http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 18 May 2013 20:48:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/17/governor-to-speak-at-political-science-graduation/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/17/governor-to-speak-at-political-science-graduation/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:43 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34566 California Gov. Jerry Brown will address UC Berkeley political science graduates May 20.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/17/governor-to-speak-at-political-science-graduation/feed/ 0 http://uhs.berkeley.edu/home/news/BerkeleySHIPannouncement.shtml http://uhs.berkeley.edu/home/news/BerkeleySHIPannouncement.shtml#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 20:47:51 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34700 Chancellor Birgeneau recently announced that Berkeley would leave UC SHIP and return to a campus-based student insurance plan for the next academic year. Details of the campus plan, to be implemented in August, can be found in this post from University Health Services.]]> http://uhs.berkeley.edu/home/news/BerkeleySHIPannouncement.shtml/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/steve-wozniak-to-address-berkeleys-2013-graduates/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/steve-wozniak-to-address-berkeleys-2013-graduates/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 20:20:30 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34698 Apple co-founder, Silicon Valley icon, and philanthropist Steve Wozniak, a UC Berkeley alumnus, will deliver the commencement address. The event will also include remarks by outgoing Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and this year's top graduating senior Ritankar Das, a double major in bioengineering and chemical biology from Fremont, Calif. During the ceremony, Das will receive the University Medal for his scholarship, public service and humanity. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/steve-wozniak-to-address-berkeleys-2013-graduates/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/marlene-castro/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/marlene-castro/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:39:18 +0000 Gretchen Kell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34662 Marlene Castro loved learning, but life in East Palo Alto and Redwood City, where her family alternately lived, made it tough. In an environment of gangs, weapons and school lockdowns, the high-achieving student was bullied constantly in middle school and high school – even jumped on and beaten.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/marlene-castro/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/jesus-galindo/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/jesus-galindo/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:38:20 +0000 Gretchen Kell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34661 When Galindo was 9, his father, an elementary school drop-out, divorced his mother, and she fell into deep depression. The family had been troubled, poor. From that moment on, Galindo and his younger brother Alex, began a series of moves with their mom to 13 California cities.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/jesus-galindo/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/musiccolors/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/musiccolors/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:27 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34640 Whether we’re listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to new research from UC Berkeley. For instance, Mozart’s jaunty Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major is most often associated with bright yellow and orange, whereas his dour Requiem in D minor is more likely to be linked to dark, bluish gray. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/musiccolors/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/new-grads-head-back-to-class-as-teach-for-america-recruits/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/new-grads-head-back-to-class-as-teach-for-america-recruits/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 17:00:03 +0000 Gretchen Kell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34571 Dozens of UC Berkeley grads are heading to Teach for America, a national teacher corps that ranks UC Berkeley No. 1 for the number of recruits who join, giving kids in poverty a top education.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/16/new-grads-head-back-to-class-as-teach-for-america-recruits/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/breslauer-wilton/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/breslauer-wilton/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:28:22 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34692 In a letter released earlier today, George Breslauer, UC Berkeley executive vice chancellor and provost, and John Wilton, vice chancellor, administration and finance, promise to "continue to work collaboratively with the City of Albany and others to stay the course and fulfill the community desires for development on this site."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/breslauer-wilton/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/dorothea-lange-2013-winner/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/dorothea-lange-2013-winner/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 17:34:51 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34570 In South Africa, UC Berkeley graduate student Molly Oleson photographed farming women seeking better conditions; In India, she captured the lives of girls in Bihar, who are traditionally left uneducated; in Brazil's Amazon, Oleson will document indigenous communities’ struggle to protect their land and culture from destruction by a new dam. For her work, Oleson won the 2013 Dorothea Lange Fellowship. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/dorothea-lange-2013-winner/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/students-think-big-ideas-in-tackling-societa-problems/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/students-think-big-ideas-in-tackling-societa-problems/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 16:25:31 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34441 Projects targeting money matters, water technology and cultural taboos took top prizes as Big Ideas @ Berkeley honored outstanding student solutions to pressing social problems.