http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 15 May 2012 23:07:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/mexican-library-mouse-wins-bancroft-prize-for-book-collecting/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/mexican-library-mouse-wins-bancroft-prize-for-book-collecting/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:00:40 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30336 An exchange student from Mexico City is the newest winner of the Bancroft Library's Hill-Shumate Book Collecting Prize, given annually to an undergraduate. History student and bibliophile Luciano Concheiro San Vicente, 20, owns a collection of more than 5,000 items — from 19th-century cookbooks and monumental histories to early 20th-century government pamphlets — that help illuminate what it means to "be Mexican."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/mexican-library-mouse-wins-bancroft-prize-for-book-collecting/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/archaeologist-crawford-greenwalt-dies/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/archaeologist-crawford-greenwalt-dies/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 21:30:10 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29938 Exploring the history and culture of the ancient city of Sardis in Turkey was a passion of classical archaeologist Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr., who died on May 4.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/archaeologist-crawford-greenwalt-dies/feed/ 0 http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/programs/davis.php http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/programs/davis.php#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 17:41:30 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30280 Three proposals by International House students at Berkeley have been selected for funding by philanthropist Kathryn Davis's Projects for Peace Foundation. The awards will support summer projects focusing on Mayan youth, lighting in Panama and archaeology in Israel.]]> http://ihouse.berkeley.edu/programs/davis.php/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:05:09 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29943 Double major Eric Olliff's inquisitive view of the world has helped earn him the 2012 University Medal, UC Berkeley's top prize for graduating seniors.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/versatile-student-and-double-major-chosen-2012-university-medalist/feed/ 0 http://www.law.berkeley.edu/13360.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/13360.htm#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 18:46:00 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29954 A recent, much-anticipated public hearing in Ecuador presented new, irrefutable evidence of state-sanctioned forced disappearances during Guatemala's 36-year armed conflict. Students in Berkeley Law's International Human Rights Law Clinic played a critical role in the case aired at the hearing.]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/13360.htm/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:40:36 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27115 Graduate student Ryan Lattanzio is heading to the Cannes Film Festival, where he'll help select the winner of the “Visionary Award," for a fledgling independent filmmaker. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/feed/ 0 http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 17:55:20 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29632 Roboticists in Ghana and at UC Berkeley this week launched AFRON, the African Robotics Network, an initiative to enhance robotics education, research and industry in Africa. Co-founder is professor Ken Goldberg, a fellow with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers).]]> http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/african-robotics-network/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/uc-berkeley-faculty-staff-invited-to-host-japanese-students/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/uc-berkeley-faculty-staff-invited-to-host-japanese-students/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:11:17 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29489 Three hundred high-school students who lived through last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan are coming to UC Berkeley for a three-week leadership program this summer. Campus faculty and staff are being sought to host them for a weekend. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/uc-berkeley-faculty-staff-invited-to-host-japanese-students/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:36:09 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28808 This year's Bandelier Award for Public Service to Archaeology goes to a UC Berkeley classics professor emeritus, for his decades-long work exploring the ancient city of Sardis, capital of the ancient empire of Lydia.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:33:38 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25955 Linguistics graduate students' efforts examining the little known Garifuna language may help with its revitalization.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:44:05 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28396 Coffee production is an $80 billion industry worldwide, yet rural coffee farmers struggle to break even. Three Berkeley grad students — two from the I School and a third from Haas — have founded the social venture Acopio ("harvest" in Spanish), using information-management tools to help improve the bottom line for coffee producers in the developing world.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio/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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/23/jfk-charter-day-1962/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/23/jfk-charter-day-1962/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:00:18 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27239 Fifty years ago, President Kennedy addressed an audience of 88,000 at Memorial Stadium, offering hope for peace and praising the people of California for supporting the state's colleges and universities.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/23/jfk-charter-day-1962/feed/ 0 http://www.npr.org/2012/03/18/148366387/years-later-he-brought-her-passport-back http://www.npr.org/2012/03/18/148366387/years-later-he-brought-her-passport-back#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:03:06 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27179 A young man's odyssey to return a visa-filled passport that he found at a Parisian flea market to its owner, '49 Cal grad Betty Werther, captured the imagination of NPR, which aired the story on Sunday, March 18. ]]> http://www.npr.org/2012/03/18/148366387/years-later-he-brought-her-passport-back/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/2012/03/16/exhibit-of-botero-abu-ghraib-artworks-on-loan-from-berkeley-opens-at-chilean-human-rights-museum/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/16/exhibit-of-botero-abu-ghraib-artworks-on-loan-from-berkeley-opens-at-chilean-human-rights-museum/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:44:28 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27071 Thirty-seven paintings and drawings from Fernando Botero’s "Abu Ghraib" series, donated by the artist to UC Berkeley three years ago, are on display at Chile's Museum of Memory and Human Rights through June 24.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/16/exhibit-of-botero-abu-ghraib-artworks-on-loan-from-berkeley-opens-at-chilean-human-rights-museum/feed/ 0 http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/apology_and_the_crisis_in_afghanistan http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/apology_and_the_crisis_in_afghanistan#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:58:31 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25910 The burning of copies of the Koran by American troops in Afghanistan has triggered a wave of riots and assassinations there. Have U.S. apologies helped or hurt? Jeremy Adam Smith, Web editor at the campus's Greater Good Science Center, reflects on how to make peace by expressing regrets. ]]> http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/apology_and_the_crisis_in_afghanistan/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/23/25678/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/23/25678/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:54:54 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25678 The Cal Energy Corps is offering summer 2012 internships in hands-on energy and climate research around the world — from Brazil to Germany to Ghana to China. Undergraduates have until March 18 to apply.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/23/25678/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/lost-passport-reunion/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/lost-passport-reunion/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:27:45 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25563 Adventurous UC Berkeley alumna Betty Werther was finally reunited with her first-ever passport on Saturday (Feb. 18) in Paris. Portuguese medical student Nuno Fonseca, who found it last summer at a flea market, hand-delivered the passport to Werther, along with a bouquet of flowers and a red scarf knitted by his 90-year-old great aunt. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/lost-passport-reunion/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:40:57 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25079 Archaeologists working in eastern Jordan have announced its discovery of 20,000-year-old hut structures, the earliest yet found in that country. Along with materials found in the huts, the find suggests the area was once intensively occupied and offers a new perspective on how humans lived at the time.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/feed/ 0