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NSF grant to launch world’s first open-source genetic parts production facility
Bioengineers from the UC Berkeley and Stanford University are ramping up efforts to characterize the thousands of control elements critical to the engineering of microbes so that eventually, researchers can mix and match these "DNA parts" in synthetic organisms to produce new drugs...
Wed, Jan 20 | from UC Berkeley
Podcast: KPFA report on UC Berkeley student suspension
Classes at UC Berkeley resume tomorrow, but the university has told a student who was arrested during a campus demonstration last month that she cannot return to school. The university has also ordered her to move out of her student co-op. 5 min. MP3
Mon, Jan 18 | from Bay Area Indymedia
Berkeley student suspended for protest
Two UC Berkeley students were among the eight arrested outside the chancellor's house after a night-time march Dec. 10. The university put Zach Bowin and Angela Miller on interim suspensions after their arrest. While Bowin's suspension has since been relaxed and he will be able to attend c...
Fri, Jan 15 | from Bay Area Indymedia
Podcast: Update on the protests at UC Berkeley
Update on the student movement against privatization policies at the University of California Berkeley.
Wed, Dec 30 | from Bay Area Indymedia
Students protest fee hikes: an interview wit' journalist Dave Id of Indy Bay Media
Universities all over the state of California have erupted into protest over the raising of student fees. In the Bay Area, rebellions have been going down at UC Berkeley and at San Francisco State University regularly; students actually have brought their feelings right to the front doo...
Wed, Dec 30 | from Bay Area Indymedia
Opinion: No charges in vandalism of UC Berkeley chancellor's home
The eight detained included two UC Berkeley students and two UC Davis students. They could face UC discipline after campus judicial review, UC officials ... No charges filed in vandalization of UC Berkeley chancellor's campus homeLos Angeles Times (blog) all 2 news articles »
Mon, Dec 21 | from Los Angeles Times
Smart Planet: Turning a cell phone into a microscope - ZDNet
Smart Planet: Turning a cell phone into a microscope ZDNet (blog) Graduate students in the bioengineering lab at UC Berkeley have discovered a way to turn an ordinary cellphone in a microscope. The Cellscope can capture, ...
Mon, Dec 21 | from Steve Gillmor's GestureLab
Tangible User Interface Exhibition on NBC Bay Area Television
Look out Wii, U.C. Berkeley grad students are gearing up to put their mark on the world of human interaction computing. Students at UC Berkeley's School of Information are showing off their class projects this month. Their assignment was to go beyond the traditional mouse and keyboard set-...
Mon, Dec 7 | from School of Information
Podcast: Interview with U.C. Berkeley Worker
Rubble interviews U.C. Berkeley clerical worker Toni Mendocino, a member of the Coalition of University Employees and Campus Radical Women. Toni gives an overview of the issues faced by students, faculty, and other campus workers, along with demands and upcoming activist actions. (8:15...
Sun, Nov 1 | from Bay Area Indymedia
How To: E4K Mud Dam
Engineering for kids held at UC Berkeley, teaching kids how to build dams out of mud Author: shadowchef117 Keywords: UC Berkeley E4K Engineering for Kids Added: February 21, 2009
Sat, Feb 21 | from YouTube
How To: Healthy Food Choices for the Shangri-La Diet
The Shangri-La Diet was created by Seth Roberts, an associate professor of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. Learn how to make healthy food choices for the Shangri-La Diet from a licensed dietician and nutritionist in this health and nutrition video.
Thu, Feb 5 | from YouTube
Opinion: Peter Schrag: Give up the lie that all UC campuses are equal
Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's proposal for a University of California tuition policy that would allow Berkeley to charge nearly $2,000 a year more than other campuses is another reminder of the worst-kept secret in California education: Some UC campuses are more equal than...
Tue, Nov 25 | from Sacramento Bee
Opinion: The perils of cheap oil
My kids and I drove to Southern California (from Berkeley) and back this past weekend to visit my grandmother. Three tanks of gas in total -- averaging roughly $2.35 a gallon. At 16 gallons a tank, the cost of gasoline for the whole trip came to about $113.
Tue, Nov 18 | from Salon
Recipe: Room for Sleepers
Posted in: Berkeley, CA by joey. if you can't ...
Mon, Sep 8 | from Citynoise.org Latest Articles
Recipe: 033 Smart A+ Alec's - Berkeley CA (in Irish and the Crustacean's Ride)
Cheap, plentiful, good and fast, with an imaginative selection of salads and sandwiches. Had a chicken and avocado sandwich which was excellent and less than five bucks. The plac...
Wed, Jun 11 | from rateitall.com
How To: Shooting emergencies: UC police are trained to respond; learn what ... - UC Berkeley
Shooting emergencies: UC police are trained to respond; learn what ... CA - Feb 20, 2008 At UC Berkeley, the UC Police Department is trained for such emergencies, and offers online tips for the campus community on how to respond if a shooting ...
Wed, Feb 20 | from UC Berkeley
