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Sunday, April 29, 2018
Cal Alumni Association Online Application Reading - TAAP/KASP Scholarships
Miscellaneous | April 27 – May 9, 2018 every day with exceptions | Online
The Cal Alumni Association invites you to join us in reading and evaluating scholarship applications virtually for The Achievement Award and the Kruttschnitt Aspire Scholarship Programs from April 27th through May 9nd. Our dedicated alumni make these scholarships possible and we thank you for your time!
Virtual application readers will receive all training materials and scholarship... More >
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cal-alumni-association-online-application-reading-2-taapkasp-tickets-43959034656?aff=email1. Register online
Collection Closed: Spring Plant Sale Only
Special Event | April 29 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
During the Spring Plant Sale, the Garden collection paths will be closed.
SOGA Open Hours
Tour/Open House | January 28 – May 13, 2018 every Sunday | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Garden Location: on the corner of Walnut St. and Virginia St. in north Berkeley, CA
SOGA is an educational space designed for the community to share knowledge about organic urban agriculture and self-sufficiency in the food system. This type of experiential learning takes place during open volunteer hours, workshops, and DeCals (student-led courses at UCB). The garden, located on UC Berkeley property, is managed by undergraduate students and funded primarily through grants from... More >
Spring Plant Sale
Sale | April 29 | 10 a.m.-3 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Come to our annual Spring Plant Sale: Sunday, 4/29 from 10 am - 3 pm! We have a wide variety of plants to choose from, featuring drought tolerant plants.

How Stories Make the World with Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Saul, and Ismail Muhammad
Panel Discussion | April 29 | 10-11:15 a.m. | Veteran's Memorial Building - Auditorium
Everything we understand about the world comes from stories: those we hear in school, those we read in books, and those we believe about each other. These panelistsall titans of storytellingwill discuss the power stories have to galvanize the world, create cultures, and bind us all together. Dont miss your chance to hear Joyce Carol Oates, who boasts a lifetime of achievements as a great... More >
Bay Area Book Festival
Special Event | April 28 – 29, 2018 every day | 11 a.m.-6 p.m. | Downtown Berkeley
Student Spoken Word Performers, Publications & Media Center
Students: come collect your free wristband for the Bay Area Book Festival at the ASUC Student Union! Tens of thousands of book lovers meet hundreds of acclaimed authors over an exciting weekend in downtown Berkeley, California. One of the premier literary events in the nation!
Wristbands for free admittance to speakers and performance limited to current Cal Students. Just like the ASUC Student Union on social media for your free wristband!
$0 Pick up your wristband at the ASUC Student Union

Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet with Joan Halifax and Dacher Keltner
Panel Discussion | April 29 | 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. | Freight & Salvage
Zen roshi (teacher) and anthropologist Joan Halifax has spent much of her life exploring questions of life and death. Teaching at hospices and on death row, and traveling throughout radically different cultures, she has devoted herself to the study of what makes a meaningful life. Her new book, Standing at the Edge: Finding Freedom Where Fear and Courage Meet, which Arianna Huffington called... More >
Theater - "The Dream of Kitamura": Written and Directed by Philip Kan Gotanda
Performing Arts - Theater | April 22 – 29, 2018 every Sunday | 2-3:30 p.m. | Zellerbach Playhouse
Department of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies
Eerily evocative, non-linear, and movement-driven, THE DREAM OF KITAMURA tells the ghostly, mythic tale of Lord
Rosanjin, who believes he is marked for death by the demon Kitamura. His horror is so profound that he hires two bodyguardsbut are they who they appear to be?
$13 Online in Advance - Students, Cal Staff & Faculty, & Seniors, $15 At the Door - Students, Cal Staff & Faculty, & Seniors, $18 Online in Advance - General Admission, $20 At the Door - General Admission
Buy tickets online or or by emailing tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu

Smart Activism: History and Hope with Rebecca Solnit and L.A. Kaufmann
Panel Discussion | April 29 | 2:30-3:45 p.m. | San Francisco Chronicle Stage in the Park
How can activism be most effective today? Lets look to history. Come hear one of the Bay Areas most famous activists and writersRebecca Solnitin conversation with longtime friend and movement insider L.A. Kauffman on the history and future of activism. Solnit, whose writing spans numerous books, articles, and social media, is perhaps most well-known for Hope in the Dark, a veritable holy... More >
Chamber Chorus
Performing Arts - Music | April 29 | 3 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Magen Solomon, director
Music of Many Faiths: Voices from Jewish, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Catholic, & Protestant traditions. Featured works include a Byrd mass, a Bach cantata, and works of Rossi, Milhaud, Timothy Kramer, Karen Tarlow, Robert Stern and others
The UCB Chamber Chorus is the universitys premiere concert choir. Known for offering our singers and audiences an engaging musical... More >
$16 General Admission, $12 non-UCB students, seniors, current/retired UCB faculty and staff, groups 10+, $5 UCB students

LCD Soundsystem: with guests: TV On The Radio
Performing Arts - Music | April 29 | 4:30 p.m. | Hearst Greek Theatre
Released September 1, 2017 on Columbia Records/DFA, AMERICAN DREAM entered the U.S. chart at #1 and has been nominated for two GRAMMY AwardsBest Alternative Album and Best Dance Recording (for the song tonite)and has generated a tide of year-end best of lists and accolades
Full: Symphony and Ballet
Performing Arts - Music | April 29 | 7:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
BAMPFA
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Music meets dance with magical results as Berkeley Sounds composer fellows join forces with the choreographers and dancers of Berkeley Ballet Theater.
University Baroque Ensemble
Performing Arts - Music | April 29 | 8 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Christine Brandes, director
Berkeleys University Baroque Ensemble (UBE) was founded in 2003 as a successor to the Collegium musicum. It is, as far as weknow, the only student group in the world that performs not just on copies of original instruments but on original eighteenth-century instruments. These include some fine antique violins from the A. Salz Collection, donated to the Music... More >
$16 General Admission, $12 non-UCB students, seniors, current/retired UCB faculty and staff, groups 10+, $5 UCB students

