Soon after the April 2010 explosion on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil platform killed 11 workers and spilled 5 million barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico, UC Berkeley graduate student Thomas Azwell packed his bags and headed to Louisiana. Azwell teamed up with researchers in the Gulf to develop marsh restoration technology that could impact remediation efforts nationwide.
Multimedia archive
Berlusconi lecture delves into the cult of personality
February 8, 2012 With the 2012 US presidential race heating up, IGS visiting scholar Sergio Fabbrini unpacked the Italian media tycoon’s rise to power in the age of “tele-democracy.”
With a foothold at Berkeley, ‘engaged scholarship’ goes where it’s needed
February 8, 2012 Urban forester Lara Roman, a Berkeley grad student, is conducting multi-year research designed to help a Sacramento tree-planting program maximize cooling shade for the area’s hot summers. “Engaged scholarship” like Roman’s, increasingly popular with students, is part of the campus’s DNA. New forms of institutional support are helping it flourish.
J-School students’ ‘Food of Politics’ featured by USA Today
January 26, 2012 A video produced by Berkeley journalism students appeared recently on USA Today‘s website. “The Food of Politics,” spotlighting an Iowa diner where presidential hopefuls eat, was created for the summer 2011 Berkeley News21 project on food and health reporting.
‘Income inequality didn’t just happen, it was engineered’
January 18, 2012 Political scientists Paul Pierson of UC Berkeley and Jacob Hacker of Yale say the vast and growing gap between America’s haves and have-nots didn’t just happen, but was deliberately and politically “engineered.” Co-authors of the recent book “Winner-Take-All Politics,” the two appeared on the Jan. 13 episode of “Moyers & Company.”
Leaping lizards and dinosaurs inspire robot design
January 4, 2012 Undergraduate and graduate students teamed up with biologist Robert Full to study how lizards use their tails when leaping. What they found can help design robots that are more stable on uneven terrain and after unexpected falls, which is critical to successful search and rescue operations.
Though it’s not mind-reading, neuroscientists explore perception
January 3, 2012 A team of neuroscientists led by Berkeley Professor Jack Gallant are beginning to figure out a way to reconstruct what we see, based on records of our brain activity. Jake Schoneker, a School of Journalism alum, reports on the PBS NewsHour.
Dan Kammen, Jay Keasling in ‘Future of Energy’ on Discovery Channel tonight
December 22, 2011
Two of UC Berkeley’s top energy experts – Dan Kammen of the Energy and Resources Group and Jay Keasling of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering – are interviewed extensively for one segment of a new Discovery Channel video, “Earth 2050: The Future of Energy,” which airs Thursday night, Dec. 22, at 7 p.m. PST.
New video of how scientists reconstruct the movies in our minds
December 21, 2011 UC Berkeley scientists Jack Gallant and Shinji Nishimoto have wowed the world by using brain scans and computer modeling to reconstruct images of what we see when we’re watching movies. UC Berkeley broadcast manager Roxanne Makasdjian has produced a video of how they achieved this breakthrough, and where they’re headed.
Study details how dengue infection hits harder second time around
December 21, 2011 One of the most vexing challenges in the battle against dengue virus, a potentially fatal mosquito-borne virus, is that getting infected once can put people at greater risk for a more severe infection down the road. A new study with UC Berkeley researchers details how the interaction between a person’s immune response and a subsequent dengue infection could mean the difference between getting a mild fever and going into a fatal circulatory failure.
Extremism, in the name of fashion, is her advice
December 19, 2011 Getting dressed is a daily adventure for überstylish undergraduate adviser Jane Paris. The College of Letters and Science staffer writes about each new fashion statement in her blog, “What I Wore Today.”
A campus perspective: ‘Occupy’ and the crisis in higher education
December 13, 2011 Berkeley students and staff share their opinions on the state of public education and the recent campus protests.
Saul Perlmutter receives Nobel Prize in Stockholm
December 13, 2011 Saul Perlmutter, UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab physicist, was feted in Stockholm, Sweden, last week before receiving his Nobel Prize medal on Saturday, Dec. 10, during a ceremony at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Perlmutter shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics with Brian Schmidt and Adam Riess.
Taxation, citizenship, protest and the future of UC
December 7, 2011 Three themes — taxation, citizenship and protest — were explored at the Dec. 6 Campus Forum on the Future of Public Universities, the second in a series of public conversations sponsored by campus deans. Many called for UC to form alliances with other institutions affected by public disinvestment.
