UC Berkeley Events Calendar

Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Since the late 1960s, Joan Jonas (b. 1936) has been a pioneer in video and performance art. The Berkeley Art Museum mounted its first retrospective of the artist’s work in 1982, and this week it unveils a recent acquisition, “Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things.” In her latest pieces, Jonas has re-presented her earlier performance-based work. Jonas found inspiration for The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things (2004-05) in a 1960s trip to Arizona, where she witnessed several Hopi rituals. The resulting work incorporates reflections on Western art by German art historian Aby Warburg (1866-1929), who visited the American Southwest in the 19th century. Jonas continued to develop the piece, adding live performances with music composed by jazz musician Jason Moran for performances at Dia: Beacon in New York in 2005-06. Footage from those performances has been added to the work.

From Plugs to Bling

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

This exhibition explores the lives of students at the University of California, as told through the clothing they once wore. From junior plugs (top hats) and lettermen’s jackets to charm bracelets and African American graduation stoles, from cashmere sweater sets to denim jackets festooned with anti-war buttons, Cal students have always made fashion, political and gender statements through their choice of clothing and accessories. The exhibition draws from the University Archives and from numerous other campus collections, and includes many items never before on display. Curated by William Benemann, Archivist.

Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

In May 1968 in Paris, student and worker strikes against the conservative government of General Charles de Gaulle brought the country to a standstill. Images by French photographer Serge Hambourg provide a striking eyewitness account of this pivotal moment in political and cultural history." On Friday, April 4, at 5 p.m., Mr. Hambourg will deliver an Artist's Talk, in which he will comment on the content and context of his photographs and share personal anecdotes from his experience as a photojournalist in Paris during the spring and summer of 1968.

Ten Moments in the Twentieth Century

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

These paintings depict memorable moments in the twentieth century. The events have been reconstructed so as to allow what we have learned from hindsight to be reflected in each painting.

The Chinese of California

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

As a part of California since before its creation as a state, Chinese have joined countless other immigrants in defining their life in America. This exhibit looks at the unique challenges that Chinese Americans faced in maintaining full access to civil rights, and shows how these challenges influenced the formation and personality of Chinese communities in California. A joint project of The Bancroft Library, the California Historical Society, and the Chinese Historical Society of America.

MATRIX/REDUX

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

MATRIX/REDUX celebrates thirty years of the MATRIX Program for Contemporary Art, spotlighting the vibrant and diverse work of many of the cutting-edge artists featured in the program over the past three decades.

Ward Schumaker: SAVED!

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Hand-painted Books and Works on Paper As an illustrator Ward Schumaker's work appears frequently in such publications as the L A Times, New York Times, Poetry, and Le Figaro; in collateral for United Airlines and Hermès; and in books. He has illustrated two limited edition for The Yolla Bolly Press: Two Kitchens in Provence by M.F.K.Fisher; and Paris France by Gertrude Stein. His personal work has appeared in solo shows in Nashville, Shanghai, and recently at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco. He lives and works in San Francisco with his wife, artist Vivienne Flesher. Please note: some of the work appears in our conference rooms. If you are interested in viewing, please call ahead to be sure that there are no events scheduled. Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 :: 5:30pm

Off the Beaten Path in the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area: Shrubs and Endemics, May 1 - 4, 2008

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Lake Shasta and Mount Shasta dominate the list of destination points for myriad recreational pursuits in northern California. However, back roads and hiking trails that traverse this area offer access to more remote and lesser-known gems within the Shasta-Trinity National Forest. This workshop will visit botanically interesting, less-traveled sites around Lake Shasta checking out the plants growing on limestone. The focus will be on shrub identification and seeing the endemic Shasta snow-wreath (Neviusia cliftonii) in bloom. We will spend Friday botanizing in the Low Pass Creek area of the Devil’s Rock-Hosselkus Research Natural Area. We should find at least 17 shrub species that day. On Saturday, we will hike from Dekkas Rock campground in search of another diverse set of shrubs. On Sunday, we will see the Waters Gulch population of Shasta snow-wreath and other shrubs, this time not on limestone. John previews these areas in his book Northwest California recently published by UC Press. Course fee includes campground fees, meals, and transportation for the duration of the workshop. Camping will be at a developed campground with pit-toilets and running water.

SF International Film Festival at Pacific Film Archive

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

After more than half a century, the San Francisco International Film Festival is still the premier annual film event in the Bay Area. This year’s festival highlights an amazing range of works from around the world, exploring multinational plundering in Argentina ('Latent Argentina'), romance amongst twenty-something African Americans ('Medicine for Melancholy'), and socio-environmental change in contemporary China ('Still Life' and 'Up the Yangtze'), amongst other timely narratives. Advance tickets available by calling (510) 642-5249 or on-line at http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/sfiff51

Lawrence Hall of Science Volunteer Open House

Thu, 01 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Inspire the scientist in a child! Come learn about the volunteer opportunities at the Lawrence Hall of Science at our Volunteer Open House on Thursday May 1 from 2:00-3:30 or Saturday May 3 from 2:00-3:30. You will meet other volunteers, take a tour and see first hand what you can do to help create a science literate society! Please let us know if you can come: docents@berkeley.edu or call (510) 642-7723.

Ami Vitale Photographs

Thu, 01 May 2008 8:30:00 PDT

Cycle of Life: Awakening

Thu, 01 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Three artists, Koo Kyung Sook (Korea), Brenda Louie (China) and Dinh Anh Tham Poong (Vietnam) explore in art body and memory, physical processes and spiritual awareness, personal identity and the inexorable cycles of life.

Liberated Africans as a Human Legacy of Abolition

Thu, 01 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Convenors: G. Ugo Nwokeji, African American Studies, UCB and Beatriz Mamigonian, History, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Bugs in the Garden:An Exhibit by Patrick E

Thu, 01 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Walk Through the Garden to see a variety of original bug Sculptures by local artist Patrick E., including a special new insectivorous insect member of the Garden.

Senior Portraits!

