
She’s better known on campus as Berkeley Law’s associate dean of J.D. curriculum and teaching, but Professor Molly Van Houweling is also a champion cyclist. Van Houweling broke a women’s world cycling record September 12, riding 46.273 kilometers in one hour on a track in Mexico. She beat the previous record of 46.065 kilometers, set in 2003. An intellectual property expert, Van Houweling is a five-time amateur world champion. Last year, she won the road race and time trial events at the World Cycling Tour Final in Slovenia.