The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara
Film - Documentary | April 29 | 8:45 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
BAMPFA
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Built around interviews with former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Morriss Academy Awardwinning film is a haunted reflection on US military power from World War II through the war in Vietnam.
Monday, April 30, 2018
Cal Alumni Association Online Application Reading - TAAP/KASP Scholarships
Miscellaneous | April 27 – May 9, 2018 every day with exceptions | Online
The Cal Alumni Association invites you to join us in reading and evaluating scholarship applications virtually for The Achievement Award and the Kruttschnitt Aspire Scholarship Programs from April 27th through May 9nd. Our dedicated alumni make these scholarships possible and we thank you for your time!
Virtual application readers will receive all training materials and scholarship... More >
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cal-alumni-association-online-application-reading-2-taapkasp-tickets-43959034656?aff=email1. Register online
Number Theory and Arithmetic Geometry RTG Workshop
Seminar | April 30 – May 4, 2018 every day | 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Evans Hall, 1015 and 740
Max Lieblich, Robert Guralnick and Pham Tiep
During RRR week (4/30-5/4), the number theory and arithmetic geometry RTG will be holding a workshop. The workshop will have lecture series in the mornings and discussion/problem solving sessions in the afternoons in small groups. Max Lieblich will be giving a lecture series on recent progress on the Tate conjectures, and Robert Guralnick and Pham Tiep will be lecturing about group theory and... More >
Teaching in Summer Workshop
Workshop | April 30 | 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall, Academic Innovation Studio (117)
Please join us for a discussion of some of the best approaches to teaching during the summer at UC Berkeley. Among the topics, we will discuss are strategies for managing extended summer class time, what to expect from summer student enrollment, the specifics of the AC requirement, and teaching to issues of racial and economic justice in diverse classrooms.
RSVP online by April 30.
Stephanie Schrader | Rembrandt and the Mughals
Lecture | April 30 | 12:30-2:30 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room) | Note change in time
Stephanie Schrader, Curator, Department of Drawings, J. Paul Getty Museum
Sugata Ray, Assistant Professor of South Asian Art, Department of History of Art, UC Berkeley
Institute for South Asia Studies, Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies, Department of History of Art Stoddard Lecture Series, South Asia Art Initiative
A talk by Dr. Stephanie Schrader, curator at the Department of Drawings at the J. Paul Getty Museum, on her exhibition on Rembrandt and the Inspiration of India at the Getty Center, LA.

The neural circuits of the fly's olfactory memory
Seminar | April 30 | 2-3 p.m. | 540 Cory Hall
Lou Scheffer, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
The fruit fly Drosophila will avoid odors previously associated with unpleasant experiences, and pursue odors previously associated with rewards. It has long been known that the seat of this associative learning is the Mushroom Body, a particular compartment of the fly's brain. Using a combination of genetic methods, behavioral experiments, electrophysiology, and circuit reconstruction (through... More >
Seminar 211, Economic History: Topic Forthcoming
Seminar | April 30 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall
Jared Rubin, Chapman University
Differential Geometry Seminar: Higher-order estimates for collapsing Calabi-Yau metrics
Seminar | April 30 | 2:10-3 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Hans-Joachim Hein, Fordham University
Consider a compact Calabi-Yau manifold \(X\) with a holomorphic vibration \(F: X \rightarrow B\) over some base \(B\), together with a "collapsing" path of Kahler classes of the form \([F^*\omega _B] + t [\omega _X]\) for \(t \in (0,1]\). Understanding the limiting behavior as \(t \rightarrow 0\) of the Ricci-flat Kahler forms representing these classes is a basic problem in geometric analysis... More >
Emotion in Social Media
Special Event | April 30 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 202 South Hall
Galen Panger
New findings about emotions in social media and their implications for social, behavioral, and data sciences.

