All events
Sunday, August 19, 2018
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 >
All These Women
Film - Feature | August 19 | 3-4:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
This was Bergman’s first film in color, and he prepared for the transition with fastidious care. Set in the music world, the film is a satire about pompous males and the women who stroke their vanity while getting just what they want from them.
Career Connections Alumni Mixer: Golden Bear Orientation
Social Event | August 19 | 4:30-7:30 p.m. | Memorial Glade
Cal Alumni Association, Career Center
Alumni and student networking event.
In the White City
Film - Feature | August 19 | 4:30-6 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
One of the key works of eighties European cinema, Tanner’s poem/film in praise of solitude and the flâneur finally finds a protagonist able to happily unmoor himself from work and consumerist obligation, and to instead spend time “sleeping, walking, dreaming,”
Identification of a Woman
Film - Feature | August 19 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
By the eighties, for Antonioni to make a love story is necessarily to make a mystery, as well as a bit of science fiction. Identification of a Woman centers around an improbability: Niccolo, a film director, is searching for both the perfect star for “a film in the form of a woman,” and the perfect woman in his life.
Monday, August 20, 2018
New Graduate Student Orientation: Orientation for incoming Public Health Graduate Students
Orientation | August 20 | Berkeley City Club
2315 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704
For the student handouts, please download: http://sph.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/SPH_New_Student_Orientation_Handouts.pdf
URAP Info Session: The URAP Experience
Information Session | August 20 | 10-10:30 a.m. | 100 Lewis Hall
Hannah Thorner, Peer Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, Office of Undergraduate Research; Emma Bianco, Peer Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
Office of Undergraduate Research
Interested in applying to URAP? Come to the URAP Experience info session held by two experienced URAP apprentices and peer advisors. Find out about best practices for the application process, and being an apprentice.
Dissertation Talk: Learning and Optimization for Mixed Autonomy Systems - A Mobility Context
Seminar | August 20 | 1-2 p.m. | 521 Cory Hall
Cathy Wu, UC Berkeley
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
In this talk, we discuss machine learning and optimization critical for enabling mixed autonomy systems – in the context of mobility. Mixed autonomy characterizes the problems surrounding the gradual and complex integration of automation and AI into existing systems. In the context of mobility, the question is: how will self-driving cars change urban mobility? We first explore and quantify the... More >
Carl Heiles (UCB): Real Spectrometric L-Band Data from FAST: A Detailed Presentation and Analysis
Seminar | August 20 | 3:10-4 p.m. | 501B Campbell Hall
Carl Heiles, UCB
FAST is rapidly preparing to begin all-sky pulsar and HI survey work with their 19-beam feed array. I have been working with a set of data--1 msec sampling rate, 4096 frequency channels covering 1.00 to 1.50 GHz, two polarizations for each of the 19 beams. I'll show these data, discuss calibration and analysis techniques, comment on data quality and the interference environment and plans for the... More >
Chancellor’s New Student Convocation
Special Event | August 20 | 4-5 p.m. | Haas Pavilion
The New Student Convocation will formally welcome 8,500 new undergraduate students to the university. The convocation ceremony is an opportunity for the incoming students to gather together as a class and hear from campus administration, student leaders, and faculty.
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research and Finding a Mentor Workshop
Workshop | August 20 | 9:30-10 p.m. | 100 Lewis Hall
Sean Burns, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
Office of Undergraduate Research
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research
If you are thinking about getting involved in undergraduate research, this workshop is a great place to start! You will get a broad overview of the research opportunities available to undergraduates on campus, and suggestions on how to find them.
We will also let you know about upcoming deadlines and eligibility requirements for some of... More >
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Research Poster Session
Conference/Symposium | August 21 | Gilman Hall
Orientation for New Graduate Students (NGSO)
Orientation | August 21 | 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall
Ellen Gobler
Orientation for NEW graduate students includes informative speakers and workshops on relevant topics. This event, sponsored by the Graduate Division, will take place at Dwinelle Hall. Check-In from 8:30-9am. Event begins at 9:00 am and ends at 3:45pm. Lunch served to first 900. Visit website for more information.
