All events
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
THIS SH*T IS FOR US
Special Event | April 29 – May 7, 2019 every day | D-3 Hearst Field Annex
College of Environmental Design
A weeklong celebration of #BLACKGIRLHEALING and creative expressions on sisterhood, spirituality, ancestry, joy, care, wellness, and healing featuring art for and by black women and girls.
African Film Festival 2019
Film - Series | March 2 – May 10, 2019 every day | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
March 2–May 10, 2019
This year’s edition of the African Film Festival highlights the best of both new African cinema and films of the black diaspora. We pay tribute to the great director Bill Gunn—also an actor, playwright, and novelist—with new restorations of two genre-benders, his radical horror film Ganja & Hess and his “meta–soap opera” Personal Problems. The latter was conceived by... More >
Free Wednesday at the Garden
Special Event | January 2 – December 4, 2019 the first Wednesday of the month every month | UC Botanical Garden
Every first Wednesday at the Garden is free admission day.
Spring at the Hall
Special Event | March 21 – June 7, 2019 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
This spring, visit the Hall for interactive exhibits, special hands-on activities, intriguing Planetarium shows, and more!
Discovery Station: Flowers
Special Event | May 1 | 11 a.m.-3 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
What is the purpose of a flower—what does the flower attract, how does the flower attract it, and why? Observe a variety of different flower structures.
CANCELED: From planarians to parasites: stem cells and developmental plasticity in flatworms
Seminar | May 1 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 100 Genetics & Plant Biology Building | Canceled
Phil Newmark, Morgridge Institute for Research
Infosession about the Goldman Sachs Digital Innovators Research Program
Information Session | May 1 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 190 Doe Library
UC Berkeley is one of five schools invited to participate in the newly-launched Goldman Sachs Digital Innovators Research Program. PhDs and graduate students, as well as undergraduate students, are encouraged to apply, especially those with their degree programs completed by August 2019.
MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR - Noelle Bittner (CANCELLED): Tba
Seminar | May 1 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, Grinnell-Miller Library
MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects. The seminar meets every Wednesday from 12- 1pm in the Grinnell-Miller Library. Enter through the MVZ's Main Office, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, and please let the receptionist... More >
Nanomaterials Enable Delivery of Functional Genetic Material Without Transgenic DNA Integration in Mature Plants
Seminar | May 1 | 12-1 p.m. | 106 Stanley Hall
Markita Landry, University of California, Berkeley
Genetic engineering of plants is at the core of sustainability efforts, natural product synthesis, and agricultural crop engineering. The plant cell wall is a barrier that limits the ease and throughput with which exogenous biomolecules can be delivered to plants. Current delivery methods either suffer from host range limitations, low transformation efficiencies, tissue regenerability, tissue... More >
Noon Concert: University Wind Ensemble
Performing Arts - Music | May 1 | 12 p.m. | Hertz Concert Hall
Matthew Sadowski, director
Commencing its 67th season, the Noon Concert series features the Music Department’s varied and diverse performance activities. Inaugurated in 1953, these concerts are very popular and well attended by those on campus and in the wider community. Traditionally on Wednesdays and Fridays, each concert begins promptly at 12:15 and ends by 1pm.
Humanitarianism and Filming the Testimony of Trauma
Lecture | May 1 | 12-2 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall
Professor Meyda Yeğenoğlu, Visiting Scholar, Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, Duke University
Department of Gender and Women's Studies
“Auction of Souls: The Story of Aurora Mardiganian, the Christian Girl Who Survived the Great Massacres” is a film that claims to recount the “true narrative” of the life of Aurora Mardiganian, a young Armenian girl held in captivity by the Turks during the forced deportation of Armenians in Anatolia before the First World I.
Ancient Hunter-Gatherer Explorers on Cyprus: Traversing Land and Sea during the Epipalaeolithic
Lecture | May 1 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 2251 College (Archaeological Research Facility)
Lisa Maher, Department of Anthropology
Archaeological Research Facility
Although the Mediterranean islands produced some of the most sophisticated cultures of the ancient world, until recently there was little evidence that these islands were occupied prior to the Neolithic. Identifying and dating Epipalaeolithic occupations on Cyprus addresses issues of exploration and movement into new territories.
