http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:12:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/31/unique-sulawesi-frog-gives-birth-to-tadpoles/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/31/unique-sulawesi-frog-gives-birth-to-tadpoles/#comments Wed, 31 Dec 2014 19:00:18 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46110 Amid the amazing biodiversity of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi lives a 5-gram frog that gives direct birth to tadpoles, without ever laying eggs. This unique reproductive strategy, found in a group of fanged frogs endemic to the island, is described for the first time by UC Berkeley herpetologist Jim McGuire and colleagues from Indonesia and Canada.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/31/unique-sulawesi-frog-gives-birth-to-tadpoles/feed/ 0 http://www.nature.com/news/nasa-launches-next-generation-scientific-balloon-1.16642 http://www.nature.com/news/nasa-launches-next-generation-scientific-balloon-1.16642#comments Mon, 29 Dec 2014 19:07:54 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46103 Berkeley physicist Steve Boggs leads a new gamma-ray experiment launched over Antarctica on Dec. 28 aboard the first of NASA's new 'super pressure' balloons, which aim to keep experiments aloft for more than 100 days. The experiment, the Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), searches for polarized gamma rays from exploding stars and other cosmic phenomena.]]> http://www.nature.com/news/nasa-launches-next-generation-scientific-balloon-1.16642/feed/ 0 http://www.ucnrs.org/nrs-climate-research-gets-uc-presidents-2m-research-award.html http://www.ucnrs.org/nrs-climate-research-gets-uc-presidents-2m-research-award.html#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:53:32 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46100 An ambitious plan to use the UC Natural Reserve System to detect and forecast the ecological impacts of climate change in California has received a $1.9 million research award. The proposal will establish a UC-wide Institute for the Study of Ecological and Evolutionary Climate Impacts (ISEECI). ]]> http://www.ucnrs.org/nrs-climate-research-gets-uc-presidents-2m-research-award.html/feed/ 0 http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-community/health-care-policy/article/top-10-public-health-stories-2014 http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-community/health-care-policy/article/top-10-public-health-stories-2014#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 18:01:59 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46097 From the increased legalization of marijuana for medical use to the Ebola epidemic to the re-emergence of nearly vanquished infectious diseases preventable by vaccines, 2014 has had more than its share of major public-health stories. Berkeley Wellness offers its list of the Top 10.]]> http://www.berkeleywellness.com/healthy-community/health-care-policy/article/top-10-public-health-stories-2014/feed/ 0 http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/news/curtailment-uc-berkeley http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/news/curtailment-uc-berkeley#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 17:49:50 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46093 During last year’s winter curtailment, UC Berkeley saved 711,000 kWh of electricity, about enough to power 64 households for one month. The Office of Sustainability offers tips for saving energy again as the holiday break starts at the end of the day today. ]]> http://sustainability.berkeley.edu/news/curtailment-uc-berkeley/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/23/2014-year-in-pictures-2/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/23/2014-year-in-pictures-2/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2014 16:00:37 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45919 Marked by a monthlong celebration of the Free Speech Movement and the unveiling of plans for an ambitious new Berkeley Global Campus, 2014 at UC Berkeley was both a year to remember and a time to reimagine the future.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/23/2014-year-in-pictures-2/feed/ 0 http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/publications/news/2014/emeritus_chemistry_professor_herb_strauss_has_died_at_78.php http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/publications/news/2014/emeritus_chemistry_professor_herb_strauss_has_died_at_78.php#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2014 23:45:56 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46091 Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Herbert “Herb” Leopold Strauss, an internationally recognized spectroscopist, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, at his home in Berkeley after a long illness. He was 78. ]]> http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/publications/news/2014/emeritus_chemistry_professor_herb_strauss_has_died_at_78.php/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/22/december-commencement-2014/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/22/december-commencement-2014/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:15:51 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45825 On Saturday, after months of controversy surrounding keynote speaker Bill Maher, the stars of the show were the nearly 500 graduating seniors receiving their diplomas in Haas Pavilion.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/22/december-commencement-2014/feed/ 0 http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/quigley-medal-honors-late-real-estate-professor http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/quigley-medal-honors-late-real-estate-professor#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:21:27 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46064 The new John M. Quigley Medal has been established in memory of the late Berkeley-Haas housing expert and his extensive body of scholarly work in the fields of urban economics and housing policy. Professor Quigley passed away in May 2012. ]]> http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/quigley-medal-honors-late-real-estate-professor/feed/ 0 http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/events/education/letsgo/EN1173 http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/events/education/letsgo/EN1173#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:02:59 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46059 The Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive is celebrating its final day of programs in its Bancroft Way building, with art, music, dance, performance and a festive procession to its new site at Center and Oxford streets. Things kick off at 11 a.m. Sunday (Dec. 21). ]]> http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/events/education/letsgo/EN1173/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/19/powerpsychology/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/19/powerpsychology/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45997 The indomitable human quest for power, influence and a foothold in the social hierarchy has long been a subject of fascination and study for UC Berkeley psychologist Sheri Johnson. "Some people really want to get to the top and others are happy in the middle, and others are just trying to avoid being at the bottom," says Johnson in a Q & A just published in The Huffington Post.