Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

3rd i's Seventh Annual SF Int'l South Asian Film Festival

Film - Series | November 5 – 8, 2009 every day |  Roxie Theater/Castro Theatre

Location:  , San Francisco

Sponsor: South Asia Studies, Center for

Center for South Asia Studies cosponsors:
3rd i's SEVENTH ANNUAL SF INT'L SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Nov 5 - 6, Roxie Theater/Nov 7 - 8, Castro Theatre

From art-house classics to documentary films, from innovative and experimental visions to cutting-edge Bollywood, 3rd i presents diverse images of South Asians through independent film. For the full festival lineup, visit our website.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

3rd i's Seventh Annual SF Int'l South Asian Film Festival

Film - Series | November 5 – 8, 2009 every day |  Roxie Theater/Castro Theatre

Location:  , San Francisco

Sponsor: South Asia Studies, Center for

Center for South Asia Studies cosponsors:
3rd i's SEVENTH ANNUAL SF INT'L SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
Nov 5 - 6, Roxie Theater/Nov 7 - 8, Castro Theatre

From art-house classics to documentary films, from innovative and experimental visions to cutting-edge Bollywood, 3rd i presents diverse images of South Asians through independent film. For the full festival lineup, visit our website.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Drinking Dionysos: The Athenian Symposium

Lecture | November 8 | 2 p.m. | San Francisco Airport Museum, Aviation Library and Museum, International Terminal

Location:  , San Francisco, CA

Sponsor: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology

What was an ancient Greek drinking party like? What happened there and why?
This talk examines the protocols and pleasures of the Greek symposium through the medium of Athenian painted pottery of the archaic and classical periods (c. 600–400 bce).

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Tickets not required:Free to the public

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Positive Political Theory

Seminar | November 9 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Moses Hall, 109, Harris Room

Speaker/Performer: Dimitri Landa, New York University

Sponsor: Governmental Studies, Institute of

Topic of talk TBA

Europe, NATO, and Russia: Competitors? Partners? Does NATO have a Future? What is Russia’s Future?

Lecture | November 9 | 12-1:15 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall

Speaker/Performer: Jeremy Kinsman, Diplomat, former Canada's ambassador in Moscow

Sponsors: Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Institute of (ISEEES), International Studies, Institute of

Jeremy Kinsman was named Canada's Ambassador in Moscow in 1992. In this talk, he will discuss the NATO - Russia relationship.

Defending the Homeland Against Weapons of Mass Destruction: STEP Seminar

Seminar | November 9 | 5-6 p.m. | 621 Stanley Hall

Speaker: Dr. Mim John, Vice President Emeritus, Sandia National Laboratories

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

The threat of another serious terrorist attack on the U.S. homeland has brought into focus the nation’s need to prepare for some of the worst cases imaginable – namely, the threats posed by nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, or in common parlance, WMD (weapons of mass destruction). The three WMD modalities pose distinct challenges, but they can be addressed from a common...   More >

Who Really Opened the Wall

Special Event | November 9 | 5-6 p.m. | Doe Library, Morrisson Room

Speaker/Performer: John Connelly

Sponsors: Library, The, Goethe Institut, San Francisco

Icons of Border Installation Exhibit on the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Opening presentation by Professor John Connelly, Department of History, UC Berkeley

International House Globalization Film Series: FRONTLINE/World Documentary: "Ghana-Digital Dumping Ground" and "Egypt Middle East Inc.": with Frontline Executive Director Sharon Tiller and Charlotte Buchen, Producer Reporter, Frontline

Film - Documentary | November 9 | 7 p.m. | International House, Auditorium

Sponsor: International House

"Ghana-Digital Dumping Ground"
As digital television conversion makes tens of millions of analogue tv's obsolete, and Americans continue to trash computers and cell phones at alarming rates, FRONTLINE/World presents a global investigation into the dirty secret of the industrial age- the dumping and dangerous re-cycling of hundreds of millions of pounds of electronic waste across...   More >

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Public Service Leadership Boot Camp

Course | September 22 – November 24, 2009 every Tuesday | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, enter on Fremont St.