BLISS Seminar: Phase Transitions in Generalized Linear Models
Seminar | April 30 | 3-4 p.m. | 540 Cory Hall
Leo Miolane, INRIA
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
We consider generalized linear models (GLMs) where an unknown $n$-dimensional signal vector is observed through the application of a random matrix and a non-linear (possibly probabilistic) componentwise output function.
Applied Math Seminar: Smoothing techniques for risk-averse PDE-constrained optimization
Seminar | April 30 | 3-4 p.m. | 959 Evans Hall
Drew Kouri, Sandia National Laboratories
Many science and engineering applications necessitate the optimal control or design of systems described by partial differential equations (PDEs) with uncertain inputs such as coefficients, boundary conditions and initial conditions. In this talk, I formulate such problems as risk-averse optimization problems in Banach space. For many popular measures of risk such as coherent risk measures, the... More >
Arithmetic Geometry and Number Theory RTG Seminar: Constancy of generalized Hodge-Tate weights of a p-adic local system
Seminar | April 30 | 3:10-5 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
Koji Shimizu, Harvard University
Sen attached to each p-adic Galois representation of a p-adic field a multiset of numbers called generalized Hodge-Tate weights. In this talk, we regard a p-adic local system on a rigid analytic variety as a geometric family of Galois representations and show that the multiset of generalized Hodge-Tate weights of the local system is constant. The pretalk is designed to be a quick introduction to... More >
Avraham Shtub -Technion
Seminar | April 30 | 3:30-5 p.m. | 3108 Etcheverry Hall
Avraham Shtub, Technion
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Professor Avraham Shtub holds the Stephen and Sharon Seiden Chair in Project Management. He was a faculty member of the department of Industrial Engineering at Tel Aviv University from 1984 to 1998 where he also served as a chairman of the department (1993-1996)... More >
IB Finishing Talk: Metapopulations in miniature: connectivity, subpopulation extinction, and recovery in microbial microcosms
Seminar | April 30 | 4-5 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building
Helen Kurkjian, UCB (Simms Lab)
STROBE Seminars: New Algorithms for Phase Retrieval and Ptychography
Seminar | April 30 | 4-5 p.m. | 433 Latimer Hall
Dr. Stan Osher
Stan Osher, "New Algorithms for Phase Retrieval and Ptychography"
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The Next Generation of Brain-Computer Interfaces: Responding Implicitly to Learners' Cognitive State
Colloquium | April 30 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 2515 Tolman Hall
Beste Yuksel, University of San Francisco
The human and computer are both complex machines, capable of sophisticated functions, yet there is a very narrow bandwidth of communication between them. A new generation of brain computer interfaces (BCIs) are currently being developed that can increase this communication bandwidth by passively detecting learners' cognitive state and responding appropriately in real-time. In this talk, I present... More >
The Next Generation of Brain-Computer Interfaces: Responding Implicitly to Learners' Cognitive State
Colloquium | April 30 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 2515 Tolman Hall
Beste Yuksel, University of San Francisco
The human and computer are both complex machines, capable of sophisticated functions, yet there is a very narrow bandwidth of communication between them. A new generation of brain computer interfaces (BCIs) are currently being developed that can increase this communication bandwidth by passively detecting learners' cognitive state and responding appropriately in real-time. In this talk, I present... More >
Seminar 208, Microeconomic Theory: "Media Competition and the Source of Disagreement"
Seminar | April 30 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 639 Evans Hall
Dissertation talk: Classical delegation and verification of quantum computations
Seminar | April 30 | 4-5 p.m. | 540AB Cory Hall
Urmila Mahadev
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Due to recent advances in quantum computing, two related open questions have become increasingly important. First, can a classical computer delegate a quantum computation without compromising privacy? Next, is it possible for a classical computer to verify the result of a quantum computation? In this talk, we present methods allowing a classical computer to achieve both of these cryptographic... More >
War and the River: Cultural Production and Myth-making in Contemporary Bosnian Literature
Lecture | April 30 | 4-6 p.m. | B-4 Dwinelle Hall
Faruk Sehic, Bosnian Author; Mirza Puric, Literary Translator
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES), Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
This event will feature a reading by Bosnian author, Faruk Sehic, and literary translator, Mirza Puric. They will read selections of Sehics poetry and prose. A panel discussion, moderated by Antje Postema and Jasmina Husanovic, will follow. This discussion will engage the salient thematics of Sehics work while delving into current trends in Bosnian literary and cultural production.

Public Lecture by Nobel Laureate Jean Tirole: Economics of the Common Good
Lecture | April 30 | 4:30-6 p.m. | Haas School of Business, Spieker Forum, Chou Hall
Jean Tirole, Chairman, Toulouse School of Economics
Clausen Center for International Business and Policy, Gilbert Center for Applied Economics Conference
Jean Tirole will give the Joan and Egon von Kaschnitz Lecture this Spring, based on his book The Economics of the Common Good.
Citizenships Insular Cases: From Greece and Rome to Puerto Rico: 2018 Heller Lecture
Lecture | April 30 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall | Note change in time
Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Princeton University
The title for this lecture references a series of court opinions in 1901 that marked a decisive turn in the United States practice of what has since become known as differentiated citizenship. Working backwards from this historical conjuncture, I will examine the appearance of systems of differentiated citizenship in the Greco-Roman Mediterranean and comment on their reception in several... More >

Swahili Weekly Social Hour
Social Event | January 22 – April 30, 2018 every Monday with exceptions | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Jupiter
2181 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley
Speak Swahili with your fellow Swahili students and enthusiasts over a drink at Jupiter (check for location updates). This is an informal gathering to connect with other Swahili speakers on campus and in Berkeley. Each person will support their own beverage purchases (water, soda, coffee, tea, beer, etc.), but we will provide the good company! And of course, Swahili speaking only! All skill and... More >

