All events
Tuesday, December 3, 2019
RESCHEDULED: Sugata Ray | Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550–1850
Reading - Nonfiction | December 3 | 5-7 p.m. | 10 Stephens Hall | Note change in date
Sugata Ray, Associate Professor of South and Southeast Asian Art, History of Art Department, UC Berkeley
Munis Faruqui, Director, Institute for South Asia Studies; Sarah Kailath Professor of India Studies; Associate Professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
Institute for South Asia Studies, Department of History of Art, The South Asia Art Initiative at UC Berkeley
A conversation around Professor Sugata Ray's recent publication, Climate Change and the Art of Devotion: Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550–1850.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR - Speaker TBA: Title TBA
Seminar | December 4 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, Grinnell-Miller Library
TBA
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 >
Paradigm shift in conservation of public lands
Seminar | December 4 | 1:30-2:30 p.m. | 251 Hilgard Hall
Sarah Allen, National Park Service
Society of Conservation Biology
Sarah Allen is a retired marine ecologist in National Park Service. She has been working as National Park Service Pacific West Region’s Ocean and Coastal Resources Program Lead and coordinating scientific research in the parks. In this talk, she will focus on the current and future challenges for national park management, and how to bring together scientists, practitioners, and the general public... More >
ERG Colloquium: Alumni Panel: Achieving liveable, equitable, sustainable communities
Colloquium | December 4 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 126 Barrows Hall
Louise Bedsworth, Executive Director, Strategic Growth Council; Zack Subin, Senior Consultant, Energy + Environmental Economics; Jeff Hobson, Independent Consultant; Merrian Borgeson, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Defense Council
University of California, Berkeley
This colloquium features a panel of four accomplished Energy and Resources Group alumni who are leading advocates for liveable, equitable communities that address large-scale challenges like gridlock and climate change. ERG student Emma Tome will facilitate discussion of the panelists' academic and career paths, as well as current challenges these ERGies are tackling in their work within... More >
Thursday, December 5, 2019
IB Seminar: Heating up Ocean Outbreaks from Seagrasses to Seastars
Seminar | December 5 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building
Drew Harvell, Cornell University
ESPM Seminar Series, Fall 2019: Tom Buckley
Seminar | December 5 | 3:30 p.m. | 132 Mulford Hall
Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, and Mgmt. (ESPM)
Tom Buckley, Assistant Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis, will present: "Scaling gas exchange from leaves to canopies." Coffee will be available before the talk at 2:30PM in 139 Mulford; meet the speaker after the talk in 139 Mulford Hall.
Sunday, December 8, 2019
Cal Forestry Club Presents: Christmas Tree Sale
Sale | December 8 – 13, 2019 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | South Side of Mulford Hall
It's time for UC Berkeley Forestry Club's annual Christmas Tree sale! Every year, students travel to the Sierra Nevada to harvest trees donated by Sierra Pacific Industries, which would not normally survive to maturity. Students hand-fall your very own holiday tree! The species that are to be harvested are white fir and incense-cedar. Other species can be requested, but may not be available... More >
Golden Gate Audubon Volunteer Event
Special Event | December 8 | 9 a.m.-12 p.m. | Proposed Alameda Wildlife Reserve
Golden Gate Audubon Society
The Society for Conservation Biology, Berkeley Chapter
Come spend a Sunday morning volunteering for the Golden Gate Audubon Society at a proposed wildlife reserve on Alameda. This proposed reserve is home to endangered California Least Terns. We will spend the morning preparing the habitat by removing invasive shrubs and ground cover. This event is sponsored by the Society for Conservation Biology, Berkeley Chapter.
