Salsa Social Dance Class: with World Award Winning Dancer Timea Potys

Social Event | January 21 – May 20, 2013 every Monday | 8-10 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium OR Great Hall

Speaker/Performer: Timea Potys, Professional Dance Instructor, Sizzling Latin

Sponsor: International House

Salsa Classes are back with World Award Winning Dancer Timea Potys of Sizzling Latin!
Timea heats things up at I-House with Salsa classes every Monday, 8 - 9:30 pm.
Classes are FREE for Residents and Members of I-House, $10 for the General Public.
Sign up in the Program Office or e-mail ihprograms@berkeley.edu.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Professional Development Workshop Series: Essential Skills for the Public Health Workforce: Enhancing Your Leadership Effectiveness

Workshop | February 19 | 4-6 p.m. | 101 Morgan Hall

Speaker: Rick Foster

Speaker/Performer: Greg Hicks

Sponsor: CALPACT

This workshop focuses on the potential for all people to be leaders. Different styles and types of leadership will be discussed and best practices in the workplace are examined.

Toastmasters Internationals Meeting: Learn how to improve public speaking!

Meeting | June 12, 2012 – June 9, 2015 every Tuesday | 7:30-8:30 p.m. | 652 Barrows Hall

Sponsor: VSPA

Toast of Berkeley was established in 2009 to foster a helping community of people interested in becoming more confident and effective public speakers. In it's short lifetime it has created loyal following of students, educators, and professionals with diverse backgrounds from all over the world. We welcome people who don't have English as their first language, and we welcome those just starting...   More >

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

Fiat Lux, Fiat Lunch, Fiat Futures

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 14 – 23, 2013 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 12-5 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Art Gallery/116

Sponsor: Department of Art Practice

Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall's "Fiat Lux" envisioned a future vision for the UC system, one which students will investigate and update for ten days in February at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery. The gallery will activate as a laboratory for exhibiting and strengthening a student-driven vision for the future of the University, curated by Art Practice/New Genres 142: Fiat Lunch.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Jazz x 2: 60th Annual Free Noon Concert Series

Performing Arts - Music | February 20 | 12:15-1 p.m. |  Hertz Concert Hall

Sponsor: Department of Music

UC Jazz All-Star Ensemble (directed by Ted Moore) + Berkeley Nu Jazz Collective (directed by Myra Melford) will perform a double bill of contemporary jazz music.

Tickets not required

Berkeley Planning Journal

Meeting | February 20 – May 1, 2013 every Wednesday | 12:30 p.m. | 314B Wurster Hall

Sponsor: Department of City and Regional Planning

Weekly meeting of the Berkeley Planning Journal

Berkeley La Raza Law Journal Meeting

Meeting | January 9 – March 20, 2013 every other Wednesday | 12:45-1:45 p.m. | 134 Boalt Hall, School of Law

Sponsor: Law, Boalt School of

Please join the La Raza Law Journal for our general meeting. We'll discuss upcoming events, the editing schedule, and general information about the journal. Lunch will be served.

Fiat Lux, Fiat Lunch, Fiat Futures: Collaborative Institutional Design - A Panel Discussion and Fiat Lux Mashup! Student Film Screening

Panel Discussion | February 20 | 4-6 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Gallery/116

Sponsor: Department of Art Practice

EVENT: 4pm - 5pm While communication between power strata is often cited as an obstacle to dynamic innovation
in envisioning the future, the teams in this panel discussion remark on their experiences of cross-
disciplinary, student-instructor-community-staff member shared institutional design processes.

5pm - 6pm Followed by a screening of Fiat Lux Mashup! videos from Jeffrey Skoller's...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Can Rationing Affect Long Run Behavior? Evidence from Brazil

Colloquium | February 20 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 110 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Francisco Costa, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, London School of Economics

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

Writing a Research Proposal: Workshop B especially for social science and humanities students

Workshop | February 20 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall

Speaker: Timo Rodriguez, SURF graduate mentor for humanities/social science, Office of Undergraduate Research

Sponsor: Haas Scholars Program

This workshop will cover the basics of writing a research proposal. To get the most out of the workshop, come with an idea for a research project in mind. Topics to be covered include:

* defining your research question;
* developing a project plan;
* presenting your qualifications;
* creating a budget

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

BERCshop with Project Finance Attorney Jeff Kayes

Lecture | February 20 | 7-8 p.m. | 10 Boalt Hall, School of Law

Sponsor: Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative

Learn about the state of renewable energy project finance with project finance attorney, Jeff Kayes.
Jeff Kayes is currently Of Counsel in the Financial Transactions Group at Morrison & Foerster in San Francisco.

RSVP recommended

RSVP info: RSVP by February 19 online.

