All events
Sunday, February 25, 2018
SOGA Open Hours
Tour/Open House | January 28 – May 13, 2018 every Sunday | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Garden Location: on the corner of Walnut St. and Virginia St. in north Berkeley, CA
Baseball vs. Cal State Bakersfield
Sport - Intercollegiate - Baseball/Softball | February 25 | 1:05 p.m. | Evans Field
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 6, 2017 – January 4, 2019 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Monday, February 26, 2018
The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) Final Abstracts Due
Deadline | February 26 | -5 p.m. | 102 Sproul Hall
Implementing the CA History-Social Science Framework
Workshop | February 26 | 8:30 a.m. | Contra Costa County Office of Education
PMB Special Seminar: "Gating Plant Immunity and Death at the Nuclear Boundary"
Seminar | February 26 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Energy Biosciences Building, First Floor Conference Room
Combinatorics Seminar: Combinatorics of the 2-ASEP on a ring
Seminar | February 26 | 12-1 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Scalable Imaging of Molecular Order
Seminar | February 26 | 12-1 p.m. | 489 Minor Hall
Attachment, Religion, and Spirituality: A Wider View
Colloquium | February 26 | 12:10-1:20 p.m. | 3105 Tolman Hall
The Role of Attachment in Perceived Relationships with Deities
Colloquium | February 26 | 12:10-1:20 p.m. | 3105 Tolman Hall
Political Economy Seminar
Seminar | February 26 | 12:30-2 p.m. | Moses Hall, Moses Hall 223
Social Change in Post-Khomeini Iran: What to Expect in the Coming Years?
Lecture | February 26 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
Ultra High-Field MRI - Open questions in engineering and multiphysics
Seminar | February 26 | 1-2 p.m. | Soda Hall, Wozniak Lounge (430 Soda Hall)
Seminar 231, Public Finance: "The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy"
Seminar | February 26 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 000 Evans Hall
Autocratic Legalism: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University
Lecture | February 26 | 2-4 p.m. | 820 Barrows Hall
Probabilistic Operator Algebra Seminar: On maximally amenable subalgebras in free products
Seminar | February 26 | 2-4 p.m. | 736 Evans Hall
Panel on Innovative Uses of Media in Language Teaching
Panel Discussion | February 26 | 3-5 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, B-4 (Classroom side)
STROBE Seminar Series: Hands-on Python Workshop: Image Analysis in the Jupyter Notebook
Seminar | February 26 | 3-4 p.m. | 433 Latimer Hall
Arithmetic Geometry and Number Theory RTG Seminar: Towards the global Gross-Prasad conjecture for orthogonal groups
Seminar | February 26 | 3:10-5 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
Barna Saha - Efficient Fine-Grained Algorithms
Seminar | February 26 | 3:30-5 p.m. | 3108 Etcheverry Hall
From using artifacts to mathematical meanings: The teacher’s role in the semiotic mediation process
Colloquium | February 26 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 2515 Tolman Hall
Dr. Mingfu Shao, Department of Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University: Efficient algorithms for large-scale transcriptomics and genomics
Seminar | February 26 | 4-5 p.m. | Soda Hall, HP Auditorium 306
GraphXD Seminar: Vector Representations of Graphs and the Maximum Cut Problem
Seminar | February 26 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Rty Year Perspective on Medical Robotics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Russ Taylor, Johns Hopkins University
Conference/Symposium | February 26 | 4-5 p.m. | 250 Sutardja Dai Hall
IB Seminar: Rats! Systematics of an emerging adaptive radiation model
Seminar | February 26 | 4-5 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building
Seminar 208, Microeconomic Theory: "Rational Inattention with Sequential Information Sampling"
Seminar | February 26 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall
Measuring activity of cortical layers in human brain with CBV-fMRI: method and first applications
Seminar | February 26 | 4-5 p.m. | 125 Li Ka Shing Center
Algorithms in Practice: Comparing Web Journalism and Criminal Justice
Special Event | February 26 | 4:10-5:30 p.m. | 470 Stephens Hall
A talk by Micha Lazarus: Shakespeare’s Aristotle: the Poetics in Renaissance England
Lecture | February 26 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 300 Wheeler Hall
Transcending Institutions: A Medieval Way to Individual Freedom.: A talk by Gert Melville, Feb. 26th 2018
Lecture | February 26 | 5 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
East Side Sushi
Film - Documentary | February 26 | 5 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium | Tickets sold out
Transcending Institutions: A Medieval Way to Individual Freedom
Lecture | February 26 | 5-7 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Swahili Weekly Social Hour
Social Event | January 22 – April 30, 2018 every Monday with exceptions | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Jupiter
Information Session: Berkeley Social Welfare Post-Master's Pupil Personnel Services Credential (PPSC) Program
Information Session | February 26 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Haviland Hall, Room 2