Record massive black holes discovered lurking in monster galaxies
December 5, 2011 UC Berkeley astronomer Chung-Pei Ma, graduate student Nicholas McConnell and colleagues have discovered the largest black holes to date ‑- two monsters with masses equivalent to 10 billion suns that are threatening to consume anything, even light, within a region five times the size of our solar system.
PBS Newshour reports on black hole discovery today at 3 & 6 p.m.
Daily Cal special feature delves into DREAM Act
November 30, 2011 A team of student journalists explores the California DREAM Act, which grants undocumented students access to publicly funded financial aid, in a special project of The Daily Californian. The multimedia package, “Dream State,” looks at political, historical, financial and personal dimensions of a controversial issue.
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awards $6 million for earthquake early warning research
November 29, 2011 UC Berkeley, Caltech and the University of Washington will each receive $2 million from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to conduct research on an earthquake early warning system that seismologists hope to create along the Pacific Coast.
Ira Michael Heyman, former UC Berkeley chancellor, dies at 81
November 21, 2011 Ira Michael Heyman, chancellor of UC Berkeley from 1980 to 1990 and professor emeritus at the School of Law and in the Department of City & Regional Planning, has died. He was 81.
Desdemona takes the microphone: A conversation with Toni Morrison
November 17, 2011 In conjunction with Cal Performances’ recent U.S. premiere of “Desdemona,” the Townsend Center for the Humanities brought together the project’s collaborators — director Peter Sellars, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison and singer/songwriter Rokia Traoré — in conversation with faculty members Abdul JanMohamed (English), Tamara Roberts (music); Darieck Scott (African American Studies). Video of the event is now available.
In Sacramento, students take a stand for the future of UC
November 16, 2011 A busload of UC Berkeley students joined a UC rally in Sacramento on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Their message to legislators: “no” to continued funding cuts to public education, “yes” to structural changes needed to increase available state funds.
Rally remarks: ‘Don’t let public higher ed in California be destroyed,’ Breslauer urges
From Savio Steps, Reich applauds ‘moral outrage’ as thousands cheer
November 15, 2011 Capping another long day of demonstrations at UC Berkeley, Robert Reich addressed a cheering crowd of thousands from the top of the Mario Savio Steps Tuesday night, telling protesters how proud he was of them, and “how proud I am to be a member of this wonderful community.”
Is a stranger genetically wired to be trustworthy? You’ll know in 20 seconds
November 14, 2011 There’s definitely something to be said for first impressions. New research from UC Berkeley suggests it can take just 20 seconds to detect whether a stranger is genetically inclined to being trustworthy, kind or compassionate. See if you can guess which people shown in the video have the empathy gene.
How hummingbirds shake off the rain
November 9, 2011 Ever wonder how birds are able to fly in the rain? Robert Dudley and Victor Ortega-Jimenez showed that hummingbirds shake their heads with 34 g’s of force, much like a dog flings off water. But hummingbirds do this in flight in the heaviest downpour without losing control.
Renowned Chilean musician visits Berkeley
November 8, 2011 The renowned Chilean musician-composer Horacio Salinas is on campus this week, teaching a short course on Latin American music. He gave an intimate recital for the Center for Latin American Studies and other members of the campus community Nov. 1.
This is not your grandmother’s microscope
November 8, 2011 See how CellScope, a project initiated by UC Berkeley engineers, has opened up the microscopic world to more people. The lightweight, mobile microscopes are not only being used in developing countries to diagnose disease, but also in classrooms to get kids excited about science.
Perlmutter, Filippenko in NOVA special
November 2, 2011
Newly minted Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter is among the physicists and astronomers interviewed in the premier episode of a four-part NOVA series, “The Fabric of the Cosmos,” which airs tonight on PBS stations around the country. In the San Francisco Bay Area, the one-hour episode can be viewed on KQED-TV at 9 p.m.
Intestinal stem cells respond to food by supersizing the gut
October 27, 2011 A new study from UC Berkeley shows that adult stem cells can reshape our organs in response to changes in the body and the environment, a finding that could have implications for diabetes and obesity.
Haas study sheds eerie light on fright and financial decision making
October 27, 2011
Watching a scary movie can motivate you to sell your stocks earlier than you would have otherwise. That’s the frightening evidence shown in a series of studies from the Haas Marketing Group.