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

Fiat Lux, Fiat Lunch, Fiat Futures

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 14 – 23, 2013 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 12-5 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Art Gallery/116

Sponsor: Department of Art Practice

Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall's "Fiat Lux" envisioned a future vision for the UC system, one which students will investigate and update for ten days in February at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery. The gallery will activate as a laboratory for exhibiting and strengthening a student-driven vision for the future of the University, curated by Art Practice/New Genres 142: Fiat Lunch.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Kaffeeklatsch

Social Event | February 14 – May 2, 2013 every Thursday with exceptions | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5337 Dwinelle Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

The German Department's weekly coffee hour.

Astronomy Colloquium Tea

Social Event | February 14 – May 30, 2013 every Thursday with exceptions | 3:30-4 p.m. |  Hearst Field Annex

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

MSE weekly department seminar

Seminar | January 24 – May 2, 2013 every Thursday with exceptions | 4-5 p.m. |  Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

MSE seminar is held every Thursday at 4pm at Sibley Auditorium. All students, faculties, and staff around campus are welcome to attend.

Battles Over Green Space: Land Disputes, Rights Activism, and Emerging Publics in Urban China

Lecture | February 21 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 305 Wurster Hall

Speaker/Performer: Li Zhang, Professor and Chair of Anthropology, UC Davis

Sponsor: Center of Global Metropolitan Studies

China’s recent urban reforms have generated new forms of tensions and contradictions between different social sectors, while engendering a nascent form of urban publics based on the notion of weiquan (rights-protection). This talk focuses on the widespread urban land disputes between real estate developers and urban residents by drawing from two high-profile cases in two different Chinese cities....   More >

Cal Service Network General Meeting

Meeting | February 21 – May 2, 2013 every other Thursday | 5-6 p.m. | 221 Wheeler Hall

Sponsors: Cal Corps Public Service Center, ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California)

The Cal Service Network offers all service groups on campus the opportunity to network, build coalitions, and receive access to valuable campus resources - including those of advertising, fundraising, and leadership training.

Starting up an undergraduate SACNAS chapter

Information Session | February 21 | 5:30-7:30 p.m. | 434 Barker Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

For the first half of the meeting, we will host a Q&A
session to provide information for starting a chapter. There will be time after the Q&A for socializing and interacting one-on-one with the undergraduates.

Green Eyes Seminar

Lecture | February 21 | 6:30 p.m. | 489 Minor Hall

Sponsor: Optometry, School of

Green Eyes Seminar

Lecture | February 21 | 6:30 p.m. | 489 Minor Hall

Sponsor: Optometry, School of

Attendance restrictions: EVENT CANCELLED--incorrect date, as of 2-21

Day of Remembrance

Special Event | February 21 | 7-9 p.m. | Hearst Field Annex, D - Multicultural Center

Sponsor: Nikkei Student Union

It will be held on Thursday February 21st at the Multicultural center. Doors open at 6:30, event will start at 7. This event is to honor those that were forced to relocate from their homes during WWII. We will have guest speakers, performances, activities, and free food. Please join us in this discussion of human rights and social justice.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Why the World’s Poorest Can Best Afford and Most Need Innovative, Renewable Energy with Carl Pope: I-House Speaker Series

Lecture | February 21 | 7:30-9 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium

Sponsor: International House

A veteran environmental leader, Mr. Pope worked for the Sierra Club for more than thirty years. In that time he has served as Political Director, Conservation Director, Executive Director, and Chairman. He stepped down as Chairman in 2012 to become a Senior Strategic Advisor and established Inside Straight Strategies, a consulting firm focused on the intersection between climate, sustainability...   More >

Tickets required:$10 Public, $0 UCB Students with ID

Ticket info: Buy tickets online.

UCB Argentine Tango Club: Class and Practica

Performing Arts - Dance | January 31 – April 25, 2013 every Thursday | 8-11:50 p.m. | 251 Hearst Gymnasium

Sponsor: ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California)

Learn how to dance Argentine Tango and practice your new skills with tango dancers from the Bay Area tango community.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: PLEASE NOTE: If you do not have a UCB ID, you must send your name to ucbtango@gmail.com by 11:59pm on the Wednesday prior to the practica in order to be placed on the UCB Tango guest list and gain access to Hearst Gym. Any late names may or may not be ad

IISA Movie Nights - Spring 2013

Film - Feature | January 24 – April 25, 2013 every Thursday with exceptions | 8-10 p.m. | 159 Mulford Hall

Sponsor: ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California)

IISA is proud to present the Spring 2013 series of Italian Movie Nights!