Thu, 01 May 2008 9:30:00 PDT

Graduating? Hurry now because this is your last chance to take your senior portrait! Every member of the graduating class has a chance to be pictured in the 2008 Blue & Gold Yearbook. Sittings start at only $5 and will be held from April 21 - 25 and April 28 - May 2 on the Fourth Floor of the MLK Student Union. Go to bluegold.berkeley.edu to sign up for a sitting -- though walk-ins are welcome! Not only are senior portraits perfect for graduation announcements and résumés, but they also serve as proof that – yes – you graduated from Cal! Not to mention the Blue & Gold is the only official historical record of the University. Each year, Cal awards degrees to more than 8,500 students – don't be the one who gets forgotten! Visit bluegold.berkeley.edu for more info.

SPEED

Thu, 01 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT

Take a trip in the fast lane at SPEED!, a new exhibit about high performance and barrier-smashing motion. This colorful celebration of movement translates the thrills and challenges of going fast and faster into twenty hands-on activities to demonstrate the science and technology of record setting speed. The exhibit comes to Berkeley as part of a national tour. Speed! is open through May 11.

Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia

Thu, 01 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Superman faces off with an Aztec god and cannibals run amok in Monet’s garden at Giverny in Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia, the first major museum retrospective of the work of Mexico-born, San Francisco–based artist Enrique Chagoya. In the more than seventy works in the exhibition—paintings, charcoal and pastel drawings, prints, and mixed-media codices (accordion-folded books)—Chagoya intermingles icons and cultural references spanning hundreds of years and thousands of miles to create fantastic images and scathingly funny satires.

Tenants' Rights Week Workshop

Thu, 01 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Tenants' Rights Week is a series of informative events for present and future student tenants. Know your rights, what to look for in a landlord, disaster preparedness issues, and the upcoming Propositions 98 and 99, on which YOU have a chance to vote this June. The full line-ups of events is as follows. 4.28-5.02 Mon-Fri 11-2 @ Upper Sproul Stop by the ASUC table to get cool stuff! 4.28 Monday 7-8pm @ 51 Evans Housing Transitions Program targeting North Side Residents FREE Food by Chipotle and Sufficient Grounds 4.29 Tuesday 12-1pm Steps of Sproul Press Conference on the State of Affordable Housing in Berkeley 4.29 Tuesday 7-8pm @ Unit 1 APR Housing Transitions Program targeting South Side Residents FREE Food by Chipotle and Sufficient Grounds 4.30 Wednesday 7-8pm @ 50 Barrows Housing Transitions Program & Disaster Preparedness Info Session FREE Food by Chipotle and Sufficient Grounds 5.01 Thursday 6-7:30 @ 87 Evans Debate on Prop 98/Prop 99 FREE Food by Chipotle and Sufficient Grounds Presentations will be conducted by members of the Rent Board, Renters' Legal Assistance, the USCA (University Students' Cooperative Association), and CalGreeks! Housing Transition information packages will be disseminated at all events! Questions? Please contact cityaffairs@gmail.com!

Staff Career Series: Career Planning

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Staff are encouraged to attend this workshop to clarify their career planning needs and to learn about new programs and resources on campus to help them achieve their career goals at Berkeley. This workshop is the pre-requisite for all other career services and events.

Putting Canada's Last Press Baron Behind Bars:

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Cal Staff Sustainability Action Network(CALSSAN)

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Lunch Poems presents a Student Reading

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:10:00 PDT

One of the year’s most lively events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well as students nominated by Berkeley’s creative writing faculty, Lunch Poems volunteers, and representatives from student publications. Lunch Poems is a monthly noontime poetry reading held in UC Berkeley's Morrison Library.

Aubrey Williams and Entwined Art Histories at the End of Empire

Thu, 01 May 2008 12:30:00 PDT

One of four lectures in mini-seminar, Art and the Transnational Caribbean, sponsored by the Arts Research Center. Additional lectures on May 6th, 8th, and 10th.

TRUST Seminar

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

Predicate encryption is a strong generalization of public-key encryption that is better suited for protecting information flow in complex organizations. Roughly speaking, in a predicate encryption scheme the secret keys correspond to "capabilities" and ciphertexts are associated with "attributes"; a secret key enables decryption of a given ciphertext only if the attribute satisfies the relevant capability. Identity-based encryption and forward-secure encryption will be shown to be special cases of this paradigm, and other more recent (and more complex) examples will also be discussed.

TRUST Seminar

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

Predicate Encryption: A New Paradigm for Public-Key Encryption

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

A Beijing Olympics Primer: Place, Performance, and Performative Space

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:30:00 PDT

On the eve of the Olympics, Berkeley faculty, guest scholars, and contributors to a California Magazine Special Issue on China assess this historical moment in Beijing from three perspectives: the rapidly evolving cityscape, environmental dynamics, and, in the context of a changing society, traditional attitudes and values relating to self, body, and performance. A keynote address by History Professor Wen-hsin Yeh will take place the evening prior in 150 University Hall as part of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute's "Emerging Narratives of China."

Diesel Truck Emissions, Land Use Conflicts, and Public Health

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:00 PDT

Although major port infrastructure projects in Southern California were stalled for six years over environmental concerns, massive increases in container flows resulted in substantial truck traffic through adjacent communities. This raises serious public health concerns given the heightened levels of diesel exhaust and prevalence of associated health effects near truck routes. The impact of new truck emission standards could be limited in the short run since without an aggressive retrofit and replacement program the turnover of the fleet could take thirty years. In his talk, Douglas Houston examines the temporal and spatial variations of areas impacted by truck emissions by accounting for diurnal patterns in truck traffic, wind conditions, and nearby activity patterns. His presentation also examines the contradictions of using parks as mitigation zones by documenting particulate matter within a proposed buffer zone along a major truck route. Findings provide insight into the challenges facing revived expansion plans that seek to balance growth with pollution reduction. Douglas Houston, a candidate for the Metropolitan Infrastructure Planning, Analysis, and Management faculty position, Center for Global Metropolitan Studies, is completing his Ph.D. in the UCLA Department of Urban Planning. His research focuses on the interaction of the urban infrastructure with environmental hazards, land use patterns, and community well-being. His recent research on the environmental implications of vehicle-related air pollution for urban inhabitants immediately downwind of major roadways has appeared in the American Journal of Public Health and the Journal of Urban Affairs.