Moving Towards Open Scholarship: UC, Elsevier and All the Rest
Presentation | May 1 | 12-1:30 p.m. | Barrows Hall, Social Science Matrix, 8th Floor
Jeff MacKie-Mason
Center for Studies in Higher Education
The movement to make new scholarship freely available to all readers began at least by 1994 with Stevan Harnad's "Subversive proposal". In 2013 the UC Academic Senate adopted one of the first mandatory OA policies in the US, requiring that a copy of all newly authored research be deposited in an open archive regardless of where it is published. In Winter 2018 the University Libraries published an... More >
Plant and Microbial Biology Seminar: "Predicting Antibiotic Resistance"
Seminar | May 1 | 12-1 p.m. | 101 Barker Hall
Roy Kishony, Israel Institute of Technology
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
Roy Kishony is the Marilyn and Henry Taub Professor of Life Sciences, the director of the Lorry I. Lokey Interdisciplinary Center for Life Sciences and Engineering, and a Faculty of Biology. Combining novel quantitative experimental techniques and clinical studies with mathematical modeling and advanced data analysis, Kishony's lab is studying microbial evolution with a specific focus on... More >
Foreign student emigration to the United States: pathways of entry, demographic antecedents, and origin-country contexts: A Brown Bag Talk
Colloquium | May 1 | 12-1 p.m. | 2232 Piedmont, Seminar Room
Kevin Thomas, Professor, Sociology, Demography, African Studies, Penn State University
Population Science, Department of Demography
In this study, we use information from a uniquely developed database to examine recent trends in international student migration to the United States. Our results highlight the differential contributions to these trends made by various entry pathways.
Long Distance Caregiving (BEUHS121)
Workshop | May 1 | 12:10-1:30 p.m. | Tang Center, University Health Services, Class of '42
Maureen Kelly, ED.D., LCSW, Elder Care Program, Be Well @ Work
Being a long distance caregiver to an elder brings its own set of challenges. Assessing needs and navigating resources from afar can be stressful and complicated. This interactive workshop examines when and how to help, how to locate resources in your elder’s area, and how to seek support for yourself.
Harmonic Analysis Seminar: The multilinear Kakeya inequality
Seminar | May 1 | 1:10-2 p.m. | 736 Evans Hall
Kubrat Danailov, UC Berkeley
A short proof of the multilinear Kakeya inequality of Bennett-Carbery-Tao will be presented. This proof (due to Guth, 2015) is based on induction on scales and the Loomis-Whitney inequality, without the nonlinear heat flow of the original proof. In a future lecture, this result will serve as an ingredient in the proof of the multilinear restriction and decoupling inequalities.
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 2 – December 4, 2019 the first Wednesday of the month every month | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plants from around the world, learn about the vast diversity in the collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission. Advanced registration not required
Topology Seminar (Introductory Talk): Background for main topology talk
Seminar | May 1 | 2:10-3 p.m. | 740 Evans Hall
Claudia Scheimbauer, NTNU
I will start by motivating cobordism categories by recalling the notion of topological field theories. Then I will explain why “higher” categories appear naturally in this context (and what they are).
International Student Drop-In Career Advising
Meeting | January 23 – May 1, 2019 every Wednesday with exceptions | 3-5 p.m. | Career Center (2440 Bancroft Way), 3rd Floor
Students sign up on site for a 15-minute appointment. First come, first served.