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

Fiat Lux, Fiat Lunch, Fiat Futures

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 14 – 23, 2013 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 12-5 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Art Gallery/116

Sponsor: Department of Art Practice

Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall's "Fiat Lux" envisioned a future vision for the UC system, one which students will investigate and update for ten days in February at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery. The gallery will activate as a laboratory for exhibiting and strengthening a student-driven vision for the future of the University, curated by Art Practice/New Genres 142: Fiat Lunch.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Restorative Justice Skills Training: Logistics of how to facilitate a restorative justice circle

Workshop | February 22 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 310 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Speakers: Julie Shackford-Bradley, Co-Coordinator, Restorative Justice Center; Tyrone Botelho, Co-Coordinator, Restorative Justice Center

Sponsor: Restorative Justice Center at UC Berkeley

Restorative Justice Training

Workshop | February 22 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 310 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Sponsor: Restorative Justice Committee

This is Part II of a Restorative Justice training for law students and RJ practitioners.

Registration:$0

Registration info: Registration opens December 17. Register by January 10 by emailing Ioana Tchoukleva at ioana@berkeley.edu.

Summer Opportunities Fair

Special Event | February 22 | 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium

Sponsor: Summer Sessions

Are you wondering what to do next summer? Visit the Summer Opportunities Fair to learn about exciting summer options for Cal students, including summer courses, study abroad, internships, jobs, research, volunteer and service, housing, and more.

Representatives from UC Berkeley campus units will be tabling with information on their courses and programs. Participating exhibitors...   More >

Fiat Lux, Fiat Lunch, Fiat Futures: Fiat Lunch - An Open Lunch Laboratory

Reception | February 22 | 12-2 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Gallery/116

Speaker/Performer: Art 142: Fiat Lunch

Sponsor: Department of Art Practice

EVENT: Join us for an open lunchtime discussion in which we follow the premise of the fall New Genres
course Fiat Lunch: the lunch table could be just as (and maybe more?) provocative a site for
innovation as the conference table. At a free and open lunch in the gallery, we'll reflect on the
past year's ideas and proposals and generate others, as a closing to the ten-day...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Math Dept Tea

Social Event | February 8 – May 10, 2013 every Friday | 3-3:45 p.m. | Evans Hall, 1015 Evans Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Writing a Research Proposal: Workshop B especially for math, science, and engineering students

Workshop | February 22 | 4-5 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall

Speaker: Nathan Shih, SURF graduate mentor for math/science/engineering, Office of Undergraduate Research

Sponsor: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)

This workshop will cover the basics of writing a research proposal. To get the most out of the workshop, come with an idea for a research project in mind. Topics to be covered include:

* defining your research question;
* developing a project plan;
* presenting your qualifications;
* creating a budget

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

Fiat Lux, Fiat Lunch, Fiat Futures

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 14 – 23, 2013 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 12-5 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Art Gallery/116

Sponsor: Department of Art Practice

Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall's "Fiat Lux" envisioned a future vision for the UC system, one which students will investigate and update for ten days in February at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery. The gallery will activate as a laboratory for exhibiting and strengthening a student-driven vision for the future of the University, curated by Art Practice/New Genres 142: Fiat Lunch.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Homeless Ministry at Berkeley

Special Event | February 16 – May 11, 2013 every Saturday | 9-10:30 a.m. |  Telegraph and People's Park

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Weekly visits to the homeless community on Telegraph and in People's Park. We prepare food to share with our homeless friends and build relationships with the people we meet. All are welcome!

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Fiat Lux, Fiat Lunch, Fiat Futures

Exhibit - Multimedia | February 14 – 23, 2013 every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday | 12-5 p.m. | Kroeber Hall, Worth Ryder Art Gallery/116

Sponsor: Department of Art Practice

Ansel Adams and Nancy Newhall's "Fiat Lux" envisioned a future vision for the UC system, one which students will investigate and update for ten days in February at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery. The gallery will activate as a laboratory for exhibiting and strengthening a student-driven vision for the future of the University, curated by Art Practice/New Genres 142: Fiat Lunch.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Top Dog with Top Dogs: A student/alumni career networking luncheon

Special Event | February 24 | 1-3 p.m. |  Alumni House

Sponsor: Cal Alumni Association

Come join Cal's most successful alumni and students for an afternoon of career networking and hot dogs at the Alumni House! Top Dog will be on-site to grill hundreds of their famous, gourmet hot dogs while guests converse about the Cal experience and professional life after graduation. Dress code is "blue and gold casual."

Admission to Top Dog with Top Dogs, which comes with two Top Dog hot...   More >

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

Open to audiences: Alumni, Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate

Tickets required:$5 Alumni, $3 Students

Ticket info: Tickets go on sale February 12. Buy tickets online.

