LAGSES Spring Mixer

Miscellaneous | March 19 | 3-4 p.m. |  Beta Lounge

Location: 2129 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

The LAGSES Mixer is back by popular demand! This will be a great opportunity to relax after a hard day's work in lab. Come mingle with your fellow LAGSES colleagues over food and refreshments.  Everyone  is  invited.

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 >

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.

UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra: 60th Annual Free Noon Concert Series

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

Sponsor: Department of Music

David Milnes, conductor

UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra performs

Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements

Reynald Tharp: Wide Sea, Changeful Heaven

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.

Vision Science Tea Time

Social Event | March 20 | 1:30-3 p.m. | 355 Minor Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

To encourage more interaction across labs, students, faculty, and post-docs. A regular tea time can be a casual way for us to gather as a community with no agenda other than to eat and drink. Community building is not only a good first step to revolutionary interdisciplinary research but is also a wonderful way to create a comfortable, satisfying, and rich environment in the Vision Science...   More >

SEED Afterschool Volunteer Program

Miscellaneous | March 6 – May 1, 2013 every Wednesday | 3-6 p.m. |  Horace Mann Elementary School

Location:  , Oakland

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Graduate Diversity Committee meeting

Meeting | March 20 | 3-4 p.m. | 44 Giannini Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Come join us for an update about admissions protocol and how diversity factors into it.
All Berkeley students welcome. Snacks will be served.

Coffee Hour

Social Event | March 20 | 4-5 p.m. | 482 Stanley Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Join SACNAS members for a coffee break. Coffee, tea and pastries will be provided.

The Justices and Injustices of REDD+

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

Speaker: Thomas Sikor, Professor of Environment and Development, University of East Anglia

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources GroupSpring 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 >

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.

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.

Medievalisms meeting

Meeting | March 21 | 1-2:30 p.m. | 310 Dwinelle Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Bright Lights across the River: Competing Modernities at China’s Edge

Colloquium | March 21 | 1-2:30 p.m. | Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor), 6th Floor - Numata Meeting Room

Speaker: Franck Billé, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge

Sponsor: Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)

The two cities of Heihe (China) and Blagoveshchensk (Russia) stand right opposite each other across the Amur River. But if they are comparable in footprint and population size, they look drastically different. Having evolved from a small settlement two decades ago, Heihe is a very modern city, structured on an urban model that is emerging throughout China. By contrast, Blagoveshchensk looks like...   More >

Target audiences: Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, Students - Graduate, Students - Prospective, Students - Undergraduate

Open to audience: All Audiences

ME Coffee Hour

Social Event | March 7 – May 9, 2013 every Thursday | 3-4 p.m. | 3110 Etcheverry Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

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.

Meeting Conservation: Becky Chaplin-Kramer, The Natural Capital Project

Meeting | March 21 | 5-7 p.m. | 103 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Becky Chaplin-Kramer, The Natural Capital Project

Sponsor: Society for Conservation Biology

Please join the Society of Conservation Biology in lecture series: "Meeting Conservation: Science , Policy and Community approaches to Biodiversity Conservation".
Dr. Becky Chaplin-Kramer leads the Natural Capital Project's freshwater and terrestrial team. She coordinates the model development and implementation of the InVEST. She is also the lead modeler for ecosystem services from and to...   More >

ESO Monthly Meeting

Meeting | March 21 | 5-7:30 p.m. | 306 Wellman Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Entomology Student Organization monthly meeting.

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.

Meeting Conservation: Becky Chaplin-Kramer, The Natural Capital Project

Meeting | March 21 | 5-7 p.m. | 103 Mulford Hall

Speaker/Performer: Becky Chaplin-Kramer, The Natural Capital Project

Sponsor: Society for Conservation Biology

Please join the Society of Conservation Biology in lecture series: "Meeting Conservation: Science , Policy and Community approaches to Biodiversity Conservation".
Dr. Becky Chaplin-Kramer leads the Natural Capital Project's freshwater and terrestrial team. She coordinates the model development and implementation of the InVEST. She is also the lead modeler for ecosystem services from and to...   More >

Queer Grads Happy Hour

Social Event | March 21 | 6-8 p.m. |  Thalassa

Location: 2367 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Hello Queer Grads! Come join us for drinks, pizza, and pool at Thalassa!

