Academic
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Research Opportunities in Europe: Info Session on Grants and Fellowships
Panel Discussion | November 19 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall
Mary Kavanagh, Minister-Counselor for Research & Innovation, Delegation of the EU to the USA
Institute of European Studies, Horizon 2020 - European Commission
Europe has a vibrant and exciting science and technology culture and offers many excellent and generous career funding opportunities for researchers and innovators, no matter where they come from in the world. Horizon 2020, the European Union’s research and innovation funding program, is the world’s largest multinational R&I program. In addition to funding collaborative research projects, it... More >
RSVP online by November 18.
Mary Kavanagh
RAPDP - Intermediate - Proposal Development
Workshop | November 19 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | 24 University Hall
Synopsis: An intermediate workshop that explores the pre-award processes for analyzing requests for proposals, proposal preparation and assembly, submitting a proposal for institutional review via Phoebe, and submission to sponsor. Learning Objectives: • Distinguish between different kinds of proposal submissions • Locate funding announcements, proposal requirements and sponsor guidelines •... More >
Cellular interactions that regulate intratumoral T cell functions
Seminar | November 19 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 101 Life Sciences Addition
Thorsten Mempel, Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
This seminar is partially sponsored by NIH
Fall 2019 Research Showcase: The CNR poster session for presenting research to the Berkeley community
Conference/Symposium | November 19 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Morgan Hall, Morgan Lounge
Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, and Mgmt. (ESPM)
College of Natural Resource students will be presenting the research that they have been involved with during their time here at UC Berkeley.
Spring 2019 CNR Research Showcase
Seminar 217, Risk Management: The Ratio Problem
Seminar | November 19 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Speaker: Frank Partnoy, UC Berkeley
Consortium for Data Analytics in Risk
ABSTRACT: We describe two problems – omitted variable bias and measurement error – that arise when a ratio is the dependent variable in a linear regression. First, we show how bias can arise from the omission of two variables based on a ratio’s denominator, and we describe tests for the degree of bias. As an example, we show that the familiar “inverse U” relationship between managerial ownership... More >
Student Faculty Macro Lunch - "Equilibrium in Misspecified Dynamic Models"
Presentation | November 19 | 12-1 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall
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 November 15.
Plant-Based and Planet-Friendly (BEUHS641)
Workshop | November 19 | 12:10-1 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Section Club
Kim Guess, RD, Be well at Work - Wellness
Eating lower on the food chain uses less natural resources and provides your body with loads of valuable nutrients. Whether it’s a meatless meal once a day or week, or eating mostly plants at every meal, there are benefits for your health and your planet. Demonstration, recipes, and samples provided.
Ancient Religions Without Borders
Conference/Symposium | November 19 | 12:30-4:15 p.m. | 254 Barrows Hall
Kea Johnston, PhD Candidate in Egyptology, Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley; Seth Sanders, Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Davis; Abigail Hoskins, PhD Candidate, Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, UC Berkeley
Gina Konstantoploulos, Assistant Professor in Ancient History, University of Tsukuba, Japan; Shana Zaia, Marie Skłodowksa-Curie Fellow at the University of Vienna, University of Vienna, Austria; Rita Lucarelli, Associate Professor of Egyptology, Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
Near Eastern Studies, Townsend Center for the Humanities
This presentations in this symposium explore the religious landscape of the ancient regions in what are now the modern nation-states of Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Iran. By erasing the geographical boundaries that traditionally define the study of the ancient Middle East, we also mean to reflect the erasure of conceptual borders that belong to an older method of... More >
Space Physics Seminar
Seminar | September 17 – December 3, 2019 every Tuesday | 1-2 p.m. | 325 LeConte Hall
HTML Fundamentals
Course | November 19 | 1:30-4 p.m. | 28 University Hall
This course details the process of developing web pages using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Emphasis is placed on HTML theory and syntax, common tags and tag attributes, and the integration of graphics and color to enhance formatting and branding. Learning Objectives * Understand the relationship between website content and the infrastructure of the Internet. * Formulate Uniform Resource... More >
RTMP Seminar: String domains for coadjoint orbits
Seminar | November 19 | 2-3 p.m. | 891 Evans Hall | Note change in date, time, and location
Benjamin Hoffman, Cornell University
Partial tropicalizations are a kind of Poisson manifold built using techniques of Poisson-Lie theory and the geometric crystals of Berenstein-Kazhdan. They provide a bridge between linear Poisson manifolds and cones which parametrize the canonical bases of irreducible $G$-modules.
