http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/ill-gotten-gains/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/ill-gotten-gains/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:00:09 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34070 It’s no accident that money obtained through dishonest or illegal means is called “dirty money.” A new UC Berkeley study suggests that when people perceive money as morally tainted, they also view it as having less value and purchasing power, challenging the belief that all money is green, and that people will cross ethical boundaries to amass it.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/ill-gotten-gains/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/foreign-audits-china-laborers/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/foreign-audits-china-laborers/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:30:10 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33152 Nearly half of Chinese manufacturing firms are audited either by foreign or domestic customers, but a large percentage of their workers still work more unpaid overtime than legally allowed, says a new study by UC Berkeley economists Jeff Perloff and Guojun He. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/foreign-audits-china-laborers/feed/ 0 http://funginstitute.berkeley.edu/programs/venture-lab-competition-2013 http://funginstitute.berkeley.edu/programs/venture-lab-competition-2013#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:45:59 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34382 Campus students and post docs who seek to launch and grow a tech startup are invited to apply for funding, workspace and guidance from the Venture Lab competition. The contest deadline is April 17.]]> http://funginstitute.berkeley.edu/programs/venture-lab-competition-2013/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/20/beyond-academia/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/20/beyond-academia/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:50:24 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34152 Traditionally, the holy grail for doctoral students has been a professorship at a prestigious university. But in a sign of changing times, many Ph.D. students are now seeking jobs outside higher ed. Enter "Beyond Academia," a career conference organized by Ph.D. students and postdocs.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/20/beyond-academia/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/professor-makes-case-for-u-s-mexico-border-without-walls/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/professor-makes-case-for-u-s-mexico-border-without-walls/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:00:19 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34201 Against the background of fierce debate on immigration reform, Michael Dear's Why Walls Won't Work examines the often-thriving, but threatened, cross-border lives in communities straddling the U.S.-Mexico border.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/professor-makes-case-for-u-s-mexico-border-without-walls/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/13/energy-tech-workshop/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/13/energy-tech-workshop/#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:46:27 +0000 Steve Hockensmith http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34131 Just three miles from the site of the future Richmond Bay Campus, the Northern California Workshop for Energy Technologies underscored the need for partnerships, and featured a keynote address from former Michigan governor (and current Berkeley faculty member) Jennifer Granholm.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/13/energy-tech-workshop/feed/ 0 http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/haas-faculty-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-solar-light-research-uganda http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/haas-faculty-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-solar-light-research-uganda#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:24:00 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34165 Three Haas professors are bypassing traditional grants and going straight to crowdfunding to raise money for a study on how to get people in rural Uganda to replace dangerous kerosene lanterns with life-changing solar lamps. They have launched a campaign on Indiegogo, which was co-founded by Haas alumni. ]]> http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/haas-faculty-launch-crowdfunding-campaign-solar-light-research-uganda/feed/ 0 http://billmoyers.com/segment/saru-jayaraman-on-justice-for-restaurant-workers/ http://billmoyers.com/segment/saru-jayaraman-on-justice-for-restaurant-workers/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:50:30 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34104 After 9/11, activist Saru Jayaraman co-founded Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, whose focus is workplace justice for restaurant workers. Jayaraman, who directs UC Berkeley's Food Labor Research Center, is featured in a PBS "Moyers & Company" segment.]]> http://billmoyers.com/segment/saru-jayaraman-on-justice-for-restaurant-workers/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/28/research-news-briefs-3/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/28/research-news-briefs-3/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 22:16:39 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34100 Research News Briefs: Economic paper says social pressure affects women more than men when it comes to altruism / Neighborhoods teeming with liquor stores linked to big jump in binge drinking]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/28/research-news-briefs-3/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20130215futureofebooks http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20130215futureofebooks#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34076 The electronic book industry is booming, but so are complaints about the current e-book publishing system. Now a group of I School students is developing a next-generation open-source, cross-platform framework for the electronic books of the future.