Grad student finds inspiration in the clouds
October 25, 2011 UC Berkeley graduate student Greg Goldsmith may have his head in the clouds, but he is firmly grounded in the reality of global warming and the danger it poses to the Central American cloud forests he loves. He developed an elementary school curriculum as a way to help save them.
BERC symposium energizes Cal students
October 24, 2011 Record attendance at last week’s fifth-annual Energy Symposium at UC Berkeley demonstrated the swelling interest among students on campus and nationwide in bridging the gap between universities’ renewable energy research and the private sector.
I School dean talks tech innovation on Canadian radio
February 3, 2012
AnnaLee Saxenian, dean of the School of Information and author of The New Argonauts: Regional Advantage in a Global Economy, talks about what happened in Silicon Valley to make it the world’s tech innovation center, and how the future of growth and innovation will depend on the new Argonauts — experts who move information fluidly between creative hubs all over the world.
Scientists decode brain waves to eavesdrop on what we hear
January 31, 2012 Stroke victims or paralyzed people unable to speak may someday be able to communicate via synthesizers that decode their internal speech and play it back. That hope comes from research by UC Berkeley neuroscientists Brian Pasley and Robert Knight, who have successfully decoded brain waves to predict what a person heard.
California native-plant classic gets a 21st-century makeover
January 30, 2012 For California botany, The Jepson Manual is the authoritative reference book. Now the super-sized tome has been revised to incorporate a wealth of new knowledge about the state’s huge diversity of native plants. Scholars and staff at the Jepson Herbarium oversaw its 2nd edition, published by UC Press.
Botanical art as ‘capturing a plant’s soul’
January 6, 2012 A camera can record a plant, but a botanical artist captures its soul, says botanical illustrator Catherine Watters in an audio interview with Paul Licht, director of the UC Botanical Garden. Works by Watters and other artists, along with classes and programs, will be featured at the Garden’s third-annual Plants Illustrated exhibition, Jan. 14 to Feb. 3.
Can ‘carbon ranching’ offset emissions in California?
December 12, 2011 Could cultivating dense fields of weeds help mitigate climate change by soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere? Berkeley scientists Dennis Baldocchi and Whendee Silver are exploring that possibility in California’s agricultural heartland, the San Joaquin Valley. National Public Radio reports.
I School prof’s word of the year for NPR: occupy
December 8, 2011
Berkeley linguist Geoffrey Nunberg picks “occupy” as the word of the year for National Public Radio’s Fresh Air show with Terry Gross, because it “has actually shaped the perception of important events.”
Record massive black holes discovered lurking in monster galaxies
December 5, 2011 UC Berkeley astronomer Chung-Pei Ma, graduate student Nicholas McConnell and colleagues have discovered the largest black holes to date ‑- two monsters with masses equivalent to 10 billion suns that are threatening to consume anything, even light, within a region five times the size of our solar system.
PBS Newshour reports on black hole discovery today at 3 & 6 p.m.
KALW features I School prof’s teaching with Wikipedia
December 2, 2011 When he discovered a hole in Wikipedia’s coverage of cyber law, I School faculty member Brian Carver encouraged his students to step up to the task as volunteer Wikieditors. A J School reporter features Carver in her “Crosscurrents” radio segment on universities’ engagement with the online encyclopedia.
Chancellor: ‘I sincerely apologize’
November 22, 2011 En route to Thanksgiving back East with his family, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau recorded an audio message to the UC Berkeley community apologizing for the events of Nov. 9, and taking full responsibility.
ROHO staffer on Richmond’s remarkable boxcar village
October 31, 2011 One of the migrations detailed in the Bancroft Library’s “California Crossings” exhibit is that of Pueblo Indians who, upon arriving in the Bay Area, were housed in a Richmond “boxcar village.” Bancroft staffer Sam Redman talks about the village in a KALW radio interview, which also includes clips of ROHO interviews with Native Americans who lived in the village.
‘Kids First’ author David Kirp’s ideas on a new national agenda for youth
October 27, 2011
The Goldman School of Public Policy’s David Kirp outlines his ideas for reforming American education and putting “Kids First.”
Cal alum and playwright Wajahat Ali looks back on 9/11, Islamophobia
September 9, 2011 Playwright, essayist and attorney Wajahat Ali, a 2002 Berkeley English graduate, recently helped write a report on Islamophobia in the U.S. Ali talks with KQED Radio about the report and his play “The Domestic Crusaders” — about a Muslim family’s post-9/11 experience — which will be performed in New York City this weekend.
