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/2013/05/20/gov-jerry-brown-tells-grads-you-can-make-change/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/20/gov-jerry-brown-tells-grads-you-can-make-change/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:14:55 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34842 California Gov. Jerry Brown praised students for making a difference in the last election, and encouraged them to continue their activism to improve the world, in his keynote speech at Monday's political-science graduation.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/20/gov-jerry-brown-tells-grads-you-can-make-change/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/17/governor-to-speak-at-political-science-graduation/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/17/governor-to-speak-at-political-science-graduation/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:43 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34566 California Gov. Jerry Brown will address UC Berkeley political science graduates May 20.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/17/governor-to-speak-at-political-science-graduation/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:58:18 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33046 Politicians may focus on policy issues in hopes of persuading voters, but a new book by a UC Berkeley political scientist says that's not what matters most to voters.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/candidate-performance-rather-than-policies-drive-voters-new-book-says/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/01/rise-of-the-tea-party/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/01/rise-of-the-tea-party/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:12:42 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32896 A new collection of scholarly essays edited by Lawrence Rosenthal, executive director of UC Berkeley's nonpartisan Center for Right-Wing Studies, and program director Christine Trost takes a hard look at the hard right.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/01/rise-of-the-tea-party/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/13/roundtable-grades-obama/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/13/roundtable-grades-obama/#comments Thu, 13 Sep 2012 15:30:45 +0000 Susan Gluss http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32907 "The Obama Report Card," a political roundtable hosted by the UC Berkeley School of Law, brings together Democratic and Republican pundits to debate the impact of President Obama’s first four years in office. Panelists will grade the president’s performance on issues including Obamacare, the economy, education reform and the war in Afghanistan, as well as weigh the impact of these issues on the presidential campaign as the election swings into high gear. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/13/roundtable-grades-obama/feed/ 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 19:02:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30645 UCTV's "Prime Vote" features Henry Brady's video commentary, Don’t Hang Up! Why Voters Should Respond to Pollsters,”as he makes a case fo folks to stay on the line and make their opinions heard, especially in an electoral season increasingly dominated by rich donors and highly paid lobbyists. ]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDxURekaY4&feature=youtu.be/feed/ 0 http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/ http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:05:19 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30155 UCDC's Bruce Cain talks with UCTV's "Prime Vote" series about the era of PACS and who's financing the 2012 election.]]> http://myuctv.tv/2012/05/08/your-fast-track-to-superpacs-on-uctv-prime-vote/feed/ 0 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/2011/11/04/east-asia-scholar-robert-a-scalapino-dies-at-92/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/04/east-asia-scholar-robert-a-scalapino-dies-at-92/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:10:39 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19721 Robert A. Scalapino, the Robson Research Professor of Government emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and a renowned expert in the field of East Asian studies, died Monday, Nov. 1, in Oakland, of complications from a respiratory infection. He was 92.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/04/east-asia-scholar-robert-a-scalapino-dies-at-92/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/12/02/polisciclass/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/12/02/polisciclass/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:32:56 +0000 Andrea Hicklin http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=2300 Students in the political science course "Accountability for International Human Rights Violations" reenact high-profile, international trials and act as prosecutors, defense and judges. In their most recent trial, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld faced charges of extradition to France to be tried there for violating international torture laws. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/12/02/polisciclass/feed/ 0