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research and Finding a Mentor Workshop
Workshop | August 21 | 9:30-10:30 a.m. | 101 Morgan Hall
Leah Carroll, Haas Scholars Program Manager/Advisor, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
Office of Undergraduate Research
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research
If you are thinking about getting involved in undergraduate research, this workshop is a great place to start! You will get a broad overview of the research opportunities available to undergraduates on campus, and suggestions on how to find them.
We will also let you know about upcoming deadlines and eligibility requirements for some of... More >
UCDC Info Session: Spring 2019 application deadline, Sept. 20, 2018
Information Session | August 21 | 10-11 a.m. | 2 LeConte Hall
Mary Crabb, UCDC
The UC Berkeley Washington Program
Come learn about how to spend a semester working and studying in Washington, DC. UCDC sends students from all majors to intern and research in DC, earning a full semester of Berkeley credit.
Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program Info Session
Information Session | August 21 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall
Stefanie Ebeling, Program Manager and Student Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, Office of Undergraduate Research
Office of Undergraduate Research
The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program gives undergraduate students the opportunity to work with UC Berkeley professors on faculty research projects.
ITIN Drop-Off Event
Workshop | August 21 | 11:15 a.m.-12:20 p.m. | 209 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
Avoid a trip across campus. Attend this event to complete the ITIN application process with Berkeley International Office (BIO) and the Central Payroll Office. This event is for F-1 students who are not eligible for a Social Security Number and are receiving cash-in-hand awards from UC Berkeley.
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.
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research and Finding a Mentor Workshop
Workshop | August 21 | 1:30-2:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall
Sean Burns, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
Office of Undergraduate Research
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research
If you are thinking about getting involved in undergraduate research, this workshop is a great place to start! You will get a broad overview of the research opportunities available to undergraduates on campus, and suggestions on how to find them.
We will also let you know about upcoming deadlines and eligibility requirements for some of... More >
Getting Your Bearings Library Tour
Tour/Open House | August 21 – 28, 2018 every day with exceptions | 2-3 p.m. | Doe Library, Tour starts at the north entrance
Join other students and get your bearings with a 3-in-one tour of the Doe Memorial Library, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and the Main Stacks. See these central libraries and learn about the student services they provide.
Oxidation reactions over multicomponent catalysts: study of the ceria-based nanomaterials
Seminar | August 21 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Bldg. 62, room 230
Professor Marco Piumetti, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
URAP Info Session: The URAP Experience
Information Session | August 21 | 3-4:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall
Hannah Thorner, Peer Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, Office of Undergraduate Research; Emma Bianco, Peer Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
Office of Undergraduate Research
Interested in applying to URAP? Come to the URAP Experience info session held by two experienced URAP apprentices and peer advisors. Find out about best practices for the application process, and being an apprentice.
Milk and Cookies: Department of History Welcome and Orientation for New and Continuing Students
Orientation | August 21 | 3-5 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall
Leah Flanagan, Undergraduate Advisor, Department of History
Are you a Berkeley undergrad who's interested in studying history? If so, join us on August 21 for "Milk & Cookies," our welcome and orientation for all students!
After hearing from History faculty about what we do here (and why), we'll introduce staff, new peer advisors, our library liaison, and our student group leaders. There will be plenty of time for snacks, questions, and... More >
GradFest!: The Graduate student campus life and resource fair.
Special Event | August 21 | 3:30-5:30 p.m. | Dwinelle Hall
Katelyn Nomura-Weingrow
Leadership, Engagement, Advising, and Development (LEAD) Center
We'll be welcoming new graduate and professional students at GradFest: an event that allows you to connect to various aspects of campus life and resources. GradFest takes place at Dwinelle Plaza, immediately following New Graduate Student Orientation. Get your special wristband at GradFest then join us for social meet-ups at local pubs!
BCNM Fall 2018 Open House
Reception | August 21 | 4:30-6 p.m. | Moffitt Undergraduate Library, BCNM Commons, 340
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media for our annual open house!
