http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Thu, 23 May 2013 18:07:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://www.dgfi.com/DGFI/White-Papers/Currency-Wars https://www.dgfi.com/DGFI/White-Papers/Currency-Wars#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:11 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34869 In a white paper titled "Currency Wars: Perception and Reality", UC Berkeley Professor Barry Eichengreen, a leading academic authority on international currencies, makes the case that not all governmental manipulations to devalue a country's currency should be seen as part of a "currency war."]]> https://www.dgfi.com/DGFI/White-Papers/Currency-Wars/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/22/emeritus-english-professor-paul-alpers-dies-at-age-80/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/22/emeritus-english-professor-paul-alpers-dies-at-age-80/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 22:15:30 +0000 Gretchen Kell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34867 Paul Alpers, a UC Berkeley professor of English for 38 years, died May 19 at his home in Northampton, Mass. Alpers was the husband of Smith College President Carol Christ, who served as Berkeley's executive vice chancellor and provost from 1994 to 2000. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/22/emeritus-english-professor-paul-alpers-dies-at-age-80/feed/ 0 http://ucberkeleyenglish.com/?p=1455 http://ucberkeleyenglish.com/?p=1455#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 21:29:07 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34865 At the English department's 2013 commencement, student speaker Prachi Naik '13 pays respects "to the connective tissue of our world, that glimmering lattice of convergences [that is] made most brilliant, most visible through literature."]]> http://ucberkeleyenglish.com/?p=1455/feed/ 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__DOMBWrgi0&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__DOMBWrgi0&feature=youtu.be#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:26:15 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34855 Each May KQED radio honors a number of 'local heroes" of Asian Pacific American heritage. Among its 2013 honorees is UC Berkeley sociologist Evelyn Nakano Glenn, cited for groundbreaking scholarship on the intersectionality of race, gender, citizenship and labor.]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__DOMBWrgi0&feature=youtu.be/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/20/uc-berkeley-2013-commencement-convocation/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/20/uc-berkeley-2013-commencement-convocation/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:15:30 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34574 A crowd of some 3,900 in black caps and gowns, and 21,000 fanatically proud fans in the stands above, turned out at California Memorial Stadium for Saturday's Commencement Convocation 2013. Apple co-founder and Berkeley alum Steve Wozniak keynoted the event, which was held in the sports venue for the first time in more than 40 years.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/20/uc-berkeley-2013-commencement-convocation/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/20/gov-jerry-brown-tells-grads-you-can-make-change/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/20/gov-jerry-brown-tells-grads-you-can-make-change/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:55 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34842 California Gov. Jerry Brown praised students for making a difference in the last election, and encouraged them to continue their activism to improve the world, in his keynote speech at Monday's political-science graduation.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/20/gov-jerry-brown-tells-grads-you-can-make-change/feed/ 0 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://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/2013/05/14/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/2013/05/13/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/2013/05/10/crown-prince-of-norway-visits-signs-agreement-with-haas/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/crown-prince-of-norway-visits-signs-agreement-with-haas/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 10:00:29 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34342 On a swing through the Bay Area, Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit spent the afternoon at UC Berkeley Thursday, meeting with Chancellor Birgeneau and signing a technology-sharing agreement with the Haas School of Business.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/crown-prince-of-norway-visits-signs-agreement-with-haas/feed/ 0 http://storify.com/UCBerkeley/bike-to-work-day-2013-at-uc-berkeley http://storify.com/UCBerkeley/bike-to-work-day-2013-at-uc-berkeley#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 22:42:35 +0000 Kathryn Bader http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34431 Hundreds of people strapped on their helmets and rode their bikes to UC Berkeley Thursday in celebration of Bike to Work Day, and some of them sent in their photos. Take a look.]]> http://storify.com/UCBerkeley/bike-to-work-day-2013-at-uc-berkeley/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:46 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34475 Three young faculty members - Nicole King, Michael Rape & Russell Vance - have won the most sought-after appointment for a researcher at any American university: as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. The institute will pay their salaries in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology and provide research funding, freeing them from constant application for federal research grants.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/howard-hughes-medical-institute-names-three-new-campus-investigators/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/06/evcp-search-committee/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/06/evcp-search-committee/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 17:00:36 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34603 A committee of Berkeley administrators, faculty, students and staff has been formed to advise Chancellor-designate Nicholas Dirks on the search to replace Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer, who has announced his intention to retire at the end of 2013.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/06/evcp-search-committee/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/fiat-lux-winners/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/fiat-lux-winners/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 19:03:13 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34512 Dirks, who takes over as Berkeley's chancellor on June 1, and Robert Birgeneau, who has held that position for nine years, took a lunch meeting in a Durant Hall conference room with the winners of the campus's Fiat Lux Remix contest.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/fiat-lux-winners/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/dirks-ga-asuc-student-forum/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/dirks-ga-asuc-student-forum/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 16:40:41 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34499 Nicholas Dirks introduced himself and fielded questions at a conversational meet-up Thursday afternoon between UC Berkeley students and the campus's next chancellor. About 100 people turned out for what Dirks called one of the "first of a long series of conversations with you." Earlier in the day, Chancellor Birgeneau and Dirks met with student winners of the "Fiat Lux Remix" contest.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/dirks-ga-asuc-student-forum/feed/ 0