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Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Fall 2018 Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science
Lecture | October 30 – December 4, 2018 every Tuesday | 190 Doe Library
Deb Agarwal, Department Head, Data Science and Technology, Computational Research Division, LBNL; Rosemary Gillespie, Professor, Environmental Science, Policy & Management; Rachel Slaybaugh, Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Kristina Hill, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design
The Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science, co-hosted by the The Berkeley Division of Data Sciences and the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS), return for the Fall 2018 series. Lectures feature Berkeley faculty doing visionary research that illustrates the character of the ongoing data revolution.
Organic Syntheses Seminar: The chemistry of high energy intermediates: from methodology to total synthesis
Seminar | October 30 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Nuno Maulide, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna
Metropolis in Ruins. Berlin's Interval of Time, 1943-1947: Global Urban Humanities Fall 2018 Colloquium
Colloquium | October 30 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 170 Wurster Hall
"Metropolis in Ruins. Berlin's Interval of Time, 1943-1947"
Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann
Associate Professor of History
Tuesday, October 30, 12-1:30pm
Wurster 170
Part of the Global Urban Humanities Colloquium The City and Its People, Rhetoric 198-3 / ARCH 198-2, Rhetoric 244A / ARCH 298-2
With the modern metropolis emerges also the anticipation of urban ruination. However, what if the... More >
Student Faculty Macro Lunch - "Peer Effects and Debt Accumulation: Evidence from Norwegian Household Data"
Presentation | October 30 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall
Magnus Gulbrandsen, Visiting Student Researcher / PhD Candidate
This workshop consists of one-hour informal presentations on topics related to macroeconomics and international finance, broadly defined. The presenters are UC Berkeley PhD students, faculty, and visitors.
** MUST RSVP**
RSVP by emailing jgmendoza@berkeley.edu by October 25.
BSA Leadership Stories: Career Changes at Cal
Meeting | October 30 | 12-1 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law, Warren 295
Alberto Ledesma, Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity, Arts and Humanities; Elizabeth Wilcox, Sr. Consultant for Advising, Human Resources
Learn from campus leaders as they share their personal and professional experiences.
RSVP online by October 29.
Positive Parenting (BEUHS332)
Workshop | October 30 | 12:10-1:30 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Section Club
Erica Reischer, Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Parent Coach
Local psychologist, mom, and parent coach Dr. Erica Reischer leads this workshop for parents who want to learn proven parenting methods for shaping positive behavior and raising happy, secure and loving kids. More information about Dr. Reischer is available at www.DrEricaR.com.
Workshop topics include:
· The ABCs of positive parenting: Acceptance, Boundaries, Consistency
· 10 things great... More >
Mindfulness Meditation Group
Meeting | February 20, 2018 – January 5, 2021 every Tuesday | 12:15-1 p.m. | 3110 Tang Center, University Health Services
Tang Center (University Health Services)
The Mindfulness Meditation Group meets every Tuesday at 12:15-1:00 pm at 3110 Tang Center on campus. All campus-affiliated people are welcome to join us on a drop-in basis, no registration or meditation experience necessary. We start with a short reading on meditation practice, followed by 30 minutes of silent sitting, and end with a brief discussion period.
Medical Culture in Action: Ethnographic Insights from Two Studies of Surgical Culture Change
Colloquium | October 30 | 12:40-2 p.m. | 1205 Berkeley Way West
Daniel Dohan
Integrating evidence-based best practices into everyday clinic culture is a longstanding challenge in healthcare improvement and health policy. I describe two projects to improve surgical care for frail older adults and examine how their implementation plays out at the micro-level of clinic culture. Frail older adults who undergo major surgery have high rates of complications, functional decline,... More >
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Design and Formatting (BETEC011): Betec011
Workshop | October 30 | 1-4 p.m. | 24 University Hall
Kathleen Valerio
Spreadsheet Basics: Learn how to navigate in and across spreadsheets. Use AutoFill to build spreadsheets and link them into quarterly reports with basic equations in Microsoft Excel.
Learning objectives:
* Insert and format data.
* Use AutoFill.
* Insert/delete hide and unhide rows and columns.
* Name, move, add and delete worksheets.
* Apply filters and sorts.