GREAT BUILDINGS FROM THE MINDS OF THE ARCHITECT AND THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:10:00 PDT

Abstract Using examples from the past, the speaker will illustrate and discuss where the structural engineer has provided a profound impact into the form, aesthetic, and function of important buildings. By integrating the skills of architects and structural engineers, great buildings can be created, both large and small. Special Rap Session with Les There is a special opportunity for students and others to talk informally with Les from 3PM to about 4:30 PM. This will be in 325 Davis Hall (PEER Center Conference Room, Davis Hall). Biographical Sketch Mr. Robertson is responsible for the structural design of hundreds of buildings and structures about the world including the World Trade Center (New York), the United States Steel Headquarters (Pittsburgh), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong), Puerta de Europa (Madrid) and the Continental Arena (Meadowlands) as well as exceptional museums in Berlin, Portland (Maine) and Seattle, and the Miho Museum Bridge (Japan). With his innovations in structural engineering, Mr. Robertson has set new standards in the design and construction of tall buildings. A pioneer in the application of computers to design, he has advanced the art and the science of structural engineering theory. Mr. Robertson's work epitomizes the transformation of engineering theory into practical technological breakthroughs that free architects to build the stuff of dreams. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Mr. Robertson was recognized by Engineering News Record as one of 20 structural engineers among the top 125 people in the construction industry over the past 125 years. He has been the recipient of numerous national and international awards for his work, and authored more than 300 papers on his research and design projects.

Astronomy Colloquium

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

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Center for Race and Gender Thursday Afternoon Forum: Girls in Oakland and Sex, Space, and Survival

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Emily Gleason, Education Beyond the School Gates: Tracing the Routes of Urban Youth and Perceptions of Place Nicol U, Ethnic Studies Risky Business: the Sexual Exploitation of Young Southeast Asian American Women in Oakland

Binary Black Hole Mergers

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

The collision of two black holes is thought to be one of the most energetic events in the universe, emitting in gravitational waves as much as 5-10% of the rest mass energy of the system. An international effort is currently underway to detect gravitational waves from black hole collisions and other cataclysmic events in the universe. The early success of the detectors will rely on the matched filtering technique to extract what are, by the time the waves reach earth, very weak distortions in the local geometry of space and time. In the case of black hole mergers numerical simulations are needed to obtain predictions of waveforms during the final stages of coalescence. 2005 was a watershed year for numerical simulations of black holes, and we are now beginning to explore the fascinating landscape of black hole collisions in the fully non-linear regime of Einstein's theory. In this talk I will give an overview of the recent successes and what we have learned about the merger process, for astrophysically relevant binaries and, time permitting, more esoteric configurations. The latter include hyperbolic encounters fine-tuned to an approximate threshold of merger, exhibiting behavior similar to "zoom-whirl" geodesics in a black hole background. These types of orbits may have some relevance to speculative black hole formation by parton collisions at the LHC in large extra dimension scenarios.

WHY SOME HIGH SCHOOLS KEEP TRYING TO COMBINE

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Americans assign multiple goals to their schools. For example, high schools are expected to prepare students for citizenship, work, and further education. Yet during the past century, high schools' vocational and higher education agendas have usually been separate. Some students prepare for college while others are trained for jobs. Various programmatic initiatives have tried to avoid student tracking, but de-tracking efforts are hard to sustain. Still, some high schools keep trying. Do their efforts really help students? Drawing on his long and distinguished career of scholarship and reform, promoting the development of more engaging and equitable schools, Professor Stern will examine why some high schools sustain a dual commitment to career and college preparation, as well as the impact of their efforts on students. Please join us in honoring David Stern's contribution to the field of education. <> Wine reception to follow <>

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion, Undergraduate Participatory Town Hall

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

This Town Hall is intended for UC Berkeley Undergraduates, to discuss their thoughts on issues related to campus Equity and Inclusion.

Marion Nestle – Food Politics

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Marion Nestle, a New York University professor of nutrition, discusses "Food Politics: What to Eat in Today's Era of Food Anxiety" in a lecture sponsored by the Public Health Nutrition Program at UC Berkeley and Slow Food Berkeley. According to Nestle, a nationally known nutrition advocate, changes in the food environment encourage everyone to eat larger portions, more often and in more places. Underlying these societal changes is a competitive food system that impels companies to sell more food to more people more often in order to meet quarterly investment growth targets. Obesity and poor diets are due to social as well as individual factors, and actions to improve diets must be directed toward the food environment as well as to personal choice. With the variety and abundance of foods available in today's market, how do consumers make wise food choices? Speaker Biography: Marion Nestle is the Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at New York University. Her degrees include a doctorate in molecular biology and a master's in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. During her career, Nestle has focused on analysis of the scientific, social, cultural and economic factors that influence the development, implementation and acceptance of federal dietary guidance policies. She is the award-winning author of several books, including "What to Eat" (North Point Press, 2006); "Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology and Bioterrorism" (University of California Press, 2003); and "Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health" (University of California, 2002).

Biodefense: Bioinformatics Challenges in a Global Context

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

The 21st century is seeing biology establishing itself as the fastest-evolving science. Fueled by rapid advances in both biotechnology and bioinformatics, overwhelming amounts of data are presenting us with many new scientific and technological challenges in all aspects of biology, including biodefense. Increasing human incursion into remote areas is causing the emergence of "novel" natural pathogens that are rapidly spread by modern travel and commerce. Additionally, the dark side of recent biotechnology advances raises the likelihood that genetic engineering and synthetic biology might cause harmful results, whether inadvertently or maliciously. The field of biodefense exists in an interesting and turbulent intersection of technology, politics, mission-space, economics, and ethics. Far from being isolated from the chaos, bioinformatics all too frequently finds itself right in the middle of the controversy. This talk will draw upon LLNL's experiences over the past 8 years to present one viewpoint of some of the key challenges facing bioinformatics in the biodefense field. From inadequate algorithms and inappropriate computer architectures, to impotent bureaucracy and pork-barrel politics, to the inability to get genomic data from countries with dangerous epidemics (or from colleagues at federal agencies in the US), to the ethical problems raised by trying to defend against malicious genetic engineering; all of these impact researchers working in bioinformatics applied to biodefense. Efforts underway at LLNL to deal with many of these challenges will be discussed.

