http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 22 May 2013 19:21:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/08/igs-lecture-series/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/08/igs-lecture-series/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:28:45 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=24867 With the 2012 US presidential race heating up, IGS visiting scholar Sergio Fabbrini unpacked the Italian media tycoon's rise to power in the age of "tele-democracy." ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/08/igs-lecture-series/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/issi-merger/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/issi-merger/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:30:50 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=15049 Born of financial crisis, Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Societal Issues has cultivated a more collaborative, community-based approach to social-science research. In the process, a rickety old campus building has been transformed into a place where scholars can do more with less.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/issi-merger/feed/ 0