To catch a speeding bullet
August 1, 2011 East Palo Alto’s soaring homicide rate in the 1990s prompted EECS alumnus Robert Showen, an acoustics specialist in neighboring Menlo Park, to develop technology that could locate gunfire and tell police where it’s coming from.
Digital divide or digital bridge?
April 19, 2011 In an I-School event, four prominent thinkers debate the potential for electronic technologies to contribute to the socioeconomic development of the world’s impoverished communities.
Watching history unfold: Student POVs on the ‘Arab Spring’
April 14, 2011 Popular protests aimed at toppling rulers and promoting democracy have swept across North Africa and the Middle East since December 2010. What do UC Berkeley students make of the events of the so-called “Arab Spring”? Twelve of them share their views.
UC Berkeley recordings of Ishi added to Library of Congress registry
April 6, 2011 Recordings of songs and stories told by Ishi, a Yahi tribe member who was taken in by UC Berkeley anthropologists in the early 1900s, have been added to the Library of Congress registry. Ishi, who emerged from the Mount Lassen foothills in 1911, was initially thought to be the last-surviving member of the Yahi tribe. The recordings are part of the collection at Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
Newt podcast with Botanical Garden director Paul Licht
March 3, 2011 The UC Botanical Garden is home to two newt species, Taricha torosa (California newt) and Taricha granulosa (rough-skin newt). The winter rains prompt the newts to migrate to the Garden’s Japanese Pool where their mating rituals and general cavorting can be easily observed by visitors. The garden is offering several opportunities to get up close and personal with newts this March including this podcast with garden director Paul Licht.
Jim Crow signs as symbols of subjugation, trophies of triumph
February 15, 2011 In the mid 1960s, landmark laws brought an official end to the system of legal segregation known as Jim Crow. Professor Elizabeth Abel explores the “visual politics” of a system that shaped experience and perception throughout the American South (and beyond) for nearly a century — in a book praised by literary critic Henry Louis Gates as giving “new focus to our national dialogue on race.”
Sotomayor presides over packed moot court finals
February 4, 2011 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, saying the arguments gave her “an injection of hope,” presided over the finals of the James Patterson McBaine Honors Moot Court Competition before an enthusiastic crowd of more than 2,000 spectators packed inside Zellerbach Hall.
Legalize marijuana? Pro, con, or undecided, Berkeley students sound off on Prop. 19
October 19, 2010 On Nov. 2, state voters will decide on a controversial and quintessentially California ballot measure, Proposition 19, the “Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010.” Where do students at Berkeley, with its reputation for liberalism (accurate or not) come down on the issue? Eleven campus undergraduates think out loud about the pros and cons of Prop. 19.
43 years after ‘Titicut Follies,’ it’s Berkeley, the movie
September 14, 2010 With dozens of documentaries under his belt, Frederick Wiseman has found that “when you turn the camera off, the interesting thing will happen.” That, in part, is why he plans to shoot some 250 hours of film for his exploration of life at Berkeley.
Gulf oil drilling is just one facet of South’s surfeit of heavy industry
August 17, 2010 Cal alum Rachel Edmonds ’09 is keenly interested in places like the Gulf of Mexico, where “dirty” industries provide jobs but can mar the landscape and degrade the environment. She recently visited many such sites in the American South — where much of the nation’s heavy industry is found — on a travel fellowship given annually by the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning.
How Japanese Americans preserved traditions behind barbed wire
June 10, 2010 For several decades, Berkeley staff member Shirley Muramoto Wong has tracked down elderly artists who, during World War II, taught traditional Japanese arts while imprisoned in far-flung “relocation” camps. In coaxing out and recording their memories, Muramoto — herself a master of the koto — has helped bring to light a little-known aspect of U.S. history.
At campus health center, Tangy Voce provides ‘emotional therapy’ and a chance to sing during the workday
April 28, 2010 For 10 years, Tangy Voce, a chorus made up of current and retired faculty and staff, has offered its members an opportunity to grow as musicians and gain confidence as singers.
Adventurous musical doubleheader to raise money for jazz students
April 22, 2010 This weekend two benefits for the Jazz and Improvised Music Fund will feature pianist and composer Myra Melford’s group, Trio M.