These drop-in appointments can be helpful for your quick questions on the following topics:
-Resume/Cover Letter Critique
-Job or Internship Search
-Networking
-Career Fair Preparation
-Interview Preparation
-Graduate/Professional Program Application
-Others
Grand Tour Italiano, 1905–1914
Film - Feature | May 1 | 3 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Over a century ago, a few years after the birth of the Italian nation and the birth of the new art form of cinema, early camera operators were alert to the potential of documenting the beautiful new country for the international cinema-going market and burgeoning tourist industry. Filmmakers from Germany and France flooded in to join Italian cineastes in documenting the landscapes and customs of... More >
Weekly Coffee Break
Social Event | January 23 – May 1, 2019 every Wednesday with exceptions | 3-4 p.m. | Cafe International House
Berkeley International Office(BIO))
Berkeley International Office's Coffee Break is a weekly opportunity for UC Berkeley global students to meet and engage with one another in a relaxing environment. It’s a chance to enjoy free coffee, share stories about your experiences on campus, and get to know Berkeley International Office advisors. All UCB students are invited. Students are free to talk about anything, but... More >
Rapidly mixing random walks on matroids and related objectsidly mixing random walks on matroids and related objects
Seminar | May 1 | 3-4 p.m. | 1011 Evans Hall
Nima Anari, Stanford University
A central question in randomized algorithm design is what kind of distributions can we sample from efficiently? On the continuous side, uniform distributions over convex sets and more generally log-concave distributions constitute the main tractable class. We will build a parallel theory on the discrete side, that yields tractability for a large class of discrete distributions. We will use this... More >
BIDS Data Science Lecture: Reinventing Expertise in the Age of Platforms: The Case of Data Science
Lecture | May 1 | 3:10-4 p.m. | 190 Doe Library
Shreeharsh Kelkar, Interpretive Social Scientist, UC Berkeley
Berkeley Institute for Data Science
"Data scientist,” so says the Harvard Business Review, is “the sexiest job of the 21st century.” What accounts for the prestige that this new professional mode of knowledge production now enjoys across institutions ranging from non-profits to research labs, corporations, hospitals, and schools? Based on a two-year ethnographic study ... More >
Number Theory Seminar: Algebraicity of values of the Gamma function II
Seminar | May 1 | 3:40-5 p.m. | 748 Evans Hall
Rahul Dalal, UC Berkeley
Japan's Imperial Underworlds: Intimate Encounters at the Borders of Empire
Colloquium | May 1 | 4-6 p.m. | 180 Doe Library
David Ambaras, North Carolina State University
Center for Japanese Studies (CJS), Center for Chinese Studies (CCS)
In this lecture, David Ambaras reveals how the movement of migrants, smugglers, pirates, and trafficked people between China and Japan -- and their sensationalization in the popular press -- created surprising cross-currents in the politics of Sino-Japanese relations during the years of Japanese imperial expansion.
Solving Hard Computational Problems using Oscillator Networks
Seminar | May 1 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 560 Evans Hall
Tianshi Wang, EECS, UC Berkeley
Neuroscience Institute, Helen Wills
Over the last few years, there has been considerable interest in Ising machines, ie, analog hardware for solving difficult (NP hard/complete) computational problems effectively. We present a new way to make Ising machines using networks of coupled self-sustaining nonlinear oscillators. Our scheme is theoretically rooted in a novel result that connects the phase dynamics of coupled oscillator... More >
CBE Colloquium
Colloquium | May 1 | 4-6 p.m. | 180 Tan Hall
Marc Martin Casas, Ph.D. student in the Mesbah Group; James Lincoff, Ph.D. student in the Head-Gordon Group
Department of Chemical Engineering
Bayesian experiment design and estimation for probabilistic modeling of biological systems/Development and Application of a Novel Enhanced Sampling Method and Bayesian Analysis for Characterizing Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
Topology Seminar (Main Talk): A complete model for the cobordism category
Seminar | May 1 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 3 Evans Hall
Claudia Scheimbauer, NTNU