Science of Wellness Magazine DeCal: The Chemistry of Nutrition, Food Science, and Health

Course | February 4 – May 13, 2013 every Monday | 220 Wheeler Hall

Sponsors: College of Chemistry, Academic Senate, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology

SCIENCE OF WELLNESS MAGAZINE DECAL - ACCEPTING WRITERS & LAYOUT DESIGNERS

The Science of Wellness magazine is a print and online publication at UC Berkeley that encourages undergraduate and graduate students to write about the chemistry of nutrition, food science, and health. Our team is hosting a DeCal course this Spring 2013 semester for all those interested in writing and doing layout...   More >

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

Open to audience: All Audiences

J. S. Bach Master Class - Prof. Davitt Moroney: (How) should we play Bach on this modern Steinway?

Performing Arts - Music | February 25 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | stage Hertz Concert Hall

Speaker/Performer: Davitt Moroney, Department of Music, University of California, Berkeley

Sponsor: Department of Music

The Well-Tempered Clavier

Alex Ning Ding, Prelude & Fugue in C minor (Book 1) BWV 847

Anni Wang, Prelude & Fugue in D major (Book 2) BWV 874

Jeremiah Trujillo, Fugue in C# major (Book 1) BWV 848

Free admission, all are warmly invited!

VALS First General Meeting

Meeting | February 25 | 12:45-1:45 p.m. | 10 Boalt Hall, School of Law | Canceled

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

This will be the first general meeting of the newly formed student organization, Vietnamese American Law Society (VALS), at Berkeley Law! Come see what we're all about!

Building the New Economics of Sustainability

Colloquium | February 25 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 110 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Daniel W. O'Neill, Lecturer in Environmental and Ecological Economics, Sustainability Research Institute, University of Leeds, UK

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series - Special Guest (ER295)

T-Cal Meetings: A Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Space

Meeting | January 28 – April 22, 2013 the fourth Monday of the month every month | 5-6:30 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Email Marisa at mboyce@berkeley.edu for location.

Sponsor: Gender Equity Resource Center

T-Cal is a group that seeks to address the spectrum of gender and gender expression, especially for students, staff and faculty who may identify across the transgender spectrum at UCB. Join us for conversation, community, and resources!

Salsa Social Dance Class: with World Award Winning Dancer Timea Potys

Social Event | January 21 – May 20, 2013 every Monday | 8-10 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium OR Great Hall

Speaker/Performer: Timea Potys, Professional Dance Instructor, Sizzling Latin

Sponsor: International House

Salsa Classes are back with World Award Winning Dancer Timea Potys of Sizzling Latin!
Timea heats things up at I-House with Salsa classes every Monday, 8 - 9:30 pm.
Classes are FREE for Residents and Members of I-House, $10 for the General Public.
Sign up in the Program Office or e-mail ihprograms@berkeley.edu.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

Vision Science Student Meeting

Meeting | February 26 | 12:30-2 p.m. | 394 Minor Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Student meeting for VS graduate students

Funded by the Graduate Assembly

Writing a Research Proposal: Workshop B especially for math, science, and engineering students

Workshop | February 26 | 2-3 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall

Speaker: Nathan Shih, SURF graduate mentor for math/science/engineering, Office of Undergraduate Research

Sponsor: Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF)

This workshop will cover the basics of writing a research proposal. To get the most out of the workshop, come with an idea for a research project in mind. Topics to be covered include:

* defining your research question;
* developing a project plan;
* presenting your qualifications;
* creating a budget

Target audience: Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Artist Talk: Anna Halprin: Parades and Changes, a post-show discussion with Lisa Wymore

Performing Arts - Dance | February 26 | 4-5:30 p.m. |  Durham Studio Theater (Dwinelle Hall)

Featured Performer: Anna Halprin, Artist

Moderator: Lisa Wymore, TDPS Associate Professor in Dance, Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies Department

Sponsor: Department of Theater, Dance & Performance Studies

Join TDPS Associate Professor in Dance Lisa Wymore as she talks with renowned artist Anna Halprin in response to the Parades and Changes performances at the BAM/PFA Museum. Get the chance to discuss your experience and ask Ms. Halprin questions about the work.

Free admission.
Open to the Public.

Professional Development Workshop Series: Essential Skills for the Public Health Workforce: Problem Finding, Problem Solving

Workshop | February 26 | 4-6 p.m. | 150 University Hall

Speaker: Sara Beckman

Sponsor: CALPACT

The goal is to teach students the process of creative problem framing and solving—first identifying and framing the problem and then coming up with alternative solutions. The course includes creative problem-solving, systems thinking and critical thinking.

LAGSES Dinner with Alumni

Meeting | February 26 | 6-8 p.m. | 808 Stanley Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Please join us at on welcoming Giovanni Gonzalez, former LAGSES member who will be giving us workshop about professional networking for graduate students. We will be having refreshments, everyone is welcomed and encouraged to bring friends and colleagues.

Toastmasters Internationals Meeting: Learn how to improve public speaking!

