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://www.law.berkeley.edu/13412.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/13412.htm#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:14:14 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30995 The legendary civil-rights prosecutor John Doar, Boalt ’49 is recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor given to a civilian. As U.S. Assistant Attorney General from 1960 to 1967, he led the federal effort to protect civil rights in the South.]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/13412.htm/feed/ 0 http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/read/spring-2012/whose-lab-are-you-wearing/ http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/read/spring-2012/whose-lab-are-you-wearing/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:33:27 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30985 Advances in materials science and electrical engineering have paved the way for a new type of electronic device: one that can bend and fold just like a piece of paper. Professor Ana Claudia Arias hopes to take this innovation to the next level: "wearable electronics." The "Berkeley Science Review" reports.]]> http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/read/spring-2012/whose-lab-are-you-wearing/feed/ 0 http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/spring-2012-piracy/navigating-the-law http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/spring-2012-piracy/navigating-the-law#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 18:12:17 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30975 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.]]> http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/california-magazine/spring-2012-piracy/navigating-the-law/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/lisa-bagnatori/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/lisa-bagnatori/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:00:46 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30863 Staffer Lisa Bagnatori fields inquiries on housing, job contacts, school and childcare options — even how to locate a good hair salon. Her job is helping potential and new faculty hires find a new home base in the Bay Area. “You’re creating the village,” she says.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/lisa-bagnatori/feed/ 0 http://gspp.berkeley.edu/news-events/quigleyObit.html http://gspp.berkeley.edu/news-events/quigleyObit.html#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:41:16 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30790 Economist John Quigley, the I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor and Professor of Economics at UC Berkeley with apppointments in the Goldman School of Public Policy and the Haas School of Business, passed away May 12 in Berkeley. He was a leading scholar of housing markets, energy-efficient buildings, homelessness and racial discrimination. ]]> http://gspp.berkeley.edu/news-events/quigleyObit.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/new-wall-of-fame-website-celebrates-uc-berkeleys-remarkable-alumni/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/new-wall-of-fame-website-celebrates-uc-berkeleys-remarkable-alumni/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:23:39 +0000 Amy Cranch http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30786 A new UC Berkeley website, the Berkeley Wall of Fame, celebrates and and seeks alumni who are changing the world.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/new-wall-of-fame-website-celebrates-uc-berkeleys-remarkable-alumni/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/acclaimed-race-scholar-john-a-powell-leads-haas-diversity-research-center/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/acclaimed-race-scholar-john-a-powell-leads-haas-diversity-research-center/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:40:07 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30655 An acclaimed voice on race and ethnicity and a civil-liberties scholar, john a. powell has joined the faculty and will lead UC Berkeley’s Haas Diversity Research Center and hold the Robert D. Haas Chancellor’s Chair in Equity and Inclusion.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/acclaimed-race-scholar-john-a-powell-leads-haas-diversity-research-center/feed/ 0 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/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 21:18:13 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26233 Fourth-year student Alva Gardner aspires to work in the clothing industry — designing for people, women especially, whose bodies don't fit the "norm." Her accessible-fashion concepts include pants with pockets at the knees, where people in wheelchairs, like herself, "could actually use them." American studies, psychology, art, disability, gender, sexuality and women's studies are among her protean interests.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/words-to-lgbt-graduates-from-one-whos-been-there-you-must-continue-to-make-it-better/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/words-to-lgbt-graduates-from-one-whos-been-there-you-must-continue-to-make-it-better/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:11:48 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30417 Since Robert Anderson first arrived at Berkeley 29 years ago, "things have gotten better" for LGBT students here and in the world. "But there is still much to be done," Anderson, now chair of the University of California Academic Senate, told UC Berkeley's 2012 Lavender Graduation. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/words-to-lgbt-graduates-from-one-whos-been-there-you-must-continue-to-make-it-better/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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/bike-to-work-day-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/bike-to-work-day-2012/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 19:00:00 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30225 Campus cyclists mobbed the Energizer Station at Bancroft and Telegraph during Bike to Work Day 2012 — getting quick bike repairs from the student group BicyCal, license renewals from UCPD officers and pastries provided by the Berkeley Student Food Collective.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/bike-to-work-day-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/best-dissertation-award/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/best-dissertation-award/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:28:00 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30297 Kimberly Hoang, who earned her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley in 2011, has won the American Sociological Association's "best dissertation" award for her dissertation on sex work in Vietnam.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/best-dissertation-award/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://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/awards/clark-kerr-award http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/awards/clark-kerr-award#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:14:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30143 The Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate has named its 2012 Clark Kerr Awardees: Chancellor Emeritus Robert Berdahl and Marian Diamond, professor emeritus of integrative biology. The award recognizes extraordinary and distinguished contributions to the advancement of higher education.]]> http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/awards/clark-kerr-award/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:19 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29280 Jane Schnorrenberg has been dancing since she was 7. But she's not about to quit her day job.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/faculty-retention/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/faculty-retention/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 22:54:15 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19708 The notion of a faculty brain drain at Berkeley turns out to have a lot in common with Mark Twain’s prematurely rumored death: Reports are greatly exaggerated. Berkeley has won 88 percent of the 33 retention cases settled during the 2010-11 academic year, up from 72 percent of 50 settled the year before, according to Vice Provost Janet Broughton. Interviews with five professors who have chosen to stay reveal the reasons — chiefly the quality of the students and the intellectual rapport shared with colleagues.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/faculty-retention/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/shachar-kariv/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/shachar-kariv/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 22:49:34 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29928 “This place is different” is the point economics professor Shachar Kariv keeps circling back to as he explains why he’s turned down three efforts to hire him away from Berkeley over the last several years.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/shachar-kariv/feed/ 0 http://www.calbears.com/sports/olympics/ http://www.calbears.com/sports/olympics/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 20:30:47 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29997 Since 1920, UC Berkeley athletes have earned more than 150 Olympic medals. Visit Cal Athletics' 2012 Olympians website for regular updates on Golden Bears set to compete in and staff the 2012 Summer Games in London.]]> http://www.calbears.com/sports/olympics/feed/ 0