* Export files to Excel... More >
Seminar 237/281: Macro/International Seminar -"The Intertemporal Keynesian Cross"
Seminar | October 30 | 2-4 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall
Ludwig Straub, Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics, Harvard University
TBD
Seminar 218, Psychology and Economics: Economic Data Engineering and Attention
Seminar | October 30 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Andrew Caplin, NYU
3-Manifold Seminar: Bass-Serre Theory and PSL(2,Qp)
Seminar | October 30 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Nic Brody, UC BERKELEY
We will begin by filling in some details from last time, and describe the p-adic tree in more detail. We'll briefly discuss buildings, complexes of groups, and cubulated groups, which can be viewed as generalizations of Bass-Serre theory. It is a consequence of Bass-Serre theory that finitely generated groups which act discretely on a locally finite tree have a finite index subgroup which is a... More >
Looking to the Past: Ontological (and Other) Encounters in the Andes
Presentation | October 30 | 3-5 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Dr. Catherine J. Allen, Professor Emerita of Anthropology at George Washington University
It is often said that “the past is present,” but to what extent is this true in a region like the Andes after centuries of invasion, upheaval, and cultural repression? Can a view from the present illuminate any aspects of the Andean past—and vice versa? In this lecture, Catherine Allen explores the ways in which ethnographic, ethnohistorical, and archaeological research in the Andes might inform... More >
International Student Immigration Updates
Information Session | October 30 | 3:30-5 p.m. | International House, Sproul Rooms
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
Join Berkeley International Office for an update on current immigration issues and changes for international students. 2018 has been another year of change in the world of international student advising, with a number of new policies and practices that impact our F-1 and J-1 students. BIO will go over hot topics in F-1/J-1 student visa status, travel, and employment. Attendees will also get a... More >
Student Harmonic Analysis and PDE Seminar (HADES): Introduction to the mathematics of graphene
Seminar | October 30 | 3:40-5 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Maciej Zworski, UC Berkeley
We will consider the simplest model of graphene given by a hexagonal quantum graph and explain the appearance of the famous "Dirac points". All the relevant concepts, quantum graphs, density of states etc, will be explained from scratch. When the magnetic field is added interesting oscillations appear in physically observed quantities. Using semiclassical methods (with the strength of the... More >
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Hilbert scheme of a pair of linear spaces and Mori dream spaces
Seminar | October 30 | 3:45-4:45 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Ritvik Ramkumar, UC Berkeley
The Grassmannian is a smooth moduli space with very rich geometry that parameterizes simple varieties, namely linear spaces. One can study a "natural" generalization, the component of a Hilbert scheme that parameterizes a pair of linear spaces in $\mathbb P^n$. In this talk we will describe a powerful rigidity result that allows us to completely control degenerations in this component. We will... More >
Probabilistic Operator Algebra Seminar: Structure of operators on $L^p$ and $l^p$
Seminar | October 30 | 3:45-5:45 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
March Boedihardjo, UCLA
I will present my recent results on operators on $L^p$ and $l^p$. These include (1) a characterization of the weak closure of ultrapowers of operators on $L^p$ and (2) $l^p$ versions of some results in the Brown-Douglas-Fillmore theory. Some applications will be shown: (1) ultrapowers of operators on $L^p$ have exactly 4 nontrivial invariant subspaces if the ultrafilter is selective (2) every... More >
The Race for Talent - A Forum on International Students in America
Panel Discussion | October 30 | 4-5:30 p.m. | International House, Home Room
Center for Studies in Higher Education
Join us for our observations about the changing market for international graduate and undergraduate students, the impact of changing visa/immigration debates/policies, and the challenges international students face once they enroll in a US university.
Speakers:
Rahul Choudaha - Executive Vice President of Global Engagement, Research & Intelligence at StudyPortals and CSHE Research... More >
Documentary Screening: "Mai '68, un étrange printemps": The Odd Spring of May '68
Film - Documentary | October 30 | 4-7 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, 4429 (Library of French Thought)
Institute of European Studies, Department of French, French Studies Program, UC Berkeley
Marking the 50th anniversary of May '68, this two-part documentary film offers firsthand accounts of those historic events from the individuals who were on the frontlines: politicians, law enforcement officers, and others who participated in the protests on the streets of Paris. The film shifts point of view from firsthand accounts to archival photographs, political posters and film footage,... More >
Printing Soft Matter in Three Dimensions
Lecture | October 30 | 4-5 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium
Professor Jennifer Lewis, Harvard University
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
3D printing enables one to rapidly design and fabricate materials in arbitrary shapes on demand. I will introduce the fundamental principles that underpin 3D printing methods pioneered by our group. I will then describe the design, composition, and rheological properties of functional, structural and biological inks that we have developed, which are vastly expanding the capabilities of 3D... More >
Harold S. Johnston Lecture in Physical Chemistry: Greenhouse gases and chemistry in cities
Seminar | October 30 | 4-5 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Ron Cohen, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley
Bernard Moses Memorial Lectures featuring Wendy Brown: Neoliberalism’s Scorpion Tail: Markets and Morals Where Democracy Once Was
Lecture | October 30 | 4:10 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room
Wendy Brown, Class of 1936 First Chair Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
Wendy Brown will present the Bernard Moses Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, October 30, 2018 titled "Neoliberalism’s Scorpion Tail: Markets and Morals Where Democracy Once Was." The lecture is free and open to the public. No tickets are required.
