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[ian-tiberius.livejournal.com]

and it would sound a bit off to me to read in a formal news report something like "Mr. Johnson has a degree in applied protest studies from Cal".

Same here, but I doubt I'd bat an eye if I read "Mr. Johnson has a degree in applied protest studies from Berkeley." (Assuming I missed the "applied protest studies" part.)

[doctorray.livejournal.com]

For me, it would depend on how formal the source was. I wouldn't bat an eye in a blog posting, but in something like the NY Times, I'd think "there's one the editor missed!". But being from Boston, I know there's a Berkeley Conservatory there to be confused with the better-known UC Berkeley. If I saw "Mr Johnson has a degree... from UC Berkeley" I wouldn't bat an eye either.

But then I've been grading essays recently, so maybe my prose-meter is set a bit too far over to "formal"...

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

It's neither here nor there, but the music school is Berklee.