I will talk about applications of partial tropicalization theory to questions in symplectic geometry. For each... More >
Harmonic Analysis and Differential Equations Student Seminar: Some New Prodi-Serrin Type Regularity Criteria for the in-Compressible Navier-Stokes Equations
Seminar | November 19 | 3:40-5 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Benjamin Pineau, Berkeley
It is a classical result of Leray from the 1930s, that for appropriate initial data and domain, there exists a global weak solution (now known as a Leray-Hopf solution) to the n-dimensional, incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. For n ≥ 3, the question of uniqueness, and regularity of Leray-Hopf solutions remains open. On the other hand, by imposing certain “integrability” conditions on a... More >
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: The Fellowship of the Ring: Toric degenerations of Grassmannians
Seminar | November 19 | 3:45-4:45 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Fatemeh Mohammadi, University of Bristol
Toric varieties are popular objects in algebraic geometry, as they can be modelled on polytopes and polyhedral fans. This is mainly because there is a dictionary between their geometric properties and the combinatorial invariants of their polytopes. This dictionary can be extended from toric varieties to arbitrary varieties through toric degenerations. In this talk, I will introduce the notion of... More >
Seminar 281, International Trade and Finance: Plants in Space
Seminar | November 19 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall
Ezra Oberfield, Associate Professor of Economics, Princeton University
Pump probe microscopy: quantitative chemical analysis in living cells and animals
Seminar | November 19 | 4-5 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Dan Fu, Department of Chemistry, University of Washington
Cell heterogeneity plays a critical role in many pathophysiological processes such as cancer development and neurodegeneration. However, phenotypic variations of individual cells in a complex organ are often intractable by traditional analytical techniques. The main obstacles are the limited amount of analyte retrievable from a single cell and the need for noninvasive in situ analysis in order to... More >
Arts in the Afternoon: James Tissot: Fashion and Faith
Presentation | November 19 | 4:15-6 p.m. | Women's Faculty Club, Stebbins Lounge
Melissa Buron, Curator, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Imogen Hart, Professor, History of Art Department - UCB
Melissa Buron, curator of the Fine Arts Museum o f San Francisco and Imogen Hart, Professor in the History of Art Department, UCB reflect on the work and life of James Tissot.
Tissot was one of the most celebrated artists of his time, yet today, less is known about him than his contemporaries, the Impressionists. The current exhibit at the Legion of Honor is the first major reassessment of... More >
RSVP by calling Front Desk at 510-642-4175, or by emailing Front Desk at womensfacultyclub@gmail.com by November 18.
Ebola in Africa: Protecting healthcare workers’ safety in the midst of an epidemic
Seminar | November 19 | 4:30 p.m. | Berkeley Way West, Room 5400 (5th floor)
Dr. Andrea Tenner, University of California San Francisco
Fall 2019 OHS Seminar Series
Ebola in Africa: Protecting healthcare workers’ safety in the midst of an epidemic
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: The Fellowship of the Ring: Singular lexicographic points
Seminar | November 19 | 5-6 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Ritvik Ramkumar, UC Berkeley
The classical Hilbert scheme parameterizes saturated homogenous ideals with a fixed Hilbert polynomial P(t). For each P(t) there is a unique saturated homogeneous ideal, called the lexicographic ideal, that exhibits certain extremal behaviour. A theorem of Reeves and Stillman states that the lexicographic ideal is a smooth point on its Hilbert scheme. In parallel, various authors have conjectured... More >
What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong?: Film Screening, Discussion, and Fundraiser for the Family of Dujuan Armstrong
Panel Discussion | November 19 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | 1104 Berkeley Way West
Lucas Guilkey, an Oakland-based reporter, video journalist, and UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Alum; Jose Bernal, Senior Organizer and Advocate, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
DICE (Diversity, Inclusion, Community, Equity) at UC Berkeley School of Public Health
The Berkeley Public Health DICE Committee is partnering with the Ella Baker Center (EBC) to sponsor a fundraiser for the family of Dujuan Armstrong, a young man killed while in custody at Santa Rita jail last year. We would like to invite you all to join us for a documentary screening and discussion on Tuesday November 19 from 5:30-7:30 in Berkeley Way West Room 1104.
What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong?: Film Screening, Discussion, and Fundraiser for the Family of Dujuan Armstrong
Panel Discussion | November 19 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | 1104 Berkeley Way West
Lucas Guilkey, A reporter and video journalist based in Oakland, California
Jose Bernal, Senior Organizer and Advocate, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
DICE (Diversity, Inclusion, Community, Equity) at UC Berkeley School of Public Health
The Berkeley Public Health DICE (Diversity, Inclusion, Community, Equity) Committee is partnering with the Ella Baker Center (EBC) to sponsor a fundraiser for the family of Dujuan Armstrong, a young man killed while in custody at Santa Rita jail last year.
We would like to invite you all to join us for a documentary screening and discussion on Tuesday November 19 from 5:30-7:30 in Berkeley... More >
How to write a policy brief: Society for Conservation Biology Event
Workshop | November 19 | 6-7:30 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 LeConte Hall
Deborah Moore, Union of Concerned Scientists
Society for Conservation Biology, Berkeley Chapter
Tuesday, 11/19, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Have you wondered how to write a brief on a scientific topic for policymakers? How do you write a policy brief vs a non-policy brief? How technical or non-technical should the language be? How do you find background information on the policy side of the topic? If so, please join us for a policy brief workshop with Deborah Moore, Western States Senior Campaign... More >
Striving to Thrive: Resilience of the Sisterhood
Panel Discussion | November 19 | 6:30-9 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room
Sara Moss, General Counsel and Vice Chairman, The Estée Lauder Companies; Jesse B’Franklin, Producer, Monarch Productions; Clothilde Hewlett, Executive Director, Cal Alumni Association; Cathryn Rivera-Hernandez, Appointments Secretary, Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
Cal Alumni Association, The Estée Lauder Companies
This event is designed to address the role of resilience in career advancement and the powerful roles women play at the local, state, and global levels. The panel is comprised of Cal alumnae and professional partners who can speak to the importance of the role of social connection and the social impact of women helping women in career and professional advancement.
CPT/OPT Workshop
Workshop | November 19 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Eshleman Hall, 5th floor (Senate Chamber)
Berkeley International Office(BIO)), Office of ASUC Senator Evina Wang
Are you an international student looking for jobs in the U.S.? Come join us at the CPT/OPT workshop hosted by Office of ASUC Senator Evina Wang and Berkeley International Office. CPT and OPT are temporary work authorization provided to international students in the U.S. In this workshop, you'll learn about the details of work authorization, differences between CPT and OPT, application process and... More >