Seminar 221, Industrial Organization: "How Does Competition Affect Innovation? Evidence from U.S. Antitrust Cases"
Seminar | October 30 | 4:10-5:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Hyo Kang, UC Berkeley
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: The Fellowship of the Ring: Schottky Algorithms: Classical meets Tropical
Seminar | October 30 | 5-6 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Lynn Chua, UC Berkeley
We present a new perspective on the Schottky problem that links numerical computing with tropical geometry. The task is to decide whether a symmetric matrix defines a Jacobian, and, if so, to compute the curve and its canonical embedding. We offer solutions and their implementations in genus four, both classically and tropically. The locus of cographic matroids arises from tropicalizing the... More >
SCREENING SERIES: URBAN RIGHTS IN BRAZIL
Film - Series | October 30 | 5:30-8 p.m. | 112 Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
Organized by Laura Belik, Ph.D. Student in Architecture
Schlumberger Limited Info-Session
Information Session | October 30 | 6-8 p.m. | Soda Hall, Wozniak Lounge (430)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
The Schlumberger Technology Innovation Center (STIC) is holding an infosession! We're hosting this event on campus for Cal undergraduate and graduate students alike who are interested to learn more about what we do, the full-time and internship opportunities we have, and to meet some of our team.
We’ll be bringing in software engineers and data scientists of various specializations to talk... More >
Changing Careers: Myths and Best Practices
Lecture | October 30 | 6:30-8 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center), room 202
Marty Nemko
You’ve decided it’s time for a career change. How big a change can you realistically make? What techniques work and which don't? Career Coach Marty Nemko will offer fresh, but proven, ideas to illuminate the career change process and help you focus your efforts. Which rewarding careers tend to be more open to career changers? How can you prepare for your new career when you don’t have the time... More >
Diwali Celebration
Special Event | October 30 | 6:45-8:45 p.m. | Anna Head Alumnae Hall (2537 Haste St.)
Come enjoy a Diwali program hosted by BAPS Campus Fellowship at UC Berkeley! Come enjoy our guest speakers, musical performances, and a traditional Indian dinner at the end of the program!
If you plan on coming, please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uc-berkeley-tickets-51108390572
RSVP online by October 30.
Exhibits and Ongoing Events
Luminous Disturbances: Paintings by Kara Maria
Exhibit - Painting | September 10 – December 14, 2018 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities
Townsend Center for the Humanities
Kara Maria's "cheerfully apocalyptic" paintings engage with a host of political issues, including war and environmental destruction. On display at the Townsend Center for the Humanities Sept 10 - Dec 14, 2018.
Fiat Yuks: Cal Student Humor, Then and Now
Exhibit - Artifacts | October 13, 2017 – May 30, 2019 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | Bancroft Library, Rowell Cases, near Heyns Reading Room, 2nd floor corridor between The Bancroft Library and Doe
Let there be laughter! This exhibition features Cal students’ cartoons, jokes, and satire from throughout the years, selected from their humor magazines and other publications.
Immigration, Deportation and Citizenship, 1908-2018: Selected Resources from the IGS and Ethnic Studies Libraries
Exhibit - Artifacts | August 31 – December 10, 2018 every day | Moses Hall, IGS Library - 109 Moses
Institute of Governmental Studies Library, Ethnic Studies Library
"Immigration, Deportation and Citizenship, 1908-2018: Selected Resources from the IGS and Ethnic Studies Libraries" contains items from the Ethnic Studies Library and the Institute of Governmental Studies Library addressing historical attitudes and policy around immigration, deportation, and citizens' rights, as well as monographs and ephemera relating to current events.
The Handmaid's Tale: an exhibit at Moffitt Library
Exhibit - Multimedia | September 5 – December 31, 2018 every day | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, 3rd Floor near Elevators
The new Moffitt Library exhibit explores the themes and antecedents of The Handmaid’s Tale, this year’s On the Same Page program selection. On exhibit are library materials and quotes that demonstrate that not only were we wrong to say “it can’t happen here” - it has already happened, all over the world: Berlin, Nazi Germany, Argentina, and yes, here in the US.
UC Berkeley ID required for entrance to Moffitt Library.
Califas: Art of the US-Mexico Borderlands
Exhibit - Multimedia | September 11 – November 16, 2018 every day | Richmond Art Center (2540 Barrett Ave, Richmond, CA)
Environmental Design, College of
ON VIEW: SEPT 11-NOV 16 @ the Richmond Art Center. The exhibition, co-curated by Professors Michael Dear & Ronald Rael, explores representations of the US-Mexico ‘borderlands’ in contemporary art. Free & open to all!