Charles M. and Martha Hitchcock Lectures

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:10:00 PDT

Chikashi Toyoshima, Professor of Supramolecular Structure at the University of Tokyo, will present two Hitchcock Lectures. The first lecture, titled "Proteins, Energy, and Life," will be presented on Wednesday, April 30th. The second lecture, titled "A Molecular Machine at Work: The Case of the Calcium Pump Protein," will be presented on Thursday, May 1, 2008.

Jersusalem: Heights, Warrens, Peripheries, Seams

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Few cities in the world have been more violent than Jerusalem. Perhaps conquests are the most conspicuous of its lethal episodes: Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of the city in 586 B.C.E.; Titus' brutal capture of the city in 70 C.E.; the bloody ravaging of the city by the Crusaders. Less familiar but more pervasive are the city's internal conflicts. Professor Wharton suggests that violence in Jerusalem, and perhaps elsewhere, is conditioned by buildings and terrain as well as by politics. For the sake of discussion, she proposes a speculative typology of topographical ebullition. She links the spatial categories of this scheme-heights, warrens, peripheries, seams-to specific social groups and to particular expressions of violence from the deep past to the present. Whether this scheme is at all useful in thinking through violence in Jerusalem or any other urban setting may be decided in discussion.

A New Era in Foreign Policy: Lessons and Challenges for the Next Administration

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Ambassador Bodine, a former career member of the Senior Foreign Service, spent much of her 30-year diplomatic career in the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula. In 2003, she served as the first coordinator for post-conflict reconstruction for Baghdad and the central governorates of Iraq. From 1997-2001, she was the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen. Prior to that appointment, Ambassador Bodine served as Deputy Principal Officer in Baghdad during the Iran-Iraq War in 1990, as Deputy Chief of Mission in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion and occupation and, later, as Coordinator for Counterterrorism . Among numerous awards, she received the Secretary of State's Award for Valor for her work in occupied Kuwait. She has taught at UC Santa Barbara and been a Senior Research Fellow at both the Kennedy School, Harvard, and at MIT. She currently lectures on the Iraq War: Lessons and Legacies, and US Diplomacy in the broader Gulf region at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School and is working on a project on Democracy and Development with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI).

Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Social

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:00:00 PDT

The Society for Women in the Physical Sciences (SWPS) is hosting a liquid nitrogen ice cream social. Come make yummy ice cream by playing with cryogenics! Meet physics students, faculty and staff. Learn more about SWPS. Everyone welcome, invite your friends, students, professors!

Graduate Assembly: Delegate Assembly Meeting

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:30:00 PDT

The Graduate Assembly will hold its next Delegate Assembly meeting at 5:30pm-7:30pm in Senate Chambers of Eshleman Hall. Food is served at 5:00pm. For more information, please email pcos@ga.berkeley.edu.

Business Administration Certificate Program

Thu, 01 May 2008 17:30:00 PDT

Get prepared for a rewarding business career in one of three concentrations (Business Essentials, M.B.A. Foundation, or International Business), with a Certificate program curriculum approved by UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. For more information about the program, visit http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/cert/busad.html.

5th Annual OSKIs Student Leadership Awards

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:00:00 PDT

An evening event to celebrate the accomplishments of student leaders and student organizations at Cal! Students, faculty, and staff join together to honor those nominated and receiving awards for the impact they have in the campus community.

The Holloway Series: Lytle Shaw

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:00 PDT

The University is proud to present a feature poetry reading by the 2008 Holloway Lecturer in the Practice of Poetry. Open reception to follow.

Accounting Certificate Program

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:00 PDT

Gain the insight valued more than ever by business leaders and investors alike, and advance your career by accurately communicating the financial impact of economic events on an enterprise. For more information about the program, visit http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/cert/account.html.

Ezra -- FESPACO Grand Prize Winner

Thu, 01 May 2008 18:30:00 PDT

Written by Aduaka, Alain-Michel Blanc. Photographed by Carlos Arango de Montis. With Mamodou Turay Kamara, Mariame N’Diaye, Mamusu Kallon, Merveille Lukeba. (110 mins) Nigerian-born filmmaker Newton I. Aduaka, whose family suffered through the Biafran War of the late 1960s, brings a special sensitivity to this drama about the life of a child soldier. The film opens on the very young Ezra walking down a country road to school in an unnamed African country (most likely Sierra Leone). Just as class begins, gunfire disrupts the calm as rebel troops swoop down, later forcing the youngsters on a long march through the bush. Structured in nonlinear fashion, the story jumps forward a decade to Ezra testifying before a truth and reconciliation hearing. From there, Ezra’s flashbacks show children eventually forming substitute families in the militias, as they come to doubt they will ever see their real families again. Coerced, indoctrinated, and drugged into becoming marauding looters and killers, these youth unwittingly enrich rebel leaders, arms traders, and exploiters of local resources (most notably diamonds). Rather than focusing on battle scenes, Ezra provides a compassionate psychological portrait of war’s survivors as a vehicle for healing individuals and a nation. Aduaka expertly manages the tension throughout and draws solid naturalistic performances from his cast. Ezra won the coveted Grand Prize at Fespaco, Africa’s most important cinematic showcase. —Cornelius Moore Advance tickets available by calling (510) 642-5249 or on-line at http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/filmseries/sfiff51

Social Ballroom Dance Lessons

Thu, 01 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT

Come learn to dance with UC Berkeley's very own Ballroom Dance Team! We offer social classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 7-8 PM in 251 Hearst.It's only an affordable $5 for students and $7 for non-students! Dances that are offered two weeks in a row will have more advanced steps taught to those who came the week before. Discounted semester passes are available. Check us out at http://ucbd.org/social.php ! The schedule for Spring 2008 is as follows: 22-Janu-2008 East Coast Swing 24-Janu-2008 Salsa 29-Janu-2008 East Coast Swing 31-Janu-2008 Salsa 05-Febu-2008 East Coast Swing 07-Febu-2008 Salsa 12-Febu-2008 East Coast Swing 14-Febu-2008 Salsa 19-Febu-2008 Samba 21-Febu-2008 Tango 26-Febu-2008 Samba 28-Febu-2008 Tango 04-Marc-2008 Samba 06-Marc-2008 Tango 11-Marc-2008 Samba 13-Marc-2008 Tango 18-Marc-2008 Lindy Hop 01-Aprl-2008 Waltz 03-Aprl-2008 Lindy Hop 08-Aprl-2008 Waltz 10-Aprl-2008 Lindy Hop 15-Aprl-2008 Waltz 17-Aprl-2008 West Coast Swing 22-Aprl-2008 Cha Cha 24-Aprl-2008 West Coast Swing 29-Aprl-2008 Cha Cha 01-May-2008 West Coast Swing NO PARTNER OR EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! See you there!