Location: 425 Market St., 8th floor, San Francisco, CA 94127

Speaker/Performer: Christine Pelosi

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Extension

Interested in becoming an effective leader, organizer, or candidate in your community? This course is for people who hear a call to service and seek a roadmap to transform dreams into actions through social networks, nonprofits, and political campaigns. Taught by author and activist Christine Pelosi, the boot camp course is made up of short, concentrated lessons that hone your...   More >

Enrollment required:$395

Enrollment info: Refer to EDP 321299. Enrollment opens July 20. Enroll by September 22 by calling 510-642-4111.

A Woman Among Warlords: Human Rights and the War for "Hearts and Minds"

Lecture | November 10 | 7:30 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium

Featured Speaker: Malalai Joya

Sponsors: International House, Peace and Conflict Studies, Afghan Student Association

Listen to the compelling and inspirational words of “the bravest woman in Afghanistan.” Malalai Joya has taken a strong position in defending women’s rights and speaking out against warlords within the government. She will be signing her autobiography, entitled “A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice," prior to her lecture.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Peace Corps Speaker Panel

Presentation | November 4 – December 9, 2009 every Wednesday | 6:45-8:30 p.m. | 89 Dwinelle Hall

Speakers/Performers: Daniel Marlay, Peace Corps Country: Suriname '01-'03; Kern Lewis, Peace Corps Country: Ukraine '97-'99; Mike & Pat Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Ecuador '71-'75; Joe Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Bolivia '06-'08; Brian Halaburka, Peace Corps Country: Namibia '04-'06; Thomas Henry, Peace Corps Country: Kenya '99-'02; Erica Ivans, Peace Corps Country: Kazakhstan '02-'04; Nick Bosustow, Peace Corps Country: Guatemala '99-'01 & Suriname '04-'05

Sponsor: Berkeley Peace Corps Club

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation

Trivia session: Giveaway prizes on your participation in trivia quizzes on
Peace Corps and World Affairs & Geography
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation: This event is a great opportunity for anyone interested in community
development, foreign affairs, international travel,...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Chinese Reforms in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Colloquium | November 12 | 4-6 p.m. | Faculty Club, Heyns Room

Speaker: Prasenjit Duara, Raffles Professor of Humanities, National University of Singapore

Sponsors: Chinese Studies, Center for (CCS), Elvera Kwang Siam Lim Memorial Lecture

A look at the last 30 years of reform in China in both a global, comparative perspective and a Chinese historical one. The speaker will explore the long-term role
of the cultural nexus of power in creating an entrepreneurial local culture as well as long-term patterns of state-society relations.

Making Power Moves: Women and Leadership

Course | September 17 – November 19, 2009 every Thursday | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | 175 Barrows Hall

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Extension

Learn about the specific skills needed to rise to leadership positions. You get practical information that helps you advance your career including networking, the use of power, organizational politics, non-defensive communication, negotiation, public speaking, personal accountability and self-nurturing/limit setting. Through lecture, discussion and interactive exercises, you learn...   More >

Enrollment required:$525

Enrollment info: Enrollment opens July 20. Enroll by September 17 by calling UC Berkeley Extension at 510-642-4111.

Democracy Development as a Foreign Policy Goal: Jeremy Kinsman, Regents Lecturer

Lecture | November 12 | 7:30 p.m. | International House, Auditorium

Sponsor: International House

One of Canada’s most experienced diplomats, Jeremy Kinsman was born in Montreal and educated at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, before joining the Canadian Foreign Service in 1966.

Today Ambassador Kinsman is a regular commentator for CBC News (cbc.ca/news), a Contributing Writer for Policy Options magazine, and is published...   More >

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Wartime Culture and Economy in China during the Sino-Japanese and Chinese Civil Wars

Conference/Symposium | November 13 | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | IEAS Conference Room, sixth floor

Location: 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94720

Sponsors: Chinese Studies, Center for (CCS), The Li Ka-shing Foundation Program in Modern Chinese History at Berkeley

This conference will bring together scholars across fields in social, cultural, political, and economic history to examine the various aspects of culture and economy that pertain to the daily lives of the Chinese people at this time, with topics ranging from food, clothing and shelter to mobility, communication, and organization.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996-2006

Lecture | November 13 | 12-2 p.m. | 652 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Filip Reyntjens, Professor & Chair, African Law and Politics, Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp

Sponsors: African Studies, Center for, Dutch Studies, Human Rights Center

Filip Reyntjens is Professor of African Law and Politics and Chair of the Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Antwerp.