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/15/students-think-big-ideas-in-tackling-societa-problems/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/wireless-signals-for-brain-trauma-diagnostics/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/wireless-signals-for-brain-trauma-diagnostics/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 21:00:20 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34483 New technology developed at UC Berkeley is using wireless signals to provide real-time, non-invasive diagnoses of brain swelling or bleeding. The device could potentially become a cost-effective tool for medical diagnostics and to triage injuries in areas where access to medical care, especially medical imaging, is limited. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/wireless-signals-for-brain-trauma-diagnostics/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/yamashita-prize-2013/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/yamashita-prize-2013/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 18:30:57 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34627 This year's Foundation for Change: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize has been awarded to Roxanna Altholz, an assistant clinical professor of law and associate director of the International Human Rights Law Clinic at Berkeley Law. Altholz successfully represented 127 family members of 28 individuals who were forcibly "disappeared" between 1983 and 1985 by Guatemalan security forces. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/yamashita-prize-2013/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/ugandan-aid-orphan-discovers-power-of-the-pedal/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/ugandan-aid-orphan-discovers-power-of-the-pedal/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:56 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34577 The humble bicycle propelled AIDS-orphan Chris Ategeka from rural East Africa to UC Berkeley, driving him to success as an engineer, inventor and social entrepreneur.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/ugandan-aid-orphan-discovers-power-of-the-pedal/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/racial-segregation-heat-risk-disparity/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/racial-segregation-heat-risk-disparity/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 07:05:24 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34210 Some racial groups are more likely to bear the brunt of extreme heat waves because of where they live, finds a new UC Berkeley study. The study highlight racial disparities at a time when the frequency and intensity of extreme heat waves is expected to increase with climate change. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/racial-segregation-heat-risk-disparity/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/your-brain-on-sports/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/your-brain-on-sports/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 05:50:25 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34536 Author, J-School instructor and sports nut Eric Simons set out on a quest to figure out why he, and millions of other fans all over the world, act the way they do. He gathered his findings in a new book, The Secret Lives of Sports Fans.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/your-brain-on-sports/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/biology-scholars-thanks/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/biology-scholars-thanks/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 19:48:06 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34675 More than 50 students and 30 alumni of Berkeley's Biology Scholars Program gathered recently in the Durant Hall atrium to thank Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer for their support.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/biology-scholars-thanks/feed/ 0 http://police.berkeley.edu/about_UCPD/news/news_130502.html http://police.berkeley.edu/about_UCPD/news/news_130502.html#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34672 For the fourth year, members of the campus police force will ride in Bike the Bridges, a 25-mile fundraising ride to benefit Special Olympics Northern California. Others are invited to join the UCPD team or support it with pledges. The event takes place Sunday, June 9.]]> http://police.berkeley.edu/about_UCPD/news/news_130502.html/feed/ 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QD68alhvqk&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QD68alhvqk&feature=youtu.be#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:51:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34685 U.S. Attorney Gen. Eric Holder delivered the commencement address at Berkeley Law on Saturday, congratulating graduates on what he called "your chance to help realize your vision of a better world." Here is a video excerpt of his remarks.]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QD68alhvqk&feature=youtu.be/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/trespassers-removed-gill-tract/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/trespassers-removed-gill-tract/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 16:42:52 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34657 At approximately 4:30 a.m. Monday, 20 people were asked to leave the mixed-use development site in Albany or face arrest. Over the course of the morning, three people were arrested for trespassing and interfering with the police]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/trespassers-removed-gill-tract/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/12/illegal-occupation-at-albany-village-mixed-use-site-underway/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/12/illegal-occupation-at-albany-village-mixed-use-site-underway/#comments Sun, 12 May 2013 18:00:35 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34649 About 75 people representing Occupy the Farm gathered yesterday at Albany City Hall and marched to the Albany Village multi-use development site on Monroe Street and San Pablo streets where they proceeded to weed and plant a garden in a small area of the site slated for a grocery store. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/12/illegal-occupation-at-albany-village-mixed-use-site-underway/feed/ 0