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Sunday, May 12, 2019
Spring at the Hall
Special Event | March 21 – June 7, 2019 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
This spring, visit the Hall for interactive exhibits, special hands-on activities, intriguing Planetarium shows, and more!
SOLD OUT: Mother's Day Tea in the Garden
Special Event | May 12 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Invite mom for our annual tradition at the Garden. A lovely tea party, held in our historic Julia Morgan Hall, will be followed by a botanical crafting session.
$65 adult, $60 members, $55 youth
SOLD OUT.
Baseball vs. Stanford
Sport - Intercollegiate - Baseball/Softball | May 12 | 12 p.m. | Evans Field
Cal Bears Intercollegiate Sports
Cal Baseball hosts Stanford at Evans Diamond.
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 3 – December 29, 2019 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plants from around the world, learn about the vast diversity in the collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission. Advanced registration not required
Song of the Goat Theatre: Songs of Lear
Performing Arts - Theater | May 12 | 3-5 p.m. | Zellerbach Playhouse
Song of the Goat Theatre, Cal Performances
Warsaw-based Song of the Goat Theatre integrates movement, song, and text to mine historical works for fresh insights. The award winning Songs of Lear retells the king’s story as a dramatic oratorio blending Corsican folk music and Gregorian chant.
$35 (prices subject to change)
Buy tickets online or by calling 510-642-9988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org
Song of the Goat Theatre performs Songs of Lear and Hamlet: A Commentary Saturday–Sunday, May 11–12, 2019.
Black Life: Mai Sennaar’s The Arsonist
Performing Arts - Theater | May 12 | 4 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Mai Sennaar presents her new theatrical production The Arsonist, the fictional story of a white visual artist and her estranged biracial son, integrating fire science, movement, visual projections, and live music to explore the personal implications of social and political theories surrounding justice in America today. With projections by visual artist Sam Vernon and music by Diana Wharton, a... More >
Old Dog
Film - Feature | May 12 | 5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Pema Tseden’s absolutely mesmerizing third feature, Old Dog, unfurls on plains some three thousand feet above sea level in the Tibetan region of the Chinese province of Qinghai. It tells the story of an aged sheepherder, his gruff grown son (who’s having trouble conceiving a child with his wife), and the old man’s Tibetan mastiff hound—a highly prized breed, much sought after by urban... More >
Our Little Sister
Film - Feature | May 12 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Three sisters grieving their father’s death decide to “adopt” the teenage half-sister they’ve just met in Kore-eda’s captivating exploration of sibling ties, female relationships, and the passing of time, set in the idyllic, enchanting seaside town of Kamakura, Japan. As in much of the director’s work, the plot itself soon pleasurably dissolves in a string of documentary-like moments—family... More >
Monday, May 13, 2019
Spring at the Hall
Special Event | March 21 – June 7, 2019 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
This spring, visit the Hall for interactive exhibits, special hands-on activities, intriguing Planetarium shows, and more!
Dissertation Talk: Towards Scalable Community Networks
Lecture | May 13 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 405 Soda Hall
Shaddi Hasan, UC Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Over 400 million people live without access to basic communication services, largely in rural areas. Community-based networks, and particularly community cellular networks, can sustainably support services even in these extremely rural areas where commercial network operators cannot.
In this talk, I will identify key challenges these community cellular networks face for reaching scale, and... More >
Renovating Democracy: Book Talk with Nathan Gardels and Nicolas Berggruen
Presentation | May 13 | 12-1 p.m. | 820 Barrows Hall
Nicolas Berggruen, Chairman and Founder, Berggruen Institute; Nathan Gardels, Editor-in-Chief, The WorldPost
Laura Tyson, Faculty Director, Berkeley Haas Institute for Business and Social Impact
Join us Monday, May 13th at 12pm as Nathan Gardels and Nicolas Berggruen, co-founders of the Berggruen Institute, will discuss their book, Renovating Democracy: Governing in the Age of Globalization and Digital Capitalism, with Laura Tyson, Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business & Faculty Director of the Institute for Business & Social Impact.
Berkeley Statistics and Machine Learning Forum
Meeting | May 13 | 1:30-2:30 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Berkeley Institute for Data Science
The Berkeley Statistics and Machine Learning Forum meets weekly to discuss current applications across a wide variety of research domains and software methodologies. All interested members of the UC Berkeley and LBL communities are welcome and encouraged to attend.
