http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:37:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/read/spring-2012/whose-lab-are-you-wearing/ http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/read/spring-2012/whose-lab-are-you-wearing/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 20:33:27 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30985 Advances in materials science and electrical engineering have paved the way for a new type of electronic device: one that can bend and fold just like a piece of paper. Professor Ana Claudia Arias hopes to take this innovation to the next level: "wearable electronics." The "Berkeley Science Review" reports.]]> http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/read/spring-2012/whose-lab-are-you-wearing/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 21:18:13 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26233 Fourth-year student Alva Gardner aspires to work in the clothing industry — designing for people, women especially, whose bodies don't fit the "norm." Her accessible-fashion concepts include pants with pockets at the knees, where people in wheelchairs, like herself, "could actually use them." American studies, psychology, art, disability, gender, sexuality and women's studies are among her protean interests.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/14/accessible-fashion-to-berkeley-senior-its-about-options-visibility/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/19/extremism-in-the-name-of-fashion-is-her-advice/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/19/extremism-in-the-name-of-fashion-is-her-advice/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:30:36 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22443 Getting dressed is a daily adventure for überstylish undergraduate adviser Jane Paris. The College of Letters and Science staffer writes about each new fashion statement in her blog, "What I Wore Today."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/19/extremism-in-the-name-of-fashion-is-her-advice/feed/ 0 http://events.berkeley.edu/#38451 http://events.berkeley.edu/#38451#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:47:41 +0000 Sara Leavitt http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=12812 For the Green Gala 2011 fashion show, Saturday June 18, 2pm - 5pm, the line-up of eco-chic designers will create a two-piece collection inspired directly from the UC Botanical Garden's extensive and stunning plant collection.]]> http://events.berkeley.edu/#38451/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/21/campus-eco-fashion-takes-off/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/21/campus-eco-fashion-takes-off/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:16:56 +0000 Hulda Nelson http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=10026 Sustainable fashions hit the runway at Lower Sproul Green Expo.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/04/21/campus-eco-fashion-takes-off/feed/ 0