Open to audience: All Audiences

Issues and Challenges Leading up to COP-15: The U.N. Summit on Climate Change

Lecture | November 13 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium, 3rd floor

Speaker/Performer: Niels Christian Nielsen, Chair and CEO, Qnet

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

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Wartime Culture and Economy during the Sino-Japanese and Chinese Civil Wars

Conference/Symposium | November 14 | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | IEAS Conference Room, sixth floor

Location: 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94720

Sponsors: Chinese Studies, Center for (CCS), The Li Ka-shing Foundation Program in Modern Chinese History at Berkeley

This conference will bring together scholars across fields in social, cultural, political, and economic history to examine the various aspects of culture and economy that pertain to the daily lives of the Chinese people at this time, with topics ranging from food, clothing and shelter to mobility, communication, and organization.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Who are the entrepreneurs/ The elite or everyone?

Colloquium | November 16 | 12-1 p.m. | Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Large Conference Room

Location: 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94720

Speaker: Heather Haveman, Haas School of Business

Sponsor: Research on Labor & Employments, Institute of

Light Lunch,
Please RSVP

RSVP recommended

RSVP info: RSVP by emailing Myra Armstrong at zulu2@berkeley.edu.

The Longterm Impact of the Financial Crisis and The Future of Chimerica

Lecture | November 16 | 4 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room

Speaker/Performer: Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School.

Sponsors: International Studies, Institute of, Governmental Studies, Institute of, History, Department of, Haas School of Business

When does a rising power become a threat? There is seldom a single moment. A century ago, AngloGerman antagonism was still a relatively new phenomenon; an alliance between the two empires seemed plausible as late as 1899. Likewise, the United States took time to identify Japan as a serious rival in the Pacific region; it was not until the 1930s that relations really soured. In both...   More >

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Voter Funded Media

Lecture | November 17 | 4 p.m. | Moses Hall, Harriss Room #119

Featured Speaker: Mark Latham, Representative, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee

Sponsor: Governmental Studies, Institute of

We can support public interest journalism with our tax funds, by letting voters allocate the funding to competing media organizations. This would prevent the government from controlling the publicly funded media and their messages. Such a system has been implemented for three years at the University of British Columbia's student union, and tested in Vancouver's 2008 civic election....   More >

Senator Mark Leno - The Future of LGBT California: (D - San Francisco)

Special Event | November 17 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, West Pauley Ballroom

Speaker/Performer: Senator Mark Leno, D-San Francisco

Sponsors: Gender Equity Resource Center, Cal Berkeley Democrats, Student Coalition for Marriage Equality

Come hear Senator Leno speak on the future of the movement for transgender inclusion, LGBT seniors and youth, and same-sex marriage in California, and the US. More information to come!

Cosponsored by the Gender Equity Resource Center, Cal Berkeley Democrats and the Student Coalition for Marriage Equality.

For disability-related accommodations see access.berkeley.edu.
For...   More >

Public Service Leadership Boot Camp

Course | September 22 – November 24, 2009 every Tuesday | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, enter on Fremont St.

Location: 425 Market St., 8th floor, San Francisco, CA 94127

Speaker/Performer: Christine Pelosi

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Extension

Interested in becoming an effective leader, organizer, or candidate in your community? This course is for people who hear a call to service and seek a roadmap to transform dreams into actions through social networks, nonprofits, and political campaigns. Taught by author and activist Christine Pelosi, the boot camp course is made up of short, concentrated lessons that hone your...   More >

Enrollment required:$395

Enrollment info: Refer to EDP 321299. Enrollment opens July 20. Enroll by September 22 by calling 510-642-4111.

