All events
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Evolution of Gliding in Lizards: Interview with Erik Sathe, Department of Integrative Biology
Presentation | January 16 | 9-9:30 a.m. | Barrows Hall, Radio broadcast, ON-AIR ONLY, 90.7 FM
Erik Sathe, PhD Candidate, Department of Integrative Biology; Tesla Monson, Department of Integrative Biology
Join us for the first new episode of The Graduates this spring semester as we speak with biologist Erik Sathe about his work on lizard locomotion.
The Graduates, featuring graduate student research at Cal, is broadcast every other Tuesday on KALX 90.7 FM and online.
Erik Sathe
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)
1255 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94702
Chancellor's Community Grant, Trybe Inc.
Have fun and meet other families in West and South Berkeley.
For Children ages 05 and their caregivers.
Free, drop-in, snacks, circle time, arts and crafts and science activities.
Certificate Program in Health Advocacy Online Information Session
Information Session | January 16 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Online
Stan Weisner, Ph.D., M.S.W., UC Berkeley Extension
Gain an in-depth understanding of the complex and dynamic U.S. health care system. Explore key policy and ethical challenges, and learn to become a health advocate who is qualified to advise patients and their families about health care issues.
New biological findings which were revealed by imaging studies based on chemical probes
Seminar | January 16 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Prof. Kazuya Kikuchi, Osaka University
One of the great challenges in the post-genome era is to clarify the biological significance of intracellular molecules directly in living cells. If we can visualize a molecule in action, it is possible to acquire biological information, which is unavailable if we deal with cell homogenates. One possible approach is to design and synthesize chemical probes that can convert biological information... More >
Data Science/Health Systems Job Talk, Courtney Lyles, PhD, UCSF, School of Medicine: Using health technology to reduce healthcare disparities: real-world promises and pitfalls
Special Event | January 16 | 12-2 p.m. | 150 University Hall
Dr. Lyles will discuss her work on understanding health technology uptake and use among diverse patient populations across multiple healthcare settings, including Kaiser Permanente and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. In addition, she will outline her plans for future technology interventions targeting underserved patient populations.
CRISPR Critters: Policy Choices for Non-Human Applications of Genome Editing
Seminar | January 16 | 12-1 p.m. | 115 Energy Biosciences Building
Alta Charo, Alta Charo Prof of Law and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin
Data Science/Health IT Job Talk, Courtney Lyles, PhD, UCSF, School of Medicine: Using health technology to reduce healthcare disparities: real-world promises and pitfalls
Special Event | January 16 | 12-2 p.m. | 150 University Hall
Kristina Staros
Dr. Lyles will discuss her work on understanding health technology uptake and use among diverse patient populations across multiple healthcare settings, including Kaiser Permanente and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. In addition, she will outline her plans for future technology interventions targeting underserved patient populations.
Certificate Program in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies Online Information Session
Information Session | January 16 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Online
Stan Weisner, Ph.D., M.S.W.
Developed in association with the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, this certificate raises the quality of professionalism in counseling and follows a three-level, evidence-based approach to the critical issues that contribute to substance abuse.
Development Lunch: "Socio-Economic Status and Attention Capture" and "Friend-Based Targeting"
Seminar | January 16 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Claire Duquennois; Matthew Olckers
3-Manifold Seminar: Organizational meeting
Seminar | January 16 | 12:40-2 p.m. | 891 Evans Hall
Ian Agol, UC Berkeley
We'll discuss some topics that I hope to consider this semester, including a continuation of the discussion of computational complexity of 3-manifold invariants from last semester, and Kronheimer-Mrowka's work on instanton homology for webs, as well as anything of interest to participants in the seminar.
BJCL General Meeting
Meeting | January 16 | 1-2 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law
General meeting for members to discuss upcoming events for the semester and the articles we will be working on.
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
Division of Undergraduate Education
In this spring 2018 class, we shall take up the nature of public speech from Socrates' public dissent to social media messaging today. The course reading will combine classic philosophical statements about the value of free, subversive and offensive speech; histories of the emergence of public spheres; and sociologies of technologically-mediated speech today.
Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program Info Session
Information Session | January 16 | 3-4 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Stefanie Ebeling, Program Coordinator and Student Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, Office of Undergraduate Research
Office of Undergraduate Research
The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program gives undergraduate students the opportunity to work with UC Berkeley professors on faculty research projects.
Adsorption, Contact, and Adhesion at Elastic and Capillary Interfaces
Seminar | January 16 | 4-5 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Joelle Frechette, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins
This presentation will first discuss the dynamic (and thermodynamics) of attachment of nanoparticles to fluid interfaces. We will look at the case where the nanoparticles are in dynamic equilibrium between the interface and a bulk phase and compare their adsorption to that of surfactants. We will demonstrate that the adsorption of nanoparticles competes with the attachment of amphiphilic ions... More >
Thematic Seminar: Number Theory: Random Groups from Generators and Relations
Seminar | January 16 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Melanie Matchett Wood, University of Wisconsin-Madison
We consider a model of random groups that starts with a free group on n generators and takes the quotient by n random relations. We discuss this model in the case of abelian groups (starting with a free abelian group), and its relationship to the Cohen-Lenstra heuristics, which predict the distribution of class groups of number fields. We will explain a universality theorem, an analog of the... More >
Davis Projects for Peace $10K award application deadline: 10k Grant Award Opportunity
Deadline | January 16 | 5 p.m. | International House
Projects for Peace is an initiative open to UC Berkeley undergrads to design grassroots projects for the summer of 2018 - anywhere in the world - which promote peace and address the root causes of conflict among parties.
We encourage applicants to use their creativity to design projects and employ innovative techniques for engaging project participants in ways that focus on conflict... More >
Plant Domestication in the Near East and Notes on the Modern Human Condition
Lecture | January 16 | 5-6 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Avi Gopher, Professor, Tel Aviv University; Shahal Abbo, The Levi Eshkol School of Agriculture, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Archaeological Research Facility
The major issue pertaining to Near Eastern plant domestication by archaeologists is: which model best reconstructs plant domestication? On the one hand, the protracted-autonomous (non-centered) model, thriving in Near Eastern Neolithic studies in the past decade, emphasizes three major aspects of domestication: (a) a long, protracted process that was (b) geographically autonomous (non-centered)... More >
Exhibits and Ongoing Events
Fiat Yuks: Cal Student Humor, Then and Now
Exhibit - Artifacts | October 16, 2017 – June 3, 2018 every day | Bancroft Library, Rowell Cases, 2nd floor corridor between The Bancroft Library and Doe Library
Let there be laughter! This exhibition features Cal students’
cartoons, jokes, and satire throughout the years selected
from their humor magazines and other publications.
Horizontals: Rusted
Exhibit - Photography | January 3 – February 1, 2018 every day | Faculty Club
“Horizontals: Rusted." Sally Mack’s new abstract photos are the result of her year-long exploration of industrial rust at Mare Island shipyard near Vallejo CA. Initially intrigued by the scale of rusted materials, the details fascinated her. Horizontal bands of color changed with the light; vivid colors brought out in bright sunlight. Please stop by The Faculty Club to view the photos, they may... More >
Plants Illustrated 2018: Celebrating Trees
Exhibit - Painting | January 9 – 25, 2018 every day with exceptions | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Celebrating Trees is an exhibition of botanical art works by members of the Northern CA Society of Botanical Artists. This exhibit will honor the beautiful trees around us, featuring interesting details of each season.
¡Viva La Fiesta! Mexican Traditions of Celebration
Exhibit - Artifacts | October 13, 2017 – February 28, 2018 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Bancroft Library, The Bancroft Library Gallery
¡Viva la Fiesta! explores the cycle of traditional religious and
patriotic celebrations that have for centuries marked the
Mexican calendar. The exhibition draws on unique historical
representations of the fiestas and examines their relationship
to communal identities, national politics, religious practices,
and indigenous customs. These original materials, which are
preserved in the... More >