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/19/powerpsychology/feed/ 0 http://csac.berkeley.edu/cosa/how-to-nominate http://csac.berkeley.edu/cosa/how-to-nominate#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:41:21 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46070 UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks has sent out a call for nominations for exceptional individual staff members and/or teams of staff for the 2015 Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards. The deadline is Jan. 29. ]]> http://csac.berkeley.edu/cosa/how-to-nominate/feed/ 0 http://www.urel.berkeley.edu/haasawards/public-service-award/ http://www.urel.berkeley.edu/haasawards/public-service-award/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 20:22:16 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46067 Nominations are open for the 2014 Peter E. Haas Public Service Award at UC Berkeley. The award honors alumni who have made an outstanding voluntary contribution in the fields of community service, health care, the environment or education. Nominations are due Feb. 12.]]> http://www.urel.berkeley.edu/haasawards/public-service-award/feed/ 0 http://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2014/a-standard-for-neuroscience-data/ http://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2014/a-standard-for-neuroscience-data/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:15:36 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46001 Berkeley Lab researchers have developed a computational framework for standardizing neuroscience data to assist data sharing among neuroscientists worldwide, much as the jpeg and TIFF standards have made sharing digital images easy. The researchers are part of the UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab and UCSF partnership called BRAINSeed.]]> http://cs.lbl.gov/news-media/news/2014/a-standard-for-neuroscience-data/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/18/napolitano-appointed-to-goldman-school-faculty/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/18/napolitano-appointed-to-goldman-school-faculty/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:00:55 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=46003 UC President Janet Napolitano has been appointed to the faculty of UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, Dean Henry Brady announced today (Thursday, Dec. 18). ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/18/napolitano-appointed-to-goldman-school-faculty/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-campuses-dominate-best-value-list http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-campuses-dominate-best-value-list#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:56:51 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45999 UC Berkeley is the top among seven UC campuses that made Kiplinger Personal Finance’s top 100 Best Values in Public Colleges for 2015, which are based on criteria that include academic quality and affordability.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/uc-campuses-dominate-best-value-list/feed/ 0 http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2014/12/16/researcher-seeks-to-starve-cancer-of-nutrients http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2014/12/16/researcher-seeks-to-starve-cancer-of-nutrients#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 18:40:00 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45996 In a profile by The Pew Charitable Trusts, 2014 Pew Scholar Roberto Zoncu discusses the adventure of science and his own research to find a way to starve cancer of nutrients. A native of Sardinia, Italy, Zoncu is an assistant professor of molecular cell biology and a recipient of a NIH Innovator Award.]]> http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/news/2014/12/16/researcher-seeks-to-starve-cancer-of-nutrients/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/18/infrasound-as-early-storm-warning-for-birds/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/18/infrasound-as-early-storm-warning-for-birds/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 17:00:04 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45682 A UC Berkeley-led research team found that golden-winged warblers in Tennessee fled the path of tornado-generating storms one to two days ahead, well before any local signs of troubling weather. Signs point to the use of infrasound as Mother Nature's early warning system. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/18/infrasound-as-early-storm-warning-for-birds/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/17/berkeley-prof-on-becoming-richard-pryor/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/17/berkeley-prof-on-becoming-richard-pryor/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2014 22:28:52 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45923 Scott Saul's biography and website are shedding new light on the late comic and actor. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/17/berkeley-prof-on-becoming-richard-pryor/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/16/students-show-off-autonomous-vehicles-at-l-a-drone-expo/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/16/students-show-off-autonomous-vehicles-at-l-a-drone-expo/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:53:16 +0000 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=45958 UC Berkeley engineering students joined civil engineering professor Raja Sengupta at the first-ever Drone Expo in Los Angeles on Saturday, demonstrating their "unmanned autonomous vehicles" to a crowd of some 4,000 hobbyists and enthusiasts.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/12/16/students-show-off-autonomous-vehicles-at-l-a-drone-expo/feed/ 0