String-Math Seminar: Wilson Lines, Instantons, and Deformed W-algebras
Seminar | May 13 | 2-3 p.m. | 402 LeConte Hall | Note change in date
Nathan Haouzi, UC Berkeley
Wilson loops are important observables in gauge theory. In this talk, we study half-BPS Wilson loops of a large class of five dimensional supersymmetric quiver gauge theories with 8 supercharges, in a nontrivial instanton background. The Wilson loops are codimension 4 defects of the quiver gauge theory, and their interaction with self-dual instantons is captured by a 1d ADHM quantum mechanics. We... More >
Dissertation Talk: A Hierarchical Approach to the Design and Optimization of Silicon Photonics
Seminar | May 13 | 3-4 p.m. | Cory Hall, 540A/B
Andrew Michaels
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Silicon photonics is a rapidly maturing platform for optical communication and sensing. As systems leveraging silicon photonics have grown in size and complexity, so too has the demand for high performance silicon photonics components. In order to meet these demands, we propose a hierarchical approach to design and optimization of silicon photonics components. Our approach applies simple physical... More >
Enhancing Computational Mechanics with Deep Learning
Seminar | May 13 | 4-5 p.m. | 3110 Etcheverry Hall
Sam Raymond, Doctoral Candidate, Center for Computational Engineering, MIT
Department of Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Abstract: Machine Learning and numerical simulation represent two distinct approaches to researchers and engineers wanting to predict and understand the behavior of complex systems. Machine Learning trusts entirely in the data to hold the key and numerical simulation relies solely on the fundamental laws of nature. While each approach has been wildly successful in solving problems in science and... More >
How Do Communities Heal After an Incident of Sexual Violence?
Panel Discussion | May 13 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 820 Barrows Hall
Kendra Fox-Davis, Complaint Resolution Officer, Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination; Tobirus Newby, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, University Health Services Social Services Counseling; Julie Shackford-Bradley, Coordinator and Co-founder, Restorative Justice Center; Liat Wexler, Prevention Manager for Staff and Faculty, PATH to Care Center, UC Berkeley
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Psychology
How do we move forward after an incident of sexual violence or harassment involving members of our community? Please join us for a panel discussion and Q&A with representatives from the UC Berkeley Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination, PATH to Care Center, Restorative Justice Center, and other campus organizations.
Working the Double Bottom Line: The Promise and Limits of Social Enterprises in the Shadow of AI
Special Event | May 13 | 4-6 p.m. | 202 South Hall
Mary L. Gray and Prayag Narula
A conversation about âhumans in the loopâ who invisibly deliver on-demand task-based services and the lives of the people paid to train artificial intelligence.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
The Worldwide #MeToo Movement: A Conference on Global Resistance to Sexual Harassment and Violence
Conference/Symposium | May 14 | 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | Boalt Hall, School of Law
Berkeley Law Executive Education, Berkeley Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law Study Group
Last year, women across the globe were tweeting #MeToo. This year, we’re organizing for solutions.
On May 14, 2019, legal scholars and practitioner-experts from around the world will gather at Berkeley Law with lawyers and other specialists. The goal of this conference is to examine the systemic issues that permit sexual harassment and explore creative solutions developed across the globe to... More >
Compensation and Benefits: BPM109
Workshop | May 14 | 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 24 University Hall
Scott Dinkelspiel; Janet Suko
The content covers the basics of managing employee compensation and understanding the benefits structure at UC Berkeley.
The Benefits section covers benefits eligibility, related benefits packages, and the employment/life events that impact benefits.
BIO Express Travel Signature Day
Workshop | May 14 | 9 a.m.-2 p.m. | International House, Great Hall
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
Berkeley International Office has set aside this special day for *express* travel signatures just for you! Stop by any time during the hours below to get your documents signed on the spot (please read below—""Do You Really Need a Travel Signature?"").
Come to the I-House Great Hall during the following days and times for your Express Travel Signature.
Tuesday, May 7, 10am -... More >
May Open Berkeley Site Builder Training
Workshop | May 14 | 9:30-11:30 a.m. | 104A Banway Building
2111 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
Information Services and Technology (IST)
Open Berkeley Site Builder Training sessions cover the fundamentals of the Open Berkeley turnkey website solution.
