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Peder Sather Center’s inaugural symposium bolsters Berkeley’s research collaborations with Norwegian universities across science, technology and society.
Tag: social sciences
Attention high schoolers: March 23 talk on “survival of the kindest”
March 19, 2013:
UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner is the next speaker (Sat., Mar. 23, 10 a.m.) in the Nano-High series of talks sponsored by Berkeley Lab. Any high school student or teacher can sign up online and drop in to hear about cutting-edge scientific issues of the day. Keltner’s talk is titled “The Compassionate Instinct: A Darwinian Tale of Survival of the Kindest.”
Judith Butler wins Adorno Prize
September 12, 2012:
UC Berkeley professor Judith Butler is the recipient of this year’s Adorno Prize, a highly coveted German award that recognizes outstanding achievement in philosophy, theater, music or film.
Upper class more likely to be scofflaws due to greed, study finds
February 27, 2012:
The upper class has a higher propensity for cheating, driving illegally and endorsing unethical behavior in the workplace, believing – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie “Wall Street” – that “greed is good,” according to a new UC Berkeley study.
From cracks in the campus budget, a new research community blooms
August 22, 2011:
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.
Nuclear science meets social science in novel summer program
July 28, 2011:
A summer school program designed to improve the social scientific literacy of nuclear engineers will use Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis as a case study. The six-day program, to be held in Berkeley from July 31 to Aug. 5, is being organized by faculty at UC Berkeley and the University of Tokyo.