Meeting | June 12, 2012 – June 9, 2015 every Tuesday | 7:30-8:30 p.m. | 652 Barrows Hall

Sponsor: VSPA

Toast of Berkeley was established in 2009 to foster a helping community of people interested in becoming more confident and effective public speakers. In it's short lifetime it has created loyal following of students, educators, and professionals with diverse backgrounds from all over the world. We welcome people who don't have English as their first language, and we welcome those just starting...   More >

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

Baroque Chamber Quartet: 60th Annual Free Noon Concert Series

Performing Arts - Music | February 27 | 12:15-1 p.m. |  Hertz Concert Hall

Sponsor: Department of Music

David Granger, dulcian; with Jonathan Davis, harpsichord and organ; Edwin Huizinga, violin; Adriane Post, violin
Simfoniæ Romanæ: 17th Century Instrumental Music From Rome. Works by G. A. Leoni, Alessandro Stradella, C. A. Lonati and Carlo Mannelli.

Tickets not required

Berkeley Planning Journal

Meeting | February 20 – May 1, 2013 every Wednesday | 12:30 p.m. | 314B Wurster Hall

Sponsor: Department of City and Regional Planning

Weekly meeting of the Berkeley Planning Journal

ESPM GDC: Orals Support Group: Prospectus Workshop

Meeting | February 27 | 1-2 p.m. | UC Berkeley Campus, Oxford Greenhouse Library

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Join the GDC in our efforts to increase the retainment of minority graduate students in ESPM. We'll be workshopping prospectuses. Snack provided.

All Berkeley students welcome.

Decarbonizing China's Power System: The Critical Role of Planning and Regulatory Institutions

Colloquium | February 27 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 110 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Fredrich (Fritz) Kahrl, Senior Consultant, Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3)

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

APHIDS meeting

Meeting | February 28 |  University Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Kaffeeklatsch

Social Event | February 14 – May 2, 2013 every Thursday with exceptions | 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 5337 Dwinelle Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

The German Department's weekly coffee hour.

Astronomy Colloquium Tea

Social Event | February 14 – May 30, 2013 every Thursday with exceptions | 3:30-4 p.m. |  Hearst Field Annex

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

MSE weekly department seminar

Seminar | January 24 – May 2, 2013 every Thursday with exceptions | 4-5 p.m. |  Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

MSE seminar is held every Thursday at 4pm at Sibley Auditorium. All students, faculties, and staff around campus are welcome to attend.

Cal Service Network Planning Meeting

Meeting | February 14 – May 9, 2013 every other Thursday | 5-6 p.m. | 221 Wheeler Hall

Sponsors: Cal Corps Public Service Center, ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California)

The Cal Service Network offers all service groups on campus the opportunity to network, build coalitions, and receive access to valuable campus resources - including those of advertising, fundraising, and leadership training.

Meeting conservation lecture series: Dr. Scott Loarie , Stanford University

Meeting | February 28 | 5-6:30 p.m. | 103 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Dr. Scott Loarie, Stanford University

Sponsor: Society for Conservation Biology

The Berkeley chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology is launching a new lecture series :
"Meeting Conservation: Science , Policy and Community approaches to Biodiversity Conservation"



Please join us next Thursday, February 28th in 103 Mulford at 5pm for a lecture with Scott Loarie from Stanford .



Dr. Loarie is co-Director of iNaturalist.org: a natural history...   More >

Gospel Music Extravaganza!: Concert in Auditorium

Performing Arts - Music | February 28 | 8-9 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium

Sponsor: International House

The I-House 18th Annual International Gospel Music Spectacular begins at 8:00 pm in the Auditorium. This inspiring event features an array of gospel songs from choirs and soloists from East Bay African American churches.

Concert admission is free for I-House residents, $5 for UC Berkeley students and community.

Tickets recommended: Concert Tickets

Ticket info: Pay cash at the door. Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-9460.

UCB Argentine Tango Club: Class and Practica

Performing Arts - Dance | January 31 – April 25, 2013 every Thursday | 8-11:50 p.m. | 251 Hearst Gymnasium

Sponsor: ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California)

Learn how to dance Argentine Tango and practice your new skills with tango dancers from the Bay Area tango community.

Target audiences: All Audiences, Alumni

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: PLEASE NOTE: If you do not have a UCB ID, you must send your name to ucbtango@gmail.com by 11:59pm on the Wednesday prior to the practica in order to be placed on the UCB Tango guest list and gain access to Hearst Gym. Any late names may or may not be ad

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (open to the community): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $190 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (Non-UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price), $220 Ceramics Class (Non-UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (extracurricular): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Math Dept Tea

Social Event | February 8 – May 10, 2013 every Friday | 3-3:45 p.m. | Evans Hall, 1015 Evans Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

SEED Afterschool Volunteer Program

Miscellaneous | March 1 – May 3, 2013 every Friday | 3-6 p.m. |  La Escuelita Elementary School

Location:  , Oakland

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Statistics Graduate Student Association (SGSA) Student Seminar: Teaching Lower Division Statistics

Seminar | March 1 | 4-5 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall

Speaker/Performer: Wayne Tai Lee, Department of Statistics

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Ever wondered how it feels to teach lower division statistics? In this productivity seminar I'll share some of my personal experiences and tips about teaching as a GSI and instructor. The format will be fairly informal so come have fun!