Lurie’s approach to the Cobordism Hypothesis builds upon a suitable higher category of cobordisms. The model of \((\infty,1)\)-categories given by complete Segal spaces (and their higher analogs) are a very natural choice for constructing cobordism categories. A drawback is that the first natural definitions only give Segal spaces, which, for high dimensions, are not complete. This follows... More >
Center for Computational Biology Seminar: Sohini Ramachandran, Associate Professor, Brown University
Seminar | May 1 | 4:30-5:30 p.m. | 125 Li Ka Shing Center
Center for Computational Biology
Leveraging linkage disequilibrium to identify adaptive and disease-causing mutations
Abstract:
Correlation among genotypes in human population-genetic datasets complicates the localization of both adaptive mutations and disease-causing mutations. I will describe our latest efforts to develop new methods for localizing adaptive and disease-causing mutations, motivated by (1) incorporating... More >
Big Ideas Awards Celebration 2019
Special Event | May 1 | 5-8 p.m. | 100 Blum Hall
The Awards Celebration brings together the entire Big Ideas community to mark the conclusion of the 2018-2019 contest. This year's winners will participate in a poster session and demo their prototypes. Winning teams will be formally recognized and there will be plenty of opportunities for judges, mentors, industry professionals, and students to network, engage, and learn from one another.... More >
Linguistic Anthropology and Literary and Cultural Studies: A Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar: Session 7: Ethics and History of Linguistic Anthropology
Conference/Symposium | May 1 – 2, 2019 every day | 5-7 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall
Charles Briggs, UC Berkeley; Mary Bucholtz, UC Santa Barbara; Jillian Cavanaugh, CUNY-Brooklyn College; Laura Graham, University of Iowa; Barbra Meek, University of Michigan; Beth Piatote, UC Berkeley
Department of Comparative Literature, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
This is the last of seven two-day meetings of a Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar taking place throughout 2018-2019. The seminar aims to explore the potential of a set of concepts, tools, and critical practices developed in the field of linguistic anthropology for work being done in the fields of literary and cultural criticism.
Reporting in India: Berkeley Journalism Students Present their Stories
Presentation | May 1 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room)
Geeta Anand, Acting Professor of Reporting, UC Berkeley School of Journalism
Institute for South Asia Studies, Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies, Graduate School of Journalism, Global Poverty and Practice Minor, Master of Development Practice, Department of Rhetoric
Showcasing UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism students reporting on India.
Swahili Table
Social Event | January 23 – May 8, 2019 every Wednesday | 5:30-6:30 p.m. | Jupiter Taproom
2181 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
Elizabeth Resor
Every Wednesdays speak Swahili with your fellow Swahili students and enthusiasts over a drink at Jupiter Taproom. This is an informal gathering to connect with other Swahili speakers on campus and in Berkeley. Each person will support their own beverage purchases, but we will provide the good company (don't worry- beverage/food purchases are NOT required). And of course, Swahili speaking... More >
Why are there so many big earthquakes in Alaska, and does that tell us something about California?: 2019 Lawson Lecture
Lecture | May 1 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Anna Head Alumnae Hall (2537 Haste St.)
Dr. Jeffrey T. Freymueller, Michigan State University
Many people think that California is the most earthquake-prone state in the US, but in fact 75% of all earthquakes in the United States with magnitudes larger than 5.0 happen in Alaska. I will talk about several of the recent large earthquakes in Alaska, and what our knowledge of active tectonic motions can (and can’t) tell us about them.
Toastmasters on Campus Club: Learn public speaking
Meeting | January 14, 2015 – December 18, 2019 every Wednesday | 6:15-7:30 p.m. | 3111 Etcheverry Hall
Toastmasters has been the world leader in teaching public speaking since 1924. Meetings are an enjoyable self-paced course designed to get you up and running as a speaker in only a few months.
