Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is determined to be a good neighbor and, under director Paul Alivisatos, it has launched a number of initiatives to stay in close communication with Berkeley residents. A recently formed Community Advisory Group is holding meetings every two months with the public to provide information on the Lab’s physical planning and [...]
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Berkeley chemist wins $500,000 prize
Carolyn Bertozzi (right), who holds appointments in both chemistry and molecular and cell biology at Berkeley, has won the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Prize for “her pioneering inventions in the field of biotechnology”. The $500,000 prize has been dubbed the “Oscar for inventors”, and is awarded to outstanding mid-career inventors “who have developed a patented product or [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 4.21.10
UC Berkeley prof under investigation for controversial Aids article [Daily Cal] Sims named new varsity football coach at BHS [Contra Costa Times] America’s most stoned cities: we’re number 26 (shared with Oakland) [Daily Beast] Alice Waters TV? It could happen [Associated Press] Best and brightest here at Berkeley Lab [Innovation] Photo by Keoki Seu from [...]
Helios West to go before UC Regents next week
New plans for the Helios Energy Research Facility will be presented to the UC Board of Regents next week. The project calls for a new five-story, 112,800 sq ft building across the street from the UC Berkeley campus, on the site bounded by Oxford, Berkeley Way, Shattuck and Hearst. The Helios project was originally conceived [...]
Chu returns to Lawrence Berkeley Lab
Steve Chu, energy secretary in the Obama administration, returned to Berkeley today to speak to his former colleagues at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBL). If you’re reading Berkeleyside before the 10:30 finish to Chu’s presentation, you can watch a live webcast. Chu won the Nobel prize for physics in 1997 for his work on [...]
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