Sylvia Earle: The Quest for Sustainable Seas: Horace Albright Lecture in Conservation

Lecture | March 21 | 6-7:30 p.m. |  International House

Speaker: Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer and Explorer-in-Residence, National Geographic

Sponsors: College of Natural Resources, National Geographic LIVE!

World-renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle demonstrates how actions we take in the next ten years to support the ocean will matter more than what we do in the next one hundred years.

Tekla Labs Committee Meeting

Meeting | March 21 | 7-8 p.m. | 321 Stanley Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

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 >

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 >

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.

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 >

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.

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

SEED Afterschool Volunteer Program

Miscellaneous | March 6 – May 1, 2013 every Wednesday | 3-6 p.m. |  Horace Mann Elementary School

Location:  , Oakland

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

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.

ME Coffee Hour

Social Event | March 7 – May 9, 2013 every Thursday | 3-4 p.m. | 3110 Etcheverry Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

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.

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 (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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Challenging Urban Borders: The Geopolitics of Immigration and Segregation

Conference/Symposium | April 2 | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall

Sponsor: Institute of Governmental Studies

This conference will present contributions from young French and American scholars, studying urban and immigration issues in Europe and in the United States.

Target audiences: Faculty, Students - Graduate

Open to audience: Students - Undergraduate

Pet Hugs at Cal: Pet Therapy Dogs on Sproul Plaza

Miscellaneous | April 2 | 12-1 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

The Good, the Bad, and the Normative: The Problem of Negativity in Adorno's Philosophy

Lecture | April 2 | 5-7 p.m. | 3335 Dwinelle Hall

Speaker/Performer: Fabian Freyenhagen, UC's Program in Critical Theory

Sponsor: Program in Critical Theory

Prof. Fabian Freyenhagen, Reader of Philosophy at the University of Essex, speaks about Adorno's "negativitistic ethics" and normativity.

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

Parallel Effects: An Evening with Architectural Curators and Writers

Panel Discussion | April 2 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Wurster Hall, Gallery

Sponsor: Room One Thousand

The event is being organized by a new interdisciplinary student journal in the Architecture Department. Room One Thousand aspires to be a discursive space that broadens the expectations of what a journal can be so that new vistas may be revealed. In organizing this panel discussion, our aim is to expose students at the College of Environmental Design to those professionals that are engaging...   More >

Research Recruitment Forum

Special Event | April 2 | 7-9 p.m. | Hearst Memorial Mining Building, Atrium

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

On behalf of Big BEAR (a Berkeley-based graduate student group focused on undergraduate/graduate advising) and BMES, we are excited to announce the 2013 Spring/Summer Research Recruitment Forum! This is an opportunity for graduate students, postdoctoral candidates, professors, and researchers of all types associated with the Berkeley/UCSF campuses to recruit undergraduate students to do research...   More >

Social DanceSport (SDS) Lesson: Learn how to Ballroom Dance!

Miscellaneous | April 2 – 30, 2013 every Tuesday | 7-9 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, Meet on the Third Floor Hallway!

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

Social DanceSport (SDS) is a program for those who are interested in learning international-style ballroom dances but are either currently uninterested or unable to join the team. This program offers a fun way to learn many dances, steps, and routines identical to the ones taught to rookies on the team, without participating in competitions. It is offered in fall and spring semester of each year....   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

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 >

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.