Poetry Colloquium: Tracie Morris and Vincent Broqua: Translating performance and the energy of the line: a talk, a dialogue, a performance
Reading - Literary | May 1 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, Maude Fife Room/315 Wheeler Hall
Tracie Morris, Professor, Pratt Institute; Vincent Broqua, Professor, Universite Paris-8
What does reading translation live mean? If the poet is a performer, is the translator a performer as well? How is the energy of poetry translated from the page to the stage? Vincent Broqua and Tracie Morris will talk and perform together, reflecting on modes of translation in performance. In this performance, Morris and Broqua will present their own poetic work together (including new work)
and... More >
Translating performance and the energy of the line: With Tracie Morris and Vincent Broqua
Lecture | May 1 | 6:30 p.m. | Wheeler Hall, 315, Maude Fife room
Tracie Morris; Vincent Broqua, Professor, Université Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis
What does reading translation live mean? If the poet is a performer, is the translator a performer as well? How is the energy of poetry translated from the page to the stage? Vincent Broqua and Tracie Morris will talk and perform together, reflecting on modes of translation in performance, and how their collaboration emerged from their discussions on translating poetic lines. They will present... More >
We the People: Restaurants and Living Wages in the #MeToo Era
Lecture | May 1 | 7-9 p.m. | JCC East Bay, Berkeley Branch
1414 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
Goldman School of Public Policy, JCC East Bay
With 13 million workers, the restaurant industry is one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors of the US economy—and it is also the lowest paying. Join GSPP, the East Bay Jewish Community Center and Saru Jayaraman in a vibrant discussion about what these low wages mean for tipped workers, how this relates to #MeToo, and what can be done. Followed by a dessert reception.
Saru Jayaraman is... More >
$15 Member, $20 Non-Member
The Fruitless Tree
Film - Feature | May 1 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Aïcha Macky’s original impetus for making her first feature-length film was to reflect on her mother’s death in childbirth. Her project became even more personal as she turned to her own experience as a married woman without children. While a universal issue, infertility is a taboo topic in Niger, which has the highest average birthrate in the world. Through sharing women’s stories of being... More >
In Pursuit of Silence: May Movie at Moffitt
Film - Documentary | May 1 | 7-9 p.m. | 405 Moffitt Undergraduate Library
In Pursuit of Silence is a meditative exploration of our relationship with silence, sound and the impact of noise on our lives. Beginning with an ode to John Cage’s ground-breaking composition 4’33”, In Pursuit of Silence takes us on an immersive cinematic journey around the globe– from a traditional tea ceremony in Kyoto, to the streets of the loudest city on the planet, Mumbai during the wild... More >
Must have a UCB student ID for entrance.
May's Movie at Moffitt
Alisa Weilerstein, cello: The Complete Bach Suites
Performing Arts - Music | May 1 | 8-10 p.m. | First Congregational Church
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Alisa Weilerstein, Cal Performances
Program:
Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
$42-78 (prices subject to change)
Buy tickets online or by calling 510-642-9988, or by emailing tickets@calperformances.org
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein performs The Complete Bach Suites Wednesday, May 1, 2019 in First Congregational Church.
Thursday, May 2, 2019
African Film Festival 2019
Film - Series | March 2 – May 10, 2019 every day | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
March 2–May 10, 2019
This year’s edition of the African Film Festival highlights the best of both new African cinema and films of the black diaspora. We pay tribute to the great director Bill Gunn—also an actor, playwright, and novelist—with new restorations of two genre-benders, his radical horror film Ganja & Hess and his “meta–soap opera” Personal Problems. The latter was conceived by... More >
Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies Spring Class Showcases
Performing Arts - Other | May 2 – 9, 2019 every day | Various Campus Locations (See Below)
Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies
The Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies invites you to its spring class showcases, where students will share creative projects and techniques conceived and crafted throughout the semester.
THIS SH*T IS FOR US
Special Event | April 29 – May 7, 2019 every day | D-3 Hearst Field Annex
College of Environmental Design
A weeklong celebration of #BLACKGIRLHEALING and creative expressions on sisterhood, spirituality, ancestry, joy, care, wellness, and healing featuring art for and by black women and girls.
Spring at the Hall
Special Event | March 21 – June 7, 2019 every day | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Lawrence Hall of Science
Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS)
This spring, visit the Hall for interactive exhibits, special hands-on activities, intriguing Planetarium shows, and more!
