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://greatergood.berkeley.edu/news_events/announcement/the_results_of_our_human_happiness_student_video_competition http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/news_events/announcement/the_results_of_our_human_happiness_student_video_competition#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 23:03:46 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30938 Students in Professor Keltner's "Human Happiness" class produced short videos this spring on what makes them happy. A panel of judges named, as first-place winner, "Bill's Story," about a paper doll who learns about the relative value of wealth, status and social connections. ]]> http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/news_events/announcement/the_results_of_our_human_happiness_student_video_competition/feed/ 0 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://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/2012/05/09/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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 17:40:36 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27115 Graduate student Ryan Lattanzio is heading to the Cannes Film Festival, where he'll help select the winner of the “Visionary Award," for a fledgling independent filmmaker. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/student-awarded-trip-to-cannes-film-festival-as-only-u-s-student-on-international-student-jury-panel/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/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:00:01 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19425 “Love thy neighbor” is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from UC Berkeley suggests the devoutly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/religionandgenerosity/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:36:09 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28808 This year's Bandelier Award for Public Service to Archaeology goes to a UC Berkeley classics professor emeritus, for his decades-long work exploring the ancient city of Sardis, capital of the ancient empire of Lydia.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:33:38 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25955 Linguistics graduate students' efforts examining the little known Garifuna language may help with its revitalization.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/students-study-document-little-known-central-american-language-of-garifuna/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/emma-goldmans-thoughts-about-women-on-the-titanic/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/emma-goldmans-thoughts-about-women-on-the-titanic/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:12:15 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28433 Emma Goldman saw women's treatment while in safety or in danger as less than equal.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/13/emma-goldmans-thoughts-about-women-on-the-titanic/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:40:07 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26045 Text messaging often gets a bad rap for contributing to illiteracy and high-risk behavior such as reckless driving. But a Berkeley social-welfare professor has found an upside to texting, especially for people who feel stressed out, isolated and alone.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/09/text-messaging/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/african-americans-blogging/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/african-americans-blogging/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:00:08 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27700 The blogging community is more racially diverse than one might think. Internet-connected African Americans are more likely to blog than their white and Hispanic counterparts, according to new research from UC Berkeley.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/04/african-americans-blogging/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-director-for-townsend-center-for-the-humanities/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-director-for-townsend-center-for-the-humanities/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:20:32 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27223 Alan Tansman will direct the Townsend Center for the Humanities, starting in July.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-director-for-townsend-center-for-the-humanities/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/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:00:46 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25953 A Bancroft Library exhibit opening April 4 provides a salon-like setting for conversations about the artistic contributions of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual artists through the years.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120322cheshire http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120322cheshire#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:25:52 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27568 The word "trust" gets bandied about a lot when talking about the Web. But as Coye Cheshire, professor at the School of Information, will tell you, trust is a thing that happens between people, not things. ]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120322cheshire/feed/ 0