Art for the Asking: 60 Years of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library
Exhibit - Artifacts | September 17, 2018 – February 28, 2019 every day | Doe Library, Bernice Layne Brown Gallery
Art for the Asking: 60 Years of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection at the Morrison Library will be up in Doe Library’s Brown Gallery until March 1st, 2019. This exhibition celebrates 60 years of the Graphic Arts Loan Collection, and includes prints in the collection that have not been seen in 20 years, as well as prints that are now owned by the Berkeley Art Museum. There are also cases dedicated... More >
Boundless: Contemporary Tibetan Artists at Home and Abroad
Exhibit - Painting | October 3, 2018 – May 26, 2019 every day | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Featuring works by internationally renowned contemporary Tibetan artists alongside rare historical pieces, this exhibition highlights the ways these artists explore the infinite possibilities of visual forms to reflect their transcultural, multilingual, and translocal lives. Though living and working in different geographical areas—Lhasa, Dharamsala, Kathmandu, New York, and the Bay Area—the... More >
Harvey Quaytman: Against the Static
Exhibit - Painting | October 17, 2018 – January 27, 2019 every day | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The paintings of Harvey Quaytman (1937–2002) are distinct for their novel explorations of shape, drawing, texture, geometric pattern, and color application. While his works display a rigorous experimentation with formalism and materiality, they are simultaneously invested with rich undertones of sensuality, complexity, and humor. This new retrospective exhibition charts the trajectory of... More >
Art Wall: Barbara Stauffacher Solomon
Exhibit - Painting | August 15, 2018 – March 3, 2019 every day | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The 1960s architectural phenomenon Supergraphics—a mix of Swiss Modernism and West Coast Pop—was pioneered by San Francisco–based artist, graphic and landscape designer, and writer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon. Stauffacher Solomon, a UC Berkeley alumna, is creating new Supergraphics for BAMPFA’s Art Wall. Land(e)scape 2018 is the fifth in a series of temporary, site-specific works commissioned for... More >
Old Masters in a New Light: Rediscovering the European Collection
Exhibit - Painting | September 19 – December 16, 2018 every day | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Since 1872, the University of California, Berkeley has been collecting works by European artists, building a collection that includes many rare and exceptional works distinguished by artistic innovation, emotional and psychological depth, and technical virtuosity. Consisting mostly of gifts from professors, alumni, and other supporters, the collection continues to evolve, representing artistic... More >
Bearing Light: Berkeley at 150
Exhibit - Artifacts | April 16, 2018 – February 28, 2019 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Bancroft Library, 2nd Floor Corridor
This exhibition celebrates the University of California’s sesquicentennial anniversary with photographs, correspondence, publications, and other documentation drawn from the University Archives and The Bancroft Library collections. It features an array of golden bears, including Oski, and explores the illustrious history of UC Berkeley.
The Karaite Canon: Manuscripts and Ritual Objects from Cairo
Exhibit - Artifacts | August 28 – December 14, 2018 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
The Karaite Canon highlights a selection from the over fifty manuscripts he brought to California, along with ritual objects belonging to Cairo’s Karaite community.
The Worlds of Arthur Szyk: The Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection
Exhibit - Multimedia | August 28 – December 14, 2018 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Auditorium installation of high-resolution images of select collection items.
Acquired by The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in 2017 thanks to an unprecedented gift from Taube Philanthropies, the most significant collection of works by Arthur Szyk (Łódź, Poland, 1894 – New Canaan, Connecticut, 1951) is now available to the world in a public institution for the first time as... More >
Pièces de Résistance: Echoes of Judaea Capta From Ancient Coins to Modern Art
Exhibit - Multimedia | August 28 – December 14, 2018 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
This exhibition will be continuing in Spring 2019.
Notions of resistance, alongside fears and realities of oppression, resound throughout Jewish history. As a minority, Jews express their political aspirations, ideals of heroism, and yearnings of retaliation and redemption in their rituals, art, and everyday life.
Centering on coins in The Magnes Collection, this exhibition explores how... More >
Project “Holy Land”: Yaakov Benor-Kalter’s Photographs of British Mandate Palestine, 1923-1940
Exhibit - Photography | August 28 – December 14, 2018 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4:05 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
For nearly two decades, Yaakov (Jacob) Benor-Kalter (1897-1969) traversed the Old City of Jerusalem, documenting renowned historical monuments, ambiguous subjects in familiar alleyways, and scores of “new Jews” building a new homeland. Benor-Kalter’s photographs smoothly oscillate between two worlds, and two Holy Lands, with one lens.
After immigrating from Poland to the British Mandate of... More >
