http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Sat, 25 May 2013 00:34:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/uc-berkeley-sustainability-at-10/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/uc-berkeley-sustainability-at-10/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:31:08 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33989 Over the past decade, environmentally minded students have championed an ambitious effort to green UC Berkeley. From aggressive climate action to organic dining options and a zero-waste goal, campus sustainability today has an army of participants and deep institutional support.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/19/uc-berkeley-sustainability-at-10/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:21:27 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33594 New faces, new vitality, reflection and celebration — 2012 brought all that, and more, to UC Berkeley. Here's a glance back at the year, in pictures.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/10/jane-lubchenco-wicked-problems/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/10/jane-lubchenco-wicked-problems/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:30:23 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33601 In a talk sponsored by the Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute and the Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology, the marine ecologist and longtime university professor spoke of a "social contract" for scientists, urging them not just to identify problems but to work toward solutions. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/10/jane-lubchenco-wicked-problems/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/10/conservatives-environment/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/10/conservatives-environment/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:00:03 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33454 When it comes to climate change, deforestation and toxic waste, the assumption has been that conservative views are intractable. But new research from UC Berkeley suggests that such opinions can be changed with messages couched in terms of fending off threats to the “purity” and “sanctity” of Earth and our bodies.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/10/conservatives-environment/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/15/america-recycles-day-epa-recognizes-campus-food-waste-reduction/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/15/america-recycles-day-epa-recognizes-campus-food-waste-reduction/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:20:29 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33390 On America Recycles Day, EPA regional administrator Jared Blumenfeld came to campus to laud Cal Dining's food waste reduction program. UC Berkeley was among the first universities in the nation to sign onto EPA's Food Recovery Challenge, which encourages everyone to reduce both pre-consumer and post-consumer food waste.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/15/america-recycles-day-epa-recognizes-campus-food-waste-reduction/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://cbe.berkeley.edu/livablebuildings/index.htm http://cbe.berkeley.edu/livablebuildings/index.htm#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:52:51 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33008 The Center for the Built Environment announces its Livable Building Award for 2012.]]> http://cbe.berkeley.edu/livablebuildings/index.htm/feed/ 0 http://international.berkeley.edu/tien http://international.berkeley.edu/tien#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:55:44 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33000 Recognizing outstanding research in a wide range of fields, the campus has awarded six students with the Chang-Lin Tien Graduate Fellowship in the Environmental Sciences.]]> http://international.berkeley.edu/tien/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/15/climate-change-range-shift/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/15/climate-change-range-shift/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:01:05 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32594 Two new studies by UC Berkeley scientists provide a clearer picture of why some species move — and where they go — in response to climate change. One found a dramatic decline in populations of a mountain ground squirrel, except where humans lived. Another paper finds that precipitation is an underappreciated driving force for species' response to climate change. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/15/climate-change-range-shift/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/23/campus-still-a-great-place-for-birds-despite-century-of-changes/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/23/campus-still-a-great-place-for-birds-despite-century-of-changes/#comments Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:33:25 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32277 The bird population on the Berkeley campus has remained surprisingly diverse over the past 100 years, showing that it’s possible to create a green wildlife haven within a dense urban area, researchers say.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/23/campus-still-a-great-place-for-birds-despite-century-of-changes/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/uc-berkeley-installing-first-co2-sensor-network-in-oakland/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/uc-berkeley-installing-first-co2-sensor-network-in-oakland/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:20:39 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28826 Using inexpensive detectors that can fit inside a shoebox, UC Berkeley chemists are installing carbon dioxide and other air pollution sensors in 40 sites around Oakland to explore how detailed, neighborhood-by-neighborhood information can help communities monitor greenhouse gas and other harmful emissions.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/27/uc-berkeley-installing-first-co2-sensor-network-in-oakland/feed/ 0 http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/06/new_elp_pilot_program_builds_p.php#more http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/06/new_elp_pilot_program_builds_p.php#more#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 19:31:20 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31699 BERKELEY —]]> http://nature.berkeley.edu/blogs/news/2012/06/new_elp_pilot_program_builds_p.php#more/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/06/scientists-uncover-evidence-of-impending-tipping-point-for-earth/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/06/scientists-uncover-evidence-of-impending-tipping-point-for-earth/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:10:46 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31035 UC Berkeley professor Tony Barnosky and 21 scientists from around the world argue in Nature magazine that planet Earth is frighteningly close to a tipping point that would send the globe into a state that could spell disaster for humans. The new Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology is focused on recognizing the signs of impending doom so that we can stop short of the precipice.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/06/scientists-uncover-evidence-of-impending-tipping-point-for-earth/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/01/ansel-adams-1960s-photos-of-uc-system-subject-of-expanded-2012-2013-on-the-same-page-program/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/01/ansel-adams-1960s-photos-of-uc-system-subject-of-expanded-2012-2013-on-the-same-page-program/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:30:55 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27396 Legendary photographer Ansel Adams shot thousands of photos of Berkeley and the other UC campuses during the 1960s, and now a photo book based on the collection, "Fiat Lux," is going out to all incoming students as part of the annual On the Same Page program.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/01/ansel-adams-1960s-photos-of-uc-system-subject-of-expanded-2012-2013-on-the-same-page-program/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://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://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/trout-threatened-when-water-is-low-in-wine-country/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/trout-threatened-when-water-is-low-in-wine-country/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 18:35:11 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19291 The competition between farmers and fish for precious water in California is intensifying in wine country, suggests a new study by UC Berkeley biologists. The study links higher death rates for threatened juvenile steelhead trout with low water levels in the summer and the acreage of vineyards upstream. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/trout-threatened-when-water-is-low-in-wine-country/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/2012/03/19/professor-leads-national-roundtable-on-integrated-disaster-recovery/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/19/professor-leads-national-roundtable-on-integrated-disaster-recovery/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:00:07 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26034 Northern California experts, including UC Berkeley architecture professor Mary Comerio, are heading up a national roundtable on improving responses after major disasters.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/19/professor-leads-national-roundtable-on-integrated-disaster-recovery/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:40:57 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25079 Archaeologists working in eastern Jordan have announced its discovery of 20,000-year-old hut structures, the earliest yet found in that country. Along with materials found in the huts, the find suggests the area was once intensively occupied and offers a new perspective on how humans lived at the time.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/21/berkeley-archaeologists-jordanian-discoveries/feed/ 0