http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/25/robert-wilensky-dies-at-61/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/25/robert-wilensky-dies-at-61/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:15:55 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34267 Robert Wilensky, UC Berkeley professor emeritus of computer science and one of the campus's first faculty members in the field of artificial intelligence, has died at age 61. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/25/robert-wilensky-dies-at-61/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/01/physics-nobelist-and-biotech-pioneer-donald-glaser-dies-at-86/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/01/physics-nobelist-and-biotech-pioneer-donald-glaser-dies-at-86/#comments Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:05:59 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34105 Donald Glaser, a Nobel-prize winning physicist who reinvented himself as a biotech pioneer and later dove into the field of neurobiology, died in his sleep Thursday morning, Feb. 28, at his home in Berkeley. Glaser, a professor emeritus of physics and of molecular and cell biology, was 86.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/01/physics-nobelist-and-biotech-pioneer-donald-glaser-dies-at-86/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/11/john-forte-researcher-on-acid-secreting-stomach-cells-has-died-at-77/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/11/john-forte-researcher-on-acid-secreting-stomach-cells-has-died-at-77/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:55:47 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33811 John G. Forte, a UC Berkeley physiologist whose work on acid-secreting cells in the stomach pointed the way to treatments for ulcers, died peacefully at his home in Berkeley on Nov. 19, 2012, following a prolonged battle with leukemia. He was 77.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/11/john-forte-researcher-on-acid-secreting-stomach-cells-has-died-at-77/feed/ 0 http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/12/18/in-memoriam-stephan-jarjisian-loved-and-cherished/ http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/12/18/in-memoriam-stephan-jarjisian-loved-and-cherished/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:10:35 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33719 The 32-year-old psychology student was finishing his doctoral dissertation at the time of last week's fatal motorcycle crash.]]> http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/12/18/in-memoriam-stephan-jarjisian-loved-and-cherished/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/21/robert-lin-uc-berkeley-pioneer-in-experimental-space-physics-dies-at-70/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/21/robert-lin-uc-berkeley-pioneer-in-experimental-space-physics-dies-at-70/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:25:27 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33512 Physicist Robert Peichung Lin, a former director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, who designed and built dozens of instruments to study solar flares, the magnetic fields on the surface of the moon and Mars and the plasma environment of Earth, died suddenly of a stroke on Saturday, Nov. 17.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/21/robert-lin-uc-berkeley-pioneer-in-experimental-space-physics-dies-at-70/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/16/in-memoriam-stuart-freedman-renowned-nuclear-physicist/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/16/in-memoriam-stuart-freedman-renowned-nuclear-physicist/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:49:24 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33474 Stuart Jay Freedman, a UC Berkeley professor of physics, nuclear physicist with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and a world-renowned investigator of fundamental physical laws, died suddenly on Nov. 9 while attending a scientific conference in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 68.]]> http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/11/16/in-memoriam-stuart-freedman-renowned-nuclear-physicist/feed/ 0 http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/publications/news/2012/hal-johnston-atmospheric-chemist-has-died.php http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/publications/news/2012/hal-johnston-atmospheric-chemist-has-died.php#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2012 21:15:21 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33385 Harold “Hal” Johnston, professor emeritus of chemistry who in the 1970s was thrust into the limelight after publishing research suggesting that aircraft emissions could deplete atmospheric ozone, died peacefully at his home in Kensington on Oct. 20. He was 92. He was a recpient of the National Medal of Science and several awards for service to society.]]> http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/publications/news/2012/hal-johnston-atmospheric-chemist-has-died.php/feed/ 0 http://its.berkeley.edu/news/ITS/20121022 http://its.berkeley.edu/news/ITS/20121022#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:19:29 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33295 Dan Krummes, longtime director of UC Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies library and a Distinguished University Librarian, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 18, at the age of 62. ]]> http://its.berkeley.edu/news/ITS/20121022/feed/ 0 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/10/plant_researcher_james_vlamis.php#more http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/10/plant_researcher_james_vlamis.php#more#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 21:45:22 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33146 James Vlamis, a UC Berkeley graduate who served as a physiologist in the Department of Plant and Soil Biology and at the Agricultural Experiment Station at Berkeley for some 60 years, is remembered. He died at the of age 97. ]]> http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/10/plant_researcher_james_vlamis.php#more/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/04/memorial-service-oct-16-for-j-christopher-stevens/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/04/memorial-service-oct-16-for-j-christopher-stevens/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 19:36:32 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33139 A memorial service for J. Christopher Stevens, the late U.S. ambassador to Libya and a UC Berkeley alumnus, will be held in the rotunda of the San Francisco City Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 4:30 p.m.