Spring at the Hall
Special Event | March 21 – June 7, 2019 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
This spring, visit the Hall for interactive exhibits, special hands-on activities, intriguing Planetarium shows, and more!
Social Psychology and Information Technology: Final Project Presentations
Special Event | May 14 | 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | 202 South Hall
Project presentations from Info 233. Social Psychology and Information Technology.
Requiem for a shared interdependent past: Brexit and the deterioration in UK-Irish relations
Lecture | May 14 | 12-1 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
John O'Brennan, Maynooth University, Ireland
Institute of European Studies, Irish Studies Program
The vote by the electorate of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in 2016 came after a campaign in which the impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland hardly figured. Within months, however, the 'Irish border problem' was center stage. The deterioration in UK-Irish relations in the almost three years since the referendum has been accelerated and profound. It points to a troubling... More >
John O'Brennan
PLANTS + PEOPLE Lunchtime Talks: Creating a more livable world: Ecology, agriculture, and autonomy in Indonesia
Lecture | May 14 | 12-1 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
As a part of our "Year of Ethnobotany" celebrations, the Garden will be hosting monthly lunch time lectures featuring the research of UC Berkeley graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty.
David Gilbert is a Ciriacy Wantrup Fellow in Political Economy at University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.
Free with Garden Admission; Free for UC Berkeley Students, Staff and Faculty
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.
Career Lab: Negotiating Offers –Preparation and Practice
Workshop | May 14 | 12:15-1:30 p.m. | 177 Stanley Hall
QB3 - California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
Interactive career labs will start with 15-20 minutes topic overview and discussion, then participants will have the opportunity to work on their own materials in peer-to-peer pairs, with career advisor assistance. Career Lab group size is capped at 20 participants, so please sign up early to ensure a spot! You are encouraged to bring printed copies of your materials and/or your laptop.... More >
Dissertation Talk: Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenide NanoLEDs: Towards High Speed and High Efficiency
Seminar | May 14 | 2:30-4 p.m. | 540AB Cory Hall
Kevin Han
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are a class of 2D semiconductors with attractive properties for future nanoscale optoelectronics such as light sources and detectors. However, due to their single molecule thickness, they are sensitive to environmental factors such as moisture, limiting operation of most light-emitting devices to high vacuum conditions. In this talk, I will... More >
Dissertation Talk: Design and Physics of VCSELs for Emerging Applications
Seminar | May 14 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Cory Hall, 400 Hughes Room
Jonas Kapraun, UC Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been widely employed in short distance optical interconnects. Recently however a series of emerging applications are creating a rapidly growing demand for compact, low cost and high-performance light sources... More >
Certificate Program in Student Affairs and Higher-Education Administration
Information Session | May 14 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 208 UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center) | Canceled
Sigrid Mueller, Program Director, Education, UC Berkeley Extension
Learn how you can start or advance a career in student affairs and higher-education administration. Hear about how our certificate can help you work with student diversity, foster leadership and grow your understanding of the higher-education landscape.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Spring at the Hall
Special Event | March 21 – June 7, 2019 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
This spring, visit the Hall for interactive exhibits, special hands-on activities, intriguing Planetarium shows, and more!
Book Talk: American Eden: David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Garden of the Early Republic
Lecture | May 15 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
This illustrated lecture by historian Victoria Johnson features her new book, American Eden, which both the Wall Street Journal and Ron Chernow (Alexander Hamilton) have called “captivating.”
$12 / $10 UCBG Members / Free UC Staff, Faculty and Students Price includes admission to the Garden, a $12 value
Dissertation Talk: Hybrid Aesthetics • Bridging Material Practices and Digital Fabrication
Lecture | May 15 | 10-11 a.m. | 360 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Cesar Torres, University of California Berkeley
University of California Berkeley
Creative technologies like digital fabrication led to the rise of the Maker Movement, engendering grassroots innovation in education, manufacturing, and healthcare. This talk lays down a framework for composing new materials and technologies to foreground the existing knowledge and practices of material practitioners and alter the trajectory of the Maker Movement towards a New Making Renaissance.
Computationally designed reflectors, lenses, and diffusers are used to expose light as a material.
