The State of Health Care in the United States: Reactions to the Supreme Court's Ruling on the Affordable Care Act

Lecture | July 2 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law, Room 132

Panelist/Discussants: Stephen Shortell, Dean, School of Public Health; Jesse Choper, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law, Berkeley Law; Brad DeLong, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley Department of Economics; Ann O'Leary, Lecturer, Berkeley Law; Ann Marie Marciarille, Lecturer, Berkeley Law

Moderator: John Ellwood, Professor of Public Policy, Director of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholars in Health Policy Research program at UC Berkeley and UCSF., Goldman School of Public Policy

Sponsors: Goldman School of Public Policy, Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Research Program

A Panel of University of California, Berkeley, experts will address the major consequences of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act. They will explore what the decision means for future health reform, constitutional law, medical care, the insurance market, insurance premiums, public policy, politics and more.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: Admission is free and the event is open to the campus community and the general public. This program will be videotaped and posted on YouTube, and webcast, and later appear on UCTV Prime.

Special Coleman Fung Institute Seminar: Energy Trading and Risk Management

Lecture | July 5 | 12-1 p.m. | Blum Hall, Room 330

Speaker/Performer: Dr. Wolfgang Ferse, Executive Vice President, Commodities & Energy Solutions for OpenLink Financial Inc.

Sponsor: Coleman Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership

In this talk, Dr. Wolfgang Ferse will present an interesting and provocative real-world problem from Energy Trading and Risk Management (e.g. the interaction and interest conflicts between energy trading and logistics). Through a discussion of this problem, Dr. Ferse will show the vision of what could be offered to students and industrial executives (courses, industrial partnerships, etc.). The...   More >

Open to audience: All Audiences

RSVP recommended

RSVP info: RSVP by emailing Hazel Palaski at hpalaski@berkeley.edu.

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

The Higgs Boson Explained: What is the Higgs and Why is Everyone So Excited About it?

Lecture | July 13 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 2050 Valley Life Sciences' Chan Shun Auditorium

Speakers: Beate Heinemann, Associate Professor, Physics Department; Lawrence Hall, Professor, Physics Department

Panelist/Discussants: Marjorie Shapiro, Professor, Physics Department; Louise Skinnari, PhD Student, Physics Department; Josh Ruderman, Post-Doc and Miller Fellow, Physics Department

Sponsor: Department of Physics

Faculty and members of the ATLAS collaboration at CERN explain what the Higgs Boson is and why it is so significant a discovery.

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

Summer Fun Day: Extreme Space

Lecture | July 18 | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. |  Lawrence Hall of Science

Sponsor: Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)

What Wonderful Worlds: Exploring our Solar System with Imke de Pater, professor and Chair, UC Berkeley Department of Astronomy.

Discussion from 11:00a.m.-12:00p.m.
Space activities from 12:00-2:00p.m.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Children, Faculty, General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Runaway Universe

Lecture | July 21 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building

Speaker: Jeffrey Silverman, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Science@Cal

Jeff Silverman, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Astronomy at UC Berkeley, gives a free public talk on the explosive deaths of stars, and what they tell us about the mysterious dark energy driving the accelerating expansion of our Universe.

Target audience: General Public

Open to audience: All Audiences

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.

Ecological Restoration Through Art

Lecture | July 10 – August 7, 2012 every Tuesday & Thursday | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Ren Ming Zhu, Dean, Research Institute of Environmental Art of Zhejiang University

Sponsor: Berkeley Summer Sessions

Ren Ming Zhu, an artist and scholar from China, leads this lecture series covering his efforts to rehabilitate ecology -- island, desolate sand, wetland, bare cliffs, roads -- through art. This lecture series is free.