http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:00:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/21/architecture-student-among-11-us-recipients-of-new-sustainability-fellowship/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/21/architecture-student-among-11-us-recipients-of-new-sustainability-fellowship/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30:00 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34835 By updating and expanding California’s utility-allowance calculator, Berkeley grad student Antony Kim hopes to make sustainable architecture more available to low-cost housing developers. He and his faculty mentor, Galen Cranz, are winners of the first-ever Schmidt-MacArthur Fellowship, which encourages the design of sustainable products and processes.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/21/architecture-student-among-11-us-recipients-of-new-sustainability-fellowship/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/ill-gotten-gains/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/ill-gotten-gains/#comments Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:00:09 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34070 It’s no accident that money obtained through dishonest or illegal means is called “dirty money.” A new UC Berkeley study suggests that when people perceive money as morally tainted, they also view it as having less value and purchasing power, challenging the belief that all money is green, and that people will cross ethical boundaries to amass it.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/ill-gotten-gains/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/professor-makes-case-for-u-s-mexico-border-without-walls/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/professor-makes-case-for-u-s-mexico-border-without-walls/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:00:19 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34201 Against the background of fierce debate on immigration reform, Michael Dear's Why Walls Won't Work examines the often-thriving, but threatened, cross-border lives in communities straddling the U.S.-Mexico border.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/19/professor-makes-case-for-u-s-mexico-border-without-walls/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/19/economists-computer-scientists-awarded-prestigious-sloan-fellowships/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/19/economists-computer-scientists-awarded-prestigious-sloan-fellowships/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:29:01 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34047 UC Berkeley economists Frederico Finan and Yuriy Gorodnichenko and computer scientists Björn Hartmann and Michael Lustig are among 126 young scholars awarded prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships for 2013.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/19/economists-computer-scientists-awarded-prestigious-sloan-fellowships/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/16/prize-highlights-young-economists-steady-bold-trajectory/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/16/prize-highlights-young-economists-steady-bold-trajectory/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:00:12 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33780 BERKELEY — UC Berkeley economist Ulrike Malmendier could have chosen any number of career paths.  After all, she speaks six languages, is fascinated with Latin and Greek, and loves physics and math. While working on a Ph.D. in law, another focus of her eclectic interests, she took a modern-economics course and that changed everything. Malmendier set off to explore the [...]]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/16/prize-highlights-young-economists-steady-bold-trajectory/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/07/researchers-find-minimal-state-cost-from-medicaid-expansion-in-california/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/07/researchers-find-minimal-state-cost-from-medicaid-expansion-in-california/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:31:07 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33782 California has the opportunity to significantly increase health insurance coverage at minimal cost to the state budget, according to a joint study by UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/07/researchers-find-minimal-state-cost-from-medicaid-expansion-in-california/feed/ 0 http://www.aapss.org/news/2012/12/12/academy-names-2013-fellows http://www.aapss.org/news/2012/12/12/academy-names-2013-fellows#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:06:40 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33683 Economist David Card is honored for his work "writ large."]]> http://www.aapss.org/news/2012/12/12/academy-names-2013-fellows/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2012 07:01:00 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33287 A new report released today, national Food Day 2012, says that a proposal pending in Congress to raise the minimum wage would increase retail food prices for American consumers by about 10 cents a day, while helping nearly 8 million food workers and 21 million other workers. Campus celebrates Food Day.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/24/food-day-report-on-how-minimum-wage-hike-would-impact-consumers-workers/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/usaid-chief-lauds-blum-center-as-a-model-in-search-for-global-solutions/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/usaid-chief-lauds-blum-center-as-a-model-in-search-for-global-solutions/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:50:13 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33204 USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah visited campus and encouraged students to join the search for open source solutions to pressing global problems.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/11/usaid-chief-lauds-blum-center-as-a-model-in-search-for-global-solutions/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:58:18 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33046 Politicians may focus on policy issues in hopes of persuading voters, but a new book by a UC Berkeley political scientist says that's not what matters most to voters.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/feed/ 0 http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2425.pdf http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2425.pdf#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:21:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33011 A new poll of California voters, conducted by the Institute of Governmental Affairs and the Field Poll, outlines the positions of three competing tax measures on the November ballot.]]> http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2425.pdf/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/19/campus-events-explore-election-day-issues/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/19/campus-events-explore-election-day-issues/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:45:53 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32919 A host of upcoming events featuring UC Berkeley experts will explore various facets of the November election.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/19/campus-events-explore-election-day-issues/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/13/igs-hosts-sept-21-conference-on-californias-fiscal-crisis/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/13/igs-hosts-sept-21-conference-on-californias-fiscal-crisis/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:00:05 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32937 The Institute of Governmental Studies is sponsoring a Sept. 21 conference to explore “California’s Fiscal Crisis: Prospects for Deficit Reduction and Pension Reform in the Golden State.”]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/13/igs-hosts-sept-21-conference-on-californias-fiscal-crisis/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/yelp-reviews-boost-restaurant-business/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/yelp-reviews-boost-restaurant-business/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 19:30:22 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32793 A new study, published in the Economic Journal, shows that crowd-sourced online review websites play an important role in consumer decisions. An analysis of 328 restaurant reviews on Yelp found that an increase of a half-star in ratings corresponded to a 19 percent greater likelihood of selling out during peak dining times. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/yelp-reviews-boost-restaurant-business/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/30/where-are-the-job-creators-a-labor-day-qa/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/30/where-are-the-job-creators-a-labor-day-qa/#comments Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:00:31 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32768 Where you live has a lot to do with whether you're employed, and how, says Enrico Moretti, author of The New Geography of Jobs. The UC Berkeley economist shares insights on employment, salaries, tax cuts and growing inequalities based on location.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/30/where-are-the-job-creators-a-labor-day-qa/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/28/californias-temporary-workers-face-increased-likelihood-of-poverty-says-new-study/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/28/californias-temporary-workers-face-increased-likelihood-of-poverty-says-new-study/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:00:38 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32772 California’s temporary workers are twice as likely as other employees in the state to live in poverty, receive food stamps and be on Medicaid, according to a new report from UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/28/californias-temporary-workers-face-increased-likelihood-of-poverty-says-new-study/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/berkeley-experts-assess-court-rulings-on-affordable-care-act/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/berkeley-experts-assess-court-rulings-on-affordable-care-act/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:05:34 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32281 UC Berkeley experts will review the high court's ACA actions in a special panel on Monday.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/berkeley-experts-assess-court-rulings-on-affordable-care-act/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/07/6-3-million-californians-lack-access-to-workplace-retirement-plan-labor-center-research-finds/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/07/6-3-million-californians-lack-access-to-workplace-retirement-plan-labor-center-research-finds/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:50:05 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31719 Some 6.3 million Californians lack access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to a new study released today by UC Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/07/6-3-million-californians-lack-access-to-workplace-retirement-plan-labor-center-research-finds/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/29/freecycling/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/29/freecycling/#comments Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:27 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30719 Reinforcing that the best things in life are free, a new UC Berkeley study shows that online freebie-exchange communities such as “Freecycle” and “Couchsurfing” foster greater team spirit among their members than do cash-for-goods websites.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/29/freecycling/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:00:16 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28430 Even for a labor economist, Sylvia Allegretto, a co-founder of UC Berkeley's Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics, took a distinctly working-class route to a career in academia.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/sylvia-allegretto-cwed/feed/ 0