Abbas Milani: Iranian/American Historian, Iranologist and Author

Lecture | November 17 | 7:30 p.m. | International House, Auditorium

Sponsor: International House

The Director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University, Research Fellow and Co-Director of of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Understanding Low Demand: An Experimental Study of Cookstove Adoption in Bangladesh

Colloquium | November 18 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 110 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Grant Miller, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor, by courtesy, of Economics of Health Research Policy and, CHP/PCOR Core Faculty Member, Stanford University

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources Group Fall 2009 Colloquium Series (ER295)

The U.S. at the Cassandra Crossing: False Prophecies of America's Decline

Lecture | November 18 | 4 p.m. | Moses Hall, 223, IIS Conference Room

Speaker/Performer: Josef Joffe, Publisher-editor of the German weekly Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Visiting Professor, Political Science; Fellow, Hoover Institution

Sponsors: International Studies, Institute of, Governmental Studies, Institute of

Josef Joffe, publisher-editor of the German weekly Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Visiting Professor, Political Science; Fellow, Hoover Institution

Pfizer Speaker Series: Dr. Robert Reich: Presented by Pfizer and The Center for Health Leadership Student Board

Lecture | November 18 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, East Pauley Ballroom

Speaker/Performer: Dr. Robert Reich, Goldman School of Public Policy

Sponsor: Public Health, School of

The Student Board for the Center for Health Leadership is pleased to announce our next speaker, Dr. Robert Reich. Dr. Reich served as the Secretary of Labor during the first Clinton administration, and is a former professor at both Harvard and Brandeis Universities. He is currently a professor at the Goldman School of Public Policy here at UC Berkeley. In addition, Dr. Reich is an...   More >

Peace Corps Speaker Panel

Presentation | November 4 – December 9, 2009 every Wednesday | 6:45-8:30 p.m. | 89 Dwinelle Hall

Speakers/Performers: Daniel Marlay, Peace Corps Country: Suriname '01-'03; Kern Lewis, Peace Corps Country: Ukraine '97-'99; Mike & Pat Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Ecuador '71-'75; Joe Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Bolivia '06-'08; Brian Halaburka, Peace Corps Country: Namibia '04-'06; Thomas Henry, Peace Corps Country: Kenya '99-'02; Erica Ivans, Peace Corps Country: Kazakhstan '02-'04; Nick Bosustow, Peace Corps Country: Guatemala '99-'01 & Suriname '04-'05

Sponsor: Berkeley Peace Corps Club

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation

Trivia session: Giveaway prizes on your participation in trivia quizzes on
Peace Corps and World Affairs & Geography
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation: This event is a great opportunity for anyone interested in community
development, foreign affairs, international travel,...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Interface Between Biodiversity and Culture: with I-House Alumnus and Current Resident Debal Deb

Lecture | November 18 | 7:30 p.m. | International House, Home Room

Sponsor: International House

Indigenous cultures in South Asia protect a plethora of biodiverse species in today's globalized world.

Admission is FREE for I-House residents, alumni and members, $5 for UC Berkeley students and staff, $10 for the general public

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Indigenous Knowledge?: The Politics of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Colloquium | November 19 | 4-6 p.m. | IEAS Conference Room, sixth floor

Location: 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley, CA 94720

Speaker: Judith Farquhar, Professor, Anthropology, University of Chicago

Sponsor: Chinese Studies, Center for (CCS)

This presentation characterizes contemporary Chinese medicine as a weave of local historical constraints, global economic and epistemological pressures, and clinical and pedagogical pragmatics.

Making Power Moves: Women and Leadership

Course | September 17 – November 19, 2009 every Thursday | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | 175 Barrows Hall

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Extension

Learn about the specific skills needed to rise to leadership positions. You get practical information that helps you advance your career including networking, the use of power, organizational politics, non-defensive communication, negotiation, public speaking, personal accountability and self-nurturing/limit setting. Through lecture, discussion and interactive exercises, you learn...   More >

Enrollment required:$525

Enrollment info: Enrollment opens July 20. Enroll by September 17 by calling UC Berkeley Extension at 510-642-4111.

