http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 21 May 2013 22:54:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 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/2013/05/10/legal-services-program-for-undocumented-students-students/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/legal-services-program-for-undocumented-students-students/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 18:26:52 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34044 A special project of Berkeley Law's International Human Rights Law Clinic and the campus's Undocumented Student Program has helped 103 Berkeley students decide whether to apply for a special immigration category that allows them to work legally and to avoid deportation. Most have won approval under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/legal-services-program-for-undocumented-students-students/feed/ 0 http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/lemaux-lab-be-featured-kqed-documentary http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/lemaux-lab-be-featured-kqed-documentary#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:58:32 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34607 UC Berkeley cooperative extension specialist Peggy Lemaux's efforts to engineer crops to reduce malnutrition in developing countries.will be featured in a half-hour program, "Next Meal: Engineering Food," that will be shown on KQED's Quest on Wednesday. The program explores the pros and cons of GM crops, as well as the future of research and regulation. ]]> http://pmb.berkeley.edu/news/lemaux-lab-be-featured-kqed-documentary/feed/ 0 http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15222.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15222.htm#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 16:01:29 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34595 For Micah West ’13, winner of the 2013 Sax Prize for clinical excellence, the path to advocacy has been intensely personal. When West was 19, his father pled guilty to two felonies and received a one-year sentence to a halfway house. "I could no more walk away from my father than I could any of the millions incarcerated in this country," West said in accepting the award, honoring his tireless work at Berkeley Law's Death Penalty Clinic and his efforts to launch the new Youth Defender Clinic.]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15222.htm/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/30/hrc-exec-dir/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/30/hrc-exec-dir/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:03:54 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34060 Alexa Koenig, who is finishing up her dissertation as she settles into her role as executive director of the Human Rights Center, plans to "engage pretty deeply" with the center's work in war-torn regions all over the globe.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/30/hrc-exec-dir/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/24/fitness-for-all-is-an-exercise-in-inclusion/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/24/fitness-for-all-is-an-exercise-in-inclusion/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:59:32 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33934 Campus staffer and Cal grad Matt Grigorieff is the driving force behind Fitness for All, a new program that aims to provide health and fitness options to UC Berkeley students with disabilities. Among the first offerings is a class on goalball, a court sport that puts blind and sighted players on a level playing field.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/24/fitness-for-all-is-an-exercise-in-inclusion/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/fourth-generation-berkeley-student-wins-truman-scholarship/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/fourth-generation-berkeley-student-wins-truman-scholarship/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:30:41 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34433 The Blum Center's Rebecca Peters, whose classroom work and field research focus on issues of water security, management and equity, is one of 62 “exceptional college juniors” nationwide selected as 2013 Harry S. Truman scholars.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/fourth-generation-berkeley-student-wins-truman-scholarship/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/cal-day-launched-graduating-seniors-berkeley-experience/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/cal-day-launched-graduating-seniors-berkeley-experience/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:00:19 +0000 Gretchen Kell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34484 Senior Ahn-Thi Le's UC Berkeley journey began with Cal Day, when she fell in love with the campus. Now, after following a path that took her to India to work with rural artisans and to a place in the CellScope initiative improving health care in Vietnam, Le is about to graduate.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/cal-day-launched-graduating-seniors-berkeley-experience/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:18:49 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34444 "I myself am a beneficiary of a community that supported my education," Chancellor Birgeneau told an appreciative audience at Oakland's Scottish Rite Center, where he accepted the Centro Legal de La Raza's "Visionary Leadership Award." ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/feed/ 0 http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15180.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15180.htm#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:35:28 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34411 A new report on fracking in California warns of potentially irreversible contamination of surface and groundwater near oil drilling sites, unless the technique is carefully monitored and controlled. "Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in California: A Wastewater and Water Quality Perspective" is an independent analysis produced by Berkeley Law scholars.]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15180.htm/feed/ 0 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2013/04/perfect_storm_of_climate_chang.php#more http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2013/04/perfect_storm_of_climate_chang.php#more#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:22:52 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34367 The African Sahel, beset with impacts from climate change and the most rapidly growing population in the world, could descend into large-scale drought, famine, war and terrorist control if immediate steps are not taken, according to a new report by experts from UC Berkeley and the African Institute for Development Policy. ]]> http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2013/04/perfect_storm_of_climate_chang.php#more/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/08/globalpov-art-videos-and-twitter-take-poverty-curriculum-to-the-world/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/08/globalpov-art-videos-and-twitter-take-poverty-curriculum-to-the-world/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:59:15 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34146 Three Cal alumni and teachers — a live-action sketch artist, a social-media proselytizer and a brilliant professor who is also an unapologetic Bono fan — have teamed up to create artful, provocative videos and brought Twitter into the classroom. The goal: to extend the teachings of Berkeley’s biggest minor, Global Poverty and Practice, online. The project could be a model for a new kind of public scholarship and online education. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/08/globalpov-art-videos-and-twitter-take-poverty-curriculum-to-the-world/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/04/berkeley-professor-to-testify-in-trial-of-former-guatemalan-dictator/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/04/berkeley-professor-to-testify-in-trial-of-former-guatemalan-dictator/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:43:22 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34326 Professor Beatriz Manz has been called to testify as an expert eyewitness in the genocide trial of a former Guatemalan military dictator.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/04/berkeley-professor-to-testify-in-trial-of-former-guatemalan-dictator/feed/ 0 http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/news-posts/uc-berkeley-cgiu-2013/ http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/news-posts/uc-berkeley-cgiu-2013/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 18:09:23 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34322 The April 5-7 conference will include knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities for students committed to tackling the world’s most pressing problems and will feature speeches by Muhammad Yunus, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jack Dorsey and Stephen Colbert, among others.]]> http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu/news-posts/uc-berkeley-cgiu-2013/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/29279 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/29279#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:57:38 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34309 UC will convene some of the world's leading experts — farmers, researchers, policymakers, economists, environmentalists and geopolitical experts — at a daylong forum focused on addressing how to sustainably feed 8 billion people by 2025. ]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/29279/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:15:18 +0000 Steve Hockensmith http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34264 Dayton Hyde, 88, has been a cowboy, a rodeo clown, a rancher, a photographer, a non-fiction author, a novelist, a poet and a conservationist. And now he's the star of a new documentary.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/26/californias-online-registration-drive-draws-broader-voter-base/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/26/californias-online-registration-drive-draws-broader-voter-base/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:11:52 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34280 A new Berkeley study of California’s new online voter registration system shows some striking results, including that more registrants come from low- and middle-income neighborhoods than expected.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/26/californias-online-registration-drive-draws-broader-voter-base/feed/ 0 http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15102.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15102.htm#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:29:17 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34269 Problems of racism and violence are exacerbated by supersized prisons and misguided police practices, according to scholars, activists and community leaders gathered for the annual symposium of the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice at Berkeley Law.]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/15102.htm/feed/ 0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuGBslGakdE&list=PLjVBfMEnEEaW9d9GZkPp_iZ-BOaLHupng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuGBslGakdE&list=PLjVBfMEnEEaW9d9GZkPp_iZ-BOaLHupng#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:08:50 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34254 What does the death of Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, and the election of an Argentinian cardinal as Pope, mean for Latin America? Experts from the Americas offer commentary, in English and Spanish, via the Center for Latin American Studies' online video series "Critical Insights."]]> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuGBslGakdE&list=PLjVBfMEnEEaW9d9GZkPp_iZ-BOaLHupng/feed/ 0