http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 15 May 2012 23:07:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:02:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30645 UCTV's "Prime Vote" features Henry Brady's video commentary, Don’t Hang Up! Why Voters Should Respond to Pollsters,”as he makes a case fo folks to stay on the line and make their opinions heard, especially in an electoral season increasingly dominated by rich donors and highly paid lobbyists. ]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/archaeologist-crawford-greenwalt-dies/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/archaeologist-crawford-greenwalt-dies/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 21:30:10 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29938 Exploring the history and culture of the ancient city of Sardis in Turkey was a passion of classical archaeologist Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr., who died on May 4.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/archaeologist-crawford-greenwalt-dies/feed/ 0 http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/general/1205-message-from-president-yudof-on-state-budget.html http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/general/1205-message-from-president-yudof-on-state-budget.html#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 21:13:53 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30310 Governor Brown will release his revised state budget on Monday, May 14. "At this critical time in California's budget process, the Governor and legislative leaders need to hear from UC supporters that the University of California has been cut enough," President Mark Yudof says in an online message.]]> http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/general/1205-message-from-president-yudof-on-state-budget.html/feed/ 0 http://www.lastcallattheoasis.com/ http://www.lastcallattheoasis.com/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:39:29 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30125 Integrative biology professor Tyrone Hayes joins Erin Brockovich in a documentary, "Last Call at the Oasis," that's already getting praise for its discussion of a coming global water crisis. Directed by Jessica Yu & produced by the same people who created "An Inconvenient Truth," the documentary opened May 4 in New York and Los Angeles and comes to the Bay Area May 11.]]> http://www.lastcallattheoasis.com/feed/ 0 http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/ http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:05:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30155 UCDC's Bruce Cain talks with UCTV's "Prime Vote" series about the era of PACS and who's financing the 2012 election.]]> http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/feed/ 0 http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/awards/clark-kerr-award http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/awards/clark-kerr-award#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:14:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30143 The Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate has named its 2012 Clark Kerr Awardees: Chancellor Emeritus Robert Berdahl and Marian Diamond, professor emeritus of integrative biology. The award recognizes extraordinary and distinguished contributions to the advancement of higher education.]]> http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/awards/clark-kerr-award/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:19 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29280 Jane Schnorrenberg has been dancing since she was 7. But she's not about to quit her day job.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/faculty-retention/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/faculty-retention/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 22:54:15 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19708 The notion of a faculty brain drain at Berkeley turns out to have a lot in common with Mark Twain’s prematurely rumored death: Reports are greatly exaggerated. Berkeley has won 88 percent of the 33 retention cases settled during the 2010-11 academic year, up from 72 percent of 50 settled the year before, according to Vice Provost Janet Broughton. Interviews with five professors who have chosen to stay reveal the reasons — chiefly the quality of the students and the intellectual rapport shared with colleagues.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/faculty-retention/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:16 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28430 Even for a labor economist, Sylvia Allegretto, a co-founder of UC Berkeley's Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics, took a distinctly working-class route to a career in academia.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/feed/ 0 http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120502005867/en/Inventor-Honored-Bridging-Innovation-Humanitarianism-Millions-Globally http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120502005867/en/Inventor-Honored-Bridging-Innovation-Humanitarianism-Millions-Globally#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 21:02:49 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29621 The Lemelson-MIT Program has awarded Ashok Gadgil, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation. The award recognizes Gadgil, who is known for his work on affordable water disinfection systems and fuel-efficient cookstoves for developing nations, for "his steady pursuit to blend research, invention and humanitarianism for broad social impact." ]]> http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120502005867/en/Inventor-Honored-Bridging-Innovation-Humanitarianism-Millions-Globally/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/02/students-rep-barbara-lee-urge-lower-student-loan-rates/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/02/students-rep-barbara-lee-urge-lower-student-loan-rates/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:56:23 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29656 Cal students joined Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, Rep. Barbara Lee and the presidents of three local universities in urging Congress to maintain the low interest rate for federally subsidized student loans, called Stafford loans. Without Congressional action, the rate will double on July 1.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/02/students-rep-barbara-lee-urge-lower-student-loan-rates/feed/ 0 http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:55:20 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29632 Roboticists in Ghana and at UC Berkeley this week launched AFRON, the African Robotics Network, an initiative to enhance robotics education, research and industry in Africa. Co-founder is professor Ken Goldberg, a fellow with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).]]> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/four-uc-berkeley-scientists-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/four-uc-berkeley-scientists-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:10:47 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29561 Four University of California, Berkeley, faculty members – physicists John Clarke and Bernard Sadoulet, chemist John Hartwig and ecologist Mary Power – have been elected members or foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences, bringing UC Berkeley's total NAS membership to 141.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/four-uc-berkeley-scientists-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27528 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27528#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:28:15 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29318 In her free hours, Deborah Lustig, a research associate at the Institute for the Study of Social Change, plays a key role in the African Library Project, as well as helping foster children navigate the legal system, as a court-appointed special advocate.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27528/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:36:09 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28808 This year's Bandelier Award for Public Service to Archaeology goes to a UC Berkeley classics professor emeritus, for his decades-long work exploring the ancient city of Sardis, capital of the ancient empire of Lydia.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/feed/ 0 http://www.berkeley.edu/chancellorsearch/index.php http://www.berkeley.edu/chancellorsearch/index.php#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:13:14 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28968 UC President Mark Yudof has named an advisory committee to facilitate a national search for a new chancellor to lead UC Berkeley. The committee will hold its first meeting on campus May 4. Information on the search process are provided on a new campus website. ]]> http://www.berkeley.edu/chancellorsearch/index.php/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-economists-contribute-to-just-released-occupy-handbook/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-economists-contribute-to-just-released-occupy-handbook/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:51:56 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28648 UC Berkeley economists contribute to the literature about and understanding of the Occupy movement,]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-economists-contribute-to-just-released-occupy-handbook/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/four-faculty-members-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/four-faculty-members-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:48:52 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28579 Four UC Berkeley faculty members – a pioneer in photonic crystals, a dark matter astrophysicist, a specialist in nanowires and an expert on molecular machines – are among 220 new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/four-faculty-members-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/feed/ 0 http://www.law.berkeley.edu/13220.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/13220.htm#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:53:59 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28550 Berkeley Law Professor Anne Joseph O’Connell, a scholar of administrative law and civil procedure and a faculty member since 2004, is the winner of the law school's annual Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction. ]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/13220.htm/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/berkeley-fair-promotes-retirement-road-mapping-for-financial-fitness/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/berkeley-fair-promotes-retirement-road-mapping-for-financial-fitness/#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:51:34 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28465 The first-of-its-kind event was staged to help employees make the most of the university's benefits package and campus work-life programs. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/berkeley-fair-promotes-retirement-road-mapping-for-financial-fitness/feed/ 0