From a course on the biodiversity of the planet, to the East-meets-West music of the Bustan Quartet, to appearances by notable women with varied voices, diversity in all its forms is celebrated in this spring’s attractions at UC Berkeley. New exhibits open up the worlds of Andy Warhol, reclusive artist Ray Johnson, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender artists. And that’s just the beginning.
A video produced by Berkeley journalism students appeared recently on USA Today‘s website. “The Food of Politics,” spotlighting an Iowa diner where presidential hopefuls eat, was created for the summer 2011 Berkeley News21 project on food and health reporting.
A new study by UC Berkeley social psychologists Matthew Feinberg and Robb Willer about the upside of gossip is receiving considerable press. Hear Willer and author Joseph Epstein discuss whether gossip can be good on KQED’s Forum radio show.
Half of all wetlands in the United States were destroyed during the 20th century, but a thriving restoration effort aims to recreate the marshes and other ecosystems lost. A new UC Berkeley study cautions, however, that restored wetlands may not recover to the condition of a natural, undamaged wetland for hundreds of years, if ever.
The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, bursting at the seams of its home next door to UC Berkeley, announced Monday that it has picked the University of California’s bayside Richmond Field Station as the site of its second campus. The lab expansion will have benefits for Berkeley, Chancellor Birgeneau says.
Remote sensing places nature at our fingertips
Non-thermal surgical technique uses electrical pulses to break through cell walls without harming nearby tissue.
Profitable Ripple Effect Projected for Berkeley Lab's Second Campus in RichmondSubscribe: Berkeleyan newsletter (archive) | Email | RSS 
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