The Art of Arranging with Edible Flowers
Workshop | May 2 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Explore the world of edible flowers for use in both the kitchen and vase. Join Stefani Bittner, owner of Homestead design collective and author of The Beautiful Edible Garden and Harvest, and lead gardener Sierra Zackzewski for a hands-on discussion and tasting of many of the exquisite edible flowers that grow here in the Bay Area.
$65 / $60 UCBG Member
Register online or by calling 510-664-7606
Study Abroad Office Hours at Educational Opportunity Program
Information Session | February 14 – May 9, 2019 every Thursday with exceptions | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | César E. Chávez Student Center, Educational Opportunity Program- MLK BNorth CE3
Interested in studying abroad? A Berkeley Study Abroad Peer Adviser will hold office hours at Educational Opportunity Program on Thursdays from 10 am-noon this spring to answer questions about program options, scholarships, how to apply and additional services offered!
Sign-up on http://tinyurl.com/eopstudyabroad.
UC Alumni Career Fair
Career Fair | May 2 | 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | South San Francisco Conference Center
255 South Airport BLVD, South San Francisco, CA 94080
University of California Office of the President
This expo-style hiring event provides a unique opportunity for UC alumni of all career levels to connect with a wide variety of employers. Participation is free for all UC alumni but you must register to attend.
Econ 235, Financial Economics Seminar: Granular Instrumental Variables
Seminar | May 2 | 11:10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | C330 Haas School of Business
Xavier Gabaix, Harvard University
Joint with Haas Finance Seminar
Oliver E. Williamson Seminar: Quality, Variety and Quantity from the Industrial Revolution to the Digital Revolution
Seminar | May 2 | 12-1:30 p.m. | C325 Haas School of Business
Aloysius Siow, University of Toronto
The Oliver E. Williamson Seminar on Institutional Analysis, named after our esteemed colleague who founded the seminar, features current research by faculty, from UCB and elsewhere, and by advanced doctoral students. The research investigates governance and its links with economic and political forces. Markets, hierarchies, hybrids, and the supporting institutions of law and politics all come... More >
Are There Different Education Policies for the West and the Rest?
Seminar | May 2 | 12-1 p.m. | Evans Hall, CSHE Conference Room, 768
Center for Studies in Higher Education
This presentation draws from Inna’s comparative analysis of higher education in the US and Ukraine, specifically on issues of academic integrity and access to higher education. Based on that analysis she will present major differences between the two systems of higher education. Comparative analysis accentuates major challenges facing each system but also highlights structural limitations and... More >
Mindful Awareness Guided Meditation
Miscellaneous | February 21 – May 2, 2019 every Thursday | 12-1 p.m. | 5400 Berkeley Way West
Institute of Personality and Social Research
Focus the mind. Foster creativity, resilience, and well-being. These meetings are free and open to faculty, staff, and students. You are invited to drop in at noon any Thursday.
Professional Program in User Experience (UX) Design Online Information Session
Information Session | May 2 | 12-12:30 p.m. | Online
UC Berkeley Extension's Professional Program in User Experience Design gives you the training and knowledge you need to develop a portfolio to prepare to enter the field of UX design. Our instructors are experienced designers who bring real-world case studies and challenges to illuminate the theory behind UX. Find out how you can benefit from this curriculum and advance in the field.
Free. Register online
Asylum and Integration Policies in Germany - from the 1990’s to 2015
Lecture | May 2 | 12-1 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall
Annette Lützel, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Institute of European Studies, Pacific Regional Office of the German Historical Institute Washington
How has the framework for the acceptance and integration of refugees changed in Germany since the 1990’s? Annette Lützel, practitioner in residence at the GHI in Berkeley, will discuss the development on the basis of right of residence, integration policies, and access to labor markets.
Lunch Poems: Student Reading
Reading - Literary | May 2 | 12:10-12:50 p.m. | Doe Library, Morrison Library
Lunch Poems presents a Student Reading.