Food and drinks provided by the GA. Come and join us! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Angie at azhu@stat.berkeley.edu.

This Is Not a Protest: Evening of Music, Art, and Crafts: Featuring Shannon and the Clams, Pangea, Meat Market, and The Littlest Viking

Performing Arts - Music | March 1 | 5-9 p.m. |  Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Featured Performer: Shannon & the Clams

Performers: Pangea; Meat Market; The Littlest Viking

Sponsors: BAM/PFA Student Committee, SUPERB Productions (ASUC)

This Is Not a Protest

Free live music and arts and crafts co-presented by the BAM/PFA Student Committee & SUPERB

Music by:

Shannon and the Clams (http://shannonandtheclams.com/)
Pangea (http://togetherpangea.bandcamp.com/)
Meat Market (www.stickwiththebeat.bandcamp.com)
The Littlest Viking (www.thelittlestviking.bandcamp.com)

Friday, March 1 @ 5pm

Free entry with UC ID,...   More >

Target audiences: Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate

Open to audiences: Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate

RSGSS weekly socializer

Social Event | March 1 – May 3, 2013 every Friday | 5:15-6 p.m. | Birge Hall, Birge Breezeway

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Weekly social gathering

The Secret Garden: by Nolan Gasser (music) and Carey Harrison (libretto)

Performing Arts - Other | March 1 | 7:30 p.m. |  Zellerbach Hall

Sponsor: Cal Performances

Directed by Jose Maria Condemi
Visual Design by Naomie Kremer
Costume Design by Kristi Johnson
Lighting Design by Christopher Maravich


Cal Performances and the San Francisco Opera present:

World Premiere!
Cal Performances’ second major collaboration with San Francisco Opera—audiences still fondly recall Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince from 2008—promises beautiful music and a...   More >

Tickets required:Start at $30.00

Ticket info: Tickets go on sale August 5. Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-9988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org.

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

UC Berkeley's 2nd Annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference

Conference/Symposium | March 2 |  UC Berkeley Campus

Sponsors: ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California), Graduate Assembly, College of Letters & Science, Public Health, School of, Graduate School of Education, Vice Provost for Teaching, Learning, Academic Planning and Facilities, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Chevron, Student Opportunity Fund

UC Berkeley's 2nd Annual Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics Conference is a day filled with hands-on workshops for over 300 middle school girls. The event will feature a keynote address by Debbie Sterling of Goldie Blox. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact us at eyhberkeleyinfo@gmail.com.

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (extracurricular): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (open to the community): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $190 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (Non-UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price), $220 Ceramics Class (Non-UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Homeless Ministry at Berkeley

Special Event | February 16 – May 11, 2013 every Saturday | 9-10:30 a.m. |  Telegraph and People's Park

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Weekly visits to the homeless community on Telegraph and in People's Park. We prepare food to share with our homeless friends and build relationships with the people we meet. All are welcome!

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Brazilian Juijutsu at Berkeley organizational meetings

Meeting | March 2 – May 4, 2013 every Saturday | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | 2XX Hearst Gymnasium

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

6th Annual Pre-Health Conference: Inspiring the Healthcare Leaders of Tomorrow

Conference/Symposium | March 2 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Clark Kerr Campus, Clark Kerr Conference Center

Sponsor: American Medical Student Association

The American Medical Student Association UC Berkeley Premedical Chapter presents the 6th annual UC Berkeley Pre-Health Conference on March 2nd, 2013. This year's conference features MD, MPH, and medical student panels and informative workshops on MCAT, interview, application process, and personal statement. Speakers include Dr. Armstrong- UC Berkeley AMSA's physician mentor, Mozzi Etemadi- named...   More >

Kaur Voices: Your Voice. Your Story. Your Sisters.

Performing Arts - Other | March 2 | 7-9 p.m. |  YWCA

Location: 2600 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

Sponsors: Center for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley Sikh Student Association

Join Sikh women of Cal for a night of spoken word, poetry, art, and performances presented by UC Berkeley SSA, Center for South Asia and Jakara Movement.

Kaur Voices provides a place to share our stories, divulge our experiences, discuss issues that we care about, and speak our minds and open our hearts as Sikh women. It will be a night of sisterhood and community, of expression and emotion,...   More >

Jazz and Improvised Music Benefit Concert: Dan Tepfer and Ben Wendel

Performing Arts - Music | March 2 | 7:15-10 p.m. |  Hertz Concert Hall

Featured Performers: Dan Tepfer; Ben Wendel

Sponsor: Department of Music

A benefit concert featuring the duo of two rising stars in contemporary jazz from New York City: pianist DAN TEPFER & woodwind player BEN WENDEL, with an opening set by BERKELEY NU JAZZ COLLECTIVE.

