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2002 releases
19 Dec	-	Veteran journalist joins UC Berkeley as new head of Public Affairs
18 Dec	-	Flawed FBI reporting system undercounts disability hate crimes
18 Dec	-	Methane clouds discovered at south pole of Saturn's moon Titan
16 Dec	-	Dec. 19: Vandenberg launch will boost small UC Berkeley satellite into orbit
16 Dec	-	Wannabe stars shine at Apollo Amateur Night auditions here at Berkeley
13 Dec	-	Scientists use South Pole telescope to produce the most detailed images of the early universe
12 Dec	-	Sea squirt joins ranks of organisms whose genome has been sequenced
11 Dec	-	Robert Berring named interim dean of UC Berkeley School of Law
10 Dec	-	Breaking Gimpy: Researchers crack security system designed to block Internet robots
09 Dec	-	UC Berkeley student wins prestigious Rhodes Scholarship
06 Dec	-	Noted science writer Michael Pollan appointed to UC Berkeley journalism school
06 Dec	-	Neutrinos exhibit multiple personalities
05 Dec	-	UC Berkeley geophysicists report experimental evidence supporting theory of mantle plume and hot spot stability
05 Dec	-	Fact sheet on UC Berkeley's sexual harassment policies, procedures, education and training, and services
05 Dec	-	Researchers say fossil fuels for cooking and heating may be best for world's 2 billion poor
04 Dec	-	Richard Lazarus, UC Berkeley psychology faculty member and influential researcher, dies at 80
02 Dec	-	John Dwyer, dean of the UC Berkeley's School of Law, resigns
02 Dec	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Astronaut, and Cal alum, Rex Walheim to address December commencement
02 Dec	-	UC Berkeley Extension announces program consolidation, layoffs
02 Dec	-	John A. Zivnuska, pioneer in forest economics and UC Berkeley professor emeritus, dies at 86
02 Dec	-	UC Berkeley literacy program attracts Oakland youths, seniors with digital storytelling
27 Nov	-	John Dwyer, dean of Boalt Hall, announces plans to resign from deanship, faculty
27 Nov	-	UC Berkeley scientists detail neural circuit that lets eye detect directional motion
25 Nov	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: ABC News anchor Peter Jennings to discuss new book at UC Berkeley
25 Nov	-	Robert Brentano, esteemed UC Berkeley history professor, dies at age 76
25 Nov	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: NASA briefing to discuss UC Berkeley satellite CHIPSat
25 Nov	-	Next Week At UC Berkeley: A round-up of key news events for the week of Dec. 1-7
21 Nov	-	UC Berkeley, Joint Genome Institute target chloroplasts for clues to green plant evolution
21 Nov	-	UC Berkeley-led research team finds brain's perception depends upon the source of cues it receives
20 Nov	-	Joseph "Perry" Danton, former dean of library science, dies at age 94
19 Nov	-	UC Berkeley psychologist discusses strategies to reduce effects of classroom stereotypes
18 Nov	-	Statement from UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl in response to the decision released today from the NCAA regarding the Cal football program
18 Nov	-	Next Week At UC Berkeley: A round-up of key news events for the week of Nov. 24-30
18 Nov	-	UC Berkeley Professor Ronald Takaki wins Fred Cody Award for lifetime literary achievement, service to community
15 Nov	-	Six UC Berkeley professors among 50 top women in science, 50 scientific visionaries chosen by national science magazines
14 Nov	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Ehud Barak to Speak at UC Berkeley on Nov. 19
14 Nov	-	Richard Brinkmann, a UC Berkeley professor emeritus who promoted an international approach to the study of German literature, dies at 81
13 Nov	-	Henry May, a legendary set designer, art director and UC Berkeley professor emeritus of dramatic art, dies at 81
13 Nov	-	UC Berkeley researchers report exceptionally bright eruption on Io
13 Nov	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Campus memorial service for former Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien
12 Nov	-	Middle East film series at UC Berkeley to focus on education and understanding
12 Nov	-	NEXT WEEK AT UC BERKELEY: A round-up of key news events for the week of Nov. 17-23
12 Nov	-	New California AIDS survey shows need for more HIV education, prevention programs
07 Nov	-	UC Berkeley analysis of satellite data turns up first evidence that magnetic processes in space can accelerate electrons to near light speed
07 Nov	-	Phillip Damon, UC Berkeley professor of comparative literature, dies at age 80
06 Nov	-	Economics Department at UC Berkeley celebrates century on the cutting edge
06 Nov	-	New York Times leaders to discuss at UC Berkeley the paper's role in shaping Americansí world views
05 Nov	-	UC Berkeleyís fall 2002 enrollment figures show more women, more students, in general, have registered
05 Nov	-	UC Berkeley scholars can be interviewed via campus's radio, broadcast studios
05 Nov	-	MEMO TO REPORTERS: Election Coverage - UC Berkeley experts available for interviews
