http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:46:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/07/japanese-quake-survivors-at-uc-berkeley-give-as-good-as-they-get/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/07/japanese-quake-survivors-at-uc-berkeley-give-as-good-as-they-get/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 23:40:40 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32439 Three hundred Japanese teens touched by last year's temblor, tsunami and nuclear emergency have spent three weeks at Berkeley through the Tomodachi SoftBank Leadership Program. They'll be sharing their ideas on civic revitalization, and meeting the public, before returning home.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/07/japanese-quake-survivors-at-uc-berkeley-give-as-good-as-they-get/feed/ 0 http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebAmerican-Nuclear-Society/UC-Berkeley-Nuclear-Eng/prweb9613442.htm http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebAmerican-Nuclear-Society/UC-Berkeley-Nuclear-Eng/prweb9613442.htm#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:25:58 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32314 UC Berkeley's Department of Nuclear Engineering has been awarded an American Nuclear Society's Presidential Citation for its leadership in communications after Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. ]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebAmerican-Nuclear-Society/UC-Berkeley-Nuclear-Eng/prweb9613442.htm/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/28/nuclear-science-meets-social-science-in-summer-school/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/28/nuclear-science-meets-social-science-in-summer-school/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:50:11 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14367 A summer school program designed to improve the social scientific literacy of nuclear engineers will use Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis as a case study. The six-day program, to be held in Berkeley from July 31 to Aug. 5, is being organized by faculty at UC Berkeley and the University of Tokyo. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/07/28/nuclear-science-meets-social-science-in-summer-school/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/27/japan-quake-tsunami-briefing/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/27/japan-quake-tsunami-briefing/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:17:25 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=10341 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/27/japan-quake-tsunami-briefing/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/15/dispatch-from-japan-pain-and-resilience/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/15/dispatch-from-japan-pain-and-resilience/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:49:47 +0000 Ry Beville http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=9339 Almost a month after the Japan quake and tsunami, UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate Ry Beville, a researcher in Japan, writes about the continuing search for bodies, the survivors' will to live, and a visit to an ancient shrine. He returned to the devastated coastal city of Rikuzentakata, where he is translating and helping with relief efforts.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/15/dispatch-from-japan-pain-and-resilience/feed/ 0 http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2011/04/researchers-to-investigate-tohoku-earthquake-and-tsunami/ http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2011/04/researchers-to-investigate-tohoku-earthquake-and-tsunami/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:12:22 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=9168 The Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center is coordinating a team of researchers traveling to Japan to discuss and investigate last month's magnitude 9.0 Tohoku earthquake. The team, funded by the National Science Foundation, left for Japan on April 9 and will remain there for one week. ]]> http://peer.berkeley.edu/news/2011/04/researchers-to-investigate-tohoku-earthquake-and-tsunami/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/31/dispatch-from-japan-untold-disaster-stories/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/31/dispatch-from-japan-untold-disaster-stories/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:20:00 +0000 Ry Beville http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=8432 There are "tens of thousands" of untold stories about the March 11 Japan quake and tsunami, writes UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate Ry Beville, who has been a researcher in Japan for four years but, following the disaster, also is working as an interpreter and with relief efforts. In his first dispatch to campus, he sends news from the devastated coastal city of Rikuzentakata.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/31/dispatch-from-japan-untold-disaster-stories/feed/ 0 http://diversity.berkeley.edu/japanrelief http://diversity.berkeley.edu/japanrelief#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:38:35 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=8081 In an open letter to the Berkeley campus, the Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance (APASA) is appealing for donations to charities aiding relief efforts in Japan. ]]> http://diversity.berkeley.edu/japanrelief/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/03/22/mckone-q-a/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/03/22/mckone-q-a/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:25:27 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=8008 Tom McKone, an expert on human health risk assessment associated with environmental toxins, weighs in on concerns by U.S. residents about radiation exposure from Japan. ]]> http://newscenter.lbl.gov/feature-stories/2011/03/22/mckone-q-a/feed/ 0 http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/110317japan.aspx http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/110317japan.aspx#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:30:29 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7954 Berkeley MBA students — including eight from Japan — who organized a spring-break trek to Japan for classmates have canceled the trip and are now turning to fundraising for the earthquake-ravaged nation. ]]> http://www2.haas.berkeley.edu/News/Newsroom/2010-2011/110317japan.aspx/feed/ 0 http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php?event_ID=42110 http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php?event_ID=42110#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:01:39 +0000 Sara Leavitt http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7896 Like Japan, California sits on the so-called “Ring of Fire”, the boundary of the Pacific Plate whose potential for seismic activity poses a serious threat to populated areas. But, how big is the risk to California in particular? A panel of experts will give their perspectives on this broad question as it pertains to the potential for large seismic activity in California.]]