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Saturday, December 1, 2018
Berkeley Art Studio's Holiday Pop-Up Shop: Gifts, arts, crafts, handmade by local artists
Holiday | December 1 – 10, 2018 every day | 12-10 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union
Berkeley Art Studio
Need holiday gifts but are tired of shopping at the same old big-box stores and online-mega-retailers? Pick up your holiday gifts at the Berkeley Art Studio‘s Holiday Pop-Up Shop on the UC Berkley campus. We carry artist-made ceramics, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, holiday cards, jewelry, and more!
Calligraphy Workshop - SOLD OUT: Does Dog Have a Buddha Nature? MU KORABO Exhibit
Workshop | December 1 | 1-3 p.m. | Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 102 Kroeber Hall
Pamela Rickard
Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Alongside the current exhibit, Face to Face: Looking at Objects that Look at You, the Hearst Museum has prepared an accompanying exhibit in the lobby of Kroeber Hall at UC Berkeley, just outside of the Hearst’s Main Gallery. This exhibit, entitled Does Dog Have a Buddha Nature? is curated by Liza Dalby and hosted in collaboration with the Center for Japanese Studies at UC Berkeley.... More >
Making a Performance with Rachel Cardenas Stallings
Workshop | December 1 | 1-2:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Join San Francisco–based artist Rachel Cardenas Stallings to create and perform a collaborative five-to-ten-minute performance. Through improvisation and games, participants will develop a script, props, masks, and costumes to complete the performance.
Rachel Cardenas Stallings views her work in painting, ceramic, textile, performance, and installation as an exploration of form, color, and... More >
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 6, 2017 – December 30, 2018 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 plant species, learn about the vast collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission
Advanced registration not required
Tours may be cancelled without notice.
For day-of inquiries, please call 510-643-2755
For tour questions, please email gardentours@berkeley.edu... More >
Botanical Perfume Gift Workshop with Jessica Hannah
Workshop | December 1 | 2-4 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for this two hour beginners natural perfume gift workshop. You'll learn about the history and art of natural perfumes. You will create a formula with oils from around the world, including Italian bergamot, Haitian vetiver, Bulgarian rose, and more.
$85 / $75 UCBG Members
GlobeMedx: Health Beyond Borders
Conference/Symposium | December 1 | 5-7 p.m. | Anna Head Alumnae Hall (2537 Haste St.)
Dr. Daphne Miller; Elizabeth Fraser; Anthony Wright; Dr.Samantha McBirney; Dr. Shabnam Koirala-Azad
GlobeMed at Berkeley invites you to GlobeMedx: Health Beyond Borders! GlobeMedx is a newly minted speaker symposium, drawing luminaries from the local community to talk about issues and ideas in global health and social justice. We aim to educate, provoke discussion, inspire, and foster a community of passionate individuals who are curious about engaging concepts that impact the world.... More >
The Beauty and Complexity of Islamic Geometric Patterns: Historical Development and Traditional Design Methodology
Lecture | December 1 | 7-9 p.m. | Zaytuna College
2401 Le Conte Ave., Berkeley, CA 94578
Jay Bonner
Zaytuna College
This lecture and book signing will cover geometric complexity as a vehicle for beauty within the tradition of Islamic geometric art. In addition to historical development and traditional design methodology, this lecture and visual presentation will focus on geometric stratagems for complexity, including self-similarity and quasiperiodicity.
About the Speaker: Jay Bonner is a consulting... More >
Persona
Film - Feature | December 1 | 7:30-9 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The temptation is to take Bergman’s masterpiece for granted. It is probably the most famous of all those modern, post-Pirandellian films concerned with themselves as works of art. It also contains one of the most truly erotic sequences on film, demonstrating what can be done on screen with told material. An actress named Elizabeth (Liv Ullmann) elects to become silent and is put into the care of... More >
Sunday, December 2, 2018
Christmas Tree Sale: Hosted by the Cal Forestry Club
Holiday | December 2 – 7, 2018 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Mulford Hall
Local and sustainably-harvested trees.
Preorders are available until November 29. To preorder, go to:
tinyurl.com/orderatree
2018 Annual Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Alumni Networking Luncheon: Honoring Professor Brenda Eskenazi
Special Event | December 2 | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room
Brenda Eskenazi, CERCH, UC Berkeley Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health
Center of Excellence in Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health
Please join the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program in honoring Dr. Brenda Eskenazi at the 2018 Alumni Networking Luncheon! We are excited to celebrate the accomplishments of Dr. Eskenazi’s 30-year career in research, teaching, and mentoring.
$35.00 Regular, $25.00 Students
Tickets go on sale October 11. Buy tickets online
Berkeley Art Studio's Holiday Pop-Up Shop: Gifts, arts, crafts, handmade by local artists
Holiday | December 1 – 10, 2018 every day | 12-10 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union
Berkeley Art Studio
Need holiday gifts but are tired of shopping at the same old big-box stores and online-mega-retailers? Pick up your holiday gifts at the Berkeley Art Studio‘s Holiday Pop-Up Shop on the UC Berkley campus. We carry artist-made ceramics, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, holiday cards, jewelry, and more!
Scenes from a Marriage
Film - Feature | December 2 | 12:30-5 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Johan (Erland Josephson) and Marianne (Liv Ullmann) are the perfect twosome: two houses, two cars, two daughters, two careers. They have the perfect marriage, until one day, they do not. Are we all living in utter confusion? they wonder together; have we missed something important? Bergman’s masterful approach to the dissolution is more an exercise in veneer-stripping than outright dissection.... More >
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 6, 2017 – December 30, 2018 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 plant species, learn about the vast collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission
Advanced registration not required
Tours may be cancelled without notice.
For day-of inquiries, please call 510-643-2755
For tour questions, please email gardentours@berkeley.edu... More >
Chai and Spice Workshop
Workshop | December 2 | 2-4 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Come enjoy and learn about the Garden’s tropical plant collection that provide the spicy ingredients for chai. Deepa Natarajan will lead you on a journey through spice history and and teach you a couple of recipes for making masala chai. Take home a recipe and spice blend and sip lots of chai along the way!
$35, $30 members
Register online or by calling 510-664-7606
Shai Wosner, piano
Performing Arts - Music | December 2 | 3-5 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Shai Wosner, Cal Performances
Program:
Schubert/Sonata No. 16 in A minor, D. 845, Op. 42
Schubert/Sonata No. 17 in D Major, D. 850, Op. 53, Gasteiner
Schubert/Sonata No. 18 in G Major, D. 894, Op. 78, Fantasie
$46 (prices subject to change)
Tickets go on sale August 7. Buy tickets online or by calling 5106429988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org
Pianist Shai Wosner performs Sunday, December 2, 2018 in Hertz Hall.
Science Film Festival: Jurassic Park
Film - Series | December 2 | 5:30 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lee Bishop, Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
During its 50th anniversary year, the Lawrence Hall of Science is presenting a series of inspiring science films, introduced by scientists from UC Berkeley and beyond.
In Jurassic Park, scientists have effectively brought dinosaurs back to life. But what happens when they can't control their creations?
This film will be introduced by Lee Bishop, Director of the Hall's Biotech Learning Lab.
$12
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
Film - Feature | December 2 | 7-8:20 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
On the brink of bankruptcy in the 1970s, New York City’s expansive urban blight proved to be the perfect petri dish for a thriving downtown art scene. Not yet twenty, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a ubiquitous and inspiring presence in a community that included Jim Jarmusch and this film’s director, Sara Driver. They and other veterans of the scene share recollections of Basquiat. Combining rarely... More >
University Gospel Chorus
Performing Arts - Music | December 2 | 7:30 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall | Note change in date and time
D. Mark Wilson, director
The University Gospel Chorus at the University of California, Berkeley started in the nineteen seventies as an informal activity of students who were interested, and in some cases, experienced in the tradition of gospel music performance. The Gospel Chorus subsequently became an ensemble of the Choral Music Division of Student Musical Activities (Associated Students of... More >
$16 General Admission, $12 non-UCB students, seniors, current/retired UCB faculty and staff, groups 10+, $5 UCB students
Buy tickets online or by calling 510-642-9988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org
Hult Prize-UC Berkeley Competition: Application Deadline
Deadline | December 2 | 11:45-11:50 p.m. | Haas School of Business
Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program, Berkeley Haas Center for Social Sector Leadership
The challenge for each team involved in the 10th Anniversary Hult Prize will be to build the foundations of a venture that will provide meaningful work for 10,000 youth within the next decade.
