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An art installation called Solar Beacon, mounted atop the Golden Gate Bridge towers in May by UC Berkeley space scientists, has been given a one-month extension and will remain operative through September, allowing Bay Area residents to schedule flashes of light from the movable mirrors.
Media Advisory archive
Media Advisory: Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life open house Jan. 22
January 12, 2012:
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life to welcome the public to its new home with a Jan. 22 open house.
Media Advisory: UC Berkeley to announce financial aid program for middle income families
December 13, 2011:
A media briefing at the University of California, Berkeley, to announce a new financial aid program to make the campus more affordable for middle-class families.
Media Advisory: National conference to create roadmap for U.S. manufacturing
December 1, 2011: On Monday, Dec. 5, UC Berkeley will host one of three regional meetings of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a working group of President Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Berkeley and Stanford researchers will join representatives from federal agencies and industry executives for discussions and to develop a policy for increasing U.S. manufacturing capabilities.
Media advisory: World Bank economist to talk about lessons of China’s growth
November 22, 2011:
World Bank economist Justin Lin to explore reasons for China’s growth, lessons to be learned.
Media Advisory: Nov. 15 Savio Lecture moves to Sproul Plaza
November 14, 2011:
Update due to location change. The University of California, Berkeley’s 15th annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Robert Reich, former U.S. labor secretary and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, on the topic of class warfare.
Media Advisory: Public policy professor, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich to deliver Savio Memorial Lecture on class warfare
November 8, 2011: he University of California, Berkeley’s 15th annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Robert Reich, former U.S. labor secretary and professor of public policy at UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, on the topic of class warfare.
Media Advisory: Norwegian scientists to join Bay Area research leaders
October 19, 2011:
A two-day symposium, part of Transatlantic Science Week 2011, that will bring together University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Norwegian scientists to discuss the latest research in areas ranging from climate science and renewable energy to marine and space science.
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October 7, 2011:
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College Information Day to take place on Oct. 15
October 5, 2011:
College Information Day, an event at which dozens of college and university representatives give tips to college-bound students and their families takes place at UC Berkeley on October 15. Officials from some 60 public and private colleges and universities, including institutions outside of California, will provide information on preparing for college, applying for admission and seeking financial aid.
Media Advisory: Physics Nobelist Saul Perlmutter to speak at reception today
October 4, 2011:
A celebratory reception for Physics Nobelist Saul Perlmutter will be hosted today by UC Berkeley’s Department of Physics. Perlmutter, 52, a UC Berkeley professor of physics and a faculty senior scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and fellow scientists will discuss their research and answer questions.
Media Advisory: Urban sustainability conference explores residential energy efficiency
September 2, 2011:
The first program in the UC Berkeley Series on Urban Sustainability will be a Sept. 8 conference on “greening” the housing sector.
Media advisory: 9/11 Ten Years Later: How Did the Attack Change America?
August 29, 2011:
“9/11 Ten Years Later: How Did the Attack Change America?” a discussion by experts in public policy, political science, media and history at the University of California, Berkeley’s 2011 Matsui Forum, is being sponsored on Thursday, Sept. 8, by the Robert T. Matsui Center for Politics and Public Service.
Media Advisory: Sept. 7 conference to honor Ishi’s contributions a century ago
August 26, 2011:
“A Century of Ishi: A One-Day Conference Celebrating 100 years of Ishi,” organized by the University of California, Berkeley’s Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the California Indian Museum and Cultural Center, is set for Sept. 7.
Media Advisory: Thousands to move in to student housing this weekend
August 18, 2011:
This weekend, thousands of students will move into housing at the University of California, Berkeley. By the time classes begin on Thursday, Aug. 25, an estimated 6,300 undergraduates, including 690 international and 880 out-of-state students, will reside in campus residence halls. Another 3,900 undergraduates and graduates will be living in UC Berkeley-run apartments and family housing.
Media Advisory: Commencement ceremony this Saturday
May 12, 2011:
This Saturday, more than 2,400 graduates in caps and gowns are expected to process across the stage at Edwards Track Stadium UC Berkeley’s Commencement 2011. At least 15,000 tickets have been distributed for this sold-out event, which includes speeches, awards and faculty in colorful regalia.
