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Reflecting the contrasts of contemporary scholarship, the number of UC Berkeley students studying or working abroad this summer has multiplied, as has the number of students taking courses from their home desktops or laptops.
International affairs archive
An audacious mission in Africa
November 30, 2012: Patrick Awuah, who received his MBA from the Haas School of Business in 1999, went on to found Ashesi University in Ghana in 2002. His aim? To transform a continent through education.
Photo contest offers snapshot of students’ study-abroad adventures 
November 14, 2012: This week is International Education Week, an annual celebration sponsored by the U.S. State Department. The Berkeley campus is marking it with informational sessions, tabling on Sproul Plaza and a display of student photos from abroad, on Thursday, with an announcement of contest winners.
USAID invests up to $20 million in UC Berkeley’s global development initiatives
November 8, 2012: 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.
Social enterprises launch from the classroom to the real world
November 5, 2012: 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.
USAID chief lauds Blum Center as model in search for global solutions
October 11, 2012:
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah visited campus and encouraged students to join the search for open source solutions to pressing global problems.
Is China’s economy at a turning point? 
October 10, 2012: Chinese workers are protesting and demanding better working conditions and compensation. Are they pushing back in ways that could fundamentally change their situation? What implications will the slowing Chinese economy have for its people and the global economy? Katie Quan, associate chair of the Labor Center at UC Berkeley, shares insights on KALW radio’s “Your Call.”
New International House director to step up cross-cultural training, spread the ‘international bug’
September 19, 2012: Hans Giesecke caught what he calls the “international bug” when he and his wife and three children left their U.S. comfort zone to live in Germany, Austria and Greece. Now, the new executive director of I-House wants others to catch and spread it, too.
UC Berkeley mourns the loss of ambassador and alumnus J. Christopher Stevens
September 12, 2012: In response to the assassination in Libya of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, a UC Berkeley graduate, Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau issued a statement of sorrow and condolence on Wednesday morning.
Book on health, safety, enviromental policy honored
August 30, 2012: Business professor David Vogel has won the Academy of Management Organization and the Natural Environment Division Book Award for his book The Politics of Precaution: Regulating Health, Safety, and Environmental Risks in Europe and the United States.
Course on classic novel, and card game, spurs Chinese media interest
August 17, 2012: A new course on the cultural impact of an iconic 14th-century Chinese tale, and the popular role-play game it spawned, called Sanguosha, has seized the attention of campus undergrads and Chinese media outlets alike. “Exploring the Three Kingdoms” will be offered in fall semester through the student-run DeCal program.
Bears bring home 17 medals from Olympics, 11 of them gold
August 13, 2012: As the 2012 Summer Olympic Games closed Sunday, 46 Golden Bear athletes, coaches and staff members stood tall, following another record-setting performance on the international stage. In all, the Bears earned 17 medals, matching their record haul from the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Eleven of the medals were gold, one silver and five bronze.
Law school election expert helps monitor polls in the Caucasus
August 13, 2012: A UC team recently spent five days in Nagorno-Karabakh, a small republic in the southern Caucasus, monitoring the presidential election in the small breakaway republic of Nagorno-Karabakh. Karin Mac Donald, director of Berkeley Law’s Election Administration Research Center, led the observation team, using a monitoring system she’s been instrumental in developing.
Japanese quake survivors at UC Berkeley give as good as they get
August 7, 2012: Three hundred Japanese teens touched by last year’s temblor, tsunami and nuclear emergency have spent three weeks at Berkeley through the Tomodachi SoftBank Leadership Program. They’ll be sharing their ideas on civic revitalization, and meeting the public, before returning home.
45 Cal Bears at Olympics — most for a U.S. public school 
July 27, 2012: As the games begin in England, UC Berkeley cheers on its 45 student-athletes, alumni, coaches and campus-community members. Stats compiled by Cal Athletics show UC Berkeley in the lead for number of Olympic participants from a U.S. public university and No. 2 (USC is No. 1) among public and private schools.
I-House offers intercultural-literacy workshop Aug. 1
July 25, 2012: Using emotional intelligence to bridge cultural differences at work and in life is the topic of a free four-hour workshop offered at International House Aug. 1. The workshop is open to UC staff; pre-registration, through Blu, is required.
Human Rights Center leads mission to Sarajevo seeking help tracing missing children
July 16, 2012: On a trip led by Berkeley Law’s Human Rights Center, a delegation from El Salvador recently spent a week in Sarajevo to study legal and scientific methods of locating lost children, in hopes of tracing some of the thousands who disappeared during the 1980-92 civil war.
CLAS interviews probe Mexican elections
July 3, 2012: The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) has conducted interviews on the 2012 Mexican elections with leading Mexican public intellectuals, a journalist and an iconic political leader. The interviews are available on the CLAS Facebook page and Youtube channel.
CED prof co-curates exhibit on the Mexican-U.S. border
June 29, 2012: Despite its walls and barriers, the U.S. border with Mexico remains an area of connection, almost a third nation, according to an exhibit co-curated by College of Environmental Design professor Michael Dear and currently running in Mexicali. Works by several Berkeley alums are on display.
Memo to Reporters: Campus experts look to London Olympics
June 27, 2012:
Campus experts show the Olympics involve much more than summer games.
Teachers: Free CLAS institute on César Chávez and UFW, July 19
June 25, 2012: “Supply, Demand, and César Chávez” is the title of a daylong workshop, free for teachers, offered by the campus’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS). The July 19 summer institute will look at circumstances surrounding the organization of the United Farm Workers, as well as forces that continue to shape U.S. farm workers’ experience today.
Prof takes on a global health crisis, one toothbrush at a time
June 15, 2012: Ever since Coke and chips replaced local foods in village shops, decayed teeth are a common sight among children in the developing world. But by way of simple oral-health education, Karen Sokal-Gutierrez, professor of public health, has been helping to fight this under-appreciated healthcare problem in El Salvador. Now her students are taking similar healthy-teeth projects to other countries.
Campus junior to carry Olympic torch in England
June 12, 2012: Third-year student Kylan Nieh, a computer science and business major, is one of 22 Americans chosen to participate in the Olympic torch relay, kicking off the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London. Nieh will carry the flame on July 11 through the city of Andover, England.
I School grad student profiles rural Chinese Internet users
June 11, 2012: China has more than half a billion Internet users, 136 million of whom live in rural areas. School of Information PhD student Elisa Oreglia, in an award-winning ethnographic study, looks at how older, less-educated villagers — many of whom claim to be Web illiterate — often become comfortable with computers by observing their younger family members.
Kammen to lead Fulbright scholars in addressing climate adaptation
June 7, 2012: The U.S. Department of State has chosen Daniel Kammen, professor of energy and resources, as the 2012-2013 Fulbright NEXUS Lead Scholar. Kammen will lead a group of Fulbright scholars focusing on science, technology and innovation; entrepreneurship; and sustainable energy related to climate change adaptation technologies.
Legal scholars navigate complex law of the sea
May 22, 2012: 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.
Mexican ‘library mouse’ wins Bancroft prize for book collecting
May 15, 2012: 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.”
Noted classical archaeologist Crawford Greenwalt dies
May 10, 2012: 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.
I House names Davis Peace Project winners
May 9, 2012: 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.
Versatile University Medalist reflects interests from Chinese literature to forestry
May 8, 2012: 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.
Law students play key role in Guatemalan human-rights case
May 7, 2012: 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.
