All events
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Garden Closed
Holiday | November 4, 2014 – December 5, 2017 the first Tuesday of the month every month | UC Botanical Garden
The garden is closed the first Tuesday of every month.
-Why is the Garden Closed one day a month?
For the safety of the public and the safety of the collection, the Garden’s Horticultural staff need one day per month to complete jobs that may pose safety risks to visitors, such as dropping tree limbs, renovating paths, or controlling pests.
-I’m only in Berkeley for one day from somewhere... More >
FALL 2017 ARCHITECTURE STUDIO FINAL REVIEWS: A100C & A200A
Presentation | December 5 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
TUE, DEC 5, 9am-6pm. Students in ARCH 100C & ARCH 200A will present their projects to faculty and guest critics.
Hummingbirds in Flight: Interview with Ashley Smiley, Department of Integrative Biology
Presentation | December 5 | 9-9:30 a.m. | Barrows Hall, Radio broadcast, ON-AIR ONLY, 90.7 FM
Ashley Smiley, Department of Integrative Biology; Tesla Monson, Department of Integrative Biology
Tune in to a new episode of The Graduates this Tuesday to hear from Ashley Smiley, biologist and biomechanician in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. The Graduates, featuring graduate student research at Cal, is broadcast every other Tuesday on KALX 90.7 FM and online.
Ashley Smiley in the collections
Drop-in Pre-Health Advising
Miscellaneous | August 29 – December 5, 2017 every Tuesday | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building
Marie Dutton, Pre-Health Advisor
Meet with a Pre-Health Advisor on a first-come, first-served basis. For students exploring, preparing for, and/or applying to medical school and other health professional graduate programs.
Open to currently enrolled students and Alumni Advantage members.
The Future of Airports
Presentation | December 5 | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | 542 Davis Hall
CE153 Airport Design
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Nine groups of students from the highly popular CE153 Airport Design Class will present their final term projects. Project themes cover an interesting spectrum of real-world and real-time aviation problems.
Aircraft parking at SFO
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.
Student Hosted Seminar in Organic Chemistry: Ex Detritus, Scientia: Revelations from Catalyst Decomposition in Olefin Metathesis
Seminar | December 5 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Prof. Deryn Fogg, Centre for Catalysis Research & Innovation, and Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Sciences
Olefin metathesis is the most versatile catalytic methodology now known for the assembly of carbon-carbon bonds. Long embraced by synthetic chemists in academia, it is now seeing uptake in pharmaceutical manufacturing, with the first processes coming on stream in 2014 and 2015 (Figure 1a).1 Notwithstanding the transformative potential of these methodologies, however, molecular metathesis... More >
Defective viral genomes: strong drivers of antiviral immunity and virus persistence
Seminar | December 5 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 101 Life Sciences Addition
Carolina Lopez, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Pathobiology
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
This seminar is partially sponsored by NIH
Visiting Scholars Colloquium featuring Gwilym Croucher and Irina Shcheglova
Colloquium | December 5 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Evans Hall, 766-768 CSHE Conference Room
Gwilym Croucher, Senior Lecturer/ Principal Policy Advisor, University of Melbourne; Irina Shcheglova, PhD Student, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Center for Studies in Higher Education
The Center for Studies in Higher Education is pleased to invite you to attend a presentation by two CSHE Visiting Scholars.
Holiday Pop-Up Shop: Gifts, arts, crafts, handmade by local artists
Holiday | December 2 – 10, 2017 every day | 12-10 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union
Join us at the Berkeley Art Studio for our annual Holiday pop-Up Shop! Great handmade gifts made by local artists. It's like Etsy in real life!
(Note: hours are Noon-10pm Mon-Fri, Noon-5pm Sat/Sun)
Certificate Program in Human Resource Management Online Information Session
Information Session | December 5 | 12-1 p.m. | Online
Discover how this certificate, approved by the Human Resource Certification Institute, can help you make the most of growing opportunities in human resource management.
