Cal Alumni Club of Philadelphia (Cal Philly)
We welcome all Cal alumni to join us in our community! We support alumni of UC Berkeley who live in Philadelphia and the greater Delaware Valley.
Come build the Cal Bears community with us in Philly!
Chapter Announcements
September 28, 2026
Cal Philly Watch Parties for 2026
Our official location for viewing parties is:
Cav’s Headhouse – 421 S. 2nd St. (between Lombard and Pine) [map]
Whether we get 1, or 2, or 10 people, this where we will gather on the following dates:
- September 12 @ Syracuse (3:30 PM ET) W
- September 19 vs. Wagner (3:30 PM ET) W
- October 3 @ UNLV (3:30 PM ET) L
- October 10 vs. Virginia Tech (3:30 PM ET) W
- October 24 @ SMU (12:00 PM ET)
- October 31 @ NC State (TBD)
- November 14 @ Virginia (TBD) – Make the trip, if you choose!
- November 21 vs. Stanford (TBD) – Annual Big Game Party!
Go Bears!
August 6, 2026
Cal vs. UVA Football Road Trip!
Cal Football travels to Charlottesville,VA on Saturday, November 4 to take on the University of Virginia Cavaliers.
If you are interested in purchasing tickets and sitting with other Cal fans, follow this link.
Thank you to the DC Cal Alumni Chapter for coordinating this with Cal Football and Cal Athletics!
Use this link to go to their events page for more information.
Let’s show our Philly in Charlottesville!!
Go Bears! Beat the Hoos!
August 4, 2026
Help Build the Campanile, One LEGO Brick at a Time!
Cal alum Mike Buerchner ’89, MBA ’93 has created a LEGO Campanile design, and it could become an official LEGO set with enough community support.
If you’d love to see one of Berkeley’s most iconic landmarks recreated in LEGO bricks, cast your vote and help spread the word among fellow Bears.
Go Bears, and go LEGO Campanile!
Vote HERE
Alumni News
You Can’t Put a Number on Lair Magic
Hello Campers, First, a heartfelt thank you for an amazing summer! My name is Matthew Green, and I am the Financial Reporting & Operations Manager here at the Cal Alumni Association (CAA). I joined CAA about a year ago and, at the urging of Cathy Connelly, I found myself enjoying a weekend at the Lair […]
The Universe Will Not Be Paraphrased
Cal astrophysicist Eugene Chiang has chased total solar eclipses across three continents. His advice: stop extrapolating from the partial you saw once, and just go.
The Secret Life of Oski
In honor of Oski’s 85th birthday, the Cal Alumni Association spoke with five alums who served on the committee between the late 1960s and 2025. What emerged was not one story but five overlapping ones, each shaped by a different decade’s idea of what Oski should be.