Apply now to the UC Berkeley Competition. Finalists will compete on Tuesday, December 4th and the 1st place winner will move on to the regional competition and one step closer to the $1 million grand... More >
Monday, December 3, 2018
Christmas Tree Sale: Hosted by the Cal Forestry Club
Holiday | December 2 – 7, 2018 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Mulford Hall
Local and sustainably-harvested trees.
Preorders are available until November 29. To preorder, go to:
tinyurl.com/orderatree
FALL 2018 ARCHITECTURE STUDIO FINAL REVIEWS: ARCH 100A & XB-100A
Presentation | December 3 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
MON, DEC 3, 9am-6pm. Students in ARCH 100A and XB-100A will be exhibiting their work and presenting their projects to faculty and guest critics.
Bruker Tracer portable XRF geochemistry
Workshop | December 3 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Dr. Lee Drake, Archaeologist and geochemistry specialist, Bruker
Archaeological Research Facility
Training in the Bruker Tracer X-Ray fluoresence unit
Please register for this workshop. Make reservations online
Bruker Tracer 5i
Dissertation Talk: Scalable RF Receivers for Large Antenna Arrays
Seminar | December 3 | 10-11 a.m. | 2108 Allston Way (Berkeley Wireless Research Center), Rabaey room
Kosta Trotskovsky, Berkeley Wireless Research Center
Making bonds by breaking bonds: An unconventional approach to making molecules
Seminar | December 3 | 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | 775 Tan Hall
Junichiro Yamaguchi, Department of Chemistry, Waseda University
As we are in the business of making molecules, forming and breaking bonds are like two sides of the same coin: the construction of molecules with the desired architecture necessitates the ability to break specific bonds at will. We aim to break stable carbon–carbon bonds in order to create new bonds, and we will strive to design efficient catalysts to accelerate this process.
Currently, this... More >
Oxyopia Seminar
Seminar | December 3 | 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 489 Minor Hall
Kevin Duffy, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
Berkeley Art Studio's Holiday Pop-Up Shop: Gifts, arts, crafts, handmade by local artists
Holiday | December 1 – 10, 2018 every day | 12-10 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union
Berkeley Art Studio
Need holiday gifts but are tired of shopping at the same old big-box stores and online-mega-retailers? Pick up your holiday gifts at the Berkeley Art Studio‘s Holiday Pop-Up Shop on the UC Berkley campus. We carry artist-made ceramics, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, holiday cards, jewelry, and more!
Erotic Resistance: Latina/x Feminist and Queer Performance in San Francisco Strip Clubs from the 1960s to the 1990s
Lecture | December 3 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 602 Barrows Hall
Gigi Otálvaro-Hormillosa, Teaching Fellow in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University
Department of Gender and Women's Studies
In this talk which draws on archival and ethnographic research, Otálvaro-Hormillosa employs visual and performance analyses to map out a Latina/x feminist and queer herstoriography during two historic moments in relation to San Francisco’s sex industry.
Mondays Mindfulness at Moffitt
Workshop | November 26 – December 31, 2018 every Monday | 12-1 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, Wellness Room
Overcome insomnia & stress. Focus the mind. Foster creativity, resiliency & well-being. No previous experience required. Open to students, staff, and faculty in the Cal community (UCB ID required to enter Moffitt Library). For the mindfulness-curious to novices and experts. Weekly practice or drop in.
Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program Online Information Session
Information Session | December 3 | 12-1 p.m. | Online
Gain academic preparation in the sciences along with one-on-one advising to enhance your application to medical, dental or veterinary school, as well as to advanced degree programs in medical- and health-related fields.