Dissertation Talk: Overcoming the Curse of Dimensionality and Mode Collapse
Lecture | May 15 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Soda Hall, 306 (HP Auditorium)
Ke Li, Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
In this talk, I will present our work on overcoming two long-standing problems in machine learning and algorithms: the curse of dimensionality in nearest neighbour search and mode collapse in generative adversarial nets (GANs).
FDA Division of Applied Regulatory Science: Bridging the gap between scientific innovation and drug regulation
Seminar | May 15 | 12-1 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Alexandre Ribeiro, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation & Research
The US Food and drug Administration (FDA) established a strategic plan in 2011 for developing regulatory science dedicated to new tools, standards, and approaches to assess the safety, efficacy, quality, and performance of FDA-regulated products. Following this goal, the Division of Applied Regulatory Science was formed in the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) with the mission of... More >
Mammoth Trackers, Bison Hunters, Rock Artists, and Fur Traders: Highlights of Alberta Archaeology
Lecture | May 15 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Shawn Bubel, Associate Professor, Department of Geography (Archaeology), University of Lethbridge
Archaeological Research Facility
The archaeology of the Canadian province of Alberta provides important information about the various periods of human habitation in North America. The earliest evidence for cultural activity in Alberta dates to around 13,000 years ago. These people hunted megafauna in an environment that was very different from today’s. Join Shawn Bubel as she describes her work at sites throughout Alberta.
Informational Appetites + (un)Natural Statistics = “Screen Addiction”
Seminar | May 15 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 560 Evans Hall
William Softky, Visiting scholar, Bioengineering Department, Stanford University
Neuroscience Institute, Helen Wills
It is a truth not yet universally acknowledged that a self-regulating system which is stable in one environment can become unstable when the environment changes. This truth is called homeostatic fragility. Mathematically, the key mechanism is sign-reversal, which converts a negative-feedback loop into a positive-feedback loop. Sign-reversal explains all sorts of self-regulatory malfunctions in... More >
Two-Year Home Country Physical Presence Requirement Workshop
Workshop | May 15 | 2-4 p.m. | International House, Sproul Rooms
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
J-1 and J-2 visitors subject to this requirement must return to their country of legal permanent residence for two years or obtain a waiver before being eligible for certain employment visas such as H (temporary employment), L (intra-company transfer), or Permanent Resident status ("green card"). Not all J visitors are subject as it depends on specific factors.
At this workshop, you will... More >
Dissertation Talk: Context and Interaction in the Internet of Things
Seminar | May 15 | 3-4 p.m. | 540AB Cory Hall
Matt Weber, UC Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Future IoT killer apps leveraging ubiquitous sensors and actuators will create value in emergent properties of composition and contextual awareness. This talk focuses on two key aspects of principled IoT design: (1) using contextual information from the physical world, and (2) enabling interaction and composition across distributed cyber physical systems. These challenges are mutually... More >
Direct Compositionality and variable free semantics: The case of 'MaxElide' (Pauline Jacobson)
Lecture | May 15 | 3-4:30 p.m. | 1303 Dwinelle Hall
Pauline Jacobson, Brown University
Authors Alliance 5th Birthday Party with special guests: Beyond the Bookshelf: Empowering Authors and Reaching Readers in the Digital Age
Panel Discussion | May 15 | 5:30-8:30 p.m. | David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Brewster Kahle, Digital Librarian and founder, Internet Archive; Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, University Librarian, University of California Berkeley; Randy Schekman, 2013 Nobel Laureate and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Berkeley
Molly Shaffer Van Houweling, Professor of Patent Law and Intellectual Property, University of California Berkeley
Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School
Library, Law, Boalt School of, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Join us for Beyond the Bookshelf: Empowering Authors and Reaching Readers in the Digital Age, an evening of conversation and ideas celebrating five years of Authors Alliance. We'll kick off the party with a wine and appetizer reception, followed by a panel discussion on how authors create, share, and preserve knowledge in an ever-changing media landscape.
free This event is free, but seating is limited and registration is required.
Registration opens April 10. Register online by May 15.
Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program
Information Session | May 15 | 6-7:30 p.m. | 609 UC Berkeley Extension San Francisco Campus
160 Spear St., San Francisco, CA
Gain academic preparation in the sciences along with personalized advising to enhance your application to medical, dental or veterinary school, as well as to advanced degree programs in medical- and health-related fields.