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

A Perspective on Energy Challenges in California

Lecture | November 20 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium, 3rd floor

Speaker/Performer: Ron Hofmann, Senior Advisor, CIEE

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

Colloquium on Race, Ethnicity and Immigration

Colloquium | November 20 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Moses Hall, 119, Harris Room

Speaker/Performer: Mark Sawyer, Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Sponsor: Governmental Studies, Institute of

Topic of discussion TBA

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Silences and Salutations: Seven One Act Plays

Performing Arts - Theater | November 6 – 22, 2009 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Sponsor: Theater, Dance & Performance Studies, Department of

A festival of short plays by some of the most innovative playwrights of the 20th Century: Gertrude Stein, Eugène Ionesco, Maria Irene Fornes, Samuel Beckett, Suzan-Lori Parks, and Harold Pinter. Artistic Director: Peter Glazer. Presented in three programs of three plays each, Thursdays thru Sundays, November 6-22, 2009. Save 50% when you order the General Admission one-acts series package.

Tickets required:$10.00 Students, Seniors, UC Faculty/Staff, $15.00 General Admission

Ticket info: Group discounts and subscriptions available. Purchase tickets online 24/7, or by phone/in-person during TDPS Box Office hours: Fridays from 1-4pm. Buy tickets online, or by calling TDPS Box Office at 510-642-8827, or by emailing TDPS Box Office at tdpsboxoffice@berkeley.edu.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

32nd ANNUAL REAL ESTATE and ECONOMICS SYMPOSIUM: Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, UC Berkeley

Conference/Symposium | November 23 | 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | The Fairmont Hotel, The Grand Ballroom

Location: 950 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA CA 94108

Panelist/Discussants: Merrie Frankel, Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investor Service; Donald Herrema, Executive Vice Chairman of Kennedy Wilson International and CEO of KW Capital Markets, Kennedy Wilson; Edward Lange, COO, BRE Properties; Patrick Lashinsky, CEO and President, ZipRealty; John Long, CEO, Highridge Partners; Norm Miller, Director, Real Estate Academic Programs, Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate, University of San Diego; Douglas Poutasse, Executive Director, NCIRF; James J. Saccacio, CEO, RealtyTrac; Fred Silva, Senior Fiscal Policy Advisor, California Forward; Phil Ting, Assessor-Recorder, City of San Francisco; Robert White, Jr., Founder and President, Real Capital Analytics; Micolyn Yalonis, Principal, The Townsend Group

Moderators: Robert H. Edelstein, Co-Chair, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, UC Berkeley; Richard G. Wollack, Co-Founder & President, Premier Pacific Vineyards, LP

Keynote Speaker: Kenneth T. Rosen, Chairman, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, UC Berkeley

Keynote Speaker: Bill Lockyer, Treasurer, State of California

Sponsor: Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics, UCB

UC Berkeley's Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics established its executive education program when it assumed sponsorship of the Annual Real Estate and Economics Symposium. Now in its 32nd year, this national forum is perhaps the most prestigious one-day economic/real estate conference in the country, with over 500 attendees annually.

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Open to audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate, Cal Parents

Registration required:$375.00 Advance Registration through November 22nd., $450.00 Full Price Registration at the conference on November 23rd.

Registration info: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/realestate/ExecEd/eventdetailssym32.asp. Registration opens October 1. Register by November 23 online, or by calling Zee Zeleski, Fisher Center Events Specialist at 510-643-6109, or by emailing Zee Zeleski, Fisher Center Events Specialist at zeleski@haas.berkeley.edu.

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Positive Political Theory

Seminar | November 23 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Moses Hall, 109, Harris Room

Speaker/Performer: Claire Lim, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Sponsor: Governmental Studies, Institute of

Topic of talk TBA

Senior Portraits! Hosted by Blue and Gold Yearbook

Special Event | October 26 – November 24, 2009 every day | 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. | ASUC Stores (King Student Union), Cal Student Store - First Floor, MLK Student Union, near Textbook Buyback

Sponsor: Blue & Gold Yearbook

Graduating? Want to be in Berkeley's 2010 yearbook? Don't forget to take your senior portrait! Sign up for your senior portrait session today @ http://yearbook.berkeley.edu!