Lunch Poems: Student Reading
Workshop | May 2 | 12:10-1 p.m. | Doe Library, Morrison Library
One of the year’s liveliest 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.
AmpEquity Speaker Series with Nancy Green of Athleta
Panel Discussion | May 2 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Haas School of Business, Spieker Forum
Nancy Green, Athleta
Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership
Join Nancy Green (President and CEO of Athleta) and Kellie McElhaney (Founding Executive Director, Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership) as they discuss Nancy's Equity Fluent Leadership journey.
This event will be held in the Spieker Forum (6th Fl or Chou Hall) at Berkeley Haas. Doors will open at 12:15pm. A light lunch will be served. This event will feature a fireside chat discussion... More >
AmpEquity Speaker Series with Nancy Green of Athleta
Panel Discussion | May 2 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Haas School of Business, Spieker Forum
Nancy Green, Athleta
Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership
Join Nancy Green (President and CEO of Athleta) and Kellie McElhaney (Founding Executive Director, Center for Equity, Gender, and Leadership) as they discuss Nancy's Equity Fluent Leadership journey.
This event will be held in the Spieker Forum (6th Fl or Chou Hall) at Berkeley Haas. Doors will open at 12:15pm. A light lunch will be served. This event will feature a fireside chat discussion... More >
MCB/IB Joint Seminar: "Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past”
Seminar | May 2 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building
David Reich, Harvard Medical School
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Department of Integrative Biology
Communicating Goals and Expectations: BPM104
Workshop | May 2 | 12:30-4:30 p.m. | 24 University Hall
The content identifies how goals and performance standards fit into the UC Berkeley performance management cycle and performance evaluation process.
Econ 235, Financial Economics Student Seminar: The Sunk Cost Fallacy and Corporate Divestment Decisions
Seminar | May 2 | 1-2 p.m. | 597 Evans Hall
Marius Guenzel
Librarian Office Hours at the SPH DREAM Office
Miscellaneous | February 7 – May 2, 2019 every Thursday | 1-3 p.m. | Berkeley Way West, 2220 (DREAM Office)
Michael Sholinbeck
Drop by during office hours if you need help with your literature reviews; setting up searches in PubMed, Embase, and other databases; using EndNote, RefWorks, or other citation management software; finding statistics or data; and answering any other questions you may have.
NOTE: On Feb. 14: 2:15-3pm only
Docent-led tour
Tour/Open House | January 3 – December 29, 2019 every Sunday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday with exceptions | 1:30-2:45 p.m. | UC Botanical Garden
Join us for a free, docent-led tour of the Garden as we explore interesting plants from around the world, learn about the vast diversity in the collection, and see what is currently in bloom. Meet at the Entry Plaza.
Free with Garden admission. Advanced registration not required
Seminar 251, Labor Seminar: "Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work"
Seminar | May 2 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 648 Evans Hall
How the brain represents objects
Seminar | May 2 | 3:30-4:30 p.m. | 101 Life Sciences Addition
Doris Tsao, Caltech
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
This seminar is partially sponsored by NIH
How the Brain Represents Objects
Seminar | May 2 | 3:30-4:30 p.m. | 101 Life Sciences Addition
Doris Tsao
Screening and Discussion: Capernaum
Film - Feature | May 2 | 4-6:30 p.m. | Stephens Hall
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Capharnaüm (“Chaos”), a new film by Nadine Labaki about the journey of a clever, gutsy 12-year-old boy, Zain, who survives the dangers of the city streets by his wits. He flees his parents and to assert his rights, takes them to court suing them for the “crime” of... More >
Mathematics Department Colloquium: A theory of hydrodynamic turbulence based on nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
Colloquium | May 2 | 4:10-5 p.m. | 60 Evans Hall
David Ruelle, IHES
I shall cover some well-known facts about hydrodynamic turbulence, and present a physically coherent view of intermittency in the energy cascade as a cascade of eddies governed by ideas of statistical mechanics. The approach presented is close to the ideas of Kolmogorov but gives a satisfactory estimate of the intermittency exponents and of the Reynolds number at the onset of turbulence. I shall... More >
CANCELED: Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri | Pakistan-India Relations: The Way Forward
Lecture | May 2 | 5-7 p.m. | Stephens Hall, 10 (ISAS Conf. Room) | Canceled
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, Pakistani politician, Writer, & (former) Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan
Munis D. Faruqui, Director, Institute for South Asia Studies; Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies; Associate Professor, South & South East Asian Studies
Institute for South Asia Studies, Sarah Kailath Chair of India Studies, The Berkeley Pakistan Initiative, Pakistan America Institute
Talk by Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri, former foreign minister for Pakistan and author of "Neither a Hawk Nor a Dove: An insider's account of Pakistan's Foreign Policy."