Bolinao 52

Thu, 01 May 2008 19:00:00 PDT

For several years following the end of the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands of refugees escaped from the country following a perilous route across the South China Sea. Many died of drowning or starvation and thirst. Others were lost at sea, or robbed and killed by pirates. Filmmaker Duc Nguyen retraces the odyssey of Bolinao 52 – a vessel adrift at sea for 37 days—and a survivor Tung Trinh as she returns to her past to tell her story. The screening will feature a discussion with the filmmaker.

Social Ballroom Dance Lessons

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:00:00 PDT

Come learn to dance with UC Berkeley's very own Ballroom Dance Team! Every Thursday we offer 2 classes one from 8-9 and the other from 9-10 in 220 Hearst. At only $5 for one and $7 for both, these lessons are affordable on a student budget and will have huge pay offs the next time you need to impress a someone. Dances that are offered two weeks in a row will have more advanced steps taught to those who came the week before. Discounted semester passes are avalible The schedule for the rest of the semester is as follows: 10/18: West Coast Swing, Lindy Hop 10/25: Cha-Cha,Hustle 11/8:Cha-Cha,Hustle 11/15: Merengue,Quickstep 11/22:Merengue,Quickstep 12/6: Jive,Foxtrot 12/13Jive,Foxtrot Hope to see you there!

Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

From Plugs to Bling

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Ten Moments in the Twentieth Century

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

These paintings depict memorable moments in the twentieth century. The events have been reconstructed so as to allow what we have learned from hindsight to be reflected in each painting.

The Chinese of California

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

MATRIX/REDUX

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Ward Schumaker: SAVED!

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Off the Beaten Path in the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area: Shrubs and Endemics, May 1 - 4, 2008

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

SF International Film Festival at Pacific Film Archive

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Haas Scholars Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference

Fri, 02 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Twenty Haas Scholars -- academically talented, financial aid eligible students from varying disciplines across campus -- will present the results of their intensive year of work on a research or creative project. From visual autobiography to nanotetrapods, histories of protest to love directionality, the breadth and quality of the research is bound to impress. Open to the public. Friday begins at 8:45 and Saturday activities begin at 10:45 a.m. Photo: René Flores, ISF major, will present his project "'I hope I'm dead before they come down this way': Political Xenophobia in Small Town USA". He was mentored by Professor Irene Bloemraad (Sociology), featured in the March 20, 2008 Berkeleyan.

Ami Vitale Photographs

Fri, 02 May 2008 8:30:00 PDT

Haas Scholars 10th Annual Research Conference

Fri, 02 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

The 2007-08 Haas Scholars present the fruits of their year long research projects. A full program will be posted here in April. Conference runs Friday and Saturday.

Cycle of Life: Awakening

Fri, 02 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Liberated Africans as a Human Legacy of Abolition

Fri, 02 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Convenors: G. Ugo Nwokeji, African American Studies, UCB and Beatriz Mamigonian, History, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

Bugs in the Garden:An Exhibit by Patrick E

Fri, 02 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Walk Through the Garden to see a variety of original bug Sculptures by local artist Patrick E., including a special new insectivorous insect member of the Garden.

Senior Portraits!

Fri, 02 May 2008 9:30:00 PDT

SPEED

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT

Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia

Fri, 02 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Optical Forces and Slow Light in Nanophotonics

Fri, 02 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Tenants' Rights Week Workshop

Fri, 02 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

First Fridays Lavender Lunch

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

All LGBTIQQ employees and allies are invited to meet and greet for a convivial, casual, no-host lunch. Get acquainted with colleagues from every corner of the campus!

The Dimes

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Free for all!!!

An Insitu Boroscopic Quantitative Imaging Profiler (BQuIP) and Application to Steady Sheet and Oscillatory Swash Zone Sediment Flows

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

Dancing For Fitness

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:10:00 PDT

Fit some fun and fitness into your day with these free, drop-in beginner dance classes including salsa, brazilian, jazz funk and more. No partner or registration required. Co-sponsored with Recreational Sports

Morrison Recital (Free)

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:10:00 PDT

Singers performing arias, romantic, and contemporary works

Current Trends in Improvisation

Fri, 02 May 2008 12:15:00 PDT

Current Trends in Improvised Music - student musicians, and special guests directed by jazz pianist and composer, UC Berkeley Asst. Professor Myra Melford.

High Power Light Emitting Diodes for Lighting Applications

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

High efficiency light emitting diodes (LEDs) have enabled solid-state based lighting to push the boundaries of conventional technologies, creating never-before-possible innovations in the automotive, medical, and consumer electronics fields. However, for the technology to become ubiquitous, continuing improvements must be made in light output and efficiency. This talk will review the state-of the-art technology developed so far, as well as some of the challenges remaining for LED-based lighting.

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion, Graduate Student Participatory Town Hall

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

This Town Hall meeting is intended for Graduate Students at UC Berkeley to discuss their thoughts and concerns related to Equity and Inclusion on campus.

GIIF-CAMFER GeoLunch

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

"Groves, Glades, and Scattered Trees: Reconstructing the historical landscape ecology of valley oak savannas and woodlands in the San Francisco Bay Area" Recent research using a wide array of 19th-century and contemporary data sources is documenting the spatial characteristics of the Bay Area's celebrated valley oak lands as they existed prior to significant Euro-American modification, with implications for conservation planning of these now-rare habitats.

