Scott Saul’s biography and website are shedding new light on the late comic and actor.
Multimedia archive
Beautiful botanical art, on display now at the Bot Garden
December 16, 2014 The beauty and complexity of plants are captured in extraordinary detail in the UC Botanical Garden’s new “Following in the Bartrams’ Footsteps” exhibit, which opened this week in Julia Morgan Hall. Featured are 44 original artworks by artists who create their pieces in the style of John and William Bartram, who lived three centuries ago. Watch our video to take an online tour with one of the artists.
Grad student helps people in Bangalore know when the next drop of water will come
December 15, 2014 Many of the 9.9 million people in Bangalore, India, never know when they’ll turn on the tap and find water flowing. UC Berkeley graduate student Christopher Hyun is helping to change that.
Dodging a sixth mass extinction
November 25, 2014 Integrative biology professor Anthony Barnosky not only has a new book out, Dodging Extinction, but also appears in a new documentary airing Nov. 30 on the Smithsonian Channel. The film, Mass Extinction, Life at the Brink, also features UC Berkeley geologist Walter Alvarez and Barnosky’s wife, Stanford ecologist Elizabeth Hadly.
‘Sleepless in America’ documentary to feature Berkeley research
November 24, 2014 UC Berkeley neuroscientist and sleep researcher Matthew Walker will be featured Nov. 30 in Sleepless in America, a documentary on the National Geographic Channel that lays out in gripping detail the perils of getting too little sleep.
Campus gives a ‘Big Thanks’ for successful fund drive
November 21, 2014 UC Berkeley sends out a “Big Thanks” to the legion of supporters who made Thursday’s Big Give such a big success, one that will benefit students, faculty and research.
Chopping down the Stanford Tree in slow motion
November 19, 2014 Hundreds of Cal fans showed up for the annual Tree Chopping Rally on Sproul Plaza Tuesday and cheered on a group of axe-wielding students. To psych up the campus for the 117th Big Game, Saturday against Stanford, the Cal logging team showed off their chain sawing and chopping techniques, symbolizing California’s triumph over the Stanford Tree, the mascot of the Stanford band.
Foragers find bounty of edibles in urban food deserts
November 17, 2014 Urban residents in neighborhoods lacking stores with fresh, affordable produce need to look no further than their own yards to find wild edibles to add to the dinner table. Two Berkeley professors and a team of students are foraging in three East Bay communities as part of a unique project that is surveying, logging data, testing soil and aiming to educate neighborhoods about the value of these greens.
Lightning expected to increase by 50 percent with global warming
November 13, 2014 UC Berkeley atmospheric scientist David Romps and his colleagues looked at predictions of precipitation and cloud buoyancy in 11 different climate models and concluded that global warming will generate 50 percent more lightning strikes across the U.S. by the end of the 21st century.
Why voting matters (or not) — Berkeley students weigh in
November 4, 2014 Undergrads on Sproul Plaza share their views on the election — whether they’re exercising their right to vote this time, and what races and issues matter to them most.
The skinny on soda taxes, in under 3 minutes
November 3, 2014 Professor Alan Auerbach answers some key questions about the initiatives on Tuesday’s ballot in Berkeley and San Francisco to add taxes to purchases of most sweetened drinks. Auerbach is director of the Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance at UC Berkeley.
How a cardiac surgeon became ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’
October 29, 2014 In this video interview, political satirist Bassem Youssef, who made a campus appearance Wednesday, discusses how his life and career changed after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and shares his thoughts on free speech, student life and food.
The skinny on soda taxes, in under 3 minutes
October 28, 2014 As the Nov. 4 election nears, Professor Alan Auerbach answers some key questions about the initiatives in Berkeley and San Francisco to add taxes to purchases of sweetened drinks. Auerbach is director of the Robert D. Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance.
Bancroft opens stunning California Captured on Canvas exhibit
October 21, 2014 The Bancroft Library is providing a window onto California’s unique history and culture with an new exhibit of oil paintings from its pictorial collection, some of which haven’t been publicly displayed before.