Open to students, faculty, and staff, we invite you to visit us at the BCNM Commons to check out some of the exciting new media research taking place on campus. We'll have demonstrations from Eric Paulos' Hybrid Ecologies Lab, video screenings from Asma Kazmi, tangible interfaces from Kimiko Ryokai, and more!
Most... More >
REDWOOD GROVE SUMMER CONCERTS: Young Musicians Choral Orchestra
Performing Arts - Music | August 21 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden, Redwood Grove
SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE REDWOOD GROVE!
Enjoy a magical music experience this summer under towering redwoods in the Berkeley hills.
TONIGHT: Young Musicians Choral Orchestra - Jazz Big Band
$12 Adult, $10 UCBG Member Adult, $5 Youth 5-17yrs, Free Under 5
Buy tickets online or or by emailing gardenprograms@berkeley.edu
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
No MVZ Lunch Seminar
Seminar | August 22 | 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 >
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.
Getting Your Bearings Library Tour
Tour/Open House | August 22 – 28, 2018 every day with exceptions | 10-11 a.m. | Doe Library, Tour starts at the north entrance
Join other students and get your bearings with a 3-in-one tour of the Doe Memorial Library, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and the Main Stacks. See these central libraries and learn about the student services they provide.
No MVZ Lunch Seminar
Seminar | August 22 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, 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 >
Designated Subjects Adult Education and Career Technical Education Teaching Credentials Online Information Session
Information Session | August 22 | 12:15-1 p.m. | Online
Find out how to succeed in a career teaching adults with diverse needs. Our classroom-based professional programs enable you to teach in adult education or career technical education, with or without a California Designated Subjects teaching credential.
Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program Info Session
Information Session | August 22 | 1-2 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Stefanie Ebeling, Program Manager and Student Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, Office of Undergraduate Research
Office of Undergraduate Research
The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program gives undergraduate students the opportunity to work with UC Berkeley professors on faculty research projects.
Getting Your Bearings Library Tour
Tour/Open House | August 21 – 28, 2018 every day with exceptions | 2-3 p.m. | Doe Library, Tour starts at the north entrance
Join other students and get your bearings with a 3-in-one tour of the Doe Memorial Library, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and the Main Stacks. See these central libraries and learn about the student services they provide.
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research and Finding a Mentor Workshop
Workshop | August 22 | 2-3 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Leah Carroll, Haas Scholars Program Manager/Advisor, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
Office of Undergraduate Research
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research
If you are thinking about getting involved in undergraduate research, this workshop is a great place to start! You will get a broad overview of the research opportunities available to undergraduates on campus, and suggestions on how to find them.
We will also let you know about upcoming deadlines and eligibility requirements for some of... More >
Weekly Coffee Break
Social Event | August 22 | 3-4 p.m. | Cafe International House
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
A warm welcome to all new and returning students! Make sure you check out the first Coffee Break event of the new school year, and start off the new semester with a fresh cup of coffee and a new friend!
What is Coffee Break? Coffee Break is a weekly opportunity for UC Berkeley global students to meet and engage with one another in a relaxing environment. It’s a chance to enjoy free coffee,... More >
Uniform rates of the Glivenko-Cantelli convergence and their use in approximating Bayesian inferences
Seminar | August 22 | 3-4 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Eugenio Regazzini, Universita degli Studi di Pavia, Italy
This talk deals with suitable quantifications in approximating a probability measure by an “empirical” random probability measure \hat p_n, depending on the first n terms of a sequence \{\xi_i\}_{i\ge1}
of random elements. In the first part, we study the range of oscillation near zero of the p-Wasserstein distance d(p) ....
Based on joint work with Emanuele Dolera. More >
Redefining Druggability using Chemoproteomic Platforms
Seminar | August 22 | 4-5 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall
Daniel Nomura, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley
Town Hall Meeting and OGSI Awards
Colloquium | August 22 | 4-6 p.m. | 180 Tan Hall
Topology Seminar (Main Talk): Where do Seiberg-Witten equations come from?
Seminar | August 22 | 4-5 p.m. | 3 Evans Hall
Selman Akbulut, Michigan State University
The question in the title is akin to asking where the equation of motion of a free falling object $a + bt + 1/2 gt^2$ in 3-space come from? then discovering that the "objects fall with constant acceleration" rule. Similarly, we derive Seiberg-Witten equations (which also have a linear part and a quadratic part) from the deformation equations of an "isotropic associative submanifold" of a complex... More >
Rerandomization and Regression Adjustment
Seminar | August 22 | 4-5 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Peng Ding, UC Berkeley
Randomization is a basis for the statistical inference of treatment effects without assumptions on the outcome generating process. Appropriately using covariates further yields more precise estimators in randomized experiments. In his seminal work Design of Experiments, R. A. Fisher suggested blocking on discrete covariates in the design stage and conducting the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) in... More >
VSR Social Mixer
Social Event | August 22 | 6-8 p.m. | Daily Pint
1828 Euclid Ave, Berkeley, CA 94709
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
On behalf of the Berkeley International Office, we would like to invite you to attend our Visiting Student Researcher (VSR) Social Mixer! All are welcome so feel free to invite friends,family or new colleagues.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
Location: Daily Pint (1828 Euclid Ave, Berkeley)
Date: August 22nd, 2018
Time: 6- 8 pm
We look forward to seeing you there!
What’s in Store for the Grocery Industry?
Panel Discussion | August 22 | 6 p.m. | SPUR Oakland
1544 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Berkeley Food Institute, SPUR Oakland
The grocery business is changing. Shifting consumer preferences, business consolidation and evolving supply chains are all influencing where we get our food and what’s in the aisles. As longtime staples of our communities, grocery stores will continue to impact community economic development, neighborhood planning, the shape of the workforce and more. Join us to hear about current trends and the... More >
$10
Salesforce Info-Session
Information Session | August 22 | 6-7 p.m. | Soda Hall, Wozniak Lounge (430)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Ready to launch your career at the #1 Company on Fortune’s 100 Best Company on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list? Join Salesforce for an info session with Amit Das, Principal Database Architect, from our Kernel and Productivity team. He will be talking about connecting the basic system metrics with Machine Learning to predict the best optimized infrastructure, which provides the... More >
Toastmasters on Campus Club: Learn public speaking
Meeting | January 14, 2015 – December 18, 2019 every Wednesday | 6:15-7:30 p.m. | 3119 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.
L’avventura
Film - Feature | August 22 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
While exploring a volcanic island on a yachting expedition, a troubled young woman named Anna disappears, leaving her lover Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti) and close friend Claudia (Monica Vitti) to search in vain, and fall in love. L’avventura unfolds against Anna’s very palpable absence, a love story in a void.
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Mindfulness for Well-Being
Workshop | August 23 | 9:30-10 a.m. | UC Botanical Garden | Canceled
Discover more by joining this weekly 30-minute mindfulness group where you will learn a variety of evidence-based practices designed to reduce stress and enhance well-being, all while taking in the beautiful surroundings of the UC Botanical Garden. This group is welcome to all.
Free with Garden admission ($12); Free for UCBG members, UC Berkeley students, staff, and faculty
Getting Your Bearings Library Tour
Tour/Open House | August 22 – 28, 2018 every day with exceptions | 10-11 a.m. | Doe Library, Tour starts at the north entrance
Join other students and get your bearings with a 3-in-one tour of the Doe Memorial Library, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and the Main Stacks. See these central libraries and learn about the student services they provide.
Professional Program in Health Informatics Online Information Session
Information Session | August 23 | 12-1 p.m. | Online
Stan Weisner, Ph.D. M.S.W., UC Berkeley Extension
Learn about this fully online program that prepares you to launch a new career in health informatics or advance in your current position. Geared for both clinical and nonclinical professionals, this program provides you with the understanding of both the technology and the health care best practices so that you can succeed.