Senior portrait sessions will begin on October 26 at 9:00 am and end November 24 at 5:30 pm. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held at the Cal Student Store [First Floor, MLK Student Union – near...   More >

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Reservation recommended

Reservation info: Make reservations online.

Public Service Leadership Boot Camp

Course | September 22 – November 24, 2009 every Tuesday | 6:30-9:30 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, enter on Fremont St.

Location: 425 Market St., 8th floor, San Francisco, CA 94127

Speaker/Performer: Christine Pelosi

Sponsor: UC Berkeley Extension

Interested in becoming an effective leader, organizer, or candidate in your community? This course is for people who hear a call to service and seek a roadmap to transform dreams into actions through social networks, nonprofits, and political campaigns. Taught by author and activist Christine Pelosi, the boot camp course is made up of short, concentrated lessons that hone your...   More >

Enrollment required:$395

Enrollment info: Refer to EDP 321299. Enrollment opens July 20. Enroll by September 22 by calling 510-642-4111.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Peace Corps Speaker Panel

Presentation | November 4 – December 9, 2009 every Wednesday | 6:45-8:30 p.m. | 89 Dwinelle Hall

Speakers/Performers: Daniel Marlay, Peace Corps Country: Suriname '01-'03; Kern Lewis, Peace Corps Country: Ukraine '97-'99; Mike & Pat Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Ecuador '71-'75; Joe Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Bolivia '06-'08; Brian Halaburka, Peace Corps Country: Namibia '04-'06; Thomas Henry, Peace Corps Country: Kenya '99-'02; Erica Ivans, Peace Corps Country: Kazakhstan '02-'04; Nick Bosustow, Peace Corps Country: Guatemala '99-'01 & Suriname '04-'05

Sponsor: Berkeley Peace Corps Club

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation

Trivia session: Giveaway prizes on your participation in trivia quizzes on
Peace Corps and World Affairs & Geography
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation: This event is a great opportunity for anyone interested in community
development, foreign affairs, international travel,...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

The anatomy of the Mortgage Securitization Crisis

Colloquium | November 30 | 12-1 p.m. | Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Large Conference Room

Location: 2521 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94720

Speaker: Neil Fligstein, Sociology

Sponsor: Research on Labor & Employments, Institute of

Light Lunch,
Please RSVP

RSVP recommended

RSVP info: RSVP by emailing Myra Armstrong at zulu2@berkeley.edu.

The Right to the City Movement in U.S. Cities: Conceptions of rights, citizenship, and political subjects in the neoliberal city

Lecture | December 1 | 12-1:30 p.m. |  Wildavsky Conference Room, 2538 Channing Way

Speaker/Performer: Tony Samara, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, George Mason University

Sponsor: Center for the Study of Social Change

Surrogates for Government: NGOs and the State in Kenya: Graduate Student Lecture Series

Lecture | December 1 | 3-4:30 p.m. | 652 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Jenn Brass, Graduate Student, UCB Department of Political Science

Sponsor: African Studies, Center for

Jennifer Brass is a doctoral candidate in Political Science. Her dissertation research examines the
impact on the Kenyan state of the phenomenal recent growth of NGOs in Kenya. Specifically, it
examines how NGOs’ providing services has impacted four “elements of stateness:” governance,
capacity, legitimacy and territoriality. Previously, she has done resear

Globalization Film Series Screening: "Images in Celebration of Life"

Film - Documentary | December 1 | 7 p.m. | International House, Home Room

Sponsor: International House

This film and conversation with director Osprey Orielle Lake, will explore art and new narratives as tools in building bridges between cultures and in renewing contemporary relationships.