New post-bac at Berkeley may be hottest ticket to grad school
October 21, 2014 Aaron Fisher was a nanny for a successful actor in Manhattan when he applied for a post-baccalaureate in psychology. Emily Becklund was working in L.A., as a personal assistant for the reality-TV Kardashian family, when she did the same. Today their academic dreams have converged at UC Berkeley, where Fisher just launched a post-bac, inspired by his own success.
Rare silent film, with live music, highlights sweeping Georgian cinema series
October 15, 2014 The screening of the rare Georgian silent film Eliso, with live musical accompaniment by Trio Kavkasia playing a score commissioned by BAM/PFA, is a highlight of the 50-film Discovering Georgian Cinema series now underway at BAM/PFA. Eliso will be shown Oct. 25 and 26.
Video Q&A: Lessons learned from Loma Prieta
October 14, 2014 As the 25th anniversary of Loma Prieta earthquake approaches, Professor Richard Allen sat down with the NewsCenter’s video team to talk about the lessons learned from the 6.9-magnitude temblor. Allen is director of the UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory.
They like to watch, yes, but that’s just the beginning
October 13, 2014 Kai Huotari, a sometime filmmaker and former visiting scholar at Berkeley’s School of Information, analyzed thousands of tweets and interviewed 45 “TV live-tweeters” to learn why people would do such a thing. Note to TV producers: It’s not all about you.
Infectious-disease expert offers primer on Ebola virus
October 6, 2014 Dr. Arthur Reingold, professor of epidemiology and associate dean for research at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, answers some common questions about the risk of an Ebola outbreak in the United States.
Dirks, Udacity CEO square off in online-learning debate
October 6, 2014 UC Berkeley’s chancellor joined Sebastian Thrun, founder and CEO of Udacity, on the World Affairs Council’s stage to discuss the growth of online learning and how it will affect 21st-century models of education.
#FSM50, in words, videos and photos
October 3, 2014 With rallies, lectures, classes, conversations, photos, videos and — always — with passion, UC Berkeley is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, whose legacy reverberates on campus and throughout the world. Catch up on this week’s events on the NewsCenter’s #FSM50 page.
Student testifies in U.S. Senate on disability issues
October 3, 2014 At a recent U.S. Senate committee hearing, UC Berkeley senior Ann Kwong delivered forceful testimony regarding federal policies affecting people with disabilities. Video and a written transcript are now available.
After 26 days ‘in immigrant shoes,’ student mothers ponder next steps
October 3, 2014 Six UC Berkeley student mothers walked a 350-mile “Trail for Humanity” with their children this summer — calling for immigration reform as they traveled south from Merced, Calif. to the U.S.-Mexico border. The action was a way of “putting myself in those immigrant shoes,” says one of the leaders, American studies major Valeska Castañeda. (Versión en español aquí)
Después de 26 días ‘en los zapatos del inmigrante,’ madres estudiantes reflexionaron sobre sus próximos pasos
October 2, 2014 Durante el verano, seis madres estudiantes de UC Berkeley, junto con sus hijos, caminaron 350 millas en “Un Sendero por la Humanidad,” en el que clamaron por una reforma migratoria a lo largo del camino, que concluyó en la frontera con México. La acción fue “ponerme en los zapatos del inmigrante,” dijo una de las líderes, Valeska Castañeda, estudiante del último año. (English verion here.)
Cybertools offer new channels for free speech, but grassroots organizing still critical
October 2, 2014 The communication tools of today have changed social movements since the Free Speech Movement 50 years ago. Whether it is an online petition or survey software that makes it easier for users to register their opinions for elected officials, more options are available for expressing views than ever before. Still, cautionary flags are raised about the limits of the Internet and online tools by many who know the behind-the-scenes work needed for a movement to be successful.
‘#FSM50 Voices of Free Speech’
October 1, 2014 A two-minute crowd-sourced film by Emmy-nominated Berkeley alum Tiffany Shlain commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, bringing together voices from around the world to recall the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. and FSM leader Mario Savio to demonstrate the power of free speech today.