Translation equivariant colorings of Poisson-Voronoi diagrams

Fri, 02 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

We consider a Poisson process in the plane. Its Voronoi diagram is the partition of the plane defined by matching to every point of the Poisson process, those points of the plane which are closer to it than to any other point of the Poisson process. As a planar map, the Poisson-Voronoi diagram can be (properly) colored with 4 colors. In this work we investigate (non-randomized) translation equivariant colorings. By such a coloring we mean an algorithm which colors the Poisson-Voronoi diagram with some amount of colors and which has the property that if it colors a diagram in a certain way, then if you give it as input the same diagram shifted, it will color it in the same way, only shifted. Requiring the algorithm to have this property can be a significant restriction. For example, in one dimension, although the Poisson-Voronoi diagram may be colored in 2 colors, a translation equivariant coloring requires at least 3 colors. What is the minimal number of colors required for such an algorithm in two dimensions? Is four still sufficient? Our main result is a translation equivariant algorithm which colors the Poisson-Voronoi diagram with 6 colors. The case of 4 or 5 colors remains open. The algorithm is a variant of the 6-coloring algorithm for finite planar maps. Along the way we prove that the 6-core of the Poisson-Voronoi diagram is almost surely empty. This is joint work with Omer Angel, Itai Benjamini, Ori Gurel-Gurevich and Tom Meyerovitch.

The Chemistry and Design of Molecular Fuel Tanks

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:00:00 PDT

Conventional storage of large amounts of hydrogen in its molecular form is difficult and expensive because it requires employing either extremely high pressures as a gas or very low temperatures as a liquid. The desire to store hydrogen with sufficient efficiency to allow its use in stationary and mobile fueling applications is spurring a worldwide effort in new materials development. The Department of Energy, in its Year 2010 guidelines, has set performance targets for on-board automobile storage systems to have densities of 60 mg H2/g (gravimetric) and 45 g H2/L (volumetric). Given that these are system goals, a practical material will need to have higher capacity when the weight of the tank and associated cooling or regeneration system is considered. The size and weight of these components will vary substantially depending on whether the material operates by a chemisorption or physisorption mechanism. In the latter case, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently been identified as promising adsorbents for H2 storage, although little data are available for their sorption behavior at saturation, a critical parameter for gauging the practicality of any material. We report sorption data collected for seven MOF materials at 77 K which leads to saturation at pressures between 25 and 80 bar with uptakes from 2.0 to 7.5 wt %. H2 saturation uptake in MOFs correlates well with surface area, and contrary to a widely held belief, viable volumetric densities in highly porous structures can indeed be achieved.

Baseball: Cal vs. Arizona

Fri, 02 May 2008 14:30:00 PDT

The Golden Bears take on the Wildcats of Arizona.

Steven Mackey, "Whim and Rigor: Rethinking Musical Influence"

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:00:00 PDT

Steven Mackey is a composer, performer and educator. He has composed chamber music, orchestral music, music for dance, and opera. He has also composed two concertos and numerous chamber and solo works for the electric guitar which he himself has performed with musicians such as Michael Tilson Thomas, David Robertson, Peter Eotvos, the Kronos and Arditti quartets, The London Sinfonietta, Bill Frisell, Joey Baron, and many others. Steve has been a member of the Princeton University composition faculty since 1985 where he teaches courses and seminars in diverse topics including, 16th Century Counterpoint, composing for orchestra, improvisation, and topics in contemporary music. In 1991 he won the first-ever distinguished teaching award from Princeton University. His current projects include a violin concerto for Leila Josefowicz, commissioned jointly by the BBC Philharmonic and the St. Louis Symphonies, a double concerto for himself to perform with, violinist Anthony Marwood, commissioned jointly by the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of St. Martin in the Fields and a music theater work in collaboration with Rinde Eckert and eighth blackbird. Website: http://www.stevenmackey.com

C-H Bond Activation and Functionalization - from Mechanistic Studies to Catalyst Design

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Special Spring Workshop: The Beijing Olympics

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Planning for the 2008 Olympics has literally changed the face of Beijing. Urban image, construction, event-led city marketing, the society of spectacle, and the civilizing process through city construction have radically transformed daily life and public perceptions of the capital. This workshop will discuss aspects of this change, and the economic, political, and social implication of Olympics-led urban renewal in Beijing. Anne-Marie Broudehoux, Associate Professor, School of Design, University of Quebec at Montreal "Building the Dream: The Making of Beijing’s Olympic Image” This presentation addresses Beijing’s urban transformation in the context of the 2008 Olympic Games. It examines how the Olympics have been instrumentalized to both legitimize and accelerate an important urban image construction program initiated in the 1990s, which sought to modernize the Chinese capital and change the global perception of the city and its inhabitants. This paper investigates two main aspects of this beautification program, one focusing on the city’s physical landscape, the other one concerned with Beijing social-cultural image. In many ways, the Olympics have allowed Beijing to reprioritize its urban agenda, turning the city into a model of event-led urban regeneration, and acting as a catalyst to fast track major infrastructures investments and redevelopment projects that strongly reconfigured the city. The Games also facilitated the development of city-marketing strategies, with the construction of high-visibility iconic projects and neighborhood re-branding initiatives. Simultaneously, the Olympics enabled the pursuit of a social reform and disciplining program, and hastened the civilization process that sought to turn Beijing residents into modern citizens. Merging Olympic ideals with notions of a “harmonious civilization” in official propaganda eased state efforts to transform social behavior and reshape the body to fit global expectations of civility. The Olympics also represent a powerful tool of pacification in a moment of rising instability, and dissidence, allowing diverging interests to unite around a great national endeavor. Through a series of short case-studies, this paper assesses some of the social, cultural and economic impacts of these image construction programs, in terms of socio-spatial polarization, displacements and evictions, and loss of civil liberties and citizenship rights. It also investigates what kinds of response these two programs have elicited, including diverse forms of resistance by different categories of actors within local society. You-tien Hsing, Asssociate Professor, Geography, UC Berkeley "From Property Rights to Residents’ Rights: Urban Construction and Grassroots Resistance in Beijing" In this presentation I will focus on inner city residents’ resistance against forced eviction, inadequate relocation and unfair compensation under Beijing’s massive urban redevelopment projects since the early 2000s, especially the redevelopment projects initiated in the name of the 2008 Olympics. I will analyze their framing of grievances, their strategies of mobilization, the transformation of their demands, and the political, social, and territorial implications of their mobilization. I argue that as urban mobilizations evolved, the demand of narrowly-defined property rights by pre-revolution private homeowners was broadened into demands of urban residents’ social rights to the livelihood in the city. Youjeong Oh, Graduate Student, Geography, UC Berkeley "State- and Citizen-driven Nationalisms in Mega Sport Events: Comparison of the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and the 2002 World Cup Game between South Korea and Japan" The Seoul Olympic Games played a significant role in political transformation, international relations and national development in South Korea. Held in 1998 the Seoul Olympics had political and social impacts on Korean society, although its role in urban image construction and real estate development was not as fully manifested as it is in the case of Beijing’s 2008 Olympics. The 1988 Olympics in Seoul was a part of the discourse of democratization in South Korea since the “June29 declaration.” After the massive public uprising in 1987, the June29 declaration was made in order to reduce the possibility of jeopardizing the 1988 Olympics. The declaration also paved the way for a direct presidential election after long military dictatorship. The 1988 Olympics in Seoul helped South Korea show its economic success to the world. It also served as a vehicle to establish economic and political connections with the post Socialist blocs. The South Korean government also used the Games to mobilize citizens to “beautify Seoul,” and to be disciplined supporters and participants of the Games under the official discourse of “for the success of the Olympic.” I call it a state-driven nationalism embedded in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. In comparison, the World Cup game in 2002 between South Korea and Japan could be seen as a citizen-driven nationalism shaping and was shaped by a mega sport event. In many ways, the S. Korea-Japan Game was an even more explosive event, with a more profound social impact than the Olympics. The citizen-driven nationalism manifested during the world cup game has a lot to say about the complex politics of nationalism and its varied and sometimes contradictory discourses in the transformation of South Korea from the 1990s to the 2000s.