What happened before the big bang and other big questions about the universe: 2018 Oppenheimer Lecture
Lecture | February 26 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium
UC's 150th Anniversary Reception
Reception | February 26 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Tsakopoulos Library Galleria
UROC DeCal – Demystifying the Research Process: Decolonizing Methods in Academic Research (Hosted by UROC: Undergraduate Researchers of Color)
Course | January 29 – April 30, 2018 every Monday with exceptions | 6-8 p.m. | 174 Barrows Hall
Neha Choksi | Artist Talk: On Exploring Absence, Loss, and Transformation
Lecture | February 26 | 6-7:30 p.m. | 120 Kroeber Hall
Research Ethics and Library Database Workshop (Hosted by UROC: Undergraduate Researchers of Color)
Workshop | February 26 | 6-8 p.m. | 174 Barrows Hall
The Natural History Museum and the Future of Nature
Lecture | February 26 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Asphalt Pavement Materials, Design, Construction, and Maintenance
Special Event | February 27 – March 1, 2018 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Holiday Inn, Rancho Cordova
Traffic Control for Safer Work Zones
Special Event | February 27 | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | City of Santa Clarita: Activities Center
Human- Nature Interactions
Seminar | February 27 | 9-9:30 a.m. | Barrows Hall, Radio broadcast, ON-AIR ONLY, 90.7 FM
Science and Literacy Playgroup
Meeting | October 31, 2017 – May 15, 2018 every Tuesday with exceptions | 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Berkeley Youth Alternatives (BYA)
Enhancing Seismic Performance through Protective Structural Systems
Seminar | February 27 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 542 Davis Hall
Total Synthesis of Neurologically Active Terpenoid Natural Products
Seminar | February 27 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Gender and Ethnic Equity at the University of California: A Historical Accounting
Seminar | February 27 | 12-1 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, Academic Innovation Studio, 117 Dwinelle Hall (Level D)
Threatened Scholars: A Panel on Responses to Attacks on Academic Freedom Around the World
Panel Discussion | February 27 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 820 Barrows Hall
Historicizing the Realist Imagination: Hans Morgenthau in the Early Cold War
Lecture | February 27 | 12-1 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Meeting | February 20, 2018 – January 5, 2021 every Tuesday | 12:15-1 p.m. | 3110 Tang Center, University Health Services
Measure for the Anthropocene: Planetary Imagination and Design
Lecture | February 27 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
Development Lunch: "Managers in the public sector"
Seminar | February 27 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Understanding the Tunisian Anomaly: An Inquiry into a History of Reform
Colloquium | February 27 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Mobile Health Technologies to Improve Behavioral Health in Underserved Populations
Colloquium | February 27 | 12:40-2 p.m. | 104 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
3-Manifold Seminar: Tait colorings and instanton homology (continued)
Seminar | February 27 | 12:40-2 p.m. | 891 Evans Hall
Seminar 237/281, Macro/International Seminar: Topic Forthcoming
Seminar | February 27 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall
ISF 110 - Free Speech in the Public Sphere: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Course | January 16 – May 3, 2018 every Tuesday & Thursday | 2-3:30 p.m. | 102 Wurster Hall
Seminar 218, Psychology and Economics: "Coming apart? Cultural distances in the United States over time"
Seminar | February 27 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Global Internships Program Information Session
Information Session | February 27 | 3-4 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Cognitive Neuroscience Colloquium: 3rd year talks
Colloquium | February 27 | 3:30-5 p.m. | 5101 Tolman Hall
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: The Fellowship of the Ring: Divisors on matroids and their volumes
Seminar | February 27 | 3:45-5 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
IMS-MS as a means of revealing new states during the melting of proteins
Seminar | February 27 | 4-5 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall | Canceled
Design Field Notes: Paula Te
Seminar | February 27 | 4-5 p.m. | 220 Jacobs Hall
Spatial Data Science: Mapping for Impact: Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science
Lecture | February 27 | 4-5 p.m. | 190 Doe Library
Functional Topological Light Sources and Devices
Seminar | February 27 | 4-5 p.m. | Soda Hall, HP Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall
Berkeley Sophomore Semester - Global Studies London Info Session
Information Session | February 27 | 4-5 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
A Journey of Pain, Purpose, and Perseverance: A special seminar in memory of Shakir Cannon, sickle cell patient advocate and leading voice in discussions on CRISPR Genome Editing, Precision Medicine, and Social Justice.