$0
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 >
Seminar 251, Labor Seminar: "Supply, Demand, Institutions, and Firms: A Theory of Sorting and the Wage Distribution"
Seminar | August 23 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
Getting Your Bearings Library Tour
Tour/Open House | August 21 – 28, 2018 every day with exceptions | 2-3 p.m. | Doe Library, Tour starts at the north entrance
Join other students and get your bearings with a 3-in-one tour of the Doe Memorial Library, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and the Main Stacks. See these central libraries and learn about the student services they provide.
Certificate Program in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Information Session | August 23 | 5:30-7 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center), Room 206
Learn how UC Berkeley Extension’s professional certificate can prepare you for diverse job opportunities—in teaching, business, publishing, travel and more—both in the United States and around the world.
Accenture Info-Session
Information Session | August 23 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Soda Hall, Wozniak Lounge (430)
Accenture
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Meet us for a casual Q&A dinner session!
Accenture Labs incubates and prototypes new concepts through applied R&D projects that are expected to have a significant strategic impact on Accenture and its clients. Our dedicated team of technologists and researchers work with leaders across the company and business partners to invest in, incubate, and deliver breakthrough ideas and solutions that... More >
REDWOOD GROVE SUMMER CONCERTS: Tyler Ramsey + The Suitcase Junket
Performing Arts - Music | August 23 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden, Redwood Grove
SUMMER CONCERTS IN THE REDWOOD GROVE!
Enjoy a magical music experience this summer under towering redwoods in the Berkeley hills.
TONIGHT: Tyler Ramsey + The Suitcase Junket
$26 Adult, $24 UCBG Member Adult, $15 Youth 5-17yrs, Free Under 5
Buy tickets online or or by emailing gardenprograms@berkeley.edu
Stalker
Film - Feature | August 23 | 7-7:30 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
A sci-fi tale that unwinds in the environs of the soul takes the form of a nightmarish quest for nothing less than truth itself. In a plot employing the roughest outlines of a novel by Soviet sci-fi writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, a writer and a scientist follow a shaven-headed “stalker” into forbidden territory, a dangerous wilderness known as the Zone.
The Handmaid's Tale Escapes from Its Book: The On the Same Page Keynote lecture
Lecture | August 23 | 7-8:30 p.m. | Zellerbach Hall
Margaret Atwood's classic, and timely, novel The Handmaid's Tale has been selected as the focus of this year's On the Same Page program at UC Berkeley. Atwood will kick off the program with a lecture in the first week of classes, giving us food for thought to animate and inform ongoing discussions of her work throughout the fall term.
Show a valid Cal id for free admission. At 6:45 we will open admission to the general public if any seats remain.
Margaret Atwood
Friday, August 24, 2018
SOLD OUT - Summer Bird Walk with Chris Carmichael
Tour/Open House | August 24 | 9:30-11 a.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Come check in on our summer visitors such as warblers, orioles, and hummingbirds, and be on the lookout for fledglings recently hatched in the garden. Quarterly bird walks are led by our Research Affiliate and former Associate Director of Collections and Horticulture, Chris Carmichael.
$20, $18 UCBG members
SOLD OUT.
Getting Your Bearings Library Tour
Tour/Open House | August 22 – 28, 2018 every day with exceptions | 10-11 a.m. | Doe Library, Tour starts at the north entrance
Join other students and get your bearings with a 3-in-one tour of the Doe Memorial Library, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and the Main Stacks. See these central libraries and learn about the student services they provide.
Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program Info Session
Information Session | August 24 | 10-11 a.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Stefanie Ebeling, Program Manager and Student Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, Office of Undergraduate Research
Office of Undergraduate Research
The Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program gives undergraduate students the opportunity to work with UC Berkeley professors on faculty research projects.
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research and Finding a Mentor Workshop
Workshop | August 24 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Leah Carroll, Haas Scholars Program Manager/Advisor, Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships
Office of Undergraduate Research
Getting Started in Undergraduate Research
If you are thinking about getting involved in undergraduate research, this workshop is a great place to start! You will get a broad overview of the research opportunities available to undergraduates on campus, and suggestions on how to find them.