05 Nov	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Science"whiz kids" descend on UC Berkeley campus
05 Nov	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Berkeley professor Ula Taylor to discuss her new book, "The Veiled Garvey: The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey"
05 Nov	-	UC Berkeley psychology professor writes gripping account of his fatherís mental illness
05 Nov	-	Next Week At UC Berkeley: A round-up of key news events for the week of Nov. 10-16
04 Nov	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: White House Official Visits UC Berkeley
30 Oct	-	Campus memorial service for former UC Berkeley Chancellor Tien set for Nov. 14
30 Oct	-	Popular weed killer atrazine feminizes native frogs across Midwest, could be impacting amphibian populations worldwide
30 Oct	-	Chang-Lin Tien, UC Berkeley chancellor from 1990-97 and an internationally known engineering scholar, dies at age 67
29 Oct	-	Edwin Bayley, founding dean of UC Berkeley's journalism school, dies in Wisconsin at age 84
29 Oct	-	Gene Myers, computer algorithm pioneer in human genome sequencing, to join UC Berkeley faculty
28 Oct	-	New study by UC Berkeley, Santa Clara University experts explores terrorist insurance market
28 Oct	-	UC Berkeley receives $5 million gift to enhance Jewish studies, support visiting scholar
24 Oct	-	UC Berkeley's anthropology museum announces the hiring of its first full-time director
24 Oct	-	UC Berkeley library to present historic exhibit on the challenges, contributions of "Chinese Overseas"
24 Oct	-	New biophotonics center will apply state-of-the-art optical tools to medicine, biology
23 Oct	-	Your brain is teaching your nose new tricks, say UC Berkeley researchers
21 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: An evening with Simon Winchester, author of "The Professor and the Madman"
21 Oct	-	Interactive, high tech artwork recalls Chinese immigration tragedy at UC Berkeley
21 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Celebrating Mathematical Achievements in the 20th Century
18 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Author and educator Jonathan Kozol to visit UC Berkeley
18 Oct	-	UC Berkeley expert discusses concerns surrounding smallpox vaccination plans
17 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Panel to discuss terrorist threat in Indonesia and Sotheast Asia
16 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Berkeley Experts for stories on Port Closures
16 Oct	-	UC Berkeley textile expert Ed Rossbach dies at 88
16 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Top Professors To Lecture at UCB Homecoming Weekend
15 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Sudden Oak Death: Implications for Management, Policy and Society
07 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: "Alternatives to War on Terrorism: A Multicultural Perspective"
07 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: "A Walk In Your Shoes," half-hour show tackling the issue of weight discrimination
07 Oct	-	Study finds "two-tier" system in state-funded prekindergartens: disparity in education, pay, stability
07 Oct	-	CDC award to help UC researchers establish national environmental public health tracking system
04 Oct	-	U.S. economy may be headed for another major recession, says new UC Berkeley study
03 Oct	-	Car sharing system is catching on, says new study from UC Berkeley about San Francisco's program
03 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: "Job Access and Reverse Commuting in California"
03 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: 25th annual "College Information Day" for students in grades 6-12 and their parents
03 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: "Day of Service" at the University of California, Berkeley
01 Oct	-	New UC Berkeley study suggests promise of Chinese herbal medicine as treatment for chronic hepatitis B
01 Oct	-	New studies of girls with ADHD led by UC Berkeley professor reveal overlooked and serious situation
01 Oct	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: After the Bubbles: Linking the Recoveries of America and Asia
26 Sep	-	Primer from UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science gives parents tips on how to get involved in children's education
26 Sep	-	UC Berkeley gets $2.8 million CDC grant, joins nationwide network of public health academic centers fighting bioterrorism
25 Sep	-	Hearings to begin Monday for UC Berkeley students facing charges from Wheeler Hall sit-in
25 Sep	-	NSF gives $13 million for UC Berkeley-led project bridging computer software and systems science
25 Sep	-	UC Berkeley researchers awarded $2.1 million NIH grant to study smoking prevention efforts in China
25 Sep	-	NSF grant to UC Berkeley will fund exploration of new types of quantum computers, steps toward quantum logic and nanoprocessors
25 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Removal of eucalyptus from a particularly fire-prone grove in Claremont Canyon
