, along with a plate full of waffles, and walking to the dining hall to have breakfast with my friends was perhaps the only reason I would ever wake up at 8 …

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Learning Beyond the Textbook: Reflections on the Lady Fatima Inaugural Lecture

In today’s interconnected world, we feel many anxieties on both collective and generational levels. Everything seems to converge on the biggest issue of our time: climate change and the looming threats it brings to our future. Dr. Larisa’s Lady Fatima …

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