A Practical Policy Sensitive Activity-Based Model

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Abstract: Activity-based modeling treats travel as being derived from the demand for personal activities. Travel decisions, therefore, become part of a broader activity scheduling process based on modeling the demand for activities rather than merely trips. The explicit modeling of activities and the consequent tours and trips enables a better understanding of travel behavior and more credible analysis of response to policies and their effect on traffic and air quality. Few applications of this approach have been developed in the last years but in an effort to enhance behavioral realism have reached a significant level of complexity that put their practical use, which is their main objective, at risk. This talk describes how to construct a practical policy sensitive activity-based model using the example of the model developed for the metropolitan area of Tel-Aviv, Israel and currently at its final implementation stages. The case study will show how one can develop such an advanced model that on one hand captures the key behavior aspects and policy sensitivities, and on the other hand, is practical and requires reasonable computational resources so that it can be widely used for decision-making. Bio: Dr. Shiftan is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Technion, the Israel Institute of Technology, where he teaches and conducts research in travel behavior with a focus on activity-based modeling and response to policies, transport and land use, and transport economics. Dr. Shiftan is currently on Sabbatical at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. Dr. Shiftan is a member of the board of IATBR, the TRB Committee on Travel Behavior and Values, and of the European Transport Conference Committee on Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport. He is also co-chair of the Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research cluster on Environment and Policy and member of the WCTR scientific committee. Dr. Shiftan received his Ph.D. from MIT.

Cultural Heritage, Icelandic Style: Singed Sheep Heads, Wrestling, & Whitenes

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

The Department of Scandinavian at UC Berkeley is pleased to present Valdimar Hafstein University of Iceland Cultural Heritage, Icelandic Style: Singed Sheep Heads, Wrestling, & Whiteness Friday, May 2, 2008 4pm ~ 6415 Dwinelle Reception to follow For more information, contact issa@berkeley.edu or 510-642-4484.

A Practical Policy Sensitive Activity-Based Model

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

San Francisco Opera, Rachel Portman's The Little Prince

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:30:00 PDT

Cal Performances and the San Francisco Opera team up to bring you the West Coast premiere of this warm, wondrous opera for the whole family. A beloved classic of children's literature, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's fable about a pilot who crash lands in the desert and meets an open-hearted boy from another planet is a gentle reminder to hold on to what is truly important in life. It has been set to music by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman, whose score has been praised by critics as "graceful and tuneful" and "colorful and charming." Francesca Zambello's production, with witty sets and costumes by Maria Bjørnson, adds richness and depth to the book's charming illustrations. Sung in English with English supertitles.

Theatre Rice: Click Click Bang Bang

Fri, 02 May 2008 19:30:00 PDT

A great show featuring a variety of performances: Shogun Improv, Comedy Troupe, Duo and Triologues, Theatrical Percussion, and special guest performer Charlee!

Poetry, Love, and Mercy

Fri, 02 May 2008 20:00:00 PDT

The Fifth Annual Judith Lee Stronach Lecture on the Teaching of Poetry

Women's Lacrosse: MPSF Conference Tournament

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

The Golden Bears host the MPSF Conference Tournament.

Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

From Plugs to Bling

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

The Chinese of California

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

MATRIX/REDUX

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Off the Beaten Path in the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area: Shrubs and Endemics, May 1 - 4, 2008

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

SF International Film Festival at Pacific Film Archive

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Lawrence Hall of Science Volunteer Open House

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Haas Scholars Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference

Sat, 03 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Ami Vitale Photographs

Sat, 03 May 2008 8:30:00 PDT

34th Annual Teacher Outreach Conference (2007 - 2008)

Sat, 03 May 2008 8:30:00 PDT

Conference Schedule: 8:30-9:00 - Registration 9:00-10:00 - Fort Ross and the Russian Empire in California. Ilya Vinkovetsky. Assistant Professor of History, Simon Fraser University 10:00 - 11:00 - Russians in California: The First and Second Post-Revolutionary Waves, 1918-1955. Anatol Shmelev. Project Archivist, Hoover Institution, Stanford University 11:00 - 12:00 - Russians in Hollywood/ Hollywood on Russia. Olga Matich. Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, UC Berkeley 12 noon - 1:30 Lunch Break 1:30 - 2:30 - The Third Wave of Russian Immigration: California Dreaming at the End of the Cold War. Paul Belasky. Professor of Geology and Geography, Ohlone College 2:30 - 3:30 - The History of Immigration in California. Kerwin Klein. Associate Professor of History, UC Berkeley 3:30 - 4:30 - Russophobia in America After 9/11. Andrei Tsygankov. Associate Professor of International Relations and Political Science, San Francisco State University 4:30 - Reception Registration This conference is intended for teachers but is open to the public. There is no fee. Pre-registration is requested so that we may prepare materials to distribute. Please contact ISEEES at (510) 642-3230 or elizabeth.coyne at berkeley.edu and provide your name, address, E-mail address, telephone number, and—if applicable—school and grade level.