Land Reform: Lessons from Scotland
Seminar | December 5 | 1-2 p.m. | 133 Giannini Hall
Dr. Kirsteen Shields, University of Dundee
Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, and Mgmt. (ESPM)
Visiting Scholar, Dr. Kirsteen Shields will share her talk "Land Reform: Lessons from Scotland"
ABSTRACT: In post-independence referendum Scotland, renewed interest in revising the laws on tenure and ownership of land has been described as a land reform 'revolution'. The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 sought to facilitate communities’ right to buy land in rural and urban settings. Central to... More >
Drop-in Pre-Health Advising
Miscellaneous | August 29 – December 5, 2017 every Tuesday | 1-3 p.m. | 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building
Caitlin Green, Pre-Health Advisor
Meet with a Pre-Health Advisor on a first-come, first-served basis. For students exploring, preparing for, and/or applying to medical school and other health professional graduate programs.
Open to currently enrolled students and Alumni Advantage members.
Study Abroad Office Hours at Educational Opportunity Program
Meeting | October 17 – December 12, 2017 every Tuesday | 1-3 p.m. | 119 César E. Chávez Student Center
Are you an EOP student interested in studying abroad? A Berkeley Study Abroad Peer Adviser will be holding drop-in office hours at EOP every Wednesdays 1-3pm this semester. Come learn about different programs offered, study abroad scholarships, how to apply and additional services available.
2018 Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize Info Session: Funding for post graduation social engagement projects
Information Session | December 5 | 1-2 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Mary Crabb, Office of Undergraduate Research & Scholarships
Office of Undergraduate Research
The Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize supports intellectual and creative pursuits that heighten awareness of issues of social consciousness and contribute to the public good. The award gives engaged students the opportunity to extend and reflect upon their undergraduate work at Berkeley by undertaking a socially engaged project after their graduation.
Up to $25,000. Proposals for... More >
SURF Summer Research Scholarships Info Session
Information Session | December 5 | 2-3 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Sean Burns, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
Office of Undergraduate Research
OURS Staff will discuss eligibility criteria for SURF programs, benefits of the fellowship and tips for a successful application
i4Y Child Marriage and Youth Empowerment Group Speaker Series: Child Marriage: Policies, Legal Frameworks and Accountability
Seminar | December 5 | 2-3 p.m. | 198 University Hall
Ndola Prata, i4Y (Innovations for Youth)
About the presenter: Ndola Prata, MD, MSc is Director of the Bixby Center for Population, Health & Sustainability, a Professor in Residence in Maternal and Child Health and the Fred H. Bixby Endowed Chair in Population and Family Planning in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley. She is a physician and medical demographer from Angola. Her research focuses on the design, implementation, and... More >
3-Manifold Seminar: A tangle approach in the study of Legendrian knots.
Seminar | December 5 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Tao Su, UC BERKELEY
In this talk, I will present a tangle approach in the study of Legendrian knots. The 2 main ingredients are ruling polynomials (Legendrian analogues of Jones polynomials), and augmentation varieties ('moduli of rank 1 representations' of Chekanov-Eliashberg DGAs) for Legendrian tangles, where the point-counting of the latter recovers the former. The tangle approach in particular leads to new and... More >
Singing the North: The Life and Work of Edith Södergran
Lecture | December 5 | 3-5 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
Stina Katchadourian
The life of Edith Södergran (1892 - 1923), born to Finland Swedish parents in St. Petersburg, begins in pre-revolutionary Russia and ends, a short and dramatic thirty-one years later, in Independent Finland. Practically unknown at the time of her death, Södergran now has been translated into some forty languages and is considered one of the foremost poetic voices of the Nordic countries. In her... More >
Conversations with the Dean
Miscellaneous | December 5 | 4-5 p.m. | Haviland Hall, 227AA (Library Seminar Room)
The Dean will be holding open discussions to which all students, faculty and staff are invited to discuss a variety of issues, concerning the School, the University or social and research issues of concern. Please join us!
Light refreshments will be provided.
Golden Mountain, Iron Heap: A Poetic Ethnography of Extraction in Eastern Mongolia
Lecture | December 5 | 4 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Jessica Madison, Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz; Jessica Madison, Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz
Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), UC Berkeley Mongolia Initiative
This paper explores Mongolia’s mineral extraction boom through an examination of local concepts of landscape. In order to engage seriously with local place-making practices, it analyzes the steppe topologically, looking at attributes of landscape that transcend material upheaval. In eastern Mongolia, poetry is a primary means of mediating human interaction with space, and thus poetic literacy is... More >
Altan Ovoo in winter, Dariganga Soum, Sukhbaatar Province
HTML/CSS Toolkit for Digital Projects
Workshop | December 5 | 4:10-5 p.m. | Barrows Hall, D-Lab (Barrows 350)
Stacy Reardon; Cody Hennesy
If you've tinkered in WordPress, Google Sites, or other web publishing tools, chances are you've wanted more control over the placement and appearance of your content. With a little HTML and CSS under your belt, you'll know how to edit "under the hood" so you can place an image exactly where you want it, customize the formatting of text, or troubleshoot copy & paste issues.
GWE Holiday Party
Social Event | December 5 | 5-7 p.m. | Latimer Hall, Bixby North
Take a break from studying during RRR week and come join the Graduate Women of Engineering for their annual Gingerbread House Decorating Holiday Party.
Zymergen Infosession: Bio-Tech Connect: Industry Infosession Series
Information Session | December 5 | 5-7 p.m. | 348 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Meet Zymergen, a molecular technology company ushering in a new age of manufacturing and industrial innovation.
DINNER PROVIDED. Accepting resumes.
Speaker: Vice President of Engineering, Dmitriy Ryaboy
Hosted by the Department of Bioengineering and the Bioengineering Honor Society
EPMS Weekly Seminar
Seminar | November 1, 2016 – December 5, 2017 every Tuesday | 5:10-6 p.m. | 212 O'Brien Hall
Engineering and Project Management Society
Each week the Engineering and Project Management Society brings in a speaker to talk about topics related to construction and project management. Light refreshments will be provided.
Event is ADA accessible. For disability accommodation requests and information, please contact Disability Access Services by phone at 510.643.6456 (voice) or 510.642.6376 (TTY) or by email at... More >
Berkeley Innovators Series: Founder-Funder Evening Featuring Surbhi Sarna '07 and Ted Kuh '82
Special Event | December 5 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium
Surbhi Sarna, CEO, nVision Medical; Ted Kuh, Founder, Ultima Partners
University Development and Alumni Relations, CITRIS Foundry
Each semester, the Berkeley Innovators Series features successful Cal alumni from the startup world. Join us on December 5th to hear a Founder and her Funder discuss their entrepreneurial journeys and insights on finding the right investor.
RSVP online by December 5.
Magic Spells: A Weekly Performance Series Featuring Victoria Hanna and Hebrew Amulets from The Magnes Collection
Performing Arts - Other | October 24 – December 5, 2017 every Tuesday | 5:30-7 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
Meet Victoria Hanna and watch as she develops MAGIC SPELLS, a new performance repertoire based on Hebrew amulets in The Magnes Collection.
This series is presented in conjunction with the UC Berkeley course, "Jewish Nightlife: Poetry, Music, and Ritual Performance from Renaissance Italy to Contemporary Israel" (Jewish 121-001, Music 139), taught by Francesco Spagnolo.