24 Sep	-	UC Berkeley hosts annual meeting of The Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Sunday, Sept. 29
24 Sep	-	UC Berkeley study finds many children in several California communities not riding safely in vehicles
24 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: All-day map and book sale
24 Sep	-	Youths more conservative than their elders on issues involving religion and abortion, new UC Berkeley survey reveals
23 Sep	-	UC Berkeley-led experiment with online museum collections opens doors to new participants
22 Sep	-	UC Berkeley cell biologist receives Lasker Award for cell secretion research important to biotech industry
20 Sep	-	MEMO TO REPORTERS: Update on last night's Oakland hills fire
20 Sep	-	Some UC Berkeley fraternity chapters see blanket moratorium lifted today on alcohol use at house social events
20 Sep	-	UC Berkeley chancellor to honor 14 university-community partnerships at Monday, Sept. 23, reception
19 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Rededication ceremony for the Hearst Memorial Mining Building
18 Sep	-	UC Berkeley professor warns of continued power crises under deregulated system
18 Sep	-	Historic UC Berkeley building, once home to mining studies, reopens Sunday to new era of materials science and engineering research
16 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Romagoza v Garcia: A Case of Justice for Victims of Torture
13 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Islam in America: Rights and Citizenship in a Post 9/11 World
13 Sep	-	Viability of alternatives to factory food to be debated Sept. 23 at UC Berkeley
11 Sep	-	Crisis in corporate ethics becomes a top priority for UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business
11 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Should broadcasters be required to provide free air time for political candidates?
10 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: "Weblogs: Challenging Mass Media and Society," a panel discussion
10 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: "Healthy Aging & Community Building," a two-day event to recognize senior citizens who are leaders and activists in their communities
05 Sep	-	Chancellor issues statement, appalled at charge that campus Sept. 11 events are unpatriotic
05 Sep	-	Memo to Reporters: Sept. 11 events at UC Berkeley
05 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Opening reception for "This is woman's hour...," a multimedia exhibit on Mary Baker Eddy
05 Sep	-	National Social Venture Symposium at UC Berkeley to explore issues and metrics in social entrepreneurship
05 Sep	-	National panel doubles recommended amount of daily exercise, suggests public balance food intake with physical activity and avoid unhealthy forms of dietary fat
04 Sep	-	UC researchers confirm coast redwood and Douglas fir as hosts for Sudden Oak Death pathogen
03 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Memorial service celebrating the life of June Jordan
03 Sep	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. premiere of "Sociology is a Martial Art," an award-winning documentary film
03 Sep	-	UC Berkeley professor Dan Kammen joins EPA's Christine Whitman to launch initiative to reduce indoor air pollution in Third World
03 Sep	-	MBA students at UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, meet in virtual classroom
30 Aug	-	Targeting enzymes that immortalize cancer cells: if they canít be turned off, try to round them up
29 Aug	-	Fall semester full of poetry offerings at UC Berkeley
28 Aug	-	"All Hail! Blue & Gold" CD of UC Berkeley carillon music on sale
26 Aug	-	Geckos' sticky foot hairs provide biological inspiration for synthetic, self-cleaning, dry adhesive
22 Aug	-	UC Berkeley welcomes students to fall semester 2002 with new housing, seismic upgrades, fascinating classes
22 Aug	-	New "Business Watchdogs" class at UC Berkeley will teach journalism students how to cover corporate business
22 Aug	-	UC Berkeley's first entirely online course could lead way to more classes without a classroom
22 Aug	-	Memorial service announced for UC Berkeley professor
20 Aug	-	New UC Berkeley Web site on ethics provides information on timely topic to students, faculty, general public
19 Aug	-	UC Berkeley professor gives surprising answer to NFL fourth down question
16 Aug	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Small Business Development Trade Fair at the University of California, Berkeley
16 Aug	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Welcome Week at UC Berkeley begins August 19
13 Aug	-	UC Berkeley shares $15.5 million NIH grant to determine if yeast can be reduced to the level of a machine
12 Aug	-	Fresh, behind-the-scenes look at Free Speech Movement in new book by UC Berkeley, NYU professors
12 Aug	-	Pedro Sanchez, UC Berkeley expert in agroforestry and tropical resources, wins prestigious 2002 World Food Prize