Tickets required:$20 general admission, $15 other students, seniors, current & retired Berkeley staff & faculty, groups of 10 or more, $10 UC Berkeley students (student ID required)

Ticket info: Performances subject to change without notice. Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-9988.

The Secret Garden: by Nolan Gasser (music) and Carey Harrison (libretto)

Performing Arts - Other | March 2 | 7:30 p.m. |  Zellerbach Hall

Sponsor: Cal Performances

Directed by Jose Maria Condemi
Visual Design by Naomie Kremer
Costume Design by Kristi Johnson
Lighting Design by Christopher Maravich


Cal Performances and the San Francisco Opera present:

World Premiere!
Cal Performances’ second major collaboration with San Francisco Opera—audiences still fondly recall Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince from 2008—promises beautiful music and a...   More >

Tickets required:Start at $30.00

Ticket info: Tickets go on sale August 5. Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-9988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org.

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (extracurricular): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (open to the community): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $190 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (Non-UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price), $220 Ceramics Class (Non-UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

The Secret Garden: by Nolan Gasser (music) and Carey Harrison (libretto)

Performing Arts - Other | March 3 | 3 p.m. |  Zellerbach Hall

Sponsor: Cal Performances

Directed by Jose Maria Condemi
Visual Design by Naomie Kremer
Costume Design by Kristi Johnson
Lighting Design by Christopher Maravich


Cal Performances and the San Francisco Opera present:

World Premiere!
Cal Performances’ second major collaboration with San Francisco Opera—audiences still fondly recall Rachel Portman’s The Little Prince from 2008—promises beautiful music and a...   More >

Tickets required:Start at $30.00

Ticket info: Tickets go on sale August 5. Buy tickets online, or by calling 510-642-9988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org.

2013 Green Fund Grants and Sustainability Award Nominations now open: Due Wednesday March 13th by 5pm

Deadline | March 3 – 13, 2013 every day | 5 p.m. |  Architects & Engineers (A&E)

Performer Group:

Sponsor: Office of Sustainability

*CACS Green Fund Grant*
Apply for a grant for up to $2,000 for a campus sustainability project.
The annual Chancellor's Green Fund Grant program enables members of the UC
Berkeley campus community to undertake projects that will create a
greener, more environmentally sustainable campus -- while saving resources
and money in the process.

The grant cycle for Spring 2013 is now open. Grant...   More >

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (extracurricular): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (open to the community): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $190 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (Non-UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price), $220 Ceramics Class (Non-UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Science of Wellness Magazine DeCal: The Chemistry of Nutrition, Food Science, and Health

Course | February 4 – May 13, 2013 every Monday | 220 Wheeler Hall

Sponsors: College of Chemistry, Academic Senate, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology

SCIENCE OF WELLNESS MAGAZINE DECAL - ACCEPTING WRITERS & LAYOUT DESIGNERS

The Science of Wellness magazine is a print and online publication at UC Berkeley that encourages undergraduate and graduate students to write about the chemistry of nutrition, food science, and health. Our team is hosting a DeCal course this Spring 2013 semester for all those interested in writing and doing layout...   More >

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

Open to audience: All Audiences

2013 Green Fund Grants and Sustainability Award Nominations now open: Due Wednesday March 13th by 5pm

Deadline | March 3 – 13, 2013 every day | 5 p.m. |  Architects & Engineers (A&E)

Performer Group:

Sponsor: Office of Sustainability

*CACS Green Fund Grant*
Apply for a grant for up to $2,000 for a campus sustainability project.
The annual Chancellor's Green Fund Grant program enables members of the UC
Berkeley campus community to undertake projects that will create a
greener, more environmentally sustainable campus -- while saving resources
and money in the process.

The grant cycle for Spring 2013 is now open. Grant...   More >

Depth of Field Film: Bobby Fischer Against the World

Film - Documentary | March 4 | 7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Geballe Room, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

Bobby Fischer’s cold-war era victory over Soviet champion Boris Spassky in 1972 capped off his meteoric rise to greatness, but few could have foreseen that it would also be the beginning of an enigmatic second act as a relative recluse and eventual exile. Liz Garbus’ film artfully traces the rise, and fall, of a man whose name is still synonymous with the game of chess.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Salsa Social Dance Class: with World Award Winning Dancer Timea Potys

Social Event | January 21 – May 20, 2013 every Monday | 8-10 p.m. | International House, Chevron Auditorium OR Great Hall