We will also let you know about upcoming deadlines and eligibility requirements for some of... More >
Micron Tabling in 3rd Floor, Soda Hall
Miscellaneous | August 24 | 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | Soda Hall, Soda-Etcheverry Breezeway
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Redefine What's Possible
Spark Your Career at Micron
Fueling Innovation
At Micron, we are developing memory and storage solutions that transform what's possible. From mobile phones to connected cars and homes - our innovative technology is changing how the world works, plays, communicates and connects.
Micron began in 1978 as a four-person semiconductor design company in the basement of... More >
NCBI Bioinformatics Tools: An Introduction
Workshop | August 24 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, Bioscience Library Training Room, 2101 VLSB
Elliott Smith, Koshland Bioscience Library
A hands-on workshop introducing NCBI bioinformatics tools such as PubMed, Gene, Protein, Nucleotide, and BLAST.
Members' Walk: South America
Lecture | August 24 | 1-2:30 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Take an in-depth look into the South America Collection with Horticulturist Noah Gapsis. The Garden’s South American Area represents the floras of the temperate and Mediterranean-climate areas of South America, featuring plants from the matorral of coastal Chile. The South American matorral is comparable to the chaparral of California and the maquis vegetation of the Mediterranean Basin, all... 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 >
There's Plenty of Room at the Top: Nano Seminar Series
Lecture | August 24 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Building
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu, UC Berkeley, EECS
Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute
The virtuous cycle of integrated-circuit "microchip" technology advancement has been sustained for over 50 years, resulting in the proliferation of information technology (IT) with dramatic economic and social impact. Although there is still some “room at the bottom” today to manipulate and control matter at ever smaller scales, physics and economics limit the benefits of further transistor... More >
Getting Your Bearings Library Tour
Tour/Open House | August 21 – 28, 2018 every day with exceptions | 2-3 p.m. | Doe Library, Tour starts at the north entrance
Join other students and get your bearings with a 3-in-one tour of the Doe Memorial Library, Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and the Main Stacks. See these central libraries and learn about the student services they provide.
The Cultural Record in the Information War Era
Seminar | August 24 | 3:10-5 p.m. | 107 South Hall
Clifford Lynch
How recent developments that are rapidly destabilizing the cultural record, and what we can do.
Botanical Gardens Meetup
Social Event | August 24 | 4-6 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
Take a break and get out in nature for a little bit with this short hike through the beautiful Berkeley Botanical Garden. Whether you're a plant enthusiast or just want to get a little exercise on a sunny Friday afternoon, we'd love to have you come along!
We will meet outside of Evans Hall (by memorial glade) at 4 PM to take a bus up to the gardens.
URAP Info Session: The URAP Experience
Information Session | August 24 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall
Hannah Thorner, Peer Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program, Office of Undergraduate Research; Emma Bianco, Peer Advisor, Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program
Office of Undergraduate Research
Interested in applying to URAP? Come to the URAP Experience info session held by two experienced URAP apprentices and peer advisors. Find out about best practices for the application process, and being an apprentice.
Micron Info-Session
Information Session | August 24 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Soda Hall, Wozniak Lounge (430)
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
Come learn about the vital importance of memory in the artificial intelligence age! Hosted by Micron and Senior Fellow Mark Helm.
Bring your curiosity and initiative. We'll bring the food.
Le trou
Film - Feature | August 24 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
“Le Trou denounces injustice and celebrates solidarity, leaving you to ponder what happens when those values collide” (J. Hoberman, New York Times). Becker’s last film, Le trou is one of the great prison escape films, and a profound meditation on freedom and confinement that “exists in the same spiritual screen realm as Renoir’s Grand Illusion and Bresson’s A Man Escaped” (Telluride Film... More >
Beyond the Clouds
Film - Feature | August 24 | 8:45-10:15 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
The eighty-three-year-old Antonioni returned to filmmaking after a ten-year absence (triggered by a debilitating stroke that left him unable to speak) with this resolutely idiosyncratic treatise on that most old-fashioned of themes: beauty. Its four separate episodes, set in France and Italy, are based on stories in Antonioni’s collection That Bowling Alley on the Tiber: Tales of a Director.