Giggles give clues to hyena’s social status
March 30, 2010 The giggle call of the spotted hyena tells other hyenas not only the age and identity of the animal, but also its social status, according to a new UC Berkeley study.
Marching on Sacramento, Berkeley students make the case for higher ed to legislators
March 1, 2010 A small group of UC Berkeley students are en route this morning to Sacramento, where they plan to join a small army of their peers in urging state legislators to reinvest in public higher education.
Student parent, born in an Andean village, aims to go global in defense of the dispossessed
January 15, 2010 Consuelo Bustinza’s journey has taken her, so far, from a tiny Andean village to a place she describes as “a big ocean of knowledge and opportunities” where one learns to “solve big problems,” UC Berkeley. Diminutive, energetic, and startlingly self-possessed, the campus senior aspires to one day be a voice for the dispossessed in the international arena.
A new Lower Sproul, long a dream, is taking shape
January 30, 2012 The long-desired makeover of Lower Sproul Plaza is finally taking shape, and it’s the students who made it happen. Plans and architects’ renderings show a light-filled area that’s open, inviting and bustling with activity 24/7 — the true and beating heart of student life on campus. Take a look at the new Lower Sproul.
California native-plant classic gets a 21st-century makeover
January 30, 2012 For California botany, The Jepson Manual is the authoritative reference book. Now the super-sized tome has been revised to incorporate a wealth of new knowledge about the state’s huge diversity of native plants. Scholars and staff at the Jepson Herbarium oversaw its 2nd edition, published by UC Press.
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life to open Jan. 22
January 19, 2012 The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library, the latest addition to the city’s burgeoning downtown arts and culture district, is opening to the public on Sunday, Jan. 22.
Berkeley 2011 — the year in pictures
December 22, 2011 Beyond the protests, the story — as always — is one of engagement, passion and perseverance in the face of challenges, whether institutional or personal.
At UC Botanical Garden, conifers from around the globe
December 13, 2011 Conifers have captured human imagination since ancient times, and winter is an opportune time to take in these magnificent trees. See a slide show of conifer species — from hemlock, fir and pine to cyprus and monkey puzzle — in the Bot Garden’s collection.
‘Everyday Dogs’ book depicts allure of man’s best friend
December 6, 2011 New book drawn from the Bancroft Library’s vast Pictorial Collection celebrates the powerful connections between people and pets.
Berkeley hosts manufacturing brainstorm
December 6, 2011 Leaders from academia, government and industry gathered at UC Berkeley Monday to discuss partnership strategies to re-establish the United States as a global leader in advanced manufacturing.
In architecture prof’s SoMa loft, a vibrant mix of life and work
December 2, 2011 Thai-born designer/artist Raveevarn Choksombatchai replaced a ramshackle San Francisco teardown with a prize-winning urban home. The New York Times’ Home & Garden section offers a brief profile and a multimedia tour.
Ira Michael Heyman, former UC Berkeley chancellor, dies at 81
November 21, 2011 Ira Michael Heyman, chancellor of UC Berkeley from 1980 to 1990 and professor emeritus at the School of Law and in the Department of City & Regional Planning, has died. He was 81.
Native bees often better pollinators than honey bee
November 17, 2011 Honey bees get most of the buzz, but some native bees are better at spreading pollen. Berkeley biologists Gordon Frankie and Claire Kremmen say that natives may hold the solution to world pollination problems that affect important crops.
In Sacramento, students take a stand for the future of UC
November 16, 2011 A busload of UC Berkeley students joined a UC rally in Sacramento on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Their message to legislators: “no” to continued funding cuts to public education, “yes” to structural changes needed to increase available state funds.
Rally remarks: ‘Don’t let public higher ed in California be destroyed,’ Breslauer urges
Campus memorials honor U.S. veterans
November 11, 2011 From a basketball shaped orb to a grand football stadium, memorials to U.S. veterans are scattered across the campus. A slide show recalls some of these tributes to members of the campus community who gave their lives for their country and to veterans nationwide.
Students building satellite that’s seen as future of space research
October 3, 2011 An international team of students from Berkeley, South Korea, Puerto Rico and London is building a tiny CubeSat spacecraft, designed to carry out research high above the Earth, in Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab. CubeSats are the wave of the future for space science research and education.