Mindfulness at Moffitt: Moffitt Wellness Program
Workshop | October 1 – December 10, 2018 every Monday with exceptions | 12-1 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, 501 (Wellness Room)
Help focus your mind and foster your creativity. Increase your resiliency and well being. Join Jeffrey Oxendine of the School of Public Health for mindfulness practice.
All experience levels welcome; weekly practice or drop in attendance also welcome. Mondays from noon to 1pm.
Must have campus I.D. (Cal 1 card) for entrance
Moffitt Wellness Program
Certificate Program in Paralegal Studies Online Information Session
Information Session | December 3 | 12-1 p.m. | Online
Tom McGuire, Program Director, UC Berkeley Extension
UC Berkeley Extension’s Certificate Program in Paralegal Studies</a> is a comprehensive, accelerated course of study that is designed by paralegals for paralegals and taught by practicing attorneys.
Political Economy Seminar: "Decentralization and the Gamble for Unity"
Seminar | December 3 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Mike Gibilisco, UC Berkeley
The Political Economy Seminar focuses on formal and quantitative work in the political economy field, including formal political theory.
SURF Summer Research Scholarships Info Session
Information Session | December 3 | 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
Western Language Resources for East Asian Studies
Information Session | December 3 | 2-3:30 p.m. | East Asian Library, Room 341
Bruce Williams, C. V. Starr East Asian Library
Introduction to locating materials and information in Western languages in the area of East Asian Studies by using library databases, catalogs and other bibliographic tools.
Northern California Symplectic Geometry Seminar: Persistence homology, and the Rokhlin equivalence clases
Seminar | December 3 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | 384H STANFORD
Claude Viterbo, Universite de Paris-Sud
We explain how using the Floer version of persistence homology, we can find invariants of Rokhlin equivalence classes i.e. $f \simeq g$ if there is a chain $f_0=f,.... f_n=g$ such that the $C^0$ closure of the conjugacy orbit of $f_i$ and $f_{i+1}$ meet. We shall explain the $2$ dimensional case, and its generalization to higher dimensions using the $C^0$ continuity of γ explained in Sobhan's... More >
How to Write a Research Proposal Workshop
Workshop | December 3 | 3-4 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Leah Carroll, Haas Scholars Program Manager/Advisor, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
Office of Undergraduate Research
Need to write a grant proposal? This workshop is for you! You'll get a head start on defining your research question, developing a lit review and project plan, presenting your qualifications, and creating a realistic budget.
Open to all UC Berkeley students.
Arithmetic Geometry and Number Theory RTG Seminar: Exceptional splitting of abelian surfaces over global function fields
Seminar | December 3 | 3-5 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
Ananth Shankar, MIT
Let $A$ denote a non-constant ordinary abelian surface over a global function field (of characteristic p > 2) with good reduction everywhere. Suppose that $A$ does not have real multiplication by any real quadratic field with discriminant a multiple of $p$. Then we prove that there are infinitely many places modulo which $A$ is isogenous to the product of two elliptic curves. This is joint work... More >
Carlos Gussenhoven, "Between phonetics and phonology: Of the beast and the untamed savage"
Colloquium | December 3 | 3:10-5 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall
Phonetic implementation is the conversion of a surface phonological representation into an acoustic signal that represents a canonical pronunciation. My interest in this talk is in two ways in which speakers can intervene here, one targeting the meaning of the message and the other its phonology. The first, for which Dwight Bolinger’s (1978) ‘untamed savage’ is emblematic, concerns the addition... More >
Northern California Symplectic Geometry Seminar: The spectral norm in C^0 symplectic topology
Seminar | December 3 | 4-5 p.m. | 383N STANFORD
Sobhan Seyfaddini, Institut de Mathematiques de Jussieu
We will show that the spectral norm on the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms, introduced in the works of Viterbo, Schwarz and Oh, is continuous with respect to the $C^0$ topology, when M is symplectically aspherical. This statement was previously proven only in the case of closed surfaces. This has numerous applications one of which is a generalization of the Arnold conjecture for Hamiltonian... More >
Non-equilibrium coupling of protein structure and function to translation elongation kinetics
Seminar | December 3 | 4-5 p.m. | 106 Stanley Hall
Edward O'Brien, Penn State
Gesture: its relationship to thinking and speaking
Seminar | December 3 | 4-5 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Sotaro Kita, University of Warwick
Neuroscience Institute, Helen Wills
This presentation concerns a theory on how gestures (accompanying speaking and silent thinking) are generated and how gestures facilitate the gesturer's own cognitive processes. I will present evidence that gestures are generated from a general-purpose Action Generator, which also generates “practical” actions such as grasping a cup to drink, and that the Action Generator generates gestural... More >