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20130215futureofebooks/feed/ 0 http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/skydeck-wins-catalyst-award http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/skydeck-wins-catalyst-award#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:35:06 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34023 Skydeck, the UC Berkeley startup accelerator in downtown Berkeley, won the Catalyst Award at the first-ever East Bay Innovation Awards celebration. ]]> http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/skydeck-wins-catalyst-award/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/18/spsp-power-rejection/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/18/spsp-power-rejection/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:00:17 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33835 Employees often tiptoe around their bosses for fear of offending them. But new UC Berkeley research shows people in power have thicker skin than one might think.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/18/spsp-power-rejection/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/16/prize-highlights-young-economists-steady-bold-trajectory/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/16/prize-highlights-young-economists-steady-bold-trajectory/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:00:12 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33780 BERKELEY — UC Berkeley economist Ulrike Malmendier could have chosen any number of career paths.  After all, she speaks six languages, is fascinated with Latin and Greek, and loves physics and math. While working on a Ph.D. in law, another focus of her eclectic interests, she took a modern-economics course and that changed everything. Malmendier set off to explore the [...]]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/16/prize-highlights-young-economists-steady-bold-trajectory/feed/ 0 http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/finance-professor-ulrike-malmendier-receives-2013-fischer-black-prize http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/finance-professor-ulrike-malmendier-receives-2013-fischer-black-prize#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 22:10:49 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33795 Berkeley-Haas Finance Professor Ulrike Malmendier has been awarded the 2013 Fischer Black Prize from the American Finance Association, which honors the top finance scholar under the age of 40 years old. The prize was announced to the public Jan. 7, 2013.]]> http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/finance-professor-ulrike-malmendier-receives-2013-fischer-black-prize/feed/ 0 http://www.aapss.org/news/2012/12/12/academy-names-2013-fellows http://www.aapss.org/news/2012/12/12/academy-names-2013-fellows#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:06:40 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33683 Economist David Card is honored for his work "writ large."]]> http://www.aapss.org/news/2012/12/12/academy-names-2013-fellows/feed/ 0 http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/prof-nancy-wallace-appointed-us-treasury-advisory-committee http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/prof-nancy-wallace-appointed-us-treasury-advisory-committee#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:23:57 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33537 Professor Nancy Wallace of the Haas School of Business has been selected to serve on a committee charged with advising the U.S. Department of Treasury on improving the quality of financial data and improving analysis of risks to the financial system. The new group holds its inaugural meeting on Dec. 5.]]> http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/prof-nancy-wallace-appointed-us-treasury-advisory-committee/feed/ 0 http://www.law.berkeley.edu/14605.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/14605.htm#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:30:04 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33517 Berkeley Law's new Green-Collar Communities Clinic helps low-income workers and entrepreneurs incubate cooperative, environmentally-sustainable ventures — from solar-installation businesses to green nail salons. ]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/14605.htm/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/08/usaid-gives-20m-for-global-development-initiatives-at-uc-berkeley/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/08/usaid-gives-20m-for-global-development-initiatives-at-uc-berkeley/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:00:28 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33150 Recognizing UC Berkeley's leadership in developing practical, innovative solutions for global problems, the U.S. Agency for International Development has awarded $20 million to establish a Development Impact Lab on campus. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/08/usaid-gives-20m-for-global-development-initiatives-at-uc-berkeley/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20121025socialenterpriseprojects http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20121025socialenterpriseprojects#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:42:28 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33394 A School of Information course trains students to create sustainable social enterprises for rural developing regions, using innovations in information and communication technologies. Have a look at five past student projects that are now full-fledged companies.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20121025socialenterpriseprojects/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:01:00 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33287 A new report released today, national Food Day 2012, says that a proposal pending in Congress to raise the minimum wage would increase retail food prices for American consumers by about 10 cents a day, while helping nearly 8 million food workers and 21 million other workers. Campus celebrates Food Day.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/feed/ 0