Graduate Student Happy Hour!
Social Event | May 2 | 5-7 p.m. | Eshleman Hall, Bear's Lair Tavern
Bear's Lair Tavern is where it's at for the monthly Graduate Student Happy Hour! Open to ALL Graduate Students! Free nosh (supplies may be limited) and drink specials.
Linguistic Anthropology and Literary and Cultural Studies: A Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar: Session 7: Ethics and History of Linguistic Anthropology
Conference/Symposium | May 1 – 2, 2019 every day | 5-7 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall
Charles Briggs, UC Berkeley; Mary Bucholtz, UC Santa Barbara; Jillian Cavanaugh, CUNY-Brooklyn College; Laura Graham, University of Iowa; Barbra Meek, University of Michigan; Beth Piatote, UC Berkeley
Department of Comparative Literature, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
This is the last of seven two-day meetings of a Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar taking place throughout 2018-2019. The seminar aims to explore the potential of a set of concepts, tools, and critical practices developed in the field of linguistic anthropology for work being done in the fields of literary and cultural criticism.
Spring 2019 LEP Global Book Club: The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
Meeting | March 14 – May 2, 2019 every Thursday with exceptions | 5-6 p.m. | 110 César E. Chávez Student Center
SLC Language Exchange Program, UC Berkeley Student Learning Center
You're invited to join the Spring 2019 LEP Global Book Club! This semester, we will be reading The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives. Edited by Cal grad and Pulitzer Prize-Winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, this book features the works of refugee writers from around the world. Engaging with their stories provides intimate insight into the realities faced by millions of people in... More >
The Communist Party of Yugoslavia during World War II: from Underground Organization to Party in Power
Lecture | May 2 | 5:15-6:45 p.m. | 270 Stephens Hall
Martin Previsic, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies (ISEEES)
At the beginning of World War II, the Communist Party of Yugoslavia (CPY) was a small and rather insignificant political party in the life of prewar Yugoslavia. During 1941-43, its initial political and war strategies received very little Soviet or Allied backing, but still, support for the partisan movement grew to the point where the Allies were forced to accept the new communist reality, which... More >
The Politics of the Presocratics: 2019 Heller Lecture
Lecture | May 2 | 6 p.m. | 142 Dwinelle Hall
Victoria Wohl, University of Toronto
Astronomy Night at UC Berkeley
Lecture | May 2 | 7-10 p.m. | 131 Campbell Hall
Ben Margalit, UC Berkeley
The May edition of UC Berkeley Astronomy Night features a lecture from Berkeley postdoc Ben Margalit on the discovery of unexpected astrophysical phenomena, from pulsars to gamma-ray bursts.
As always, come join us at Campbell Hall on the UC Berkeley campus on the first Thursday of every month for a FREE night of astronomy and stargazing on the roof with our fleet of telescopes.
Maborosi
Film - Feature | May 2 | 7 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Yumiko, a troubled young woman, believes she is responsible for the death of her grandmother as well as the suicide of her first husband, Ikuo. Five years after Ikuo’s death, she is happily remarried but her guilt and sorrow are never far away. Returning to her home town, she is drawn to a clifftop by the tolling of funeral bells—and by the siren call of the maborosi, a beautiful light that lures... More >