Speaker/Performer: Timea Potys, Professional Dance Instructor, Sizzling Latin

Sponsor: International House

Salsa Classes are back with World Award Winning Dancer Timea Potys of Sizzling Latin!
Timea heats things up at I-House with Salsa classes every Monday, 8 - 9:30 pm.
Classes are FREE for Residents and Members of I-House, $10 for the General Public.
Sign up in the Program Office or e-mail ihprograms@berkeley.edu.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (extracurricular): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Art Studio Classes (open to the community): Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, and Photo courses

Course | March 1 – April 15, 2013 every day | César E. Chávez Student Center, Berkeley Art Studio

Sponsor: ASUC Art Studio

Registration is now open for the Berkeley Art Studio's next 7-week session of art classes, open to the entire community as well as UC Berkeley campus, beginning April 1st.
Choose from classes in Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Digital and Darkroom Photography. All classes taught by professional artists who are also experienced instructors.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Attendance restrictions: No children under 18

Registration required:$140 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (UCB Student Price), $190 Painting, Drawing, or Photo Class (Non-UCB Student Price), $160 Ceramics Class (UCB Student Price), $220 Ceramics Class (Non-UCB Student Price)

Registration info: Registration opens March 1. Register by April 1 online, or by calling 510-642-6161, or by emailing artstudio@berkeley.edu.

Major "Madness" on the Plaza

Special Event | March 5 | 11 a.m.-2 p.m. |  Dwinelle Hall

Sponsors: ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California), College of Letters & Science

Berkeley Study Abroad peer advisors will be tabling as part of Major Madness on Dwinelle Plaza. Come learn about study abroad opportunities available at UC Berkeley and speak to Cal students about their experiences abroad.

For more information, visit http://majormadness.berkeley.edu.

Pet Hugs at Cal: Pet Therapy Dogs on Sproul Plaza

Miscellaneous | March 5 | 12-1:15 p.m. |  Sproul Plaza

Sponsor: Tang Center (University Health Services)

Come and get your instant stress relief with adorable dogs from ARF, Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

2013 Green Fund Grants and Sustainability Award Nominations now open: Due Wednesday March 13th by 5pm

Deadline | March 3 – 13, 2013 every day | 5 p.m. |  Architects & Engineers (A&E)

Performer Group:

Sponsor: Office of Sustainability

*CACS Green Fund Grant*
Apply for a grant for up to $2,000 for a campus sustainability project.
The annual Chancellor's Green Fund Grant program enables members of the UC
Berkeley campus community to undertake projects that will create a
greener, more environmentally sustainable campus -- while saving resources
and money in the process.

The grant cycle for Spring 2013 is now open. Grant...   More >

BERCshop: Solar Manufacturing from Wafer to Encapsulation

Panel Discussion | March 5 | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | C335 Haas School of Business

Panelist/Discussant: Dan Kammen, Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering; Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab (RAEL)

Speaker/Performer: Erel Milshtein, Director of Engineering, Thin-film Equipment, Process Development, First Solar

Sponsor: Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative

Come learn about how solar cells are made and hear about the latest developments in solar cell technologies!

Speakers:
Professor Dan Kammen, Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group, the Goldman School of Public Policy, and the department of Nuclear Engineering; Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab (RAEL)]
Erel Milshtein, Director of...   More >

Registration required:$0

Registration info: Registration opens February 28. Register by March 5 online.

Study Abroad in Your Major

Workshop | March 5 | 6-7:30 p.m. | Unit 2 Residence Hall, All Purpose Room

Sponsors: Berkeley Study Abroad, ASUC (Associated Students of the University of California), College of Letters & Science

Attend this workshop and learn how to get started with academic planning for study abroad. Advisors from Berkeley Study Abroad and representatives from the ASUC Student Advocates Office will share tips on academic planning for study abroad, including academic eligibility, searching for programs, identifying study abroad coursework, and how to work with your college and major advisors.

Workshop...   More >

Toastmasters Internationals Meeting: Learn how to improve public speaking!

Meeting | June 12, 2012 – June 9, 2015 every Tuesday | 7:30-8:30 p.m. | 652 Barrows Hall

Sponsor: VSPA

Toast of Berkeley was established in 2009 to foster a helping community of people interested in becoming more confident and effective public speakers. In it's short lifetime it has created loyal following of students, educators, and professionals with diverse backgrounds from all over the world. We welcome people who don't have English as their first language, and we welcome those just starting...   More >

Kenneth P. Green Sr. Photography: DeFremery Park

Exhibit - Photography | September 14, 2012 – March 29, 2013 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Stephens Hall, Townsend Center for the Humanities, 220 Stephens Hall

Sponsor: Townsend Center for the Humanities

As staff photographer for the Oakland Tribune between 1968-1982, Kenneth P. Green Sr. captured in the still image some of the most dramatic and dynamic social changes occurring not only in Oakland, but in our time. His work reflects the best of both photojournalism and photography – a chronicle of the here and now, and a collection of personal portraits that illustrate the timeless, human side of...   More >