http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:39:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/10/professor-of-greek-history-worries-about-his-homelands-future/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/10/professor-of-greek-history-worries-about-his-homelands-future/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:27:36 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25037 As Sunday's vote on austerity measures approaches, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, a UC Berkeley assistant professor of classics and a native of Greece, is apprehensive about conditions in his native land improving anytime soon.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/10/professor-of-greek-history-worries-about-his-homelands-future/feed/ 0 http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/01/spark-170-january-29-february-1-2012/ http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/01/spark-170-january-29-february-1-2012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:48:16 +0000 Roxanne Makasdjian http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24606 AnnaLee Saxenian, dean of the School of Information and author of The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy, talks about what happened in Silicon Valley to make it the world's tech innovation center, and how the future of growth and innovation will depend on the new Argonauts — experts who move information fluidly between creative hubs all over the world.]]> http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/01/spark-170-january-29-february-1-2012/feed/ 0 http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/120130booksilver.aspx http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/120130booksilver.aspx#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:55:33 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24585 A new book by Nora Silver, adjunct professor of business, explores an increasingly important issue facing nonprofits: understanding, attracting and engaging ethnic volunteers. Telling the Whole Story: Voices of Ethnic Volunteers in America shares untold stories of voluntary engagement, which Silver gathered from focus groups in seven ethnic communities.]]> http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/120130booksilver.aspx/feed/ 0 http://vimeo.com/35212458 http://vimeo.com/35212458#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:06:26 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23634 Political scientists Paul Pierson of UC Berkeley and Jacob Hacker of Yale say the vast and growing gap between America's haves and have-nots didn't just happen, but was deliberately and politically "engineered." Co-authors of the recent book "Winner-Take-All Politics," the two appeared on the Jan. 13 episode of "Moyers & Company."]]> http://vimeo.com/35212458/feed/ 0 http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/blackworkers/monthly/bwreport_2012-01-06_43.pdf http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/blackworkers/monthly/bwreport_2012-01-06_43.pdf#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:36:52 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23213 In its latest Black Worker Report, the UC Berkeley Labor Center looks at the latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which place black unemployment nationwide at 15.8 percent for December, 2011. (PDF) ]]> http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/blackworkers/monthly/bwreport_2012-01-06_43.pdf/feed/ 0 http://www.law.berkeley.edu/12608.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/12608.htm#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:19:07 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23075 Environmentalists and corporations don’t always see eye-to-eye on climate change. But the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative has shown that the two sides’ objectives can not only co-exist, but be mutually beneficial. The program — connecting leaders from business, government, nonprofits — is run jointly by the law schools at UC Berkeley and UCLA. ]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/12608.htm/feed/ 0 http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2012/01/03/uc-berkeley-is-top-california-school-cpa.html http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2012/01/03/uc-berkeley-is-top-california-school-cpa.html#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:39:17 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22955 Among California schools, UC Berkeley candidates earned the best average scores on the state CPA exam, and the best first-time pass rate, 67.1 percent.]]> http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2012/01/03/uc-berkeley-is-top-california-school-cpa.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/19/classandincome/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/19/classandincome/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:00:46 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21199 Emotional differences between the rich and poor, as depicted in such Charles Dickens classics as “A Christmas Carol” and “A Tale of Two Cities,” may have a scientific basis. Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that people in the lower socio-economic classes are more physiologically attuned to suffering, and quicker to express compassion than their more affluent counterparts.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/19/classandincome/feed/ 0 http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/12/in-berkeley-occupy-the-wall-across-the-street/ http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/12/in-berkeley-occupy-the-wall-across-the-street/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:37:12 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22338 In a move inspired by Occupy Wall Street and noted by the Maddow Blog and others, the UC Berkeley Labor Center took its research findings to the streets, literally, with some Bat-Signal infographics.]]> http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/12/12/in-berkeley-occupy-the-wall-across-the-street/feed/ 0 http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/press/release_dec11.shtml http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/press/release_dec11.shtml#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:12:04 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22157 Tens of thousands of working Californians’ family members could be denied access to affordable health insurance under proposed regulations to the federal healthcare law, says a new report released by researchers at UC Berkeley and UCLA. ]]> http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/press/release_dec11.shtml/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/06/advanced-manufacturing-partnership-conference/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/06/advanced-manufacturing-partnership-conference/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:08:07 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21470 Leaders from academia, government and industry gathered at UC Berkeley Monday to discuss partnership strategies to re-establish the United States as a global leader in advanced manufacturing.