Seminar | February 27 | 4-5 p.m. | 115 Energy Biosciences Building
How I Became a Quant: A Panel Discussion and Q&A Session on Career Paths in Finance/Data Science/Fintech
Panel Discussion | February 27 | 5-7 p.m. | Haas School of Business, Spieker Forum, Chou Hall (N640)
The Afterlives of Fetishism: A Conversation
Lecture | February 27 | 5-7 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: The Fellowship of the Ring: The excess intersection formula
Seminar | February 27 | 5-6 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Fanon in the Algerian War: A Painful Gender Issue
Lecture | February 27 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 340 Stephens Hall
Magic Spells: A Research Workshop on Hebrew Amulets: With Magnes curators Shir Gal Kochavi, Zoe Lewin, and Francesco Spagnolo
Lecture | February 27 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way) | Canceled
Oracle Tech Talk and Info-Session
Information Session | February 27 | 6-7:30 p.m. | Soda Hall, Wozniak Lounge (430)
Founder of craigslist Craig Newmark at the Berkeley Forum: From craigslist to Philanthropy
Colloquium | February 27 | 6-7 p.m. | 125 Morrison Hall
Mills College info session: BCPA and BASE fast-tracked master's degree
Information Session | February 27 | 6:15-7 p.m. | Faculty Club, O'Neill Room
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Earth Week 2018 Planning Committee
Meeting | January 31 – April 18, 2018 every Wednesday with exceptions | Sproul Hall
Asphalt Pavement Materials, Design, Construction, and Maintenance
Special Event | February 27 – March 1, 2018 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Holiday Inn, Rancho Cordova
Computer Workstation Evaluator Training (BEUHS403)
Workshop | February 28 | 8 a.m.-12 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Class of '42
Shellfish and Seaweed at Sand Hill Bluff: A Deeper Look at Shell-Matrix Sites of California's Central Coast
Lecture | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
“Understanding and Programming Multicellular Patterning from the Bottom Up”
Seminar | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | 106 Stanley Hall
The 'Global 1968' at Fifty: What it Meant and What it Means
Lecture | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
Plant and Microbial Biology Plant Seminar: "Harnessing plant immune receptors for resistance to wheat stem rust"
Seminar | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 Barker Hall
How Exceptional is Judicial Review in Canada? Past, Present and Future
Colloquium | February 28 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
For Better or Worse, Richer or Poorer: The Future of Tech for Good: CITRIS Spring 2018 Research Exchange Series
Seminar | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | 310 Sutardja Dai Hall
Noon Concert: Spring Choral Collage
Performing Arts - Music | February 28 | 12 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Townsend Center Berkeley Book Chat: Mark Danner with Joyce Carol Oates: Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War
Lecture | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room, 220 Stephens
A Talk with Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse
Lecture | February 28 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR - Kevin Rowe: Conserve the Collector: Natural history collections and historical change
Seminar | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, Grinnell-Miller Library
Mobility, Expulsion and Claims to Home: Migrant Organizing in an Era of Deportation and Dispossession
Lecture | February 28 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 2538 Channing (Inst. for the Study of Societal Issues) | Canceled
On the Quantity and Quality of Girls: New Evidence on Abortion, Fertility, and Parental Investments: S. Anukriti, Boston College
Colloquium | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | 2232 Piedmont, Seminar Room
You take my breath away: How healthy guts exclude oxygen
Seminar | February 28 | 12-1 p.m. | 125 Li Ka Shing Center
Creating a Successful Co-Parenting Relationship (BEUHS361
Workshop | February 28 | 12:10-1:30 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Section Club
Who Names the Public Space?
Lecture | February 28 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse
Workshop for Undergraduates on Preparing Human Subjects Research eProtocol Application
Workshop | February 28 | 2-4 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Gilman Scholarship Essay Review
Information Session | February 28 | 2-4 p.m. | 160 Stephens Hall
Topology Seminar (Introductory Talk): Univalent functions, surfaces in hyperbolic space and Schwarzian derivatives
Seminar | February 28 | 2-3 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Markovian Solutions to Scalar Conservation Law
Seminar | February 28 | 3:10-4 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Film: October
Film - Feature | February 28 | 3:10 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Algorithmic Regularization in Over-parameterized Matrix Recovery and Neural Networks with Quadratic Activations
Seminar | February 28 | 4-5 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Applied Math Seminar: Integrated computational materials engineering
Seminar | February 28 | 4-5 p.m. | 736 Evans Hall
Topology Seminar (Main Talk): Bounds on renormalized volume and the volume of the convex core
Seminar | February 28 | 4-5 p.m. | 3 Evans Hall
Opening UC History and Success to the World: Book Discussion with Jud King
Presentation | February 28 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Doe Library, Morrison Library
Mariannes Noires: Afropean Mosaics
Film - Documentary | February 28 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall
Career Connections: Consulting
Miscellaneous | February 28 | 6-8 p.m. | Alumni House
Toastmasters on Campus Club: Learn public speaking
Meeting | July 2, 2014 – December 26, 2018 every Wednesday with exceptions | 6:15-7:30 p.m. | 3106 Etcheverry Hall
How to Read a Film: In the Year of the Pig
Workshop | February 28 | 6:20-9:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
ARCH Lecture: Daniel M. Abramson
Lecture | February 28 | 6:30-8 p.m. | 112 Wurster Hall
Holloway Poetry Reading: Tongo Eisen-Martin and Ismail Muhammad
Reading - Literary | February 28 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, 315, Maude Fife
Film: In the Year of the Pig
Film - Feature | February 28 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Emanuel Ax, piano, Leonidas Kavakos, violin, and Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Performing Arts - Music | February 28 | 8-10 p.m. | Zellerbach Hall
