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College of Letters & Science and CED Awarded Andew W. Mellon Foundation Grant 27 Mar 2013 | 11:11 pm
1 Top The Division of Arts & Humanities in the College of Letters & Science and the College of Environmental Design will collaborate to develop new pedagogical and research methodologies thanks to a ...
Physics society honors Birgeneau for 'statesmanship in science' 25 Jan 2013 | 10:49 pm
1 Top The American Institute of Physics announced today (Thursday, Jan. 24) that Robert J. Birgeneau, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, will receive the 2012 Karl Taylor Compton M...
Astronomer jets up, up and away with Blue Angels 8 Oct 2012 | 09:47 pm
1 Top For the lucky few, soaring over San Francisco with the Blue Angels is the dream of a lifetime you want to sit back and enjoy. But for UC Berkeley astronomer Alex Filippenko, it was a teaching o...
When science borders on science fiction 8 Oct 2012 | 09:41 pm
1 Top Astronomer Geoff Marcy and cosmologist and string theorist Raphael Bousso are among 20 scientists awarded research grants to explore innovative and edgy areas of science. In the case of Marcy a...
Cal Seniors Committed to Social Action: 2012 Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize Winners Announced 30 May 2012 | 04:54 am
Recently six Cal graduating seniors were awarded Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate prizes for the projects they designed and will soon implement to further the social good. Projects range from providi...
Truth vs. Truthiness: Winners of the Berkeley Center for the Study of Value Prize in Personal Integrity Examine the Difference 9 May 2012 | 03:39 am
1 Top Truthiness—it’s based less on facts than on self-satisfaction. Is it worth it? This is what undergraduates discussed in their essays for the Berkeley Center for the Study of Value Prize in Pers...
Five Faculty -- Including 4 from L&S -- given Distinguished Teaching Awards 1 May 2012 | 11:14 am
1 Top Sally Goldman from South & Southeast Asian Studies, Ted Miguel from Economics, Joanna Picciotto from English, and Debarati Sanyal from French were all honored for their exceptional teaching. E...
College Writing Programs Summer Creative Writing Program 1 May 2012 | 11:10 am
1 Top Live the writing life! This unique six-week program for aspiring, practicing and experienced writers runs May 21 through June 28, 2012. External News Link: http://writing.berkeley.edu/writin....
New Endowed Chair in Information Economics Announced 8 Feb 2012 | 08:42 am
1 Top The first endowed chair for the School of Information, also shared by the Department of Economics, has been established with a generous gift from Hal R. Varian, professor emeritus in business, ...
Leah Carroll appointed as the new Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research 4 Feb 2012 | 08:55 am
1 Top The Undergraduate Division in the College of Letters and Science is pleased to welcome Leah Carroll as the new Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research read more
