http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 15 May 2012 23:07:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/acclaimed-race-scholar-john-a-powell-leads-haas-diversity-research-center/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/acclaimed-race-scholar-john-a-powell-leads-haas-diversity-research-center/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:40:07 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30655 An acclaimed voice on race and ethnicity and a civil-liberties scholar, john a. powell has joined the faculty and will lead UC Berkeley’s Haas Diversity Research Center and hold the Robert D. Haas Chancellor’s Chair in Equity and Inclusion.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/15/acclaimed-race-scholar-john-a-powell-leads-haas-diversity-research-center/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://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://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:53:14 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30625 With state budget negotiations in full swing, members of the UC Board of Regents are joining students in Sacramento today (May 15) to call on lawmakers to reinvest in public higher education. Regents will remain in the capital on Wednesday, holding their first board meeting there since 1993. ]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689/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/2012/05/14/30568/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/30568/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 22:43:06 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30568 College of Natural Resources Dean Keith Gilless has issued an open letter regarding the community discussion held on Saturday about sustaining urban agriculture on the Gill Tract. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/30568/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. ]]> 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.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/13/electricity-from-viruses/ http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/13/electricity-from-viruses/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 17:18:42 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30485 Scientists at UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab have harnessed the electricity-generating capabilities of viruses, a development that could lead to pocket power plants for mobile devices. When researchers applied pressure to a generator made up of engineered M13 bacteria-eating viruses, they were able to produce enough current to equal a quarter the voltage of a triple A battery.]]> http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2012/05/13/electricity-from-viruses/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/gill-tract/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/gill-tract/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:14:06 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30478 A new statement about the Gill Tract by UC Berkeley administrators announces that campus police officers along with personnel from other UC police departments have begun taking the steps necessary for the campus to regain full control and supervision of its property.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/gill-tract/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/shared-use-gill-tract/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/shared-use-gill-tract/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 19:50:54 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30437 Campus officials have set a Saturday meeting with city leaders, residents, community members and UC Berkeley students and faculty to weigh "steps necessary for research to commence, and urban agriculture to continue on the Gill Tract." Two seats will be reserved for "representatives of the group that is still occupying" the property.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/shared-use-gill-tract/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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/campbell-hall-demolition-clears-way-for-leed-certified-replacement/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/campbell-hall-demolition-clears-way-for-leed-certified-replacement/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 23:44:11 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29858 Demolition crews began tearing down the 53-year-old Campbell Hall Thursday to make way for a new, 82,000-square-foot LEED-certified facility for astronomy and physics.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/10/campbell-hall-demolition-clears-way-for-leed-certified-replacement/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/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/2012/05/10/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/uc-initiates-legal-action-against-gill-tract-occupiers/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/uc-initiates-legal-action-against-gill-tract-occupiers/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 21:25:42 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30312 The University of California filed a lawsuit May 9 against individuals alleged to have participated in the occupation of the university’s Gill Tract property in Albany. In an official statement, the campus administration describes the legal action and provides links to the lawsuit, as well as a proposal to "Occupy the Farm" made earlier this week.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/uc-initiates-legal-action-against-gill-tract-occupiers/feed/ 0