> http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php?event_ID=42110/feed/ 0 http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:19:44 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7708 Is there something in the air? In an effort to detect potential increases in atmospheric radiation from a troubled nuclear power plant in Japan, engineers have installed an air monitor on the top of Etcheverry Hall. Results are posted online by the Department of Nuclear Engineering.]]> http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/radiation-fears-unfounded-campus-expert-says/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/radiation-fears-unfounded-campus-expert-says/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:24:52 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7517 Epidemiologist Kirk Smith discusses the danger to the U.S. from radiation released by Japan's troubled nuclear reactors.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/radiation-fears-unfounded-campus-expert-says/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/japan-travel-warning/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/japan-travel-warning/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:21:10 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7609 The UC Education Abroad Programs (UCEAP) in Japan have been suspended, and travel assistance providers are available to help to return to the U.S., Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer announced in a campuswide CalMessage on Thursday.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/japan-travel-warning/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/surgeon-general/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/surgeon-general/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:59:09 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7542 U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin came to Berkeley's Alumni House Thursday to deliver her “vision of a healthy and fit nation.” But the day’s most burning health question, at least in the minds of the news media gathered at her subsequent press conference, was this: Should people be worried about radiation from Japan’s ongoing nuclear crisis? Her answer: "No."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/surgeon-general/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/nuclear-panelists-japan-radiatio/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/nuclear-panelists-japan-radiatio/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:13:28 +0000 Kate Rix http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7516 Radiation from a tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant in Japan does not pose a public safety risk to people outside of the disaster area, UC Berkeley nuclear engineers told an overflow audience of about 100 people at the Institute for East Asian Studies on Wednesday.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/nuclear-panelists-japan-radiatio/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/uc-berkeley-emergency-procedures/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/uc-berkeley-emergency-procedures/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:26:52 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7499 UC Berkeley's Office of Emergency Preparedness reminds the campus community of resources and steps each person can take in the event of an emergency. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/uc-berkeley-emergency-procedures/feed/ 0 http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/03/16/a-report-from-japan-part-1/ http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/03/16/a-report-from-japan-part-1/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:09:55 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7474 UC Berkeley anthropology professor Junko Habu reports from post-quake Japan. She was at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies in Hayama near Tokyo when the earthquake and tsunami hit. In her blog reportage, she applauds the courage of the people of her country, but also fears for their future.]]> http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2011/03/16/a-report-from-japan-part-1/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/category/special-topics/japan-crisis/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/category/special-topics/japan-crisis/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:49:28 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7382 Check here for unfolding coverage of how UC Berkeley is responding to the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami and for other campus news related to the disaster. You'll find events to attend, comments from campus experts, updates from campus officials, and more.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/category/special-topics/japan-crisis/feed/ 0 http://events.berkeley.edu/?event_ID=42015 http://events.berkeley.edu/?event_ID=42015#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:53:37 +0000 Sara Leavitt http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7304 As a symbol of hope for relief and healing for those affected during this difficult time, the American Red Cross Club at Cal is collecting 1000 paper cranes in honor of those impacted by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific. Come to the American Red Cross at Cal table this week 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. through Friday for crane-making instructions and supplies. The International Committee is meeting Thursday at 7 p.m. in 126 Barrows to discuss other ways to get involved in the relief effort. ]]> http://events.berkeley.edu/?event_ID=42015/feed/ 0