Analysis and PDE Seminar: A mathematical framework for proving existence of weak solutions to a class of nonlinear parabolic-hyperbolic moving boundary problems
Seminar | December 3 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Suncica Canic, UC Berkeley
The focus of this talk will be on nonlinear moving-boundary problems involving incompressible, viscous fluids and elastic structures. The fluid and structure are coupled via two sets of coupling conditions, which are imposed on a deformed fluid-structure interface. The main difficulty in studying this class of problems stems from the strong geometric nonlinearity due to the nonlinear... More >
Churchill: Walking with Destiny: Andrew Roberts Book Talk
Lecture | December 3 | 5 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium
Andrew Roberts
Institute for Anglo-American Studies Program Government Studies, and Center for British Studies
Please join the UC Berkeley Anglo-American
Studies Program, Institute for Government
Studies, and Center for British Studies for an event
with historian Andrew Roberts, who will be
discussing his new book "Churchill: Walking with
Destiny." Mr. Roberts will be on hand following his
talk for a reception and book signing.
The History and Science of Paper in Manuscripts of Central Asia
Lecture | December 3 | 5-7 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Agnieszka Helman-Ważny, University of Hamburg & University of Warsaw
Tang Center for Silk Road Studies
Manuscripts from the Silk Road have been used as a key source in the study of religions, literature, and the cultural history of Central Asia. However, they have hardly ever been viewed as artifacts in their own right. As one of the most important physical features of a manuscript, paper serves as a means to distinguish one type of manuscript from another, and can help to determine the origin of... More >
SLAM: Working on Both Sides of the Equation: Perspectives from a Career at the National Science Foundation (after Being in Academia)
Seminar | December 3 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | 106 Stanley Hall
Dr. Timothy Patten, National Science Foundation
Student to Student Peer Counseling: In Moffitt Library for RRR Week
Special Event | December 3 – 9, 2018 every day | 6-10 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, Room 350C on 3rd Floor
Student to Student Peer Counseling
Student to Student Peer Counseling will be available in Moffitt Library room 350C from 6-10pm during RRR week for drop in counseling sessions.
Branches from the Same Tree: The National Academy on the Role of Humanities and Art in “STEM/M” Learning
Lecture | December 3 | 6:30-7:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Join a roundtable that responds to a seminal report on the necessary role of the arts, design, and the humanities in the future of work and higher education. Commissioned by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the report argues that a twenty-first-century workplace needs graduates with the capacity for flexible educational models that cultivate critical thinking,... More >
Trnka’s Sixties Masterworks
Film - Feature | December 3 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
By the 1960s, at the height of his powers, Trnka turned his attention away from fables and fairy tales and toward more pointed allegories and satires. Playfully probing works like Passion and Cybernetic Grandma (a surrealist look at a space-age future) are arguably the short-form, animated precursors to the Czech New Wave features that would follow a few years later. But Trnka’s 1965 masterwork... More >
Global Social Venture Competition: Application Deadline
Deadline | December 3 | 11:45-11:50 p.m. | Apply Online
Institute for Business and Social Impact, Berkeley Haas Center for Social Sector Leadership
Calling all social entrepreneurs! Applications for the 2019 Global Social Venture Competition are now open. If you have a young startup aiming to make a difference in the world and are using technology for good, apply by December 3rd! All entries are reviewed by leading experts in the fields of social entrepreneurship, innovation, and impact investing. Top teams from across the globe will compete... More >
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Fall 2018 Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science
Lecture | October 30 – December 4, 2018 every Tuesday | 190 Doe Library
Deb Agarwal, Department Head, Data Science and Technology, Computational Research Division, LBNL; Rosemary Gillespie, Professor, Environmental Science, Policy & Management; Rachel Slaybaugh, Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering
Kristina Hill, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design
The Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science, co-hosted by the The Berkeley Division of Data Sciences and the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS), return for the Fall 2018 series. Lectures feature Berkeley faculty doing visionary research that illustrates the character of the ongoing data revolution.