University Wind Ensemble: 60th Annual Free Noon Concert Series

Performing Arts - Music | April 3 | 12:15-1 p.m. |  Hertz Concert Hall

Sponsor: Department of Music

Robert Calonico, director

Shostakovich Festival Overture; Percy Grainger, Colonial Song; John Estacio, Frenergy; Shelley Hanson, Volver a la Montaña

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

SEED Afterschool Volunteer Program

Miscellaneous | March 6 – May 1, 2013 every Wednesday | 3-6 p.m. |  Horace Mann Elementary School

Location:  , Oakland

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Renewable Energy Futures to 2050: Current Thinking

Colloquium | April 3 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 110 Barrows Hall

Speaker: Eric Martinot, Senior Research Director, Institute of Sustainable Energy Policies, Tokyo, Japan

Sponsor: Energy and Resources Group

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2012 Colloquium Series (ER295)

Stereotype Threat: How it affects us and what we can do about it.: Public Lecture by Claude Steele, I. James Quillen Dean for the School of Education at Stanford University

Lecture | April 3 | 4-5 p.m. | Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center, Bechtel Hall

Speaker/Performer: Claude Steele, Stanford University

Sponsor: Equity and Inclusion, Vice Chancellor

Claude Steele is a prominent leader in the field of social psychology. He is widely recognized for systematic applications of social science to problems of major societal significance.

His groundbreaking social psychology research on stereotype threat has shown how academic performance and intellectual ability are influenced by social and cultural contexts. His theory examines a common...   More >

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

Stereotype Threat: How it affects us and what we can do about it.: Public lecture with author of Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do

Lecture | April 3 | 4-5 p.m. |  Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center

Featured Speaker: Prof. Claude Steele, Stanford University

Sponsors: Berkeley Science Network, College of Letters & Science

Claude Steele, internationally renowned social scientist and Dean of the Graduate School of Education at Stanford, will discuss his theory of stereotype threat, which has been the focus of much of his research and writing throughout his academic career.

Graduate Geographers of Berkeley Meeting/Presentation Day 1

Social Event | April 3 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 583 McCone Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

Social event for graduate students in Geography to present their research and socialize, over food. First event of two.

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.

APHIDS meeting

Meeting | April 4 |  University Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

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.

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.

john powell presents at The Urban Affairs Association: Occupy: The meaning of the Protest Movement for Cities

Conference/Symposium | April 4 | 1:30-2:30 p.m. |  The Fairmont Hotel

Location: 950 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94108

Speaker/Performer: john powell, Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society

Sponsor: Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society

OCCUPY:
The Meaning of the Protest Movement for Cities
“We are the 99 percent” has become the rallying cry of the Occupy protest movement which has spread across more than 1,500 cities. Diverse groups have organized wide-ranging direct actions in response to longstanding and emerging issues (sometimes for, sometimes against) including the foreclosure crisis, financial regulation and...   More >

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

ME Coffee Hour

Social Event | March 7 – May 9, 2013 every Thursday | 3-4 p.m. | 3110 Etcheverry Hall

Sponsor: Graduate Assembly

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 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.

Cost-effective Altruism

Lecture | April 4 | 5-7 p.m. | Faculty Club, The Howard Room

Speakers: Elie Hassenfeld, Co-founder, GiveWell; Robin hanson, Associate Professor of economics, George Mason University

Sponsor: THINK (student group)

Many of us want to make the world better, but we tend to ask ourselves "Is this a good deed?" rather than "How good a deed is it?" The answer to the second question is often striking, with orders of magnitude of difference between a well-intentioned act of kindness and a well-chosen act of kindness. Join us on April 4 for a pair of talks on effective altruism and free pizza from the Cheese Board...   More >

BERC Grad/Undergrad Mixer- Molding your Career in the Energy and Resource Fields

Social Event | April 4 | 6-8 p.m. | C230 Haas School of Business

Sponsor: Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative

BERC Undergrad invites graduate students in Energy and Resource Fields to come participate in our first Graduate/Undergraduate Mixer on April 4th. The topics will be introducing undergraduates to Energy & Resource related fields and advising them on education and extracurricular involvements towards such careers. This will be a casual event, starting off with a short Q&A panel and ending with...   More >

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

Confessions Gallery

Exhibit - Multimedia | April 4 | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Lobby Wurster Hall

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

A gallery to foster community and address mental health issues on camus

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

Open to audience: All Audiences

Registration recommended:$0

Registration info: Register online, or or by emailing berkeleyconfessions@gmail.com.