Haas Scholars 10th Annual Research Conference

Sat, 03 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

The 2007-08 Haas Scholars present the fruits of their year long research projects. A full program will be posted here in April. Conference runs Friday and Saturday.

Liberated Africans as a Human Legacy of Abolition

Sat, 03 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Convenors: G. Ugo Nwokeji, African American Studies, UCB and Beatriz Mamigonian, History, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil

In Search of A Collective Voice: The Latina/o Academy

Sat, 03 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Currently, debates are raging on issues like immigration, affirmative action, income inequality, and linguistic and cultural pluralism. The resolution of these controversies will have a direct impact on the growing Latina/o population in the United States. Although a cadre of Latina/o scholars is doing important work in these areas at major colleges and universities, this academic research is largely missing from the public discourse. To fill this gap, a collective effort is needed to support this research, make it accessible to the general public, and establish its relevance in making policy decisions. This conference will gather experts on existing efforts to connect research with communities, and scholarly work with social change, and discuss the potential of founding a Latina/o Academy of Arts and Sciences that would bring together Latina/o scholars in the search for social and epistemic justice.

Bugs in the Garden:An Exhibit by Patrick E

Sat, 03 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Walk Through the Garden to see a variety of original bug Sculptures by local artist Patrick E., including a special new insectivorous insect member of the Garden.

Graduate Research Symposium

Sat, 03 May 2008 9:30:00 PDT

A one-day event featuring guest speakers David Wilcove and Mary Ann Mason, as well as graduate student speakers from Ecosystem Science, Society and Environment, and Organisms and Environment. Event highlights include Finishing Talks, a cocktail Poster Session, Discussion Panels, Refreshments, Catered Lunch, and much, much more! This event is free to attend. All participants must register on-line.

SPEED

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT

UC Berkeley Relay for Life 2008!!

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT

One day. One night. One community. Your Relay For Life® is about celebration, remembrance, and hope. By participating, you honor cancer survivors, pay tribute to the lives we've lost to the disease, and raise money to help fight it all right here in your community. You won't want to miss one moment of this life- and community-affirming event! Get excited about 24 hours of games, music, performances, and fun to honor and support those in the fight against cancer! Early Bird Registration Fee ends March 18th!!

Bug Day

Sat, 03 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT

10am-2pm: Educational displays: Light brown apple moth, mosquito abatement and live specimens of insects by UC entomolgy students. 11am and 1pm: Family Tour: Pollinators in the Garden 2pm: Lecture: Common Garden Insects in your Bay Area Garden with entomolgist Jan Washburn All events are free with Garden admission!

Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia

Sat, 03 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Baseball: Cal vs. Arizona

Sat, 03 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

The Golden Bears take on the Wildcats of Arizona.

Berkeley Poetry Review Publication Release Party and Reading

Sat, 03 May 2008 18:00:00 PDT

The internationally distributed Berkeley Poetry Review is pleased to release it's 39th Issue featuring poetry by over sixty U.C. Berkeley students, faculty, and staff as well as Bay Area Celebrities. Please join us at our release party to pick up a copy of the latest issue. Please join us for a reading by Spoken Word poet Tuong Tran from 6-7 and an open mic poetry reading for the entire U.C. Berkeley community from 7-10 PM This issue also includes international poetry translations, interviews with multiple Letters & Science professors on the state of poetry at Cal, as well as nationally acclaimed hip hop Spoken Word artist Saul Williams. For more information about performing at this event, please contact Rhae Lynn Barnes, Editor-in-Chief

San Francisco Opera, Rachel Portman's The Little Prince

Sat, 03 May 2008 19:30:00 PDT

Theatre Rice: Click Click Bang Bang

Sat, 03 May 2008 19:30:00 PDT

A great show featuring a ariety of performances: Shogun Improv, Comedy Troupe, Duo and Triologues, Theatrical Percussion, and special guest performer Charlee!

Javanese Music: Gamelan Sari Raras

Sat, 03 May 2008 20:00:00 PDT

Gamelan Sari Raras, directed by Midiyanto and Ben Brinner Javanese Music & Balinese Gender Wayang Music

Women's Lacrosse: MPSF Conference Tournament

Sun, 04 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

The Golden Bears host the MPSF Conference Tournament.

Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things

Sun, 04 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

From Plugs to Bling

Sun, 04 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg

Sun, 04 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

The Chinese of California

Sun, 04 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

MATRIX/REDUX

Sun, 04 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Off the Beaten Path in the Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area: Shrubs and Endemics, May 1 - 4, 2008

Sun, 04 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

SF International Film Festival at Pacific Film Archive

Sun, 04 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival

Sun, 04 May 2008 8:30:00 PDT

The festival, completely free to all attendees, is intended for students in grades 6-12. Note: the festival is now fully subscribed and walk-ups cannot be accommodated.

Bugs in the Garden:An Exhibit by Patrick E

Sun, 04 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Walk Through the Garden to see a variety of original bug Sculptures by local artist Patrick E., including a special new insectivorous insect member of the Garden.

SPEED

Sun, 04 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT

Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia

Sun, 04 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Bringing Back the Natives

Sun, 04 May 2008 12:30:00 PDT

12:30pm Family tour: California Natives: Plants and People 3pm Join Horticulturalist for the California Area, Ken Bates for Getting Started with California Natives: Plant Selection and Site Preparation. Free with Garden admission, space is limited registration required.

Baseball: Cal vs. Arizona

Sun, 04 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

The Golden Bears take on the Wildcats of Arizona.

Guided Tour — Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia

Sun, 04 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

Mickey Mouse meets Aztec gods and Francisco Goya meets Jerry Falwell in the first major museum retrospective of the work of Mexico-born, San Francisco–based artist Enrique Chagoya. Chagoya draws on the European canon, Mexican folk arts, and U.S. pop icons to create paintings, drawings, and prints that are politically charged, formally sophisticated, and often scathingly funny.