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://www.forbes.com/sites/troyonink/2012/05/22/the-new-geography-of-jobs-where-you-live-matters-more-than-ever/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/troyonink/2012/05/22/the-new-geography-of-jobs-where-you-live-matters-more-than-ever/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 21:51:47 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31010 s the global economy shifted from manufacturing to technology, geography was supposed to matter less. Instead, thousands of jobs are being added in innovation hubs like Boston, San Jose and Seattle, while other cities and towns are busy shedding jobs. Moretti credits "the multiplier effect." Read more in "Forbes."]]> http://www.forbes.com/sites/troyonink/2012/05/22/the-new-geography-of-jobs-where-you-live-matters-more-than-ever/feed/ 0 http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/spring-2012-piracy/navigating-the-law http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/spring-2012-piracy/navigating-the-law#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 18:12:17 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30975 Given our absolute dependence on oceans, which cover two-thirds of Earth's surface, it’s essential that nations work together to govern their use. In an obscure corner of Boalt Hall, the Law of the Sea Institute — directed by a legal historian and an international law prof (and former salvage diver) — produces top-notch maritime-law scholarship. "California Magazine" reports.]]> http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/spring-2012-piracy/navigating-the-law/feed/ 0 http://gspp.berkeley.edu/news-events/quigleyObit.html http://gspp.berkeley.edu/news-events/quigleyObit.html#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:41:16 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30790 Economist John Quigley, the I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor and Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley with apppointments in the Goldman School of Public Policy and the Haas School of Business, passed away May 12 in Berkeley. He was a leading scholar of housing markets, energy-efficient buildings, homelessness and racial discrimination. ]]> http://gspp.berkeley.edu/news-events/quigleyObit.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:01 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19425 “Love thy neighbor” is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from UC Berkeley suggests the devoutly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:47:51 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29056 The State of California needs to consider the whopping return on investments for higher education as it tries to balance its budget, UC Berkeley researchers say in new study, "California's Economic Payoff: Investing in College Access and Completion."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:00:37 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26041 If it’s a tough job market out there for able-bodied college graduates, imagine how employment prospects might look to students with cerebral palsy or a muscular or neurodegenerative disease. That's why a dozen UC Berkeley students are enrolled in “Professional Development and Disability,” a unique course that is teaching them how to market their disabilities as strengths.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/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/2012/04/16/pre-graduationjob-fair/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/pre-graduationjob-fair/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:00:24 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28369 This week’s pre-graduation job fair at UC Berkeley promises to be upbeat, with scores of recruiters coming to the campus, and a new national survey showing that employers expect to hire 10 percent more college graduates this year than they did in 2011.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/pre-graduationjob-fair/feed/ 0 http://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2012/03/30/female-founders-to-watch-from-uc-berkeley/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2012/03/30/female-founders-to-watch-from-uc-berkeley/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:39:07 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27727 While Stanford University sits in the heart of the Silicon Valley, UC Berkeley has been quietly delivering promising women entrepreneurs as well, and Forbes has posted a list of investors and founders of tech startups of note. ]]> http://www.forbes.com/sites/women2/2012/03/30/female-founders-to-watch-from-uc-berkeley/feed/ 0 http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/Haas/Home/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/120316odyssey.aspx http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/Haas/Home/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/120316odyssey.aspx#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:20:49 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27225 While some people run, bike, and swim to earn their triathlon chops, others negotiate, pitch, and solve business cases. An MBA team from Berkeley's Haas School of Business brought home its trifecta gold from Columbia Business School by winning first place over a field of 70 school in an international MBA competition ]]> http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/Haas/Home/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/120316odyssey.aspx/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/19/professor-leads-national-roundtable-on-integrated-disaster-recovery/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/19/professor-leads-national-roundtable-on-integrated-disaster-recovery/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:00:07 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26034 Northern California experts, including UC Berkeley architecture professor Mary Comerio, are heading up a national roundtable on improving responses after major disasters.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/19/professor-leads-national-roundtable-on-integrated-disaster-recovery/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/15/uc-berkeley-scores-high-in-world-university-rankings/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/15/uc-berkeley-scores-high-in-world-university-rankings/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:16:41 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25368 UC Berkeley's reputation shines internationally, and the campus's graduate schools retain high marks nationally, as well, according to two separate rankings made public this week by the Times Higher Education and U.S. News & World Report. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/15/uc-berkeley-scores-high-in-world-university-rankings/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/02/skydeck-launches-new-era-of-enterprise/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/02/skydeck-launches-new-era-of-enterprise/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:00:26 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23494 Skydeck forms the hub of Berkeley's efforts to foster a new generation of young entrepreneurs and forge a hotbed of collaborative innovation and enterprise in the East Bay.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/02/skydeck-launches-new-era-of-enterprise/feed/ 0 http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/press/release_feb12.shtml http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/press/release_feb12.shtml#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:28:36 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25816 Black and Latino seniors face tougher times in retirement than American seniors as a whole, says a new research brief based on U.S. census data. Retirees of color, especially Blacks and Latinos, "rely more heavily on Social Security and have less access to other types of retirement income than their white counterparts,” says study author Nari Rhee of the Center for Labor Research and Education.]]> http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/press/release_feb12.shtml/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/27/greed/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/27/greed/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:00:02 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25736 The upper class has a higher propensity for cheating, driving illegally and endorsing unethical behavior in the workplace, believing – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street” – that “greed is good,” according to a new UC Berkeley study. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/27/greed/feed/ 0 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