Words of freedom: video made from Mario Savio’s 1964 ‘Machine Speech’
September 30, 2014 This kinetic-typography video shares some of the most memorable words from that speech, dubbed “The Machine Speech.”
Shake your silk-maker: The dance of the peacock spider
September 24, 2014 The radio show “Science Friday” profiled UC Berkeley graduate student Madeline Girard and her study of peacock spiders, using Girard’s amazing video of the rhythmic, disco-like courtship dances males employ to entice and placate females.
Putting a stop to sexual violence and harassment
September 23, 2014 UC Berkeley is a diverse community, but on one crucial issue we speak with a single voice, and carry a single message: With your help, we can create an environment where violence and harassment in any form will not be tolerated. The eight people in these brief videos represent the thousands of staff, faculty and students who are dedicated to eradicating sexual assault and violence on the Berkeley campus.
Political leaders agree: The time for a statewide earthquake early warning system is now.
September 4, 2014 In the wake of the recent 6.0 magnitude Napa earthquake, California legislators joined scientists and emergency-response experts to kick off a three-day international conference at UC Berkeley on earthquake early warning.
FSM veterans, author featured on KQED’s ‘Forum’
September 23, 2014 Four Free Speech Movement veterans, along with the author of two books on the FSM, reflect on the movement’s history and legacy on KQED radio’s “Forum.” Separately, the San Francisco Chronicle discusses “FSM! The Play” and the “seismic shift in American culture” that the FSM sparked.
Berkeley’s ‘Rosetta Stone’ for fire science imperiled by Sierra blaze
September 19, 2014 Blodgett Research Forest, a key UC Berkeley research station, is under threat from the King Fire in El Dorado County. The 4,270-acre forest, located 56 miles east of Sacramento, is a critical site for a wide variety of research projects, including wildfire-management techniques. Nobody is watching developments with more interest than Berkeley’s forest experts.
From the foot of the Campanile, a chorus of black pride
September 18, 2014 Wednesday’s midday carillon concert began with the first-ever performance from the Campanile of the song known as the “black national anthem.” At the foot of the tower, D. Mark Wilson directed an ad hoc campus chorus in its rendition of “Life Ev’ry Voice and Sing.”
For laser inventor Charles Townes, a festive 99th
July 29, 2014 More than 500 people plus the Straw Hat Band showed up on a sunny afternoon, July 28, to wish Nobelist Charles Townes a happy birthday. Young and old gathered round Townes, the inventor of the laser, as he chatted and ate birthday cake, accepting best wishes from friends, colleagues and admirers.
Coming together to preserve Native American languages
June 10, 2014 Professional linguists and California Native Americans joined forces at UC Berkeley June 6 for Breath of Life, a conference on keeping tribal languages alive. The California Report highlights the goals of the meeting, which grows each year.
San Francisco restaurant wages: a labor expert’s take
May 21, 2014 San Francisco has the highest minimum wage in the country and requires employers to support the cost of worker’s health benefits. How have these policies worked out? UC Berkeley labor-policy expert Ken Jacobs discusses the city’s living-wage experiment on KALW radio.
Commencement throng celebrates with Class of 2014
May 19, 2014 More than 21,000 crowded the stands of California Memorial Stadium for Saturday’s campuswide commencement. Highlights included a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi and a rousing rap on the senior experience by student Kaila Love. (See additional commencement features here.)
What lies behind the ‘ADHD explosion’?
May 1, 2014 More than 10 percent of school-aged children in the U.S. — 6.4 million kids — have been medically diagnosed with ADHD. What are the roots of this phenomenon? Stephen Hinshaw, professor of psychology, and Richard Scheffler, professor of health economics and public policy, talk about their new book, The ADHD Explosion on KQED radio’s “Forum with Michael Krasny.”
ROHO features music-history interviews with Brubeck, McCracklin and more
April 3, 2014 The Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office kicks off a month of music oral history with interview excerpts with Dave Brubeck, Jimmy McCracklin, John Adams, David Harrington of Kronos Quartet and others, on ROHOucb SoundCloud.
