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.lib.berkeley.edu/AboutLibrary/re_envision.html http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/AboutLibrary/re_envision.html#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 17:34:24 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31061 The Library is considering changes to its hours, locations and services, and is conducting an online survey to better understand its users needs and preferences. Members of the campus community are invited to weigh in, through the month of May.]]> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/AboutLibrary/re_envision.html/feed/ 0 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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/summer-sessions-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/summer-sessions-2012/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 09:00:59 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30716 Enrollment in the Summer Sessions 2012 is projected to exceed 16,000 — making it another record-breaking season for the program, which offers more than 600 courses. UC Berkeley students make up 75 percent of the campus's summer scholars. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/summer-sessions-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/18/chancellor-search-listening-session/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/18/chancellor-search-listening-session/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:10:46 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30847 The advisory committee spearheading the search for UC Berkeley's next chancellor will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, May 22, to get input from members of the campus community.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/18/chancellor-search-listening-session/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/uc-berkeley-junior-hot-on-the-trail-of-sutters-mill-meteorites/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/uc-berkeley-junior-hot-on-the-trail-of-sutters-mill-meteorites/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 19:14:58 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30334 When a fireball exploded over California's Gold Country on April 22, Cal geology major Jason Utas wrapped up his final exam and headed to Sutter's Mill with a dozen of his friends to look for fragments. Four of them, including Utas, found small pieces of a rare carbonaceous chondrite, a type of meteorite that may have carried the building blocks of life to Earth billions of years ago.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/uc-berkeley-junior-hot-on-the-trail-of-sutters-mill-meteorites/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/16/30737/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/16/30737/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:44:08 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30737 Memoirs by rocker Keith Richards and chef Gabrielle Hamilton share space with Stendhal's "Charterhouse of Parma" and a history of the hip-hop generation on UC Berkeley's 2012 Summer Reading List for incoming freshmen. The theme: Revolutions.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/16/30737/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/university-medalist-2/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/university-medalist-2/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:19:28 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30593 University Medalist Eric Olliff told his fellow graduates that he had no idea what he was going to do when he got to Berkeley, and the same is true now as he leaves. But college worked out pretty well for him — he's the top graduating senior , so he says he trusts his abilities to guide him into the future. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/university-medalist-2/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/30543/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/30543/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 21:40:11 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30543 Addressing graduating seniors at UC Berkeley's Commencement Convocation Saturday, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau asked the students, as they take their education out into the world, to speak out for public universities and to continue their tradition of public service. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/30543/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/2012/05/14/commencement/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/commencement/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 19:07:37 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30497 Joyous graduates, their friends and families filled Edwards Track Stadium in a swirl of blue and gold on Saturday, as they celebrated their graduation as UC Berkeley's Class of 2012 and heard Google leader Eric Schmidt and Chancellor Robert Birgeneau send them on their way. With video and slideshow. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/commencement/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/google-ceo-to-graduates-the-future-doesnt-just-happen/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/google-ceo-to-graduates-the-future-doesnt-just-happen/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 18:50:14 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30499 Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, a 1982 Berkeley graduate, served as keynote speaker at Saturday's 2012 UC Berkeley commencement and told graduating seniors: The future doesn't just happen; it's all about what you do. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/google-ceo-to-graduates-the-future-doesnt-just-happen/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://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://tgif.berkeley.edu/index.php/grants/projects/2012-projects http://tgif.berkeley.edu/index.php/grants/projects/2012-projects#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 22:36:50 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30392 In a milestone year for the Green Initiative Fund, the student-funded TGIF has awarded grants to 22 student sustainability projects and funded 56 student internships. Composting, zero waste and eco-movie showings are among projects that won approval.]]> http://tgif.berkeley.edu/index.php/grants/projects/2012-projects/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/local-kids-with-help-from-oski-celebrate-their-building-literacy-skills/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/local-kids-with-help-from-oski-celebrate-their-building-literacy-skills/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 20:31:25 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30159 In a noisy celebration at the YWCA on Monday, scores of young Berkeley Unified School District students met the campus mascot, Oski — and accepted certificates for work with UC Berkeley student mentors, through the BUILD program, to improve their reading skills.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/local-kids-with-help-from-oski-celebrate-their-building-literacy-skills/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