http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Thu, 24 May 2012 17:52:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/news_events/announcement/the_results_of_our_human_happiness_student_video_competition http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/news_events/announcement/the_results_of_our_human_happiness_student_video_competition#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 23:03:46 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30938 Students in Professor Keltner's "Human Happiness" class produced short videos this spring on what makes them happy. A panel of judges named, as first-place winner, "Bill's Story," about a paper doll who learns about the relative value of wealth, status and social connections. ]]> http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/news_events/announcement/the_results_of_our_human_happiness_student_video_competition/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/mexican-library-mouse-wins-bancroft-prize-for-book-collecting/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/mexican-library-mouse-wins-bancroft-prize-for-book-collecting/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:00:40 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30336 An exchange student from Mexico City is the newest winner of the Bancroft Library's Hill-Shumate Book Collecting Prize, given annually to an undergraduate. History student and bibliophile Luciano Concheiro San Vicente, 20, owns a collection of more than 5,000 items — from 19th-century cookbooks and monumental histories to early 20th-century government pamphlets — that help illuminate what it means to "be Mexican."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/mexican-library-mouse-wins-bancroft-prize-for-book-collecting/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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:05:09 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29943 Double major Eric Olliff's inquisitive view of the world has helped earn him the 2012 University Medal, UC Berkeley's top prize for graduating seniors.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:40:36 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27115 Graduate student Ryan Lattanzio is heading to the Cannes Film Festival, where he'll help select the winner of the “Visionary Award," for a fledgling independent filmmaker. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/feed/ 0 http://writing.berkeley.edu/writing-community/scwp http://writing.berkeley.edu/writing-community/scwp#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:51:08 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29637 Daniel Alarcon and Camille Dungy are among authors lined up to teach in UC Berkeley's new, intensive Summer Creative Writing Program, for aspiring, practicing and experienced writers alike. Applications are now being accepted; the six-week program starts May 21. ]]> http://writing.berkeley.edu/writing-community/scwp/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/to-picture-ucs-future-position-sousaphones-reshoot-remix/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/to-picture-ucs-future-position-sousaphones-reshoot-remix/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 18:16:49 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29549 At a precise location near Sather Gate, members of the Cal Band gamely shouldered their instruments Monday for a technically demanding photo op. The goal: to recreate a shot taken close to half a century ago by photographer Ansel Adams — this time for a 21st-century campus project on "picturing" UC's future.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/01/to-picture-ucs-future-position-sousaphones-reshoot-remix/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.acui.org/poetryslam/ http://www.acui.org/poetryslam/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:00:50 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29059 A team of students from UC Berkeley took third place in the poetry-slam invitational hosted by the Association of College Unions International April 18-21. Poets from 48 campuses across the U.S. competed for top honors.]]> http://www.acui.org/poetryslam/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/cal-performances-announces-2012-13-season/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/cal-performances-announces-2012-13-season/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:01:06 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27511 Matías Tarnopolsky’s third season as director of Cal Performances, announced Tuesday, will feature 113 artists and ensembles in music, dance and theater performances ranging from Bach to Ionesco, Swan Lake to Einstein on the Beach.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/cal-performances-announces-2012-13-season/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/18/film-and-slavic-languages-scholar-now-kids-book-author-too/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/18/film-and-slavic-languages-scholar-now-kids-book-author-too/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:01:46 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23081 Slavic languages scholar Anne Nesbet has long been moved, as a reader, and intrigued, as a teacher and academic, by children's literature. Now her "a-shimmer with magic" debut novel, The Cabinet of Earths, is on the kids' book shelves. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/18/film-and-slavic-languages-scholar-now-kids-book-author-too/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:33:38 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25955 Linguistics graduate students' efforts examining the little known Garifuna language may help with its revitalization.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-director-for-townsend-center-for-the-humanities/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-director-for-townsend-center-for-the-humanities/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:20:32 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27223 Alan Tansman will direct the Townsend Center for the Humanities, starting in July.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-director-for-townsend-center-for-the-humanities/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:00:46 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25953 A Bancroft Library exhibit opening April 4 provides a salon-like setting for conversations about the artistic contributions of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual artists through the years.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/feed/ 0 http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol6-issue2-mar12/ernest-yen http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol6-issue2-mar12/ernest-yen#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:18:00 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27412 Of the 34 accomplished violinists in UC Berkeley’s Symphony Orchestra, one dons a Tyvek cap, coveralls and booties at the campus's Marvell NanoLab by day. He is Ernest Ting-Ta Yen, a mechanical engineering Ph.D. student who researches microelectromechanical systems, also known as MEMS.]]> http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol6-issue2-mar12/ernest-yen/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/22/bancroft-showcases-rare-shakespeare-works/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/22/bancroft-showcases-rare-shakespeare-works/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:15:12 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27273 The mini-exhibit features four bound editions of collected plays printed in folio format during the 17th century. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/22/bancroft-showcases-rare-shakespeare-works/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/16/exhibit-of-botero-abu-ghraib-artworks-on-loan-from-berkeley-opens-at-chilean-human-rights-museum/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/16/exhibit-of-botero-abu-ghraib-artworks-on-loan-from-berkeley-opens-at-chilean-human-rights-museum/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:44:28 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27071 Thirty-seven paintings and drawings from Fernando Botero’s "Abu Ghraib" series, donated by the artist to UC Berkeley three years ago, are on display at Chile's Museum of Memory and Human Rights through June 24.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/16/exhibit-of-botero-abu-ghraib-artworks-on-loan-from-berkeley-opens-at-chilean-human-rights-museum/feed/ 0 http://www.gamespot.com/features/how-journey-changes-everything-and-nothing-6366633/ http://www.gamespot.com/features/how-journey-changes-everything-and-nothing-6366633/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:37:57 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27055 In a series of videos presented by GameSpot, UC Berkeley linguistics students analyze the communication system of the video game "Journey," in which players interact without words or text.]]> http://www.gamespot.com/features/how-journey-changes-everything-and-nothing-6366633/feed/ 0 http://sa.berkeley.edu/asuc/art-studio http://sa.berkeley.edu/asuc/art-studio#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:55:53 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25907 Registration is open for the Berkeley Art Studio's second set of spring 2012 classes, which begin March 11.]]> http://sa.berkeley.edu/asuc/art-studio/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:40:57 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25079 Archaeologists working in eastern Jordan have announced its discovery of 20,000-year-old hut structures, the earliest yet found in that country. Along with materials found in the huts, the find suggests the area was once intensively occupied and offers a new perspective on how humans lived at the time.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/feed/ 0