http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Thu, 23 May 2013 22:42:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/top-berkeley-seniors-eager-to-make-learning-count/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/top-berkeley-seniors-eager-to-make-learning-count/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 21:00:16 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34503 Luke Bonham, Danielle Nicholson, Daniel Price and Leena Suleiman share insights from their time at Berkeley as they survey the road ahead.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/10/top-berkeley-seniors-eager-to-make-learning-count/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/university-medalist-ritankar-das/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/university-medalist-ritankar-das/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 18:00:40 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34598 Ritankar Das, 18, double major in bioengineering and chemical biology, is the youngest University Medalist in more than a century. He will be graduating from UC Berkeley in only three years with more than 200 credits and a GPA of 3.99. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/09/university-medalist-ritankar-das/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/berkeley-medal-finalists-put-promise-into-practice/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/berkeley-medal-finalists-put-promise-into-practice/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 18:16:42 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28877 The 2012 University Medal finalists — Allison Barden, Zarko Perovic, Whitney Stewart and Sho Takatori — share experiences and insights from their time at Berkeley as they survey the road ahead.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/08/berkeley-medal-finalists-put-promise-into-practice/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/10/u-medal-finalists-check-out/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/10/u-medal-finalists-check-out/#comments Tue, 10 May 2011 16:31:13 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=11340 BERKELEY — University Medalist Aaron Benavidez: Not your run of the mill cellist turned über-scholar. As finalists for this year’s University Medal — the annual award bestowed on Berkeley’s top graduating senior since 1871 — Katherine Beattie, Ivan de Kouchkovsky, Sheel Jagani and Matthew Zahr exemplify the passion, purpose and promise of the class of 2011. With commencement ushering in [...]]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/10/u-medal-finalists-check-out/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/11/finalists/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/11/finalists/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 16:35:00 +0000 Wendy Edelstein http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=3611 Pamela Krayenbuhl, Erik Petigura, Pedro Spivakovsky-Gonzalez, and Reid Zimmerman, this year's finalists for the University Medal, respond to questions about what contributed to their success at Berkeley. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/11/finalists/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/10/medalist2010/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/10/medalist2010/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 21:39:08 +0000 Yasmin Anwar http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=3197 It's fitting that the life of Josh Biddle, UC Berkeley's top graduating senior, would read like the lyrics of "Amazing Grace." During high school in Marin County, Calif., and at a subsequent boarding program for troubled teens in Colorado, he was lost. But while driving a tractor in his Great-aunt Velma's farm, finding his niche in science at City College of San Francisco and transferring to UC Berkeley, he was found. This Sunday, he will share his story at Commencement Convocation. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/05/10/medalist2010/feed/ 0