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/06/advanced-manufacturing-partnership-conference/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/29/moore-foundation-awards-6-million-for-earthquake-early-warning-research/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/29/moore-foundation-awards-6-million-for-earthquake-early-warning-research/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:31:52 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21245 UC Berkeley, Caltech and the University of Washington will each receive $2 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to conduct research on an earthquake early warning system that seismologists hope to create along the Pacific Coast.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/29/moore-foundation-awards-6-million-for-earthquake-early-warning-research/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/22/world-bank-economist-to-talk-about-lessons-of-chinas-growth/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/22/world-bank-economist-to-talk-about-lessons-of-chinas-growth/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:17:26 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21081 World Bank economist Justin Lin to explore reasons for China's growth, lessons to be learned.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/22/world-bank-economist-to-talk-about-lessons-of-chinas-growth/feed/ 0 http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/press-releases/berkeley-engineering-launches-collaboration-with-shanghai-innovation-hub.html http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/press-releases/berkeley-engineering-launches-collaboration-with-shanghai-innovation-hub.html#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:05:10 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=20477 The College of Engineering announced Nov. 11 a new partnership with the Shanghai Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, one of China’s top high-tech parks, to develop a platform for expanding industrial and academic research collaborations in Asia and fostering global learning opportunities for UC Berkeley students.]]> http://coe.berkeley.edu/news-center/press-releases/berkeley-engineering-launches-collaboration-with-shanghai-innovation-hub.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/08/reich-mario-savio-lecture/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/08/reich-mario-savio-lecture/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:53:07 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19951 he University of California, Berkeley’s 15th annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Robert Reich, former U.S. labor secretary and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, on the topic of class warfare. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/08/reich-mario-savio-lecture/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/07/big-ideas-for-jobs-creation-a-qa-with-karen-chapple/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/07/big-ideas-for-jobs-creation-a-qa-with-karen-chapple/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:17:04 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19743 Thirteen big ideas for programs and policies to create badly needed jobs in the United States were unveiled Monday at a Washington, D.C., briefing.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/07/big-ideas-for-jobs-creation-a-qa-with-karen-chapple/feed/ 0 http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Research%20News/2011-10-20.aspx http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Research%20News/2011-10-20.aspx#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:59:44 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19091 Watching a scary movie can motivate you to sell your stocks earlier than you would have otherwise. That’s the frightening evidence shown in a series of studies from the Haas Marketing Group.]]> http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Research%20News/2011-10-20.aspx/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/24/low-birth-weight-poverty-effect-disease-in-adulthood-says-new-study-co-authored-by-uc-berkeley-economist/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/24/low-birth-weight-poverty-effect-disease-in-adulthood-says-new-study-co-authored-by-uc-berkeley-economist/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:08:48 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=18876 Vulnerability to asthma, heart disease, hypertension and stroke in adulthood begins very early in life and is linked to low birth weight and poverty, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health and co-authored by an economist at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/24/low-birth-weight-poverty-effect-disease-in-adulthood-says-new-study-co-authored-by-uc-berkeley-economist/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/19/christina-and-david-romer-to-discuss-healing-the-u-s-economy/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/19/christina-and-david-romer-to-discuss-healing-the-u-s-economy/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:11:23 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=18070 Christina and David Romer will lead an Oct. 27 discussion, "Healing the Troubled American Economy," being held on campus by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/19/christina-and-david-romer-to-discuss-healing-the-u-s-economy/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/10/nobel-winners-in-economics-share-a-uc-berkeley-past/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/10/nobel-winners-in-economics-share-a-uc-berkeley-past/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:38:39 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=17806 This year’s two winners of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences both studied at UC Berkeley, where they are being praised by colleagues for their work in macroeconometrics and macroeconomic theory.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/10/nobel-winners-in-economics-share-a-uc-berkeley-past/feed/ 0