Media Advisory: Students to demonstrate possible “next big thing” prototypes
April 29, 2011:
Some 21 students at the University of California, Berkeley’s School of Information will demonstrate prototypes of interactive computer devices they have designed and constructed over the course of the spring semester that could make them the next Mark Zuckerberg, or at least entrepreneurs with unique and very catchy products.
Media Advisory: Architect Christopher Alexander to speak on “battle” for Earth’s life, beauty
April 28, 2011:
“The Battle for the Life and Beauty of the Earth,” a talk by Christopher Alexander, an often controversial professor emeritus of architecture at the University of California, Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. Alexander is known for his groundbreaking work on how the built environment affects people’s lives.
Media Advisory: Researchers return from Japan, share assessment of quake and tsunami damage
April 27, 2011:
A U.S. research team presents their initial assessment of the damage caused by Japan’s magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami after returning from an NSF-funded field investigation.
Media Advisory: Spanish jurist with role in Pinochet arrest to speak Wednesday on campus
April 26, 2011:
“Universal Jurisdiction and International Justice: An Inseparable Reality?” a talk sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS).
Media Advisory: DHS Secretary Napolitano to give campus cybersecurity talk
April 22, 2011: Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will address the nation’s cybersecurity to members of the UC Berkeley community. The talk is part of the College of Engineering’s “View from the Top” lecture series.
Media Advisory: Conference explores how tech can help human rights
April 20, 2011:
UC Berkeley’s Human Rights Center hosts a two-day conference exploring the ways technology can be used to in the human rights field.
Media Advisory: Cal Day to wow visitors on Saturday, 4/16
April 15, 2011:
Cal Day, when the campus opens its classrooms, labs, museums, libraries and performance spaces to the public. The popular Bay Area event offers more than 300 activities and typically draws 40,000 visitors, including prospective students and their families.
Media Advisory: Michelle Bachelet to speak on women’s rights
April 12, 2011:
A free, public forum on “Women’s Rights: A Global Challenge,” with Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations’ first under-secretary general for gender equity and the empowerment of women will be hosted on Thursday (April 14) by UC Berkeley’s Center for Latin American Studies.
Media Advisory: Researcher finds declining Latino preschool enrollment
April 5, 2011:
A presentation of new research from the University of California, Berkeley, at the Education Writers Association (EWA) 2011 National Seminar in New Orleans about the declining enrollment of Latino children in preschools across the country since 2005, particularly in part-time programs.
Media Advisory: West Coast seismologists to urge earthquake early warning system
April 4, 2011:
A media briefing at the University of California, Berkeley, by leading West Coast seismologists who will discuss their recommendations for establishing an earthquake early warning system in California, Oregon and Washington.
Media Advisory:”Diet for a Small Planet” author to give talk
April 4, 2011: Frances Moore Lappé, who revolutionized conventional thinking about food policy and hunger in the 1970s with her bestseller, “Diet for a Small Planet,” will give a talk at UC Berkeley on the 40th anniversary of the book’s first edition. The title of Lappé’s lecture is “Living Democracy and Social Justice: Everyday Connections between Global Hunger, Environmental Sustainability and Food Policy.”
Media Advisory: Programs delve into wasteful side of Beijing’s boom
April 1, 2011:
Two days of special programs, sponsored by the University of California, Berkeley’s Institute of East Asian Studies will examine the staggering waste and related challenges accompanying China’s spectacular economic development.
Media Advisory: Is California at risk like Japan?
March 24, 2011:
In light of the recent devastation in Japan caused by a 9.0 earthquake, a 30-foot tsunami and a near nuclear meltdown, UC Berkeley faculty and experts from the U.S.G.S. will consider whether California faces similar risks.
Media Advisory: Green Chemistry conference at UC Berkeley March 24
March 21, 2011:
“Green Chemistry: Collaborative Approaches & New Solutions,” a national conference this Thursday at the University of California, Berkeley, will highlight the campus’s unique, collaborative approach to sustainable, clean and safer chemistry.
Media Advisory: Panel to address bioethics, medical testing on humans
March 16, 2011:
Susan Reverby, the Wellesley College researcher whose discovery of unethical syphilis studies in the 1940s led to a formal apology by the U.S. government, will speak at a March 17 panel at Boalt Hall.
