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://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol7-issue3-april13/lgbt-community-for-stem-majors.html http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol7-issue3-april13/lgbt-community-for-stem-majors.html#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:17:32 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34580 An appreciation for diversity and a passion for energizing student life led Paul Zarate,a senior majoring in mechanical engineering, to found the Berkeley chapter of Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM), a national organization dedicated to the professional development of LGBT students.]]> http://innovations.coe.berkeley.edu/vol7-issue3-april13/lgbt-community-for-stem-majors.html/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/29/archivist-tracks-down-rocky-mountain-fur-trades-untold-story/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/29/archivist-tracks-down-rocky-mountain-fur-trades-untold-story/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:27:26 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33284 By vocation an archivist at Berkeley Law, by avocation an independent historical scholar, William Benemann is the author of a new book, Men in Eden, on a 19th-century Scottish nobleman who pursued adventure and sexual freedom in the freewheeling milieu of the American West. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/29/archivist-tracks-down-rocky-mountain-fur-trades-untold-story/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/23/33306/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/23/33306/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:09:00 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33306 As a Person of Interest on the UC Berkeley campus, senior Mari Rosas speaks up for people whose identities don't always fit into society's neat categories. It's a territory this student of anthropology and gender and women's studies knows well and explores as a person, activist and filmmaker.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/23/33306/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/lgbt-reception-u-house/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/lgbt-reception-u-house/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:51:54 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32910 About 100 individuals who have helped improve the campus climate for LGBT people gathered at University House Thursday. The agenda: to mix and mingle, celebrate progress and thank Chancellor Birgeneau for his consistent support. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/28/lgbt-reception-u-house/feed/ 0 http://grad.berkeley.edu/news/headlines/honors-awards/first-brett/ http://grad.berkeley.edu/news/headlines/honors-awards/first-brett/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:06:23 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32415 The first Philip Brett LGBT Fund award has been bestowed on Chris Atwood, a graduate student in Italian Studies. The fund was set up in 2009 in honor of the late professor Philip Brett, an eminent music scholar whose research kick-started the field of musical scholarship about, and by, people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender.]]> http://grad.berkeley.edu/news/headlines/honors-awards/first-brett/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/words-to-lgbt-graduates-from-one-whos-been-there-you-must-continue-to-make-it-better/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/words-to-lgbt-graduates-from-one-whos-been-there-you-must-continue-to-make-it-better/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:11:48 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30417 Since Robert Anderson first arrived at Berkeley 29 years ago, "things have gotten better" for LGBT students here and in the world. "But there is still much to be done," Anderson, now chair of the University of California Academic Senate, told UC Berkeley's 2012 Lavender Graduation. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/11/words-to-lgbt-graduates-from-one-whos-been-there-you-must-continue-to-make-it-better/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:00:46 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25953 A Bancroft Library exhibit opening April 4 provides a salon-like setting for conversations about the artistic contributions of lesbian, gay, transgender and bisexual artists through the years.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/29/never-before-released-toklas-oral-history-highlights-exhibit-of-bancroft-librarys-lgbt-collections/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26333 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26333#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:28:51 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16773 University of California President Mark G. Yudof and Board of Regents Chair Sherry Lansing have joined the It Gets Better campaign, posting a YouTube video that reaches out to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender youth with a message of hope and inclusion. ]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26333/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/04/campus-wins-5-stars-for-lgbt-climate/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/04/campus-wins-5-stars-for-lgbt-climate/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 00:07:14 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14563 Berkeley scored a perfect five stars for its campus climate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and employees, in new national rankings made public this week. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/04/campus-wins-5-stars-for-lgbt-climate/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/29/lesbian-and-gay-parents/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/29/lesbian-and-gay-parents/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:10:32 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=13586 How do lesbian and gay parents navigate in a world where heterosexuality is still the norm? Rafael Colonna, a Ph.D. student in sociology, has been interviewing same-sex parents across California to find out. In the process, he's discovered that in family life, "small practices" such as assigning family names and titles, "have a lot of meaning behind them."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/06/29/lesbian-and-gay-parents/feed/ 0 http://www.law.berkeley.edu/10754.htm http://www.law.berkeley.edu/10754.htm#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:59:20 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=7957 Students with Berkeley Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic have returned from a fact-finding mission to El Salvador, where they examined the difficult climate for the country’s LGBT and HIV-positive population.]]> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/10754.htm/feed/ 0