Geoff Nunberg’s Word of the Year: ‘selfie’
December 20, 2013 “Over recent years, the people at Oxford Dictionaries have chosen … ‘locavore,’ hypermiling,’ ‘refudiate’ and ‘unfriend,'” as the Word of the Year. “So I wasn’t surprised” when they announced their choice for 2013 — “selfie”— “which beat out ‘twerk’ and ‘binge-watch.” Linguist and I School adjunct prof Geoff Nunberg, on NPR’s “Fresh Air,” dissects a word that’s gone viral.
Fundraiser’s in awe of the gift of song
November 26, 2013 Jesse Antin, development director at the campus’s Greater Good Science Center, founded Clerestory, a semi-professional male vocal ensemble based in the Bay Area. Its accomplished musicians present a Christmas program in Berkeley on Sunday, Dec. 1.
What goes on behind the (restaurant) kitchen door?
September 4, 2013 In her new book, Behind the Kitchen Door, Saru Jayaraman explores the lives of U.S. restaurant workers and what takes place behind the scenes when we dine out. Jayaraman, who heads Berkeley’s Food Labor Research Center, discusses her new book on KQED radio’s “Forum” show.
50 years later: Memories of the March on Washington
August 23, 2013 John Ohala worked his way through college as a photographer, and when he graduated, he picked up his camera and headed to the historic 1963 March on Washington for civil rights. Fifty years later, Ohala is an emeritus professor of linguistics and UC Berkeley, and he sat down with the NewsCenter to talk about his photos from that day, which appear in a slideshow and also are on display at the Berkeley Public Library.
Remembering Richmond’s WWII preschool centers
August 15, 2013 Two decades before Head Start, World War II produced the first U.S. government-run educational program for young children, in the East Bay city of Richmond. Sam Redman of the Bancroft Library’s Regional Oral History Office shares insights and audio clips from ROHO’s research on these early child-development centers, on KALW radio.
Using citizen videos, Rashomon Project seeks to protect activists
July 23, 2013 As citizen-generated media grows increasingly integrated into protest coverage, software developed by UC Berkeley researchers could help protect activists against unjust persecution. Professor Ken Goldberg speaks with New Hampshire Public Radio about the Data and Democracy Initiative’s Rashomon Project, which he leads.
Dirks takes to the air on KQED’s ‘Forum’
July 15, 2013 In an interview aired live on Monday — and archived on the KQED-FM website — Nicholas Dirks talks with host Michael Krasny about his new role as Berkeley’s chancellor, including his vision for higher education and how the campus will meet its ongoing financial challenges.
Insights on BART strike and state of organized labor
July 3, 2013 As the BART workers’ strike continues, Harley Shaiken, a UC Berkeley labor specialist and director of the Center on Latin American Studies, joins a discussion of the action, and trends in organized labor, on KQED radio’s “Forum with Michael Krasny.”
Nunberg: Calling it ‘metadata’ doesn’t make surveillance less intrusive
July 1, 2013 “When it comes to privacy, ‘meta-‘ doesn’t matter. It’s just data all the way down.” Geoffrey Nunberg, linguistics researcher and faculty member at Berkeley’s School of Information, discusses NSA surveillance of Americans’ phone records and Internet activity on NPR’s “Fresh Air with Terry Gross.”
With climate change, stronger wildfires for California?
June 11, 2013 After two years of sparse rains, California fire officials say the 2013 wildfire season has started a month early and that the fires so far have been stronger than usual. Max Moritz and Bill Stewart, Cooperative Extension specialists with the College of Natural Resources, discuss the future of California wildfires in light of climate change, on KQED radio’s “Forum” program.
Iraq vet ’13, tells of life after war
April 11, 2013 Dave Smith deployed to Iraq twice during his time in the Marine Corps. Now he’s a Berkeley senior, about to earn his bachelor’s degree in political science. What he saw and did in Iraq hasn’t made for an easy ride. Smith talks intimately about student life after war, in an interview on KALW radio.
