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://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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/floating-sensors-track-delta-water-flow/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/floating-sensors-track-delta-water-flow/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 18:55:33 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28077 A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River on May 9, in a field test organized by UC Berkeley engineers. The devices, equipped with GPS-enabled smartphones, demonstrated the next generation of water-monitoring technology, promising to transform the way government agencies track one of the state's most precious resources. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/09/floating-sensors-track-delta-water-flow/feed/ 0 http://www.lastcallattheoasis.com/ http://www.lastcallattheoasis.com/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 19:39:29 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30125 Integrative biology professor Tyrone Hayes joins Erin Brockovich in a documentary, "Last Call at the Oasis," that's already getting praise for its discussion of a coming global water crisis. Directed by Jessica Yu & produced by the same people who created "An Inconvenient Truth," the documentary opened May 4 in New York and Los Angeles and comes to the Bay Area May 11.]]> http://www.lastcallattheoasis.com/feed/ 0 http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/ http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:05:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30155 UCDC's Bruce Cain talks with UCTV's "Prime Vote" series about the era of PACS and who's financing the 2012 election.]]> http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/scientists-core-into-clear-lake-to-explore-past-climate-change/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/scientists-core-into-clear-lake-to-explore-past-climate-change/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 16:15:08 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=23523 One of the oldest lakes in the world, Clear Lake has deep sediments that contain a record of the climate and local plants and animals going back perhaps 500,000 years. UC Berkeley scientists are drilling cores from the sediments to explore this history and fine-tune models for predicting the fate of today's flora and fauna in the face of global warming and pressure from a growing human population.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/03/scientists-core-into-clear-lake-to-explore-past-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 23:36:09 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28808 This year's Bandelier Award for Public Service to Archaeology goes to a UC Berkeley classics professor emeritus, for his decades-long work exploring the ancient city of Sardis, capital of the ancient empire of Lydia.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/archaeologist-crawford-greenewalt-to-receive-public-service-award-for-work-at-site-of-ancient-city-of-sardis/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/cal-students-spread-the-word-at-richmond-high-with-college-going-help/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/cal-students-spread-the-word-at-richmond-high-with-college-going-help/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:19:26 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25084 UC Berkeley student volunteers will introduce 90 Richmond High teens to campus Friday, culminating a yearlong effort to help these local students navigate a path to college.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/26/cal-students-spread-the-word-at-richmond-high-with-college-going-help/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:00:37 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26041 If it’s a tough job market out there for able-bodied college graduates, imagine how employment prospects might look to students with cerebral palsy or a muscular or neurodegenerative disease. That's why a dozen UC Berkeley students are enrolled in “Professional Development and Disability,” a unique course that is teaching them how to market their disabilities as strengths.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/disabled-students-class/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-with-brooklyn-ny-elementary-school/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-with-brooklyn-ny-elementary-school/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:42:15 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28684 UC Berkeley has "adopted" a classroom of 4th graders at Bensonhurst Elementary School, P.S. 247, in Brooklyn as part of the school's College Partnership Program. A group of Cal ambassadors recently met via Skype with some of the youngsters, telling them about life on campus. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/17/uc-berkeley-with-brooklyn-ny-elementary-school/feed/ 0 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/real-csi/?elq=5fa70d10371446eb8cd4bc65689c4029&elqCampaignId=170 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/real-csi/?elq=5fa70d10371446eb8cd4bc65689c4029&elqCampaignId=170#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:53:00 +0000 Roxanne Makasdjian http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28650 Tonight at 10 pm PST on PBS' FRONTLINE, correspondent and UC Berkeley professor Lowell Bergman examines how some well-known tools of forensic science have serious flaws. Students from the Invetigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley helped produced the story. ]]> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/real-csi/?elq=5fa70d10371446eb8cd4bc65689c4029&elqCampaignId=170/feed/ 0 http://www.insidescience.org/television/1-2594 http://www.insidescience.org/television/1-2594#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:30:20 +0000 Roxanne Makasdjian http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28494 Using high resolution satellite imagery, scientists at UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory are learning more about how the aurora borealis, or the "Northern Lights," move across the sky. SSL physicist Chris Chaston tells Inside Science TV that, because of increasing activity on the sun, next year the colorful light show may be visible as far south as Minnesota.]]