Free
UNEX 1057. Enroll online or by calling 510-642-4111
Toastmasters on Campus Club: Learn public speaking
Meeting | January 14, 2015 – December 18, 2019 every Wednesday | 6:15-7:30 p.m. | 3111 Etcheverry Hall
Toastmasters has been the world leader in teaching public speaking since 1924. Meetings are an enjoyable self-paced course designed to get you up and running as a speaker in only a few months.
Thursday, May 16, 2019
Dissertation Talk: Scalable Systems for Large-Scale Dynamic Connected Data Processing
Presentation | May 16 | 9-10 a.m. | 405 Soda Hall
Anand Padmanabha Iyer
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
BIO Express Travel Signature Day
Workshop | May 16 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | International House, Great Hall
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
Berkeley International Office has set aside this special day for *express* travel signatures just for you! Stop by any time during the hours below to get your documents signed on the spot (please read below—""Do You Really Need a Travel Signature?"").
Come to the I-House Great Hall during the following days and times for your Express Travel Signature.
Tuesday, May 7, 10am -... More >
Spring at the Hall
Special Event | March 21 – June 7, 2019 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
This spring, visit the Hall for interactive exhibits, special hands-on activities, intriguing Planetarium shows, and more!
Bancroft Library Roundtable: "Loans for the Little Fellow": Credit, Crisis, and Recovery in the Great Depression
Lecture | May 16 | 12-1 p.m. | Faculty Club, Lewis-Latimer Room
Sarah Quincy, PhD candidate in Economics at UC Davis
Both lauded as “the great bank of the West” and reviled as a “huge financial octopus,” the Bank of America introduced several modern banking practices during the Great Depression, which played an integral role in California’s development. Sarah Quincy will discuss her research on the impacts of this unusual bank on the state’s economy during the 1920s and 1930s.
The Lewis-Latimer Room has a maximum capacity of 28 people. The doors will be shut and no more attendees may enter once the room is at capacity.
Population and Food Security in the Sahel: A consideration of integrated rural extension services
Meeting | May 16 | 12:15-1:15 p.m. | 5401 Berkeley Way West
Alisha Graves, President of the Venture Strategies for Health and Development and Co-Founder of the OASIS Initiative UC Berkeley, Bixby Center for Population, Health and Sustainability
Claire Cutler, UC Berkeley
Bixby Center, School of Public Health
Bixby Center will present Alisha Graves and Claire Cutler to share findings on the landscape of rural health and agriculture extension services in three countries: Niger, Mali, and Tchad, along with initial findings on political will for integrated services in Niger. Potential benefits for integrating rural extension services, along with cost and other considerations.
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 3 – December 29, 2019 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plants from around the world, learn about the vast diversity in the collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission. Advanced registration not required
Seminar 251, Labor Seminar: “College Aid and the Marginal Cost of a College Degree: Evidence from a Randomized Trial”
Seminar | May 16 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall | Note change in location
Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics Seminar: Poisson sigma models, abelianization and extended monodromy
Seminar | May 16 | 4-5 p.m. | 736 Evans Hall
Ivan Contreras, Amherst College
The reduced phase space of the Poisson Sigma Model (PSM) comes equipped with a symplectic groupoid structure, when the worldsheet is a disk and the target Poisson structure is integrable. In this talk we describe an extension of this construction when we consider surfaces with arbitrary genus, obtaining the abelianization of the original groupoid. We will also describe the obstructions for... More >
MIMS Final Project Showcase
Special Event | May 16 | 4-9 p.m. | Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley
Graduating masterâs students present their intriguing research projects and innovative new information systems. A panel of judges will select outstanding projects for the James R. Chen Award.
Documentary Screening: The Magnificent Journey Times and Tales of Democracy
Film - Documentary | May 16 | 4-6 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute of International Studies
Documentary screening followed by an open discussion on the Indian elections.
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee was educated at the University of Calcutta, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Harvard University, where he received his Ph.D in 1988. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2003 he founded the Abdul Latif Jameel... More >
The Cultural Importance and Pharmacology of Datura
Lecture | May 16 | 6-7:30 p.m. | Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Tom Carlson, Teaching Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology and Curator of Ethnobotany, UC Berkeley
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Different species in the plant family, Solanaceae including the genera Datura, Brugmansia, Nicotiana, Atropa, Hyoscyamus, and Mandragora are used as inebriants and as medicinal plants.