Biblical scholar on his latest translation, Ancient Israel
April 8, 2013 Biblical scholar Robert Alter considers himself a “literary archaeologist.” He discusses his latest Hebrew Bible translation, an award-winning work on the ancient Biblical books Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings, on KQED radio’s “Forum with Michael Krasny.”
Bears’ winning formula? Aim high, don’t forget to dance
April 2, 2013 Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, 35, has just led the women’s basketball team to the NCAA Final Four. In a Q&A, she talks about personal influences, her approach to mentoring student-athletes and connecting with fans, and what makes Cal’s diverse team click.
Looking for a preschool? What’s right for your child?
February 28, 2013 It’s the time of year when many parents of young children are looking at preschools. In a podcast from the Greater Good Science Center, Berkeley sociologist Christine Carter and R.N. Rona Renner discuss preschool philosophies, research insights on academic vs. play-based programs, and how to choose what’s right for your child.
Newts, up close and (very) personal
February 11, 2013 For a front-row view of a biological spectacle, newt love, there’s no better spectator stand than the banks of the UC Botanical Garden’s Japanese Pool, and no better time than now. Docents are on hand at specified times to explain the life-cycle and mating rituals of these lively and fascinating amphibians.
I School prof Geoff Nunberg’s word of the year for 2012: big data
January 4, 2013 Berkeley linguist Geoffrey Nunberg picks “big data” as the word of the year for National Public Radio’s Fresh Air show, and explains why people should pay attention to it. With audio.
To Berkeley civil-rights scholar, race is uppercase concern
December 11, 2012 Civil-rights scholar john powell rethinks notions of race for the 21st century in a recently published essay collection, Racing to Justice. In a Q&A with the NewsCenter, powell discusses the book and his ambitious vision for the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, which he heads at Berkeley.
Is China’s economy at a turning point?
October 10, 2012 Chinese workers are protesting and demanding better working conditions and compensation. Are they pushing back in ways that could fundamentally change their situation? What implications will the slowing Chinese economy have for its people and the global economy? Katie Quan, associate chair of the Labor Center at UC Berkeley, shares insights on KALW radio’s “Your Call.”
A violin gifted by Nazi propagandist keeps its secrets
September 24, 2012 In February, 1943, Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels ceremoniously gifted an 18th-century violin to a young Japanese musician. The origins of the instrument remain a mystery. Violin maker Carla Shapreau, an adjunct faculty at Berkeley Law, writes on Nazi plunder of fine art in a feature article in The New York Times arts section.
Journalism profs discuss a top GOP donor under scrutiny
August 28, 2012 Investigative reporters Lowell Bergman and Matt Isaacs were interviewed recently concerning Sheldon Adelson— a leading donor to a super PAC supporting Mitt Romney — and the federal investigation of his business for alleged bribery of Chinese officials. The School of Journalism faculty members appeared on Michael Krasny’s KQED Radio show, “Forum.”
Campus still a great place for birds despite century of changes
July 23, 2012 The bird population on the Berkeley campus has remained surprisingly diverse over the past 100 years, showing that it’s possible to create a green wildlife haven within a dense urban area, researchers say.
Berkeley Stars sing and shine
December 12, 2014 Taking a page from “American Idol,” 12 Berkeley singers took the mic on the Zellerbach stage on a recent Friday to compete for the title of Berkeley’s Star 2014.
Slideshow: Campus goes big for Big Give
November 17, 2014 This Thursday, Nov. 20, marks the Big Give, UC Berkeley’s first 24-hour online fundraising drive geared to support students, faculty and research. Check out this slideshow of Berkeley people who are making a big deal out of Big Give and visit BigGive.berkeley.edu to join them.
Going out, doing good: Berkeley Project Day 2014 in photos
November 14, 2014 Berkeley Project Day 2014 sent more than 1,400 UC Berkeley students out into the community to get things done: rehabbing homes for people in need, cleaning up streets and parks, sprucing up childcare centers, just to name a few. The annual community-service day is entirely student-run.