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/04/memorial-service-oct-16-for-j-christopher-stevens/feed/ 0 http://history.berkeley.edu/news/henry-may-1915-2012 http://history.berkeley.edu/news/henry-may-1915-2012#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2012 18:38:30 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33115 Margaret Bryne Professor of American History Emeritus helped define scholarly discussion of American history during the Enlightenment and in the post-World-War-I era]]> http://history.berkeley.edu/news/henry-may-1915-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/campus-to-honor-late-ambassador-stevens-with-moment-of-silence-memorial-fund/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/campus-to-honor-late-ambassador-stevens-with-moment-of-silence-memorial-fund/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:45:24 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33097 A fund has been set up in memory of J. Christopher Stevens, the late U.S. ambassador to Libya and a UC Berkeley alumnus, at the University of California, Berkeley. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/campus-to-honor-late-ambassador-stevens-with-moment-of-silence-memorial-fund/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/27/campus-memorial-honors-those-lost-in-past-year/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/27/campus-memorial-honors-those-lost-in-past-year/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:55:42 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33089 The greater campus community gathered Thursday at a campuswide memorial, to honor students, faculty, emeriti and staff who passed away in the past year. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/27/campus-memorial-honors-those-lost-in-past-year/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/uc-berkeley-mourns-the-loss-of-graduate-j-christopher-stevens/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/uc-berkeley-mourns-the-loss-of-graduate-j-christopher-stevens/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 18:37:47 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32951 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/uc-berkeley-mourns-the-loss-of-graduate-j-christopher-stevens/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/campus-memorial-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/campus-memorial-2012/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:00:33 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32826 Berkeley's 11th annual campus memorial service, Thursday, Sept. 27, will honor those of its own who passed away during 2011-12.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/campus-memorial-2012/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/yalebraunsteinobituary http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/yalebraunsteinobituary#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 16:32:23 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32568 Yale M. Braunstein, professor in the UC Berkeley School of Information and a scholar of the economics of information and communications industries and systems, passed away at age 67. ]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/yalebraunsteinobituary/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/31/warren-winkelstein-dies-at-90/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/31/warren-winkelstein-dies-at-90/#comments Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:05:38 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32457 Dr. Warren Winkelstein Jr., pioneering epidemiologist and former dean of UC Berkeley's School of Public Health, died Sunday, July 22. He was 90. His career spanned six decades and included seminal contributions to the understanding of the transmission of HIV/AIDS, how air pollution affects health, heart disease in women and other health issues. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/31/warren-winkelstein-dies-at-90/feed/ 0 http://shlomobentin.blogspot.com/ http://shlomobentin.blogspot.com/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:31:29 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32397 Friends and colleagues of Shlomo Bentin are posting tributes to the life and contributions of noted Israeli psychologist on a new blog. Bentin, a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley, died in an accident near campus on Friday, July 13. ]]> http://shlomobentin.blogspot.com/feed/ 0 http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/memoriam-louis-%E2%80%9Cpete%E2%80%9D-bucklin-%E2%80%93-marketing-professor-emeritus http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/memoriam-louis-%E2%80%9Cpete%E2%80%9D-bucklin-%E2%80%93-marketing-professor-emeritus#comments Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:33:14 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32358 A memorial service will be held Monday for Louis “Pete” Bucklin, a marketing expert and business professor at UC Berkeley for more than 40 years. He passed away June 16, 2012, at the age of 83.]]> http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/memoriam-louis-%E2%80%9Cpete%E2%80%9D-bucklin-%E2%80%93-marketing-professor-emeritus/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/29/pioneering-space-physicist-kinsey-anderson-has-died-at-85/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/29/pioneering-space-physicist-kinsey-anderson-has-died-at-85/#comments Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:20:14 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32278 Kinsey A. Anderson, a professor emeritus of physics and an international leader in the field now called space physics, died June 11, 2012, at the age of 85.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/29/pioneering-space-physicist-kinsey-anderson-has-died-at-85/feed/ 0