> http://www.insidescience.org/television/1-2594/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/aspiring-oral-surgeon-works-to-supersize-smiles-for-poor-children/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/aspiring-oral-surgeon-works-to-supersize-smiles-for-poor-children/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:16:43 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24650 UC Berkeley integrative biology major Hường Trần says she is "paying it forward" with a program taking dental-health education into classrooms for needy children.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/16/aspiring-oral-surgeon-works-to-supersize-smiles-for-poor-children/feed/ 0 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:44:05 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28396 Coffee production is an $80 billion industry worldwide, yet rural coffee farmers struggle to break even. Three Berkeley grad students — two from the I School and a third from Haas — have founded the social venture Acopio ("harvest" in Spanish), using information-management tools to help improve the bottom line for coffee producers in the developing world.]]> http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/newsandevents/news/20120412acopio/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/12/financial-aid-questions-answered/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/12/financial-aid-questions-answered/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:26:27 +0000 Dan Mogulof http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28299 In a series of videos, Anne De Luca, associate vice chancellor for admissions and enrollment, responds to questions about financial aid — all prompted by her recent primer video on the new “Sproul Plaza” app.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/12/financial-aid-questions-answered/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-sproul-app-video-financial-aid-101/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-sproul-app-video-financial-aid-101/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:54:06 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27871 With its latest Sproul Plaza video, the UC Berkeley campus launches a new source of information for students and families in need of financial assistance. Vice Chancellor Anne De Luca starts things off with a primer on getting financial aid. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/03/new-sproul-app-video-financial-aid-101/feed/ 0 http://vimeo.com/38543756 http://vimeo.com/38543756#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:41:32 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27643 In electoral politics, how useful and reliable are public-opinion polls? How do we understand the new role of social media? How do we increase the participation of young voters? Henry Brady, dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, offers insights on the process.]]> http://vimeo.com/38543756/feed/ 0 http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/resources/timekeeping/oe http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/resources/timekeeping/oe#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 16:50:30 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27506 In 2012, all campus departments and units will migrate to a common timekeeping system called CalTime. Members of the campus community, in a new video, talk about current timekeeping practices and why it's time for a change. ]]> http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/resources/timekeeping/oe/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/22/doe-library-centennial/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/22/doe-library-centennial/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:00:54 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27088 Well-wishers crowded the marble corridors, elegant reading rooms and book-lined spaces of Doe Library Wednesday afternoon, as the campus marked the 100th anniversary of a stunning building, its world-class collections and its enduring mission.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/22/doe-library-centennial/feed/ 0 http://www.gamespot.com/features/how-journey-changes-everything-and-nothing-6366633/ http://www.gamespot.com/features/how-journey-changes-everything-and-nothing-6366633/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:37:57 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27055 In a series of videos presented by GameSpot, UC Berkeley linguistics students analyze the communication system of the video game "Journey," in which players interact without words or text.]]> http://www.gamespot.com/features/how-journey-changes-everything-and-nothing-6366633/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/14/chronozoom-a-deep-dive-into-the-history-of-everything/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/14/chronozoom-a-deep-dive-into-the-history-of-everything/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:52:04 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25477 Working with eight UC Berkeley students and with resources from Microsoft Research Connections, geologist Walter Alvarez has created a new piece of Web-based software that allows students, researchers and the general public to cruise through cosmic timelines. Called ChronoZoom, it could help students visualize the sweep of history.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/14/chronozoom-a-deep-dive-into-the-history-of-everything/feed/ 0