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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:02:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30645 UCTV's "Prime Vote" features Henry Brady's video commentary, Don’t Hang Up! Why Voters Should Respond to Pollsters,”as he makes a case fo folks to stay on the line and make their opinions heard, especially in an electoral season increasingly dominated by rich donors and highly paid lobbyists. ]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:53:14 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30625 With state budget negotiations in full swing, members of the UC Board of Regents are joining students in Sacramento today (May 15) to call on lawmakers to reinvest in public higher education. Regents will remain in the capital on Wednesday, holding their first board meeting there since 1993. ]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/berkeley-undergrads-join-sen-boxer-to-discusss-federal-student-loan-crisis/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/berkeley-undergrads-join-sen-boxer-to-discusss-federal-student-loan-crisis/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 00:20:57 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30453 Two UC Berkeley students took part in a press conference on the student-loan crisis, hosted by Sen. Barbara Boxer on Friday. Federal student-loans rates are set to double on July 1, unless Congress acts to prevent the increase.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/berkeley-undergrads-join-sen-boxer-to-discusss-federal-student-loan-crisis/feed/ 0 http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/general/1205-message-from-president-yudof-on-state-budget.html http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/general/1205-message-from-president-yudof-on-state-budget.html#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 21:13:53 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30310 Governor Brown will release his revised state budget on Monday, May 14. "At this critical time in California's budget process, the Governor and legislative leaders need to hear from UC supporters that the University of California has been cut enough," President Mark Yudof says in an online message.]]> http://atyourservice.ucop.edu/news/general/1205-message-from-president-yudof-on-state-budget.html/feed/ 0 http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/ http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:05:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30155 UCDC's Bruce Cain talks with UCTV's "Prime Vote" series about the era of PACS and who's financing the 2012 election.]]> http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:16 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28430 Even for a labor economist, Sylvia Allegretto, a co-founder of UC Berkeley's Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics, took a distinctly working-class route to a career in academia.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/pace-report-updates-state-of-k-12-education-in-california/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/pace-report-updates-state-of-k-12-education-in-california/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:55:51 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29737 An examination of the current state of California's K-12 education — conducted by an independent research center based at UC Berkeley — finds some, but not much, progress.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/pace-report-updates-state-of-k-12-education-in-california/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/02/students-rep-barbara-lee-urge-lower-student-loan-rates/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/02/students-rep-barbara-lee-urge-lower-student-loan-rates/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 19:56:23 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29656 Cal students joined Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, Rep. Barbara Lee and the presidents of three local universities in urging Congress to maintain the low interest rate for federally subsidized student loans, called Stafford loans. Without Congressional action, the rate will double on July 1.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/02/students-rep-barbara-lee-urge-lower-student-loan-rates/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/cal-students-spread-the-word-at-richmond-high-with-college-going-help/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/cal-students-spread-the-word-at-richmond-high-with-college-going-help/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:19:26 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25084 UC Berkeley student volunteers will introduce 90 Richmond High teens to campus Friday, culminating a yearlong effort to help these local students navigate a path to college.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/cal-students-spread-the-word-at-richmond-high-with-college-going-help/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/25/alumnus-and-japanese-american-wwii-vet-donates-congressional-gold-medal-to-bancroft/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/25/alumnus-and-japanese-american-wwii-vet-donates-congressional-gold-medal-to-bancroft/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:04:04 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28795 Kenji Sayama, who attended UC Berkeley in wartime and after, donated to Bancroft Library the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to him and other Japanese-American soldiers from World War II.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/25/alumnus-and-japanese-american-wwii-vet-donates-congressional-gold-medal-to-bancroft/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:47:51 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29056 The State of California needs to consider the whopping return on investments for higher education as it tries to balance its budget, UC Berkeley researchers say in new study, "California's Economic Payoff: Investing in College Access and Completion."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-economists-contribute-to-just-released-occupy-handbook/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-economists-contribute-to-just-released-occupy-handbook/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:51:56 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28648 UC Berkeley economists contribute to the literature about and understanding of the Occupy movement,]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-economists-contribute-to-just-released-occupy-handbook/feed/ 0 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/04/california_advocates_for_healt.php#more http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/04/california_advocates_for_healt.php#more#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:52:03 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28482 U.S. agricultural policy doesn't needs money into programs that support healthy eating or California farmers, and the 2012 Farm Bill gives it the opportunity to do more, a panel of California food experts including UC Berkeley professor Michael Pollan argued to a packed auditorium on campus. ]]> http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/04/california_advocates_for_healt.php#more/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/herbert-hoover-slept-here/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/herbert-hoover-slept-here/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:00:43 +0000 Steven Finacom http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28319 A new library exhibit takes a look back at U.S. presidents, past, present and future, who have lunched, spoken and, yes, napped at UC Berkeley.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/herbert-hoover-slept-here/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/10/politify-wins-citris-big-ideas-award/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/10/politify-wins-citris-big-ideas-award/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:35:54 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27654 Web-based startup Politify earned $20,000 for its first-place finish in the information technology category of the 2012 Big Ideas @ Berkeley innovation contest.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/10/politify-wins-citris-big-ideas-award/feed/ 0 http://www.dailycal.org/2012/04/05/ron-paul-speaks-to-large-crowd-on-memorial-glade-about/ http://www.dailycal.org/2012/04/05/ron-paul-speaks-to-large-crowd-on-memorial-glade-about/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:38:03 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28032 The GOP presidential candidate spoke Thursday at Memorial Glade.]]> http://www.dailycal.org/2012/04/05/ron-paul-speaks-to-large-crowd-on-memorial-glade-about/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/05/economic-inequality-teach-in/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/05/economic-inequality-teach-in/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:53:08 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27623 A UC Berkeley teach-in on economic inequality Wednesday quietly laid bare the intellectual underpinnings of the nationwide push to narrow America's wealth gap.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/05/economic-inequality-teach-in/feed/ 0 http://vimeo.com/38543756 http://vimeo.com/38543756#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:41:32 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27643 In electoral politics, how useful and reliable are public-opinion polls? How do we understand the new role of social media? How do we increase the participation of young voters? Henry Brady, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, offers insights on the process.]]> http://vimeo.com/38543756/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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/21/budget-challenge/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/21/budget-challenge/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:21:18 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27227 Clickers in hand, a civic-minded student audience weighs some tough choices on cuts and spending. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/21/budget-challenge/feed/ 0