Manager of culture and linguistics hired to close diversity gap [Oakland Tribune] Berkeley continues efforts to privatize public housing [Daily Cal] UC economist remembers Jewish childhood in Baghdad [J Weekly] Thoughts of a yarnbomber [East Bay Express] With Groupon, Cal alum arranges discounts [Examiner] Snapshot of intersection of Adeline and Ashby [SFGate] UC among top [...]
Posts Tagged ‘UC Berkeley’
Follow-up: State Dept limits DNA testing at Cal
UC Berkeley will go ahead with its controversial DNA testing program for freshmen, but with one key change: students won’t receive personal analyses of the three genes being tested. Instead, professors will lecture on the politics of personalized medicine and the results of the data as a whole. The change was necessitated by a California Department [...]
UC Berkeley DNA testing goes before state committee
Before they could start to test students’ DNA, leaders of UC Berkeley’s “On the Same Page: Bring Your Genes to Cal” program were put to the test at a legislative hearing in Sacramento on Tuesday. The program asks for voluntary DNA samples from incoming freshmen, which will then be analyzed as part of an orientation program [...]
UC Berkeley appoints new chair of architecture
After conducting a search outside the university to fill the position, UC Berkeley has appointed Tom J. Buresh, Emil Lorch Collegiate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, as chair of the College of Environmental Design’s Department of Architecture. His four-year term began on July 1. Buresh is an active architect with extensive teaching [...]
Student held up in armed robbery on campus
A student was the victim of an armed robbery on campus on Sunday, July 4, at 3:01 pm, according to the University of California Police Department. The victim, a 23 year old summer school student, was walking on the service road between Minor Hall and the Women’s Faculty Club, listening to her iPod when two males approached her. [...]
Berkeley Art Museum selects architects for new home
The Berkeley Art Museum-Pacific Film Archive has chosen New York architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to design its new building in downtown Berkeley. The announcement follows a nationwide search which saw ten architecture firms considered for the project. DS+R is tasked with transforming the former University of California printing plant at Center and Oxford streets in [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 06.18.10
Botanical Gardens brace for blooming corpse plant [UC Berkeley] Free meals for Berkeley youth, aged 18 and under [City of Berkeley] City of Berkeley rolls out energy grants [Oakland Tribune] UCB gets $1.9m to make its buildings more energy efficient [California Chronicle] Photo: Workers at Berkeley Bowl moving produce by bobcrazybear/Berkeleyside Flickr pool.
The spotted hyenas of Berkeley, and why they giggle
Back in April, we reported on the fascinating research being conducted by UC Berkeley into the vocalization of hyenas. The publication of the scientists’ findings was a revelation to many of us who had not realized that a pack of hyenas is currently in residence in the Berkeley hills, albeit caged. Now, thanks to a [...]
UCB receives $3m in FEMA funds to retrofit building
The US Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has given $3 million in pre-disaster mitigation funds to UC Berkeley so that it can retrofit the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union building (pictured above). According to FEMA, the funds provide 35% of the project’s total costs which are estimated at $8.7 million. The [...]
The Berkeley Wire: 5.28.10
UC Berkeley freshmen who entered in 2009 had average 4.10 GPA [New York Times] “Education Matters” is theme of Cal’s summer reading list [UC Berkeley] Group sues East Bay Regional Parks over Eucalyptus tree removal [Coco Times] Scientists challenge UC Berkeley team’s claim of “Ardi” as new human [New York Times] Berkeley entrepreneur sells conversation [...]
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