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Feng Wang is an American physicist, currently at University of California, Berkeley and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. [1]
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Feng Wang is an American physicist, currently at University of California, Berkeley and an Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. [1]
Wang received a B.A. from Fudan University, Shanghai, in 1999 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2004. [1]
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Junichi P. Semitsu is a professor of law at the University of San Diego and the exclusive blogger for The Chicks. He co-created the pop culture and politics blog, Poplicks.com, with Oliver Wang. He also previously served as the Director of June Jordan's Poetry for the People at University of California, Berkeley. He also appeared as a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on January 11 and 14, 2008.
The history of the University of California, Berkeley begins on October 13, 1849, with the adoption of the Constitution of California, which provided for the creation of a public university. On Charter Day, March 23, 1868, the signing of the Organic Act established the University of California, with the new institution inheriting the land and facilities of the private College of California and the federal funding eligibility of a public agricultural, mining, and mechanical arts college.
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The 2017 Berkeley protests were a series of protests and clashes between organized groups that occurred in the city of Berkeley, California, in the vicinity of the University of California campus. Violence occurred predominantly between protesters opposed to then-President Donald Trump, including activists such as antifa groups and socialists; and pro-Trump groups such as Republicans, members of the alt-lite and alt-right, neo-Nazis, and white nationalists. The majority of the participants were peaceful.
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