08 Aug	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Who teaches at UC Berkeley?
08 Aug	-	UC Berkeley's sociology department is home to new magazine designed to reach readers beyond the ivory tower
05 Aug	-	UC Berkeley bear hunt yields grizzly art, from silly to sublime
05 Aug	-	"Bear in Mind" exhibit at UC Berkeley's The Bancroft Library to salute the California grizzly
05 Aug	-	Wireless sensors from UC Berkeley and Intel researchers help conservation biologists monitor elusive seabird in Maine
01 Aug	-	Statement from University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl regarding the death of Marla Bennett, a UC Berkeley graduate.
30 Jul	-	Industrialized nations follow US lead on market-driven welfare reform, says new book by UC Berkeley social welfare professor
26 Jul	-	Child soldiers and childhood in Sierra Leone studied by UC Berkeley graduate student
26 Jul	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Antique scientific instruments to be auctioned to benefit physics department
25 Jul	-	Tortured Salvadorans awarded $54.6 million by Florida jury, Boalt Hall clinic provided key help
09 Jul	-	UC Berkeley law students among presenters participating in international AIDS conference
09 Jul	-	Experts available to discuss President Bush's speech on corporate responsibility
03 Jul	-	Bizarre parasite that kills male insects and disrupts insect sex lives is not all bad: it can make sterile fruit flies fertile again
01 Jul	-	UC Berkeley and National Archives create new database to help trace individualsí immigration to United States
28 Jun	-	UC Berkeley scientist urges drilling into frozen lake under ice near South Pole as prelude to drilling into subglacial lakes in Antarctica and into Mars polar caps
28 Jun	-	James Kettner, early American history scholar at UC Berkeley, dies at the age of 57
27 Jun	-	Harvey Stahl, longtime UC Berkeley professor of art history, dies at 61
26 Jun	-	Statement from Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl regarding NCAA penalties imposed against the Cal football team
24 Jun	-	UC Berkeley optometrists expand services to low vision outreach clinic at California School for the Blind
24 Jun	-	Beahrs program at UC Berkeley helps environmentalists find sustainable solutions to global resource challenges
21 Jun	-	Duke University historian, expert on race and the South, to receive top prize tomorrow from UC Berkeley's Academic Senate