Garden Closed
Special Event | January 2 – December 4, 2018 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... More >
Christmas Tree Sale: Hosted by the Cal Forestry Club
Holiday | December 2 – 7, 2018 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Mulford Hall
Local and sustainably-harvested trees.
Preorders are available until November 29. To preorder, go to:
tinyurl.com/orderatree
Bruker Tracer portable XRF geochemistry
Workshop | December 4 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Dr. Lee Drake, Archaeologist and geochemistry specialist, Bruker
Archaeological Research Facility
Training in the Bruker Tracer X-Ray fluoresence unit
Please register for this workshop. Make reservations online
Bruker Tracer 5i
FALL 2018 ARCHITECTURE STUDIO FINAL REVIEWS: ARCH 200A & 100C
Presentation | December 4 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design
TUE, DEC 4, 9am-6pm. Students in ARCH 200A and ARCH 100C will be exhibiting their work and presenting their projects to faculty and guest critics.
Dissertation Talk: Ionocraft: Flying Microrobots With No Moving Parts
Seminar | December 4 | 10-11 a.m. | 490H Cory Hall
Daniel Drew, UC Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Autonomous mobile microrobots will inform the connected world of tomorrow. This talk will focus on my work developing novel electrohydrodynamic (EHD) actuators. Robotic platforms enabled by these thrusters have interesting capabilities, including: silent flight, mechanical simplicity by virtue of having no moving parts, and extremely high thrust-to-weight ratios.
BASF Lecture in Chemical Sciences: Harnessing the Chemistry of Plant Natural Product Biosynthesis
Seminar | December 4 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Sarah O'Connor, John Innes Centre, Department of Biological Chemistry
Plants, which make thousands of complex natural products, are outstanding chemists. Through the concerted action of enzymes that are assembled into metabolic pathways, nature creates chemical complexity from simple starting materials. I will highlight some of the unusual enzymatic transformations that plants use to make complex, bioactive natural products, and will also discuss methods by which... More >
Hildebrand Scholars Roundtable
Colloquium | December 4 | 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall | Note change in time
Kimberly Huynh, Civil/Environmental Engineering
Desiree Valadares, Architecture; Alexandra Havrylyshyn, Berkeley Law
Canadian Studies Program (CAN))
Hildebrand Scholars Roundtable
Join Canadian Studies for the final Colloquium of the Fall 2018 Semester. Three outstanding young scholars will present their work, followed by Q&A.
Kimberly Huynh
PhD Candidate, Civil/Environmental Engineering
"Water-driven methane transport in Burns Bog, British Columbia, Canada."
Desiree Valadares
PhD Candidate, Architecture
"The Reparative... More >
Student Faculty Macro Lunch - "Competition and The Pass-Through of Unconventional Monetary Policy: Evidence from TLTROs"
Presentation | December 4 | 12-1 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall
Matteo Benetton, Assistant Professor of Finance, UC Berkeley
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 emailing jgmendoza@berkeley.edu by November 30.
The New Abnormal: A Town Hall on California's Fires and the Future
Meeting | December 4 | 12-1 p.m. | The Commonwealth Club, Taube Family Auditorium
110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105
Greg Dalton, Founder, Climate One
J. Keith Gilless, Professor of Forest Economics, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM); Thom Porter, Chief of Strategic Planning, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; Kurtis Alexander, Water, Wildfire, and Climate Writer, San Francisco Chronicle; Maggi Kelly, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM)
Wildfires have always been part of life for the state of California. However, in the past year the state has seen 7 of its 20 most destructive wildfires ever, including the recent Camp Fire in Butte County, which directly impacted the Bay Area for days, and the Woolsey Fire in Malibu outside of Los Angeles. Combined, both fires cost hundreds of lives and caused billions of dollars in... More >
Berkeley Art Studio's Holiday Pop-Up Shop: Gifts, arts, crafts, handmade by local artists
Holiday | December 1 – 10, 2018 every day | 12-10 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union
Berkeley Art Studio
Need holiday gifts but are tired of shopping at the same old big-box stores and online-mega-retailers? Pick up your holiday gifts at the Berkeley Art Studio‘s Holiday Pop-Up Shop on the UC Berkley campus. We carry artist-made ceramics, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs, holiday cards, jewelry, and more!
