http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:46:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/ugandan-aid-orphan-discovers-power-of-the-pedal/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/ugandan-aid-orphan-discovers-power-of-the-pedal/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:56 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34577 The humble bicycle propelled AIDS-orphan Chris Ategeka from rural East Africa to UC Berkeley, driving him to success as an engineer, inventor and social entrepreneur.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/14/ugandan-aid-orphan-discovers-power-of-the-pedal/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/poi-devin-wicks-trainer-who-once-was-a-couch-potato/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/poi-devin-wicks-trainer-who-once-was-a-couch-potato/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:44:55 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34042 When Devin Wicks is on the job, helping people get healthy, lose weight and shape up, he’s got a special kind of credibility: He’s been there. Once a 300-pound heavyweight, he got active, shed 100 pounds — and now is a familiar blur of action around the Recreational Sports Facility as director of fitness and health operations for UC Berkeley. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/23/poi-devin-wicks-trainer-who-once-was-a-couch-potato/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/12/van-rheenen-poi/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/12/van-rheenen-poi/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:20:04 +0000 Steve Hockensmith http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34071 Derek Van Rheenen, the director of Berkeley's Athletic Study Center, is living proof that "you can have a very rich athletic, physical life and a very rich academic and intellectual life." He's determined to teach today's crop of Cal athletes they can "have it all."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/03/12/van-rheenen-poi/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/26/energy-office-roller-derbyist/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/26/energy-office-roller-derbyist/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:00:17 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33940 After staffing the campus's myPower program by day, Erin Fenley dons quad speed skates, protective gear and the signature tie-dye T of Berkeley Resistance, a roller-derby team in a highly ranked all-female league. "You can’t do it timidly," she says of the intense sport of choice for a "strange sorority of women from all over the world."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/02/26/energy-office-roller-derbyist/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/29/sheri-showalter-poi/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/29/sheri-showalter-poi/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:39:52 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33867 A veteran of Cal Performances and the top-40 music scene, Sheri Showalter balances work and life with earthly gigs as HR director for Berkeley Law and vocalist for House of Floyd, a popular Pink Floyd tribute band.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/29/sheri-showalter-poi/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/22/poi-amy-cranch-writer-by-day-dancer-by-night/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/22/poi-amy-cranch-writer-by-day-dancer-by-night/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:00:49 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33472 Crack writer and editor at UC Berkeley by day, dancer and performer by night; Amy Cranch is driven to tell stories through both words and movement. Her double life means that dinner doesn't happen until long after dark. But for Cranch, the lessons learned are way more than worth the effort. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/22/poi-amy-cranch-writer-by-day-dancer-by-night/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/04/peacemaking-is-her-passion/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/04/peacemaking-is-her-passion/#comments Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:40:00 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33339 Intent on creating a safe space for students to learn and talk about a fractious issue — the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Shannon Thomas founded a student organization at Berkeley. A double major in peace and conflict and Middle Eastern studies, and a Model U.N. delegate, she sees fostering peace as her path.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/04/peacemaking-is-her-passion/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/13/persons-of-interest-extreme-science-tinkerman/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/13/persons-of-interest-extreme-science-tinkerman/#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:09:47 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33160 Diagnosed with Type II diabetes, Phil Broughton's polymath mind and tinkering tendencies spurred the radiation safety specialist to dive headlong into the chemistry of coffee to tame his vicious sweet tooth.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/13/persons-of-interest-extreme-science-tinkerman/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/2012/10/16/wikipedia-evangelist-spreads-the-word/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/16/wikipedia-evangelist-spreads-the-word/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:05:41 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33037 As part of a student-run course on online piracy, Kevin Gorman discovered Wikipedia's potential as a tool for teaching and learning. Since then the UC Berkeley undergrad has become an evangelist for collaborative online encyclopedia-making, coaching campus instructors and students on using Wikipedia-based assignments to enhance learning and disseminate information online.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/16/wikipedia-evangelist-spreads-the-word/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/09/halpern-poi/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/09/halpern-poi/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 15:41:16 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32915 For Jodi Halpern, a doctor of medicine as well as philosophy, empathic listening is a scholarly pursuit, a professional necessity and — since the age of 10 or so — a route to a more meaningful life.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/09/halpern-poi/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/poi-cal-vetdavid-gan/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/poi-cal-vetdavid-gan/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:00:41 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32914 From fighting Nazism on the beaches of Normandy to scientific explorations of life on Mars, David Gan has seen and done more than your typical Berkeley student.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/poi-cal-vetdavid-gan/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/bullying/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/bullying/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:00:49 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32912 Paul Sterzing was still settling in as a Berkeley faculty member when his just-published study – showing nearly half of U.S. adolescents with autism spectrum disorder have been bullied at school – propelled him into the media spotlight.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/bullying/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/primitive-plant-geeks-heart-belongs-to-lycopods/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/primitive-plant-geeks-heart-belongs-to-lycopods/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:22:15 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32857 Prehistoric life has captured Jeff Benca's imagination since childhood, and bizarre plants since his early teens, when he bought his first Venus flytrap. A young scientist with a mature passion, Benca, 24, is now a Berkeley Ph.D. student in integrative biology, studying primitive plants and what they can tell us about mass extinctions and climatic changes in deep time. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/04/primitive-plant-geeks-heart-belongs-to-lycopods/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/26/persons-of-interest-kristen-rasmussen/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/26/persons-of-interest-kristen-rasmussen/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:30:50 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28796 Sustainable-food evangelist Kristen Rasmussen, now teaching nutritional science, wants to change how we think about food, cooking and life.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/26/persons-of-interest-kristen-rasmussen/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/lisa-bagnatori/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/lisa-bagnatori/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 17:00:46 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30863 Staffer Lisa Bagnatori fields inquiries on housing, job contacts, school and childcare options — even how to locate a good hair salon. Her job is helping potential and new faculty hires find a new home base in the Bay Area. “You’re creating the village,” she says.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/21/lisa-bagnatori/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/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:19 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29280 Jane Schnorrenberg has been dancing since she was 7. But she's not about to quit her day job.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/07/persons-of-interest-schnorrenberg/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/persons-of-interest-patty-garcia/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/persons-of-interest-patty-garcia/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:27:00 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27680 Persons of Interest: Immunology grad student Patty Garcia chips away at the barriers that divide science and society, while puzzling out the molecular mechanics of cancer.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/30/persons-of-interest-patty-garcia/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/poi-richard-koci-hernandez/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/poi-richard-koci-hernandez/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:14:54 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28861 Person of Interest: As a newspaper photojournalist, Richard Koci Hernandez reached what he thought was the pinnacle of success: two Pulitzer nominations, one Emmy. Then along came Instagram, the smartphone photo-sharing app, where he has 113,000 followers and counting. “Creatively and professionally, it has changed my life," says the assistant professor of journalism. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/23/poi-richard-koci-hernandez/feed/ 0