Monday, December 9, 2019
Cal Forestry Club Presents: Christmas Tree Sale
Sale | December 8 – 13, 2019 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | South Side of Mulford Hall
It's time for UC Berkeley Forestry Club's annual Christmas Tree sale! Every year, students travel to the Sierra Nevada to harvest trees donated by Sierra Pacific Industries, which would not normally survive to maturity. Students hand-fall your very own holiday tree! The species that are to be harvested are white fir and incense-cedar. Other species can be requested, but may not be available... More >
IB Finishing Talk: Evolution of a specialized herbivore community: biogeography, speciation, and balancing selection in North American deserts
Seminar | December 9 | 4-5 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building
Tim O'Connor, UCB (Whiteman Lab)
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Cal Forestry Club Presents: Christmas Tree Sale
Sale | December 8 – 13, 2019 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | South Side of Mulford Hall
It's time for UC Berkeley Forestry Club's annual Christmas Tree sale! Every year, students travel to the Sierra Nevada to harvest trees donated by Sierra Pacific Industries, which would not normally survive to maturity. Students hand-fall your very own holiday tree! The species that are to be harvested are white fir and incense-cedar. Other species can be requested, but may not be available... More >
The Future of Airports
Presentation | December 10 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | 412 McLaughlin Hall
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Ten groups of students from the highly popular CE 153 Airport Design Class will present their final term projects. Project themes cover an interesting spectrum of real-time aviation problems, and futuristic concepts. Real-time themes range from topics such as redesigning airports to address climate change, analysis of delays using machine learning, airport-apron energy use consumption, and... More >
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Cal Forestry Club Presents: Christmas Tree Sale
Sale | December 8 – 13, 2019 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | South Side of Mulford Hall
It's time for UC Berkeley Forestry Club's annual Christmas Tree sale! Every year, students travel to the Sierra Nevada to harvest trees donated by Sierra Pacific Industries, which would not normally survive to maturity. Students hand-fall your very own holiday tree! The species that are to be harvested are white fir and incense-cedar. Other species can be requested, but may not be available... More >
Thursday, December 12, 2019
Cal Forestry Club Presents: Christmas Tree Sale
Sale | December 8 – 13, 2019 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | South Side of Mulford Hall
It's time for UC Berkeley Forestry Club's annual Christmas Tree sale! Every year, students travel to the Sierra Nevada to harvest trees donated by Sierra Pacific Industries, which would not normally survive to maturity. Students hand-fall your very own holiday tree! The species that are to be harvested are white fir and incense-cedar. Other species can be requested, but may not be available... More >
IB Seminar: Can mathematical ecology help us understand and treat cancer?
Seminar | December 12 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building
Frederick Adler, The University of Utah
Friday, December 13, 2019
Cal Forestry Club Presents: Christmas Tree Sale
Sale | December 8 – 13, 2019 every day | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | South Side of Mulford Hall
It's time for UC Berkeley Forestry Club's annual Christmas Tree sale! Every year, students travel to the Sierra Nevada to harvest trees donated by Sierra Pacific Industries, which would not normally survive to maturity. Students hand-fall your very own holiday tree! The species that are to be harvested are white fir and incense-cedar. Other species can be requested, but may not be available... More >
PFAS Contamination: An Emerging Problem in California: A UC Berkeley Superfund Research Program Meeting
Conference/Symposium | December 13 | 9 a.m.-6 p.m. | David Brower Center, Goldman Theater
2150 Allston Way, Suite 100, Berkeley, CA 94704
Martyn Smith, Professor, University of California Berkeley; Rachel Morello-Frosch, Professor, University of California Berkeley; Andres Cardenas, Assistant Professor, University of California Berkeley; Lauren Zeise, Director, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California's Environmental Protection Agency; June-Soo Park, Research Scientist, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California's Environmental Protection Agency
David Sedlak, Professor, University of California Berkeley
UC Berkeley Superfund Research Program
Expert panelists will discuss future research needs related to PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination in California including: the scope of the problem, analytical measurement, epidemiology, toxicokinetics, toxicology, and remediation. The UC Berkeley Superfund Research Program is directed by Professor Martyn Smith.
$40 Regular admission, includes lunch and evening reception, $20 Reduced admission for students, includes lunch and evening reception
Registration opens September 6. Register online by November 6.
Wednesday, December 18, 2019
The Future of Berkeley's Beverage Service Pitch Session
Presentation | December 18 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 132 Mulford Hall
Interested in food and beverage offerings at UC Berkeley? You are invited to attend the final pitch session for the Coalition for Healthy Campus Food and Beverages Fall 2019 Case Design Course.
The Coalition for Healthy Campus Food and Beverages aims to broadly engage campus in... More >
