At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Lessons of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake Focused on Damage to Highway Bridges

Seminar: GeoEngineering: Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Materials: Civil Systems: Civil and Environmental Engineering: Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate | May 1 | 1-2 p.m. | 406 Davis Hall

Speaker/Performer: Qiuhong Zhao, Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Tianjin Univ.

Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)

This seminar starts with an overview of damages to the highway bridges in rural areas during the
magnitude 8.0 earthquake that occurred on May 12, 2008 at the Wenchuan County, Sichuan
Province, China. Damage to four major highway bridges were described and discussed in detail,
with a summary of typical damages to a wide range of highway bridges in the rural areas during
the earthquake.

Climate-Challenged Society

Colloquium | May 1 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 110 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Richard Norgaard, Professor, Energy and Resources Group, University of California Berkeley

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Plausible Fallacies and Inconvenient Truths: The Dow Distinguished Lecture

Lecture | May 2 | 4-5 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorum

Featured Speaker: John W. Cahn, Senior Fellow Emeritus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Adjunct Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Physics at the University of Washington.

Sponsors: College of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)

Throughout time, scholars and craftsmen have developed — and built upon — plausible explanations for what they observe in fields of technology and science. As our understanding grows, many of these ideas are proven wrong, but with nothing to replace them, they persist. Research to supplant these fallacies can open the door to major advances, but incorporating new and sometimes “inconvenient”...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Meet the new chancellor: a student forum with Nicholas Dirks

Special Event | May 2 | 4:45-6 p.m. |  Anna Head Alumnae Hall

Location: 2357 Haste Street, Berkeley, CA

Sponsors: ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California), Graduate Assembly

Learn about his plans and priorities. Get questions answered. Share your opinions. Let's give Nicholas Dirks a warm Berkeley welcome before we leave for summer break.

Target audiences: Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Advanced Energy Storage

Lecture | May 3 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310, Banatao Auditorium

Speaker/Performer: Janice Lin, Strategen

Sponsor: CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society)

Free and open to the public.

Live broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc.

Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1...   More >

Understanding Complexity by Reducing It: physically based, simplified flow models in landscape evolution studies

Seminar: Environmental Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering | May 3 | 2-3 p.m. | 502 Davis Hall

Speaker: Dr. Laurel Larsen, Assistant Professor, Geography, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)

Understanding Complexity by Reducing It: physically based, simplified flow models in landscape evolution studies: Environmental Engineering Seminar Series

Seminar: Environmental Engineering: Civil and Environmental Engineering | May 3 | 2-3 p.m. | 502 Davis Hall

Speaker: Dr. Laurel Larsen, Assistant Professor, Geography, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Beyond Basic Language: Communicating Your Research to Diverse Audiences

Workshop | May 6 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 83 Dwinelle Hall

Speaker: Dr. Len Syme, School of Public Health

Sponsors: Graduate Students for Engaged Scholarship, Cal Corps Public Service Center

One part facilitated workshop on translating research into clear and approachable language and second part academic speed dating, this workshop will help graduate students develop techniques to communicate their community-based work to diverse audiences while meeting other community engaged scholars. The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Len Syme, School of Public Health.

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

GA Sustainability Happy Hour

Social Event | May 7 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. |  Beta Lounge

Location: 2129 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Come discuss sustainability issues and network with fellow graduate student sustainability enthusiasts! This event is hosted by the Graduate Assembly Environmental Sustainability Committee. Free food, cheap drinks.

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

GeoLunch Seminar: Structural and functional connectivity of complex aquatic landscapes

Seminar | May 9 | 1:10-2 p.m. | 103 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Laurel Larsen, Department of Geography

Sponsor: Geospatial Innovation Facility (GIF)

Presenter: Laurel Larsen, Department of Geography, UC Berkeley

Topic: Structural and functional connectivity of complex aquatic landscapes

Location: 103 Mulford Hall

Chancellor's Awards for Public Service

Reception | May 9 | 3:30-5 p.m. |  Alumni House

Sponsors: Office of the Chancellor, Cal Corps Public Service Center, Cal Alumni Association

Each year, the Chancellor recognizes students, staff, faculty and community partnerships that embody UC Berkeley's proud tradition of public service and commitment to improving our local and global community.

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Design for Change Lab: Sustainability, Technology and the Dynamics of Rapid Change

Lecture | May 10 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310, Banatao Auditorium

Speaker/Performer: Banny Banerjee, Stanford University

Sponsors: CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society), I4Energy Center

Free and open to the public.

Live broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc.

Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall
Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1...   More >

ERG Master's Presentations

Colloquium | May 10 | 3:30-6 p.m. | 105 Goldman School of Public Policy | Note change in date and location

Speaker: ERG Master's Students

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

Problems with and solutions to global sustainability: culture, biology, and sociopolitical practices.

Colloquium | May 10 | 5-7 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium (Room 310)

Featured Speakers: Paul Ehrlich, Bing Professor of Population Studies and Director of the Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University; Clive Hamilton, Professor of Public Ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, Charles Sturt University

Sponsor: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

This is the final event in the Berkeley Sawyer Seminar series on "Speciesism and the Future of Humanity," funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, featuring lectures and discussion with Paul Ehrlich and Clive Hamilton

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

At the Edges: A Wetlands Restoration Site

Exhibit - Photography | January 24 – May 31, 2013 every day | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 2600 Tolman Hall

Sponsor: Library

The photos in this exhibit, taken at the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site on Mare Island, CA were taken where land and water intersect.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences