UC Berkeley NewsCenter » alumni http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:58:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Berkeley alum, Class of ’50, still ‘Running Wild’ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:15:18 +0000 Steve Hockensmith http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34264 Berkeley alum, Class of ’50, still ‘Running Wild’Dayton Hyde, 88, has been a cowboy, a rodeo clown, a rancher, a photographer, a non-fiction author, a novelist, a poet and a conservationist. And now he's the star of a new documentary.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/02/poi-dayton-hyde/feed/ 0 Haas alum gives $1 million to expand youth programs http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/alumnus-david-eckles-gives-1-million-expand-haas-programs-under-resourced-youth http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/alumnus-david-eckles-gives-1-million-expand-haas-programs-under-resourced-youth#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 20:52:21 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33674 Haas alum gives $1 million to expand youth programsHaas alumnus and longtime Berkeley booster David Eckles has given $1 million to the Haas School to expand its successful mentoring program for under-resourced youth through several new initiatives to be coordinated by the undergraduate program.]]> http://newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/article/alumnus-david-eckles-gives-1-million-expand-haas-programs-under-resourced-youth/feed/ 0 An audacious mission in Africa http://haas.berkeley.edu/groups/pubs/berkeleyhaas/current/feature02.html http://haas.berkeley.edu/groups/pubs/berkeleyhaas/current/feature02.html#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:34:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33575 An audacious mission in AfricaPatrick Awuah, who received his MBA from the Haas School of Business in 1999, went on to found Ashesi University in Ghana in 2002. His aim? To transform a continent through education.]]> http://haas.berkeley.edu/groups/pubs/berkeleyhaas/current/feature02.html/feed/ 0 Campus honors late ambassador Stevens with moment of silence, memorial fund http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/campus-to-honor-late-ambassador-stevens-with-moment-of-silence-memorial-fund/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/campus-to-honor-late-ambassador-stevens-with-moment-of-silence-memorial-fund/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:45:24 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33097 Campus honors late ambassador Stevens with moment of silence, memorial fundA fund has been set up in memory of J. Christopher Stevens, the late U.S. ambassador to Libya and a UC Berkeley alumnus, at the University of California, Berkeley. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/campus-to-honor-late-ambassador-stevens-with-moment-of-silence-memorial-fund/feed/ 0 Memo: Chancellor releases statement on ambassador’s death http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/chancellor-releases-statement-on-ambassadors-death/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/chancellor-releases-statement-on-ambassadors-death/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:54:41 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32957 Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau has issued the following statement about the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, who was a UC Berkeley alumnus.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/chancellor-releases-statement-on-ambassadors-death/feed/ 0 International gold awards go to campus communicators http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/13/international-gold-awards-given-to-campus-communicators/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/13/international-gold-awards-given-to-campus-communicators/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:37:58 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32091 International gold awards go to campus communicatorsThree gold awards from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) recently went to UC Berkeley communicators.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/13/international-gold-awards-given-to-campus-communicators/feed/ 0 New Wall of Fame website celebrates UC Berkeley’s remarkable alumni http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/new-wall-of-fame-website-celebrates-uc-berkeleys-remarkable-alumni/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/new-wall-of-fame-website-celebrates-uc-berkeleys-remarkable-alumni/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 17:23:39 +0000 Amy Cranch http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30786 New Wall of Fame website celebrates UC Berkeley’s remarkable alumniA new UC Berkeley website, the Berkeley Wall of Fame, celebrates and and seeks alumni who are changing the world.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/17/new-wall-of-fame-website-celebrates-uc-berkeleys-remarkable-alumni/feed/ 0 Former campus spokesman and Cal booster Ray Colvig has died http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/05/former-campus-spokesman-and-cal-booster-ray-colvig-has-died/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/05/former-campus-spokesman-and-cal-booster-ray-colvig-has-died/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 00:37:24 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26115 Former campus spokesman and Cal booster Ray Colvig has diedRay Colvig, who for 27 years was the spokesman for UC Berkeley and a beloved leader of the campus’s Public Information Office until his retirement in 1991, died Sunday, March 4, of sudden heart problems at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley. He was 80.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/05/former-campus-spokesman-and-cal-booster-ray-colvig-has-died/feed/ 0 ’49 Cal alumna reunited with her lost passport – and its finder http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/lost-passport-reunion/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/lost-passport-reunion/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:27:45 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25563 ’49 Cal alumna reunited with her lost passport – and its finderAdventurous UC Berkeley alumna Betty Werther was finally reunited with her first-ever passport on Saturday (Feb. 18) in Paris. Portuguese medical student Nuno Fonseca, who found it last summer at a flea market, hand-delivered the passport to Werther, along with a bouquet of flowers and a red scarf knitted by his 90-year-old great aunt. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/lost-passport-reunion/feed/ 0 Thumbing it from Paris to Cairo, 1950s-style http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/08/on-the-road/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/08/on-the-road/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:30:02 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24839 Thumbing it from Paris to Cairo, 1950s-styleAn article about a 1950 passport found at a Parisian flea market has inspired Betty Werther – the passport’s owner, an American expatriate and ’49 Cal alumna – to write about her youthful adventures in New York, Berkeley, Paris and the Middle East. Read excerpts from Werther’s ad hoc travel memoir.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/08/on-the-road/feed/ 0 Lost passport in Paris connects med student to ’49 Berkeley alumna http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/06/lost-passport/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/06/lost-passport/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:00:39 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24460 Lost passport in Paris connects med student to ’49 Berkeley alumnaBetty Werther made a beeline for Paris after graduating from UC Berkeley in 1949 and embarked on a life of travel, romance and adventure. Somewhere along the road, she lost her passport. More than 60 years later, a young Portuguese medical student is heading to Paris to return the tattered, 1950-issued passport to Werther. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/06/lost-passport/feed/ 0 Berkeley grad looks to Burma to complete film on ‘art as a weapon’ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/berkeley-grad-sees-the-light/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/berkeley-grad-sees-the-light/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:27:08 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=20863 Berkeley grad looks to Burma to complete film on ‘art as a weapon’Jeff Durkin, a 1999 College of Environmental Design graduate, fell in love with filmmaking more than a decade ago. Now he's hoping to get to the Thailand border to explore the connections between "street art, Buddhism and democracy" in Burma.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/21/berkeley-grad-sees-the-light/feed/ 0 Engineering alum reflects on World Trade Center towers he helped build http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/the_world_trade_center_work_of.html http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/the_world_trade_center_work_of.html#comments Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:39:21 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16354 Engineering alum reflects on World Trade Center towers he helped buildLeslie Robertson, a 1952 UC Berkeley civil engineering graduate, was the lead structural engineer of the World Trade Center towers. Ten years after their collapse, Robertson continues to carry with him the suffering of those who died that day. ]]> http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/the_world_trade_center_work_of.html/feed/ 0 Cal alum takes off on space shuttle’s final mission http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/interview_walheim.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/interview_walheim.html#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:54:52 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=13862 Cal alum takes off on space shuttle’s final missionCal alum Col. Rex J. Walheim is among the four-person crew aboard space shuttle Atlantis, which took off July 8 on the final flight of NASA's three-decade shuttle program. Walheim, who received his UC Berkeley bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1984, was interviewed by NASA before today's mission. ]]> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts135/interview_walheim.html/feed/ 0 Tuck Coop stepping down as head of alumni association http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/press-releases/cal-alumni-association-announces-retirement-executive-director-tuck-coop http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/press-releases/cal-alumni-association-announces-retirement-executive-director-tuck-coop#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:41:20 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=8888 Tuck Coop stepping down as head of alumni associationR. Tucker "Tuck" Coop, executive director of the Cal Alumni Association at UC Berkeley, will retire by the end of the calendar year, the CAA has announced.]]> http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/press-releases/cal-alumni-association-announces-retirement-executive-director-tuck-coop/feed/ 0 Steven Chu named 2011 Alumnus of the Year by CAA http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/press-releases/cal-alumni-association-announces-2011-alumnus-year-steven-chu http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/press-releases/cal-alumni-association-announces-2011-alumnus-year-steven-chu#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2010 19:39:17 +0000 Public Affairs http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=3039 Steven Chu named 2011 Alumnus of the Year by CAAEnergy Secretary Steven Chu, who received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1976, has been selected as the 2011 Alumnus of the Year by the Cal Alumni Association. Chu, a Nobel laureate, was recognized for his ground-breaking contributions to the fields of biophysics and atomic physics, commitment to addressing climate change, and transformative leadership in energy research and policy.]]> http://alumni.berkeley.edu/news/press-releases/cal-alumni-association-announces-2011-alumnus-year-steven-chu/feed/ 0 Ed Roberts, disability-rights leader and Cal alum, gets his own state day http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/27/roberts/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/27/roberts/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:16:30 +0000 Wendy Edelstein http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=1793 Ed Roberts, disability-rights leader and Cal alum, gets his own state dayDisability-rights pioneer Ed Roberts, who was a Cal alum, will be recognized each year on Jan. 23 with a commemorative day on which the state's schools will offer education on disability history, rights, and legal requirements. The California State Legislature unanimously passed the bill, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed on July 19. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/27/roberts/feed/ 0