Admission is FREE for I-House residents, alumni and members, $5 for UC Berkeley students and staff, $10 for the general public

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Peace Corps Speaker Panel

Presentation | November 4 – December 9, 2009 every Wednesday | 6:45-8:30 p.m. | 89 Dwinelle Hall

Speakers/Performers: Daniel Marlay, Peace Corps Country: Suriname '01-'03; Kern Lewis, Peace Corps Country: Ukraine '97-'99; Mike & Pat Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Ecuador '71-'75; Joe Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Bolivia '06-'08; Brian Halaburka, Peace Corps Country: Namibia '04-'06; Thomas Henry, Peace Corps Country: Kenya '99-'02; Erica Ivans, Peace Corps Country: Kazakhstan '02-'04; Nick Bosustow, Peace Corps Country: Guatemala '99-'01 & Suriname '04-'05

Sponsor: Berkeley Peace Corps Club

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation

Trivia session: Giveaway prizes on your participation in trivia quizzes on
Peace Corps and World Affairs & Geography
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation: This event is a great opportunity for anyone interested in community
development, foreign affairs, international travel,...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Chistos Papoutsy, Author: "Ships of Mercy: The True Story of the Rescue of the Greeks, Smyrna, September 1922

Film - Documentary | December 3 | 7 p.m. | International House, Home Room | Canceled

Sponsor: International House

Admission is FREE for I-House residents, alumni and members, $5 for UC Berkeley students and staff, $10 for the general public

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Colloquium on Race, Ethnicity and Immigration

Colloquium | December 4 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall | Note change in location

Speaker/Performer: Naomi Hsu

Sponsor: Governmental Studies, Institute of

Topic of discussion TBA

American Political History

Seminar | December 4 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Moses Hall, 119, Harris Room

Speaker/Performer: Jennifer Burns

Sponsor: Governmental Studies, Institute of

Topic of discussion TBA

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Positive Political Theory

Seminar | December 7 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Moses Hall, 109, Harris Room

Speaker/Performer: Sophie Bade, New York University

Sponsor: Governmental Studies, Institute of

Topic of talk TBA

California Colloquium on Water: The Espace de Liberté: Managing with River Processes

Lecture | December 8 | 5-7 p.m. | 250 Goldman School of Public Policy

Featured Speaker: Hérve Piégay, Research Director, National Centre for Scientific Research, France

Sponsor: Water Resources Center Archives

Results from a multi-year research program shed light on the processes needed to maintain ecologically diverse habitats along the Sacramento River, drawing upon sedimentologic studies, vegetation analysis, and analysis of historical change from aerial photography.

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: All Audiences

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.

Algal Biodeisel: A Perspective on the Pros, Cons and Uncertainties

Colloquium | December 9 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 110 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Arthur Grossman, Senior Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Science and Professor, Stanford University

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources Group Fall 2009 Colloquium Series (ER295)

Peace Corps Speaker Panel

Presentation | November 4 – December 9, 2009 every Wednesday | 6:45-8:30 p.m. | 89 Dwinelle Hall

Speakers/Performers: Daniel Marlay, Peace Corps Country: Suriname '01-'03; Kern Lewis, Peace Corps Country: Ukraine '97-'99; Mike & Pat Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Ecuador '71-'75; Joe Hayes, Peace Corps Country: Bolivia '06-'08; Brian Halaburka, Peace Corps Country: Namibia '04-'06; Thomas Henry, Peace Corps Country: Kenya '99-'02; Erica Ivans, Peace Corps Country: Kazakhstan '02-'04; Nick Bosustow, Peace Corps Country: Guatemala '99-'01 & Suriname '04-'05

Sponsor: Berkeley Peace Corps Club

Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation

Trivia session: Giveaway prizes on your participation in trivia quizzes on
Peace Corps and World Affairs & Geography
Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Speaker Panel Presentation: This event is a great opportunity for anyone interested in community
development, foreign affairs, international travel,...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Fernando Botero: The Abu Ghraib Series

Exhibit - Painting | September 23, 2009 – February 7, 2010 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions |  Berkeley Art Museum

Sponsor: Berkeley Art Museum

Internationally acclaimed artist Fernando Botero offers a powerful critique of the prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib in a series of paintings and drawings recently donated to the Berkeley Art Museum.