UROC DeCal Demystifying the Research Process: Decolonizing Methods in Academic Research (Hosted by UROC: Undergraduate Researchers of Color)
Course | January 29 – April 30, 2018 every Monday with exceptions | 6-8 p.m. | 174 Barrows Hall
Istifaa Ahmed, UROOC
Office of Undergraduate Research
Ethnic Studies 98/198
Class Time: Mondays, 6pm-8pm, 1/22/18 - 4/30/18
Course Control Number (CCN): 24251
Units: 1-3 units
Student Instructor: Istifaa Ahmed
Welcome to our student-led organization and DeCal, Underrepresented Researchers of Color (UROC) Demystifying the Research Process: Decolonizing Methods in Academic Research! We seek to build a community of researchers of color... More >
Re-Assembling Hope: Rebecca Solnit in conversation with Dacher Keltner, Dan Kammen, Shannon Jackson and Friends of the Bay Area Book Festival
Lecture | April 30 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Dacher Keltner, Co-Director of the Greater Good Science Center, Professor, Psychology, UC Berkeley; Dan Kamman, Professor, Energy & Chair Energy and Resources Group; Shannon Jackson, Associate Vice Chancellor for the Arts and Design; Cyrus and Michelle Hadidi Chair in the Humanities, UC Berkeley; Rebecca Solnit, Writer
Join UC Berkeley alum Rebecca Solnit as she brings both the 2018 Bay Area Book Festival and A+D Mondays to a close with a conversation on the idea of Hope. Solnit, in conversation with a range of Berkeley professors, authors, and community activists will discuss our fraught political landscape, how literature and art help us to navigate through crises, and how Hope helps us to assemble and... More >
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
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 Gardens 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.
-Im only in Berkeley for one day from... More >

Cal Alumni Association Online Application Reading - TAAP/KASP Scholarships
Miscellaneous | April 27 – May 9, 2018 every day with exceptions | Online
The Cal Alumni Association invites you to join us in reading and evaluating scholarship applications virtually for The Achievement Award and the Kruttschnitt Aspire Scholarship Programs from April 27th through May 9nd. Our dedicated alumni make these scholarships possible and we thank you for your time!
Virtual application readers will receive all training materials and scholarship... More >
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cal-alumni-association-online-application-reading-2-taapkasp-tickets-43959034656?aff=email1. Register online
ReGen18 Conference
Conference/Symposium | May 1 – 4, 2018 every day | Impact Hub San Francisco
1885 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Center for Responsible Business
Join the Regenerative Movement at ReGen18!
When: May 1-4,2018
Where: Impact HubSan Francisco
Register to attend: Use code R30_BerkeleyHaas for a 30% discount off registration: http://bit.ly/2EUdw0B
We are only days away from the launch of ReGen18! You wont want to miss this opportunity. Join us May 1-4 in the heart of theMission District at Impact Hub San Francisco. We will be... More >
Seminar 237/281, Macro/International Seminar: No Seminar
Seminar | May 1 | 597 Evans Hall
Number Theory and Arithmetic Geometry RTG Workshop
Seminar | April 30 – May 4, 2018 every day | 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Evans Hall, 1015 and 740
Max Lieblich, Robert Guralnick and Pham Tiep
During RRR week (4/30-5/4), the number theory and arithmetic geometry RTG will be holding a workshop. The workshop will have lecture series in the mornings and discussion/problem solving sessions in the afternoons in small groups. Max Lieblich will be giving a lecture series on recent progress on the Tate conjectures, and Robert Guralnick and Pham Tiep will be lecturing about group theory and... More >
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.
Dissertation Talk: Device Physics and Materials Properties of Two-Dimensional Semiconductors
Presentation | May 1 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Cory Hall, Wang Room / 531
Sujay Desai, UC Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Two-dimensional (2D) materials like MoS2 and WSe2 are semiconducting analogues to graphene and consist of atomically-thin layers held together by weak van der Waals (vdW) forces. By way of vdW forces, these ultrathin semiconductors can be mechanically exfoliated down to a monolayer of material (~0.7 nm thick). Monolayer 2D materials have large bandgaps, some of which exhibit direct band gap... More >
Impact Investing Practicum Fireside Chat
Seminar | May 1 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Haas School of Business, N340+344, Chou Hall
Center for Responsible Business
The new impact investing practicum will present the final recommendations they made to their clients during a fireside chat on Tuesday, May 1st from 11AM - 1PM. Students this year were paired with: SF Foundation, Tin Shed Ventures, CIM, and Cambridge Associates. Please join us to learn more about the great work student teams completed this spring.
Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture in Organic Chemistry: Enantioselective and Remote C–H Activation Reactions
Seminar | May 1 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 120 Latimer Hall
Prof. Jin-Quan Yu, The Scripps Research Institute
The vast majority of directed CH activation reactions proceed via cyclometallation, in which a strongly coordinating functional group binds to the metal and facilitates cleavage of a proximate CH bond. These substrates driven reactions become problematic background reactions for developing enantioselective CH activation reactions. The use of weak coordination from substrates to direct metal... More >

Blood Drive
Special Event | May 1 | 11 a.m.-6 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, East Pauley Ballroom
Be Well at Work - Wellness Program
Blood Drives at UC Berkeley are sponsored by the American Red Cross (ARC) to provide much needed blood to hospitals throughout the Bay Area.
Blood Drives at UC Berkeley are held once a month. Appointments to donate are encouraged and walk-ins are always welcome. Drives are held at two locations on all dates from 11am-6pm: MLK- Student Union East Pauley Ballroom and Red Cross Bloodmobile (at... More >
Crossing Institutional Boundaries: Health, Agency, and Constraint
Colloquium | May 1 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Duster Room
2420 Bowditch street, Berkeley, CA 94720
Vicky Gomez, Dr.P.H. candidate in the School of Public Health, and Graduate Fellow, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley; Renee Mack , Ph.D. candidate in the School of Social Welfare, and Graduate Fellow, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley
Troy Duster, Chancellor's Professor, Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley, and Emeritus Silver Professor, Department of Sociology, New York University, UC Berkeley
Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
Vicky Gomez | Digital Storytelling and Colorectal Cancer Screening Intention in a Latino Church Community Setting
Renee Mack | Patient Satisfaction with Mandated Psychiatric Treatment: Commitment, Care, and the Intersection of Criminal Justice and Mental Health
Troy Duster as respondent
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.
Development Lunch: "The Impact of Accepting Card Payments on Small Business Profits and Growth" and TBA
Seminar | May 1 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Sean Higgins; Samuel Muhula
ISF 110 - Free Speech in the Public Sphere: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Course | January 16 – May 3, 2018 every Tuesday & Thursday | 2-3:30 p.m. | 102 Wurster Hall
Division of Undergraduate Education
In this spring 2018 class, we shall take up the nature of public speech from Socrates' public dissent to social media messaging today. The course reading will combine classic philosophical statements about the value of free, subversive and offensive speech; histories of the emergence of public spheres; and sociologies of technologically-mediated speech today.
K-POP/M-POP/HIP-HOP--A Korea/Mongolia Mixtape: Youth, Expression, and the New Nationalism in East Asia
Panel Discussion | May 1 | 2-4 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), UC Berkeley Mongolia Initiative, Center for Korean Studies (CKS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
A panel of scholars discuss and compare emergent themes in popular culture and politics in Korea and Mongolia, illustrated with clips from music and performance.
Seminar 291, Departmental Seminar: "Narratives, Imperatives, and Moral Reasoning"
Seminar | May 1 | 2:10-3:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Jean Tirole, TSE
Note change in time
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: The Fellowship of the Ring: The Maximal Rank Theorem
Seminar | May 1 | 3:45-5 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Joe Harris, Harvard University
The Brill-Noether theorem establishes a fundamental link between the classical notion of a curve in projective space, given as the zero locus of polynomials, and the (relatively) modern notion of an abstract curve. Specifically, it tell us when and how a general abstract curve can be embedded in $\mathbf{P^r}$.
But that’s just the opening line of the story: having embedded our abstract curve... More >
Young Scholars Research Symposium: A celebration of student excellence
Conference/Symposium | May 1 | 4-6:30 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
Rebecca Dharmapalan, Senior: Sociology (major) and Human Rights (minor)
Adora Svitak, Senior: Development Studies (major) and South Asian Studies (minor)
Prathyush Parasuraman, Senior: South Asian Studies (major) and Economics (major)
Raveena Samra, Senior: Anthropology (major) and Creative Writing (minor)
Institute for South Asia Studies, Office of Undergraduate Research
UC Berkeley student scholarship on cultural, political, and religious norms in South Asia.

K-POP/M-POP/HIP-HOP--A Korea/Mongolia Mixtape Youth, Expression, and the New Nationalism in East Asia
Colloquium | May 1 | 4-6 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
Eun-young Jung, Independent Scholar; Franck Bille, UC Berkeley
Brian Baumann, UC Berkeley
Peter K. Marsh, Cal State East Bay; Donna Kwon, University of Kentucky; Charlotte D'Evelyn, Loyola Marymount University; Kendra Van Nyhuis, UC Berkeley; Marissa Smith, San Jose State; Stephanie Choi, UC Santa Barbara
Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS)
A panel of scholars discuss and compare emergent themes in popular culture and politics in Korea and Mongolia.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Seminar in Organic Chemistry: Novel PET radioligands for non-invasive imaging of the PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint pathway
Seminar | May 1 | 4-5 p.m. | 775 Tan Hall
David Donnelly, Senior Research Investigator, Bristol-Myers Squibb
David J. Donnelly completed his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 2006 from the University of Buffalo with a focus on the synthesis of sulfur, selenium and tellurium containing rhodamine dyes for use in photodynamic therapy. After receiving his Ph.D. he conducted his post-doctoral research with Professor Mike Kilbourn at the University of Michigan, where he worked on the synthesis and design of both... More >

The Strategic Complex: Russias Strategic Adjustment under Unipolarity
Lecture | May 1 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall
Boris Barkanov, Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES)
Russias grand strategy has changed significantly in the post-Soviet period, but IR theory cannot fully account for this variation. This research synthesizes insights from the realist and constructivist traditions to explain how domestic discourses of state identity, role, and power mediate anarchical systemic pressures to shape strategic adjustment. These discourses comprise what I call the... More >

Seminar 221, Industrial Organization: "More than a Penny's Worth: Left-Digit Bias and Firm Pricing"
Seminar | May 1 | 4:10-5:30 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall
Avner Shlain, UC Berkeley
The Long Haul: Best Practices for Making Your Digital Project Last
Workshop | May 1 | 4:10-5 p.m. | Doe Library, Doe Library 303
Stacy Reardon, Library; Rachael Samberg, Scholarly Communication Officer
You've invested a lot of work in creating a digital project, but how do you ensure it has staying power? We'll look at choices you can make at the beginning of project development to influence sustainability, best practices for documentation and asset management, and how to sunset your project in a way that ensures long-term access for future researchers.
Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry: The Fellowship of the Ring: Linkage, Curves, and Koszul homology
Seminar | May 1 | 5-6 p.m. | 939 Evans Hall
Justin Chen, UC Berkeley
We conclude the linkage portion of the student seminar, by completing the proof of the theorem of Lazarsfeld-Rao that general curves of high degree are minimal in their linkage class. Time permitting, we will also discuss how Koszul homology behaves under linkage, including properties like being strongly Cohen-Macaulay or sliding depth.
Baseball vs. BYU
Sport - Intercollegiate - Baseball/Softball | May 1 | 7:05 p.m. | Evans Field
Cal Bears Intercollegiate Sports
Cal Baseball hosts BYU at Evans Diamond.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018
ReGen18 Conference
Conference/Symposium | May 1 – 4, 2018 every day | Impact Hub San Francisco
1885 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Center for Responsible Business
Join the Regenerative Movement at ReGen18!
When: May 1-4,2018
Where: Impact HubSan Francisco
Register to attend: Use code R30_BerkeleyHaas for a 30% discount off registration: http://bit.ly/2EUdw0B
We are only days away from the launch of ReGen18! You wont want to miss this opportunity. Join us May 1-4 in the heart of theMission District at Impact Hub San Francisco. We will be... More >
Jacobs Spring Design Showcase
Seminar | May 2 – 3, 2018 every day | Jacobs Hall
Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation
On Wednesday, May 2, and Thursday, May 3, join the Jacobs Institute for the Jacobs Spring Design Showcase. At this lively open house, you can meet student designers, check out innovations in fields from health to mobility, and celebrate the semester over conversation and refreshments.
Free Wednesday at the Garden
Special Event | January 3 – December 5, 2018 the first Wednesday of the month every month with exceptions | UC Botanical Garden
Every first Wednesday at the Garden is free admission day.
Graduate Student Lounge
Miscellaneous | April 25 – December 12, 2018 every Wednesday | Anthony Hall
Graduate Students! Take advantage of the Graduate Student Lounge at Anthony Hall. Study, grade papers, meet with other grad students.
Graduate Students only! However, Anthony Hall can be made available to the entire campus and community for reservations at other times.

Cal Alumni Association Online Application Reading - TAAP/KASP Scholarships
Miscellaneous | April 27 – May 9, 2018 every day with exceptions | Online
The Cal Alumni Association invites you to join us in reading and evaluating scholarship applications virtually for The Achievement Award and the Kruttschnitt Aspire Scholarship Programs from April 27th through May 9nd. Our dedicated alumni make these scholarships possible and we thank you for your time!
Virtual application readers will receive all training materials and scholarship... More >
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cal-alumni-association-online-application-reading-2-taapkasp-tickets-43959034656?aff=email1. Register online
Synchro and SimTraffic V10
Special Event | May 2 – 3, 2018 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | University Hall, Room 28
Fred Choa, PE, Associate, Fehr & Peers Associates
This two-day course provides beginning to intermediate computer lab training in SYNCHRO / SimTraffic10 software and the recently published 2010 Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010) for vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists. Working on a real-world project, students will use SYNCHRO to insert an aerial background, insert / modify roadways, input intersection geometrics, multi-modal traffic volumes... More >
$395.00 CA Public Agency, $790.00 Standard Fee
Register online or by calling 510-643-4393, or by emailing registrar-techtransfer@berkeley.edu
Number Theory and Arithmetic Geometry RTG Workshop
Seminar | April 30 – May 4, 2018 every day | 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m. | Evans Hall, 1015 and 740
Max Lieblich, Robert Guralnick and Pham Tiep
During RRR week (4/30-5/4), the number theory and arithmetic geometry RTG will be holding a workshop. The workshop will have lecture series in the mornings and discussion/problem solving sessions in the afternoons in small groups. Max Lieblich will be giving a lecture series on recent progress on the Tate conjectures, and Robert Guralnick and Pham Tiep will be lecturing about group theory and... More >
Wellness Wednesdays: First Wednesday Yoga Walk
Sport - Recreational | May 2 | 9:30-10:30 a.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Experience the Garden in a whole new way as you reconnect with your body and with nature in this 60-minute yoga walk. Through gentle movements, standing poses, and breathing exercises, we will walk through the Garden paths, pause at vistas and groves, and awaken your senses. This class is open to all bodies and led by Eugenia Park, a yoga instructor-Ayurveda wellness counselor, mediator, and dancer.
$20 / $15 UCBG Member / Free for UC Students, Faculty, and Staff

History 101 Circus: Undergraduate Research Showcase
Colloquium | May 2 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Department of History, Phi Alpha Theta, Chi Chapter
The 101 Circus is the great annual gathering at which undergraduate history majors present their thesis research. Students will give 10-minute presentations on their research before opening the floor for 5-minute Q&A sessions.
The History 101 seminar is designed to guide students through the capstone experience of undergraduate education as a history major: the researching and writing of a... More >

Capstone Showcase: Day 1
Special Event | May 2 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | 2451 Ridge Road, Shire Hall (Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership)
Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership
Each Spring, hundreds of attendees convene in Berkeley, CA for two days of social impact innovation. With 13 tracks and 100 capstone teams, see where the future of engineering is headed by uncovering the projects created in collaboration between UC Berkeley faculty, industry partners, and Master of Engineering student leaders.

HSSA Speaker Series Biopolitics and Biopower in Putin's Russia
Lecture | May 2 | 10-11:30 a.m. | 650 Barrows Hall
Professor Andrey Makarychev, Visiting Professor at Johan Skytte Institute of Political Science, University of Tartu (Estonia)
Humanities and Social Sciences Association
This online lecture aims at introducing the concept of biopolitics, along with the multifaceted policies and practices this concept entails, into the field of Russian studies. Biopolitics not only brings up the issues of corporeality and sexuality at the top of political agenda; it also contains strong religious components, selective migration policy, and constructs new identities and loyalties... More >
Dissertation Talk: Printed organic light emitting diodes for biomedical applications
Presentation | May 2 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 490 Cory Hall
Claire M. Lochner, EECS
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Flexible electronics interface well with the human body, enabling wearable device implementations that were previously limited by the rigid form factors of conventional electronics. This work explores applying printed and flexible organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) in biomedicine. A proof-of-concept solution-processed organic optoelectronic pulse oximeter is demonstrated, as well as a new OLED... More >
Cactus and Agave Discovery Station
Special Event | May 2 | 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Come learn all about cactus and agave at this month's Discovery Station.

Dissertation Talk: Phase-space imaging in computational imaging
Seminar | May 2 | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Soda Hall, VCL center, 510
Hsiou-Yuan Liu
Berkeley Center for Computational Imaging
Computational imaging has open many possibility in the study of imaging; examples are digital refocusing, phase retrieval and diffuser cameras. The optics in use does not necessarily form an image of the target, as done in traditional imaging, but capture essential features for a post-capture computation to reconstruct the image. The design of computational part will also affect how the optics is... More >
After the Looting
Lecture | May 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Carol Redmount, University of California, Near Eastern Studies
Archaeological Research Facility
In 2011 and 2012 the archaeological site of El-Hibeh in Middle Egypt was badly looted in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. Every part of the ancient tell, once a first millennium BCE provincial city, was violated--from above, from below, and from the side. In our 2017 field season we began the process of assessing the damage and figuring out how to proceed in future.

Noon Concert: Gamelan
Performing Arts - Music | May 2 | 12 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Fall welcome misc.
Javanese and Balinese Gamelan music and dance - student ensembles led by Midiyanto, Dewa Putu Berata, and Lisa Gold
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Featuring the Music Departments varied and diverse performance activities, the Department of Music presents a series of free weekly concerts each semester in Hertz Hall. Inaugurated in 1953, these concerts are very popular and well attended by... More >

Plant and Microbial Biology Plant Seminar: "Mechanisms for target specificity in transcriptional regulation controlling Arabidopsis anther development"
Seminar | May 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 Barker Hall
Hong Ma, Fudan University and Penn State
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
In the area of functional studies of genes important for plant reproductive development, we focus on molecular basis of meiotic homologous recombination and chromosome condensation and segregation, gene networks controlling anther and pollen development, and regulatory elements ensuring reproductive development in response to environmental changes, such as light, drought and heat.

Hong Ma
No MVZ Lunch Seminar
Seminar | May 2 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 Grinnell-Miller Library
MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects. The seminar meets every Wednesday from 12- 1pm in the Grinnell-Miller Library. Enter through the MVZ's Main Office, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, and please let the receptionist... More >
An Update on Cardiac ASL-MRI and Brain Tumor DCE-MRI
Seminar | May 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 106 Stanley Hall
Krishna Nayak, University of Southern California
This talk will summarize two of the translational MRI efforts in my lab. One is the application of arterial spin labeling (ASL) to the human heart. ASL is a non-contrast technique for measuring tissue perfusion, and could be extremely valuable in the assessment of ischemic heart disease, especially high-risk groups such as those with kidney failure. Cardiac ASL-MRI is challenging because of the... More >
Irvin Ungar on Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art: Introduction by Shana Penn (Taube Philanthropies)
Lecture | May 2 | 12-1 p.m. | Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life (2121 Allston Way)
Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life
"Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art" (Giles, 2017) was named the winner of the 2017 National Jewish Book Award, in the category of Visual Arts. This new publication celebrates the diverse aspects of Szyk's career and examines his highly detailed artwork.

Must-Know Cooking Techniques (BEUHS641): Nutrition Events at Tang
Workshop | May 2 | 12:10-1 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Section Club
Kim Guess, RD, Wellness Program Dietitian, Be well at Work - Wellness
Do you want to gain confidence in the kitchen but dont have time for culinary school? Learn some of the key cooking techniques that are commonly used in classic recipes. You may even be inspired to create your own recipes! Lecture, brief cooking demonstration, and a sample will be provided.
Helping Your Loved One to Remain at Home (BEUHS174)
Workshop | May 2 | 12:10-1:30 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Section Club
Caryn Doherty, LCSW, Senior Alternatives
Knowing the resources in advance of a crisis and being prepared to discuss options with an elder, can be invaluable to you and your loved one. This informative workshop, offered by a geriatric care manager, will include a discussion of the challenges you may encounter as you attempt to assist your elder with their wish to remain living safely at home. Resources such as in-home care, care... More >
Scabs: The Social Suppression of Labor Supply
Colloquium | May 2 | 12:10-1:15 p.m. | 5101 Tolman Hall
Supreet Kaur, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Economics
Institute of Personality and Social Research
A distinguishing feature of the labor market is social interaction among co-workers---providing the ingredients for social norms to develop and constrain behavior. We use a field experiment to test whether social norms against accepting wage cuts distort workers' labor supply during periods of unemployment. We partner with 183 existing employers, who offer jobs to 502 randomly-selected laborers... More >