Love and loss drive campus ‘Day of the Dead’ art show
October 31, 2014 Jason Thomason claims no Mexican heritage. But since several of his friends died young from hard living, he has found solace in the Day of the Dead, which comes on the heels of Halloween. The art practice student has curated a Dia de los Muertos exhibit for his senior class project in Kroeber Hall.
Cal Dining goes local for Food Day
October 28, 2014 Cal Dining celebrated Food Day 2014 (Friday, Oct. 24) by serving dinners made from locally grown and sustainably produced foods, from broccoli and rutabagas to persimmons and lemon mousse cake. A slideshow shows the action.
At Student Learning Center ‘Friday Jam,’ creative energy abounds
October 21, 2014 More than 200 attended the Oct. 17 launch of “SLC Friday Jam,” featuring a multicultural array of spoken-word, rock and dance performances.
Photo slideshow: Student inventors do battle at Cal Hacks
October 7, 2014 More than 1,000 inventive students from across the country inhabited California Memorial Stadium this weekend as they sought glory, prize money and the sheer thrill of solving problems together in a 36-hour tech event, Cal Hacks.
#FSM50, in words, videos and photos
October 3, 2014 With rallies, lectures, classes, conversations, photos, videos and — always — with passion, UC Berkeley is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement, whose legacy reverberates on campus and throughout the world. Catch up on this week’s events on the NewsCenter’s #FSM50 page.
Where T-shirt culture meets the black protest tradition
September 8, 2014 For her dissertation research on T-shirts and the black-protest tradition, doctoral candidate Kimberly McNair has been known to visit street fairs and flea markets — to find new Ts and meet their vendors — as well as to read scholarly theory on performance, media and “remix” practices.
Coming this fall: FSM, early America, vaudeville, sounds of the human condition
September 2, 2014 World politics, world-class artistry, Homecoming weekend — just some of what’s happening at Berkeley this fall. The semester brings the Australian Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Willem Dafoe, weekly discussions on the Middle East. And did we mention the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement?
A splendid esplanade: major overhaul for Campanile’s grounds
September 2, 2014 The Campanile’s 100th birthday is in 2015, and its historic esplanade – the terraces, trees, lawns and staircases surrounding the tower – got a summer spiff-up for the celebration.
Construction abuzz at Lower Sproul student hub
August 29, 2014 A new hub for student life at UC Berkeley is emerging. Construction progressed rapidly this summer on the Lower Sproul redevelopment project. The NewsCenter went along on a hardhat tour of the site, poked around in the concrete and rebar skeletons of new spaces under construction and brought back photos.
Students arrive for move-in as fall semester kicks off
August 27, 2014 Chancellor Dirks and campus leaders were on hand to greet students and their families as they moved into campus housing over the weekend. More than 6,000 students settled into residence halls. Classes beginning on Thursday, Aug. 28.
‘Getting-by girls’ straddle gap between academic winners and losers
August 16, 2014 Everyone notices the academic superstars and failures, but what about the tens of millions of American teens straddling these two extremes? A new UC Berkeley study has spotlighted a high school subculture that has made an art of slacking, even with ample educational resources, and may be destined to perpetuate the nation’s struggling lower-middle class.
What was your high school clique? Berkeley students share
August 16, 2014 Jocks, STEM nerds, Mean Girls, band, debate team, (Harry) Potter heads, thespians, gangsta wannabes, Goths, stoners, fashionistas, goodie two-shoes, eco-warriors. You name it, there’s a high school clique dedicated to it. But what happens to these tribal affiliations when you go to college? We asked a diverse group of UC Berkeley students about which high school clique they belonged to, and where they fit in at UC Berkeley. Here’s what they told us:
Lazy days of summer? Not at Berkeley
July 16, 2014 Summer at UC Berkeley is in full swing, with enrollment once again topping 16,000, including 900 students who are studying abroad in such countries as the Chile, Costa Rica, Spain, France, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
Life stories of early African American faculty offer window onto history
June 3, 2014 Eighteen African American faculty and senior administrators, hired before the advent of affirmative-action policies in the 1970s, recount their life stories — and transformative events at Berkeley — in a recently completed oral-history series. “The Originals,” an exhibit at the Library, showcases the project and the contributions of these pioneers.