During her Fall 2017... More >
Fung Institute Winter Spotlight
Special Event | December 5 | 6-8 p.m. | Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
At the Fung Institute, we strive to address real world problems through innovation. Come celebrate with us on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 from 6-8pm as Master of Engineering candidates and Fung Fellow undergraduates highlight their capstone projects. Discover cutting edge solutions to some of today’s most pressing challenges using AR/VR, machine learning, human-centered design, and more. Mix and... More >
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Exhibits and Ongoing Events
In-Between Places: Korean American Artists in the Bay Area
Exhibit - Painting | September 13 – December 10, 2017 every day | Mills College Art Museum
5000 MacArthur Boulevard, Oakland, CA 94613
In-Between Places (사이에 머물다) is the story of Korean American artists and their dreams, featuring new work by: Jung Ran Bae; Sohyung Choi; Kay Kang; Miran Lee; Young June Lew; Nicholas Oh; Younhee Paik; and Minji Sohn.
Street by Minji Sohn, 2016
Jennie Smith: New Drawings
Exhibit - Painting | September 18 – December 15, 2017 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities
Townsend Center for the Humanities
San Francisco artist Jennie Smith infuses her detailed drawings of the natural world with an imaginative sensibility.
Viewing hours are generally Monday through Friday, 9 am to 4 pm. The exhibit is located in a space also used for events and meetings; please call (510) 643-9670 or email in advance to confirm room availability.
The Russian Revolution Centenary: 1917-2017: Politics, Propaganda and People's Art
Exhibit - Multimedia | September 11, 2017 – January 8, 2018 every day | Moffitt Undergraduate Library
This exhibition is dedicated to the centenary of the Russian Revolution that took place in October of 1917. The exhibition will take place in the Moffitt Library, and it will highlight several print-items from the revolutionary times.
Access to the Moffitt Undergraduate Library is restricted and you'll need the UC Berkeley/ Cal Card for entry.
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.
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.
The Summer of Love 50th Anniversary
Exhibit - Artifacts | July 21 – December 29, 2017 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Bancroft Library, Bancroft Corridor between The Bancroft Library and Doe Library
Marking a 50th anniversary, Bancroft’s rare and unique collections documenting the 1967 “Summer of Love” are on exhibit in the corridor cases. Presented are images from the Bay Area alternative press, psychedelic rock posters and mailers, documentary photographs of the Haight-Ashbury scene and major rock concerts, and material from the personal papers of author Joan Didion and poet Michael... More >
¡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 >
The Invisible Museum: History and Memory of Morocco
Exhibit - Multimedia | August 29 – December 15, 2017 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
Since its inception in 1962, the former Judah L. Magnes Museum distinguished itself by directing its collecting efforts outside the focus on European Jewish culture and history that was prevalent among American Jewish museums at the time. During the 1970s and 1980s, its founders, Seymour and Rebecca Fromer, actively corralled an informal team of activist collectors and supporters. Together, they... More >
Sketching "Fiddler": Set Designs by Mentor Huebner
Exhibit - Multimedia | August 29 – December 15, 2017 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | 11 a.m.-4 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
The Power of Attention: Magic and Meditation in Hebrew "shiviti" Manuscript Art
Exhibit - Artifacts | August 29 – December 15, 2017 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
Created from the early-modern period and into the present, shiviti manuscripts are found in Hebrew prayer books, ritual textiles, and on the walls of synagogues and homes throughout the Jewish diaspora. Wrestling with ways to externalize the presence of God in Jewish life, these documents center upon the graphic representation of God's ineffable four-letter Hebrew name, the Tetragrammaton, and... More >
The Worlds of Arthur Szyk: The Taube Family Arthur Szyk Collection
Exhibit - Multimedia | August 29 – December 15, 2017 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 >
Visual Studies 280: Exhibition & Open House
Exhibit - Multimedia | December 5 | 7-9:30 p.m. | 170 Wurster Hall
Environmental Design, College of
TUE, DEC 5, 7-9:30pm. Please joins us at the exhibition & open house for Visual Studies 280: Grad Seminar: Beginnings.