Modernizing America's Electricity Infrastructure
Lecture | May 2 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse
2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
Mason Willrich will outline a national strategy for modernizing and decarbonizing America's electric infrastructure.
Composition Colloquium - Martin Matalon Bloch Lecture featuring Jennifer Curtis, (International Contemporary Ensemble): Bloch Lecture 2: Music for Instruments and Live Electronics: Traces feat. a performance of Traces VIII for violin and electronics, Dan Flanagan (Eco Ensemble)
Colloquium | May 2 | 1 p.m. | CNMAT (1750 Arch St.)
Born in Buenos Aires in 1958, Martin Matalon received his Bachelor degree in Composition from the Boston Conservatory of Music In 1984, and in 1986 his Masters degree from the Juilliard School of Music. In 1989, having initiated himself in conducting with Jacques-Louis Monod, he founded Music Mobile, a New York-based ensemble devoted to the contemporary repertoire (1989-96).
Among his awards,... More >
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | February 1, 2017 – December 5, 2018 the first Wednesday of the month every month 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 >
Distributional symmetries and non commutative independences
Seminar | May 2 | 3:10-4 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Camille Male, Institut de Mathématiques de Bordeaux
Professor Dan Virgil Voiculescu invented the theory of free probability in order to study abstract objects in operator algebra, the von Neumann algebras of free group. A unexpected and extremely powerful application of his theory is that it allows to predict the eigenvalues distribution of functions of certain independent random matrices. The properties of the limiting non commutative... More >
Wings of a Serf
Film - Feature | May 2 | 3:10 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Directed by the Belarusian Yuri Tarich, this extraordinary 1926 Soviet silent film set in the sixteenth century was influential in the direction of Eisensteins two-part Ivan the Terrible (1944-46).
Transcriptional regulation and metabolism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Seminar | May 2 | 3:30-4:30 p.m. | 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building
Manuel Llinás, Penn State University
Working towards a dynamic-stiffness hydrogel platform utilizing Phytochrome B and Phytochrome Interacting Factor 6 as a light-inducible crosslinker/Mechanisms and Descriptors of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Nitrogen Bond Forming Reactions over Hydroxyapatite
Colloquium | May 2 | 4-6 p.m. | 180 Tan Hall
Nahyun Cho, Ph.D. student in the Schaffer Group and Sohn Group; Christopher Ho, Ph.D. student in the Bell Group
Reception for "We're Here, We're Queer, We're in the Public Record!": An exhibit of the LGBTQ Movement and Life as Seen through Government Information
Reception | May 2 | 4-6 p.m. | Doe Library, Morrison Library
This exhibition showcases selected documents pertaining to LGBTQ history and highlights aspects of LGBTQ life that have been impacted by the actions of federal, state, and local governments.
The Library attempts to offer programs in accessible, barrier-free settings. If you think you my require disability-related accommodations, please contact margaret.phillips@berkeley.edu, as soon as possible.

Novel Mechanisms Linking Insulin Resistance to Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis
Seminar | May 2 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 114 Morgan Hall
Sonia Najjar, Ohio University
Special Seminar: 5-chromatic unit-distance graphs in the plane: initial discovery and subsequent progress
Seminar | May 2 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 3 Evans Hall
Aubrey de Grey, SENS Research Foundation
Earlier this year I made the first improvement since 1950 to the bounds of the Hadwiger-Nelson problem, which is to determine the chromatic number of the plane (CNP); the lower bound was previously 4, since there are 4-chromatic unit-distance (UD) graphs in the plane. The improvement to CNP ≥ 5 was achieved by identifying, though not actually defining precisely, a numerical function of UD... More >
Center for Computational Biology Seminar: Dr. Murat Acar, Associate Professor of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University
Seminar | May 2 | 4:30-5:30 p.m. | 125 Li Ka Shing Center
Center for Computational Biology
Quantitative insights into gene network evolution and aging in the context of a canonical network
Abstract:
Regulation of gene expression in the yeast galactose utilization network has served as a paradigm for eukaryotic transcriptional control for 60 years now. Using the GAL network as an experimental model, we characterized cross-species evolution of this network and how cellular aging... More >
Berkeley Certificate in Design Innovation Spring 2018 Certificate Ceremony
Special Event | May 2 | 4:30-5:30 p.m. | 310 Jacobs Hall
Berkeley Certificate in Design Innovation, Arts & Humanities, Letters & Science Division of , College of Environmental Design, College of Engineering, Haas School of Business
Join us for our Second Annual Certificate Ceremony on Wednesday, May 2nd @ 310 Jacobs Hall, 4:30pm to 5:30pm, as we honor our latest cohort of students to receive the Berkeley Certificate in Design Innovation. Come by and celebrate with our students, learn more about the certificate program and chat with members of our academic committee. Refreshments will be served.
SERC Gala
Special Event | May 2 | 6-8:30 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Pauley Ballroom
Student Environmental Resource Center
Join us for the 5th annual SERC Gala!
$5-30
Toastmasters on Campus Club: Learn public speaking
Meeting | July 2, 2014 – December 18, 2019 every Wednesday with exceptions | 6:15-7:30 p.m. | 3106 Etcheverry Hall
Toastmasters has been the world leader in teaching public speaking since 1924. Meetings are an enjoyable, safe, self-paced course designed to get you up and running as a speaker in only a few months.
Mankiller: May's Movie at Moffitt
Film - Documentary | May 2 | 7-9 p.m. | 405 Moffitt Undergraduate Library
"This is the story of an American hero and legend, one who stands tall amongst the likes of Robert Kennedy, Harriet Tubman, and Martin Luther King, Jr. -- and yet few people know her name. Wilma Mankiller is someone who humbly defied the odds to fight injustice and give a voice to the voiceless. She overcame rampant sexism and personal challenges to emerge as the Cherokee Nation's first female... More >
Must have a UCB student ID for entrance.

May Movie at Moffitt
Africa and the Diaspora: Short Films
Film - Feature | May 2 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Tonights program mingles short African fiction films with documentary essays from the diaspora. Discover works by Alassane Sy and Mamadou Dia (Senegal), Cedric Ido (Burkina Faso), Lebert Bethune (Jamaica), and Carlos Javier Ortiz (Oakland by way of Chicago).