Webnet: The Best of HighEdWeb
Workshop | December 4 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 303 Doe Library
Debra Goldentyer, Digital Director, Haas School of Business
Director of Staff Learning and Development
De-stressing with Thriving in Science (December Seminar)
Seminar | December 4 | 12-2 p.m. | 231 Barker Hall
Please come join us for this final 2018 activity! We’ll be serving lunch in 231 Barker Hall on December 4th. We’ll have blank mugs and wood slices that you can paint with oil pens and de-stress at the end of the semester. Please feel free to join us at any time, even if you aren’t into crafts and just want to grab lunch—everyone is welcome!
CEO Forum: Making the most of digital resources at the Berkeley Library: A workshop for STEM E&O professionals
Workshop | December 4 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Michael Sholinbeck, Outreach Instruction Librarian; Margaret Phillips, Librarian
Making the most of digital resources at the Berkeley Library: A workshop for STEM E&O professionals
Workshop | December 4 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Michael Sholinbeck, Outreach Instruction Librarian, and Margaret Phillips, Librarian, lead this workshop on library resources for STEM education and outreach practitioners.
Certificate Program in Human Resource Management Online Information Session
Information Session | December 4 | 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.
Cook Well Berkeley Healthy Cooking Series: Healthier Holiday Treats (BEUHS641)
Workshop | December 4 | 12:10-1 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Section Club
Kim Guess, RD, Be well at Work - Wellness
Cookies, cakes, and candies, oh my! Stand out from the crowd with healthier holiday gifts and desserts this year. Colleagues, family, and friends will appreciate your support and you can save money by making homemade gifts and desserts! Demonstration, recipes, and samples provided.
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.
CCHF Virtual Symposium
Conference/Symposium | December 4 | 1-4 p.m. | 775B Tan Hall
2019 Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize Info Session: Funding for post graduation social engagement projects
Information Session | December 4 | 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 students the opportunity to extend and reflect upon their undergraduate work at Berkeley by undertaking a social engagement project after their graduation.
Up to $25,000.
Symplectic Working Group: Log Calabi-Yau surfaces and Lagrangian torus fibrations
Seminar | December 4 | 2-3 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
Catherine Cannizzo, UC Berkeley
Seminar 218, Psychology and Economics: Rules of Thumb and Attention Elasticities: Evidence from Over- and Under-reaction to Taxes
Seminar | December 4 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Dmitry Taubinsky, UC Berkeley
Vertigo in a High Place, or, Rapaz amid the Ontologies
Workshop | December 4 | 3-6 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Frank Salomon, Professor Emeritus, John V. Murra Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Archaeological Research Facility
Within Kaha Wayi’s murky chamber both political self-government and rituals managing relations with the environment take place. Work in Kaha Wayi richly expresses an “implicit cosmology.” What should we think about such systems?
CEDSOC End of Semester Meeting
Meeting | December 4 | 3:30-5:30 p.m. | Wurster Hall
College of Environmental Design Students of Color
Join CEDSOC for a break during RRR week. Enjoy food and learn updates for various CEDSOC campaigns.
Event is sponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate Assembly and 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 accessibility@berkeley.edu.
