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/2012/04/30/field-trip-podcast/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/field-trip-podcast/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:38:04 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24525 Journalism chops, media savvy, nerdiness and (especially) curiosity add up to the "Field Trip Podcast," a radio program created by a trio of J-School grads, and returning soon to a computer or smartphone near you.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/field-trip-podcast/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/23/jfk-charter-day-1962/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/23/jfk-charter-day-1962/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:00:18 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27239 Fifty years ago, President Kennedy addressed an audience of 88,000 at Memorial Stadium, offering hope for peace and praising the people of California for supporting the state's colleges and universities.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/23/jfk-charter-day-1962/feed/ 0 http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/01/spark-170-january-29-february-1-2012/ http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/01/spark-170-january-29-february-1-2012/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:48:16 +0000 Roxanne Makasdjian http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24606 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.]]> http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2012/01/spark-170-january-29-february-1-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/31/scientists-decode-brain-waves-to-eavesdrop-on-what-we-hear/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/31/scientists-decode-brain-waves-to-eavesdrop-on-what-we-hear/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:37 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22908 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/31/scientists-decode-brain-waves-to-eavesdrop-on-what-we-hear/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/30/california-native-plant-classic-jepson-manual-revision/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/30/california-native-plant-classic-jepson-manual-revision/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:16:50 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23311 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/01/30/california-native-plant-classic-jepson-manual-revision/feed/ 0 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/whatsnew/plantsillustrated2012.html http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/whatsnew/plantsillustrated2012.html#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:28:02 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23089 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.]]> http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/whatsnew/plantsillustrated2012.html/feed/ 0 http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/142947234/can-carbon-ranching-offset-emissions-in-calif http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/142947234/can-carbon-ranching-offset-emissions-in-calif#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:49:10 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22126 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.]]> http://www.npr.org/2011/12/07/142947234/can-carbon-ranching-offset-emissions-in-calif/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/presscoverage/20111207nunberg http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/presscoverage/20111207nunberg#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:56:28 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21963 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." ]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/presscoverage/20111207nunberg/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/05/record-black-holes-bigger-than-our-solar-system/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/05/record-black-holes-bigger-than-our-solar-system/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:30:21 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19191 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/05/record-black-holes-bigger-than-our-solar-system/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/presscoverage/20111129carver http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/presscoverage/20111129carver#comments Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:21:41 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21608 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.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/presscoverage/20111129carver/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/22/chancellor-i-sincerely-apologize/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/22/chancellor-i-sincerely-apologize/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:30:54 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=20931 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/22/chancellor-i-sincerely-apologize/feed/ 0 http://kalwnews.org/audio/2011/10/24/witness-history-richmond%E2%80%99s-boxcar-village_1376653.html http://kalwnews.org/audio/2011/10/24/witness-history-richmond%E2%80%99s-boxcar-village_1376653.html#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:31:24 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19375 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.]]> http://kalwnews.org/audio/2011/10/24/witness-history-richmond%E2%80%99s-boxcar-village_1376653.html/feed/ 0 http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/profiles/2011/10/david-kirp.html http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/profiles/2011/10/david-kirp.html#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:22:22 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19098 The Goldman School of Public Policy's David Kirp outlines his ideas for reforming American education and putting "Kids First."]]> http://research.universityofcalifornia.edu/profiles/2011/10/david-kirp.html/feed/ 0 http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201109071730/a http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201109071730/a#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:44:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16279 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.]]> http://www.kqed.org/a/kqednews/RN201109071730/a/feed/ 0 http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol5-issue6-aug11/showen http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol5-issue6-aug11/showen#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:03:11 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14457 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.]]> http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol5-issue6-aug11/showen/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/technologyandpoverty2011 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/technologyandpoverty2011#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:30:51 +0000 Steve McConnell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=9781 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.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/events/technologyandpoverty2011/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/14/watching-history-unfold-student-povs-on-the-%e2%80%98arab-spring%e2%80%99/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/14/watching-history-unfold-student-povs-on-the-%e2%80%98arab-spring%e2%80%99/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:05:56 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=9222 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/14/watching-history-unfold-student-povs-on-the-%e2%80%98arab-spring%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/06/ishi-recordings/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/06/ishi-recordings/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:27:55 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=8793 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/06/ishi-recordings/feed/ 0 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/root_images/programs/winter_10/newts.html http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/root_images/programs/winter_10/newts.html#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 22:29:02 +0000 Sara Leavitt http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=6744 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. ]]> http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/root_images/programs/winter_10/newts.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/15/jim-crow-signs/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/15/jim-crow-signs/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:07:15 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=5727 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."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/02/15/jim-crow-signs/feed/ 0