21 Jun	-	UC Berkeley professors edit book exploring interplay of Islamic, European identities
20 Jun	-	UC Berkeley library is top-ranked among North American public university research libraries
19 Jun	-	June 22 symposium to honor former UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien's 40-year career
17 Jun	-	"Poet of the People" June Jordan, a UC Berkeley professor of African American studies, dies at 65
14 Jun	-	Manual of California desert plants reveals stark beauty of state's unique environments
14 Jun	-	James Sherwood named new dean of UC Berkeley Extension, the campus's continuing education division
14 Jun	-	Travel with UC Berkeley students via the campus's Web site through dispatches about their summer field work
13 Jun	-	Astronomers discover first planet in Jupiter-like orbit plus smallest planet outside solar system
07 Jun	-	UC Berkeley/NASA satellite RHESSI captures new light from sun, reveals surprises in solar flares
05 Jun	-	Vision researcher Geoffrey Owen named dean of biological sciences in UC Berkeley's College of Letters & Science
05 Jun	-	UC Berkeley's 2002 Summer Reading List focuses on banned books
04 Jun	-	Fragile, historic Fox Cottage, moved and renovated by UC Berkeley, wins architectural praise
03 Jun	-	UC Berkeley "Breath of Life" conference strives to revive California Indian languages
03 Jun	-	Keck Telescope's adaptive optics let astronomers study volcanic activity on Io from armchair on Earth
03 Jun	-	Biochemist Paul W. Ludden named new dean of UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources
31 May	-	UC Berkeley employee arrested for embezzlement
29 May	-	Stalking Arizona dust devils helps scientists understand electrical, atmospheric effects of dust storms on Mars
28 May	-	Mother-daughter interpreters demonstrate California Indian culture at Hearst Museum's "Family Day"
23 May	-	Rip currents at Ocean Beach are severe hazard for unwary, UC Berkeley expert warns
23 May	-	Summer Sessions begin at UC Berkeley, record number of campus's students opt to return to class for summer term
21 May	-	Update on the fall 2002 course "The Politics and Poetics of Palestinian Resistance."
21 May	-	UC Berkeley taps Georgetown administrative leader as associate vice chancellor
21 May	-	UC Berkeley expands transportation options and services for faculty, staff
17 May	-	UC Berkeley graduation speakers range from authors and entrepreneurs to prize winners and politicians
16 May	-	Majority of UC Berkeley graduates heading straight to work, accordingto new Career Center data
16 May	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Berkeley students to be presented with photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on campus
15 May	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: 2002 Commencement Convocation to be held May 17
14 May	-	Freezing cancer cells leaves them more susceptible to attack by anti-cancer drug, new study finds
10 May	-	Statement from Chancellor Berdahl Regarding Scheduled Fall 2002 Class Titled "The Politics and Poetics of Palestine Resistance"
09 May	-	Stephen M. Shortell, leading scholar in health services research, is top choice for dean of UC Berkeley's School of Public Health
09 May	-	UC Berkeley physicist Marvin Cohen and chemist Gabor Somorjai awarded prestigious national Medal of Science
09 May	-	May graduation ceremonies at UC Berkeley have begun; Olympian Jonny Moseley to speak at May 17 event
08 May	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Global and Local Dimensions of Asian America: An International Conference on Asian Diasporas
08 May	-	Tom Campbell, law professor and former congressman, is top dean choice for UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business
07 May	-	Student group admonished, temporary suspension lifted
07 May	-	This year's top senior at UC Berkeley plans future in her family's past, will receive University Medal on May 17
03 May	-	Seven UC Berkeley faculty among newly elected fellows of American Academy of Arts & Sciences
02 May	-	Prison industries have a positive ripple effect for California's economy, new UC Berkeley report finds
02 May	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: The 2002 University of California Systemwide Biomedical Engineering Symposium
01 May	-	An open letter to the UC Berkeley community from Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl addressing the protection of free speech and the central mission of the University
30 Apr	-	Three UC Berkeley faculty members honored today by election to National Academy of Sciences
30 Apr	-	UC Berkeley anthropologist examines Mexico City's rapidly proliferating Alcoholics Anonymous
29 Apr	-	New center devoted to study of peace and well-being will be launched this week at UC Berkeley
29 Apr	-	"Designing Modern Childhoods" conference at UC Berkeley to explore architecture, design, from kids' perspectives
26 Apr	-	UC Berkeley to receive $900,000 from SBC Foundation for distance-learning classroom at Haas School of Business
25 Apr	-	UC Berkeley professor David Wood, dancer, choreographer and founder of campus's dance program, dies at 77
25 Apr	-	Five teachers at UC Berkeley to be honored with prestigious Distinguished Teaching Award on April 30
23 Apr	-	Switching Colorado's Medicaid patients to managed care saved money without harming patients, says new UC Berkeley study
23 Apr	-	Development economist Bent Hansen, professor emeritus of economics at UC Berkeley, dies in Egypt at age 81
23 Apr	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Hip-Hop and Beyond
22 Apr	-	Engineering for the blind: UC Berkeley student develops computer drawing, animation tool for the visually impaired
22 Apr	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Young Entrepreneurs Venture Capital Competition
18 Apr	-	Joe W. Johnson, UC Berkeley professor emeritus and pioneer in coastal engineering, dies at age 93
18 Apr	-	Two UC Berkeley scholars awarded prestigious Guggenheim fellowships
16 Apr	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: The Millennium Development Goals: The Struggle Against Poverty in the Global Economy
16 Apr	-	MEDIA ADVISORY: Creating a Poverty-Free World Through Information Technology
15 Apr	-	Haas School's Lester Center honors Edward Penhoet with lifetime achievement in entrepreneurship award
15 Apr	-	Popular weed killer demasculinizes frogs, disrupts their sexual development, UC Berkeley study shows
15 Apr	-