Vets turn military fatigues into ‘Combat Paper’ artworks
September 29, 2011 Veterans transformed their military clothing into pulp, then paper, at a three-day workshop at Wurster Hall Sept. 21-23, led by the nonprofit group Combat Paper. Artworks made by vets — and others touched by war — will be exhibited at Worth Ryder Gallery in October.
BotGarden collection stirs memories for East Coast refugees
September 7, 2011 A new slide show from the UC Botanical garden highlights the garden’s Eastern North American collection, which offers nostalgic encounters with plants from the past for those who grew up on the East Coast.
Elaine Tennant named new Bancroft Library director
August 22, 2011 Elaine Tennant, a medieval and early modern specialist in the German and Scandinavian departments at the University of California, Berkeley, will become the James D. Hart Director of UC Berkeley’s Bancroft Library starting in September.
Cal baseball loses to Virginia, 4-1, in College World Series
June 20, 2011
The California Golden Bears battled the No. 1-seeded team of the College World Series for six scoreless innings Sunday before falling to Virginia, 4-1.
Cal baseball is College World Series-bound
June 13, 2011 Just months after facing elimination as a sport at Cal, the Golden Bears are heading to the College World Series for the first time since 1992 after sweeping Dallas Baptist in the Santa Clara NCAA Super Regional.
Cal’s Juricova wins 2011 NCAA singles championship
May 31, 2011 Top-seeded and No. 1-ranked California women’s tennis junior Jana Juricova captured her second singles national title as the winner of the 2011 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championships on May 30.
…And doctorate makes three
May 24, 2011 Mi-Suk Kang Dufour brought her six-and-a-half-month-old twins along when she received her Ph.D. in epidemiology at Saturday’s School of Public Health commencement ceremony.
Cal community walks the walk@work
May 19, 2011 UC Berkeley faculty and staff participated in the second annual UC Walks: Cal Walks@Work Day on Wednesday.
Spirit and innovation sound key notes of Commencement
May 16, 2011 “Pomp and Circumstance” roused the spirits against the biting cold as 2,500 graduating seniors strode into UC Berkeley’s Edwards Stadium Saturday to celebrate scholarly achievement at the 2011 Commencement Convocation.
Engineers to help paraplegic student walk at graduation
May 12, 2011 Graduating senior Austin Whitney, in a wheelchair since a 2007 car accident paralyzed him from the waist down, plans to stand and walk at this year’s commencement ceremony. He will be wearing a robotic exoskeleton developed by UC Berkeley engineers to improve mobility for paraplegics.
TLC for Strawberry Creek: A native plant nursery opens its doors
May 6, 2011 Students celebrated the opening of the Strawberry Creek Native Plant Nursery, an incubator for East Bay flora, at a May 4 celebration. The new structure, paid for by students via The Green Initiative Fund, became a reality thanks to a vibrant movement to restore the Berkeley campus’s signature stream.
Art en plein air
May 5, 2011 Community art students gathered on Faculty Glade Wednesday to capture the season and a landmark buckeye tree, and to pay tribute to one of their artistic predecessors.
Backyard buzz: Bees in your garden
April 28, 2011 Student multimedia specialists from the J-School chronicle the Urban Bee Project, where researchers in a small Berkeley garden are working to make sure the world’s top pollinators keep busy.
Snapshots of Cal Day 2011
April 18, 2011 Great weather and big crowds marked the 2011 incarnation of UC Berkeley’s annual open house. A photo gallery captures the spirit of the day, which featured hundreds of exhibits and activities and a special tribute to the campus’s contributions to the Peace Corps as it turns 50.
Memorial Stadium construction moving into next phase
April 7, 2011 With the demolition of Memorial Stadium’s southern bowl reaching its completion, the jackhammers will soon be silenced as four new cranes begin laying the framework for the restoration of this historical landmark.
Vienna Philharmonic shares musical gifts with Cal students
February 28, 2011 The world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic spent three days in residency at Cal Performances, sharing their mastery of European classical music with Bay Area audiences and in special sessions with UC Berkeley student musicians.
Jim Crow signs as symbols of subjugation, trophies of triumph
February 15, 2011 In the mid 1960s, landmark laws brought an official end to the system of legal segregation known as Jim Crow. Professor Elizabeth Abel explores the “visual politics” of a system that shaped experience and perception throughout the American South (and beyond) for nearly a century — in a book praised by literary critic Henry Louis Gates as giving “new focus to our national dialogue on race.”
