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University of California at Berkeley (UC Berkeley), founded in 1868, was formed with the merger of the private College of California and the Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College land grant institution. The university originally was known for its agriculture, humanities, and engineering schools. The College of Commerce, later the Haas School of Business, was established in the early 1900s. In the 1930s, the university launched nuclear physics, chemistry, and biology programs. Ernest O. Lawrence's first cyclotron was developed at the campus. UC Berkeley researchers also isolated the human polio virus. Twenty members of the university's faculty have won the Nobel Prizes. Faculty members also have won the Pulitzer Prize, Priestly Medal, National Medal of Science, Fields Medal in Mathematics, and other awards. The university now includes education, journalism, law, public health, environmental design, social welfare, and other undergraduate and graduate programs. UC Berkeley libraries house 9 million volumes. The university also maintains digital library collections. The institution's museums house 80 collections. UC Berkeley produces 'Berkeley Science Review,' 'Lab Notes,' 'Research@Berkeley Magazine,' 'Wellness Letter,' and other research publications.
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