UC Berkeley community mourns victims of UC Santa Barbara tragedy
May 29, 2014 More than 500 students and community members gathered on Memorial Glade Wednesday night to listen to tearful remembrances of the UC Santa Barbara students injured and killed last Friday.
MasterCard Foundation program graduates first six scholars
May 20, 2014 The campus held a festive event May 16 to honor six students from Sub-Saharan Africa earning master’s degrees this month — the first graduating cohort from UC Berkeley’s partnership with The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program.
An online archive sheds light on WWII Japanese-American internment
May 19, 2014 The Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study Digital Archive sheds light on the mass internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. The newly digitized Bancroft collection consists of diaries and other materials provided by Nisei social-science students held in a number of internment sites.
Commencement throng celebrates with Class of 2014
May 19, 2014 More than 21,000 crowded the stands of California Memorial Stadium for Saturday’s campuswide commencement. Highlights included a keynote address by U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi and a rousing rap on the senior experience by student Kaila Love. (See additional commencement features here.)
Student ‘hackers’ design new ways to research the Free Speech Movement
April 18, 2014 Students were invited recently to develop a compelling user interface to the Bancroft Library’s FSM Digital Archive, and shared their results 12 days later before a panel of judges. It’s hoped that HackFSM will spur future efforts to make online collections more accessible and useful to scholars and the public.
American Cultures to mark its 25th with week of events
April 14, 2014 The American Cultures breadth requirement, established in 1989, required all Berkeley undergrads to pass at least one course involving a comparative study of race, ethnicity and culture in the U.S. A series of events April 21-25 will re-examine AC’s origins and legacy and mark the 25th anniversary of a program that made waves.
Open house visitors share their Cal Day experiences
April 14, 2014 During and after Cal Day, scores and students and campus visitors posted photos of the fun on social media. To remember the campus’s jumbo open house, or check out what you missed on Saturday, see the #sharecalday website.
Comprehensive photo gift funds premiere of Vivian Maier photos
March 18, 2014 An inaugural exhibit of Chicago street photos by a newly discovered photographer celebrates a comprehensive gift to propel photojournalism studies at the Graduate School of Journalism and across campus..
As students embrace new ways to learn, library learns to adapt
March 17, 2014 At Moffitt Undergraduate Library’s new information gateway and reading lounge, students have access to 2,000 new books, a top-notch computing experience, free digital scanning, reduced-price printing and — starting this semester — a laptop and digital-tablet check-out service.
New campus gateway emerging at Memorial Stadium
March 17, 2014 An innovative plan is underway to turn California Memorial Stadium into a multi-use building for academic and athletic activities and a scenic gateway for the Berkeley campus.
Graduate researchers bring their passion to Sacramento
March 14, 2014 Two Berkeley graduate students were among more than 20 from around the state who shared their research interests with California lawmakers at UC’s Graduate Research and Education Advocacy Day, on March 12. President Janet Napolitano and Nobel Laureate Randy Schekman amplified the message.
Art in Science: A Berkeley perspective
February 26, 2014 The Feb. 27-28 exhibit, “Art-in-Science: The intersection of image and research,” drew record crowds to see sculpture, painting, photography, origami, multi-media and digital art by scientists and artists — now or formerly at UC Berkeley — whose works portray the artistic face of science. The exhibit was sponsored by Science@Cal and the EBI.
Renaissance Gala honors African American excellence, activism
February 24, 2014 More than 200 turned out for Saturday’s second annual Renaissance Gala, a benefit by and for the Department of African American Studies.“It means something for an African American to be accepted” at Berkeley, said talk-show host Tavis Smiley, one of the night’s special honorees.
