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/2012/05/04/robert-lustig-the-guy-on-obesity-speaking-may-3/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/robert-lustig-the-guy-on-obesity-speaking-may-3/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 22:35:57 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28096 It’s not calories that are making us obese — it’s sugar. That’s the message one of the nation’s best-known experts on obesity, UCSF’s Dr. Robert Lustig, is spreading far and wide to try to ignite change in food systems and nutrition policy. Thursday, he brought it to UC Berkeley.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/robert-lustig-the-guy-on-obesity-speaking-may-3/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/masters-in-public-health-online-degree/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/masters-in-public-health-online-degree/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:30:58 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25780 This week, students from San Francisco to Alaska will have completed the inaugural semester of the On-Campus/Online Masters in Public Health Degree Program, the first ever online degree offered by UC Berkeley. The pioneering program was designed to expand access to quality education and to help address a nationwide shortage of health care professionals. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/masters-in-public-health-online-degree/feed/ 0 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/05/fattyliver_disease_breakthroug.php#more http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/05/fattyliver_disease_breakthroug.php#more#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:17:32 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29627 Two types of naturally produced substances — one of them a bear bile acid — reduce the uptake of fat by the liver, opening the door to the development of new treatments for fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers at UC Berkeley. ]]> http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/05/fattyliver_disease_breakthroug.php#more/feed/ 0 http://www.wellnessletter.com/ucberkeley/feature/2012/04/how-safe-is-your-seafood/ http://www.wellnessletter.com/ucberkeley/feature/2012/04/how-safe-is-your-seafood/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:42:38 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29066 Many health-conscious people are eating more fish these days. But along with heart-healthy omega-3 fats, they may be getting something that’s not so welcome: contaminants. The UC Berkeley Wellness Letter reports on latest findings from government-collected seafood-inspection data.]]> http://www.wellnessletter.com/ucberkeley/feature/2012/04/how-safe-is-your-seafood/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/2012/04/16/aspiring-oral-surgeon-works-to-supersize-smiles-for-poor-children/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/aspiring-oral-surgeon-works-to-supersize-smiles-for-poor-children/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:16:43 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24650 UC Berkeley integrative biology major Hường Trần says she is "paying it forward" with a program taking dental-health education into classrooms for needy children.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/aspiring-oral-surgeon-works-to-supersize-smiles-for-poor-children/feed/ 0 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/04/nomura_name_searle_scholar.php#more http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/04/nomura_name_searle_scholar.php#more#comments Sat, 14 Apr 2012 00:49:44 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28460 Daniel Nomura, an assistant professor in nutritional sciences and toxicology, is one of 15 U.S. researchers in the chemical and biological sciences to be named a 2012 Searle Scholar.]]> http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/04/nomura_name_searle_scholar.php#more/feed/ 0 http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/587855/ http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/587855/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:42:25 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28179 Some genetic diseases, such as homocystinuria, are caused by a variety of genetic mutations, some causing worse symptoms than others. Jasper Rine and colleagues in QB3 have shown how to identify those mutations whose effects can be ameliorated by vitamin supplementation, which could help doctors tailor treatment to the individual patient.]]> http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/587855/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:40:07 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26045 Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behavior such as reckless driving. But a Berkeley social-welfare professor has found an upside to texting, especially for people who feel stressed out, isolated and alone.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/feed/ 0 http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/-outbreak-the-game.html?ref=hp http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/-outbreak-the-game.html?ref=hp#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:51:15 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27972 Researchers have put a new twist on the game of tag by having players pass notes around to "infect" each other. The game, developed by Steve Bellan, a UC Berkeley ecologist, and Juliet Pulliam, a University of Florida biologist, is proving to be a popular tool for helping epidemiologists study outbreaks of infectious diseases like cholera, AIDS and malaria. ]]> http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/-outbreak-the-game.html?ref=hp/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/nih-fogarty-award-trains-slum-health-researchers/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/nih-fogarty-award-trains-slum-health-researchers/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:00:56 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27955 The Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $4 million to UC Berkeley to lead a program to train and educate researchers, educators and professionals who can tackle global health challenges specific to slum dwellings. Joining UC Berkeley are researchers from Florida International, Stanford and Yale universities.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/nih-fogarty-award-trains-slum-health-researchers/feed/ 0 http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2012/03/this-post-is-first-in-short-series-on.html http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2012/03/this-post-is-first-in-short-series-on.html#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:36:37 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27598 To understand how the brain works, a good approach is to look at what happens when parts of the brain malfunction. On the student blog "Psych Your Mind," doctoral candidate Amie Gordon describes three intriguing neurological disorders. ]]> http://psych-your-mind.blogspot.com/2012/03/this-post-is-first-in-short-series-on.html/feed/ 0 http://www.wellnessletter.com/html/wl/2012/wlFeatured0412.html http://www.wellnessletter.com/html/wl/2012/wlFeatured0412.html#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 17:32:31 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27517 Screening for colorectal cancer is a proven lifesaver. So why are up to a half of Americans over 50 not getting the recommended tests for this cancer? Overemphasis on colonoscopy is part of the reason, say editors of the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter.]]> http://www.wellnessletter.com/html/wl/2012/wlFeatured0412.html/feed/ 0 http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol6-issue2-mar12/lina-nilsson http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol6-issue2-mar12/lina-nilsson#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:19:36 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27391 Postdoc Lina Nilsson and engineering colleagues have been developing low-cost, accessible devices for doing lab research — then sharing their blueprints and instructions online for creating do-it-yourself equipment. Their inventive concept won first place for social entrepreneurship in the 2010-11 Big Ideas @ Berkeley contest.]]> http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol6-issue2-mar12/lina-nilsson/feed/ 0 http://www.tylerprize.usc.edu/laureates.html http://www.tylerprize.usc.edu/laureates.html#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:33:17 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27185 Kirk Smith, UC Berkeley professor of global environmental health, has been named one of two winners of the prestigious 2012 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. The award recognizes Smith's work identifying the health hazards of household smoke from cookstoves, a major source of air pollution in the developing world and a contributor to climate change. ]]> http://www.tylerprize.usc.edu/laureates.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/20/dance-marathon-to-raise-money-for-pediatric-aids/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/20/dance-marathon-to-raise-money-for-pediatric-aids/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:20:50 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27169 Berkeley students are throwing themselves an all-night dance party for a good cause: to raise thousands of dollars to help fight AIDS in children worldwide. The seventh annual Dance Marathon starts at 8 p.m. April 13 and feet will keep moving until 8 a.m. the next day. Registration ($19) closes Friday. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/20/dance-marathon-to-raise-money-for-pediatric-aids/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://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2012/fellows_blog.php http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2012/fellows_blog.php#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:15:09 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26773 Grad-student fellows at the School of Public Health's Center for Health Leadership have launched a new blog, "Public Health Is," chockablock with information, recipes and opportunities for dialogue.]]> http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2012/fellows_blog.php/feed/ 0 http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2012/jewell_zelen_award.php http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2012/jewell_zelen_award.php#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:44:25 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26770 A professor of biostatistics and statistics at the School of Public Health, Nicholas Jewell, has been chosen to receive Harvard University's 2012 Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science. The award recognizes an individual in government, industry or academia for important contributions to the theory and practice of statistical science. ]]> http://sph.berkeley.edu/news/2012/jewell_zelen_award.php/feed/ 0