Student Harmonic Analysis and PDE Seminar (HADES): Low regularity solutions for gravity water waves
Seminar | December 4 | 3:40-5 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Albert Ai, UC Berkeley
We consider the local well-posedness of the Cauchy problem for the gravity water waves equations, which model the free interface between a fluid and air in the presence of gravity. It has been known that by using dispersive effects, one can lower the regularity threshold for well-posedness below that which is attainable by energy estimates alone. Using a paradifferential reduction of... More >
Seminar 281: International Trade and Finance - "Spatial Structural Change"
Seminar | December 4 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall
Michael Peters, Yale University
TBD
Pimental Seminar in Physical Chemistry: Electric Fields and Enzyme Catalysis
Seminar | December 4 | 4-5 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall | Canceled
Steven Boxer, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
We have developed the vibrational Stark effect to probe electrostatics and dynamics in organized systems, in particular in proteins where vibrational probes can report on functionally important electric fields. The strategy involves deploying site-specific vibrational probes whose sensitivity to an electric field is measured in a calibrated external electric field. Once calibrated, these probes,... More >
And Then They Came For Us
Film - Documentary | December 4 | 4-5:30 p.m. | Doe Library, Morrison Library
Abby Ginzberg, Filmmaker
Featuring George Takei and many others who were incarcerated, as well as newly rediscovered photographs of Dorothea Lange, this film brings history into the present, retelling this difficult story and following Japanese American activists as they speak out against the Muslim registry and travel ban. Knowing our history is the first step to ensuring we do not repeat it.
Mochida Family by Dorothea Lange
Seminar 221, Industrial Organization: "Nonparametric Demand Estimation in Differentiated Products Markets"
Seminar | December 4 | 4:10-5:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Giovanni Compiani, Haas School of Business
Maps of a rising water table: The hidden component of sea level rise: Berkeley Distinguished Lectures in Data Science
Lecture | December 4 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 190 Doe Library
Kristina Hill, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning, UC Berkeley
Berkeley Institute for Data Science
Map-based data viewers have been available for several years that reveal where coastal flooding is likely to occur as oceans warm and ice sheets melt. Recently, geologists have begun to study the influence of sea level rise on groundwater, and have concluded that in some coastal areas, as much or more land could flood as a result of rising groundwater than will flood directly from saltwater. Yet... More >
Health Care Under the Knife: Moving Beyond Capitalism for Our Health
Colloquium | December 4 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, 221, Gifford Room
Howard Waitzkin, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico
Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association
These days, our health and well-being are sorted through a profit-seeking financial complex that monitors and commodifies our lives. Our access to competent, affordable health care grows more precarious every day. Waitzkin will discuss just what's wrong with our medical system, how it got this way, and a winning strategy in moving toward a post-capitalist health-care system.
Hult Prize-UC Berkeley Competition: Final Pitch Event
Miscellaneous | December 4 | 6-8:30 p.m. | Haas School of Business, Wells Fargo Room, Cheit Hall
Berkeley Haas Center for Social Sector Leadership, Berkeley Haas Entrepreneurship Program
The challenge for each team involved in the 10th Anniversary Hult Prize will be to build the foundations of a venture that will provide meaningful work for 10,000 youth within the next decade.
Join us on December 4th and watch the top 10 UC Berkeley teams pitch products and solutions that will change the world. The 1st place winner moves on to the regional competition and one step closer to... More >
Student to Student Peer Counseling: In Moffitt Library for RRR Week
Special Event | December 3 – 9, 2018 every day | 6-10 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, Room 350C on 3rd Floor
Student to Student Peer Counseling
Student to Student Peer Counseling will be available in Moffitt Library room 350C from 6-10pm during RRR week for drop in counseling sessions.
Caminos de la Ciencia: De Ingeniería Química a Microbiología y de Regreso
Presentation | December 4 | 6:30-7:45 p.m. | César E. Chávez Branch, Oakland Public Library, Suite 271
3301 East 12th St., Oakland, CA 94601
Dr. Javier A. Ceja-Navarro, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
This Presentation will be in Spanish / Esta presentación será en español
En esta presentación, el Dr. Javier A. Ceja-Navarro, investigador del Laboratorio Nacional de Berkeley, nos hablará sobre su trayectoria en la ciencia y las oportunidades que lo han llevado a estudiar microbios, bichos y el medio ambiente.
Javier nació en Tuxpan, Nayarit, México, y realizó toda su preparación... More >
