http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/ Headlines from the University of California, Berkeley Steve McConnell - steve.mcconnell@berkeley.edu en-US http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/16_benefitsforum.shtml The Presidential Task Force on Post-Employment Benefits brings mixed news to intensely interested current and retired campus staff. Published: 16 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/13_hunger.shtml To bring home the issue of world hunger, the dining commons in Berkeley's Unit 3 residence hall held a most unusual dinner Thursday night: Just rice and water on the floor for most attending. It was all part of Hunger Awareness Week at Cal. Published: 13 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/09_h1n1.shtml University Health Services sent a CALmessage on Nov. 6 to keep the campus apprised about the status of its H1N1 flu vaccine supply. Published: 09 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/06_studenttownhall.shtml More than 300 students turned out Thursday evening for a town hall meeting with Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and other senior administrators. Their common concern: the state budget emergency and the campus's response to draconian budget cuts that the crisis has brought. Published: 06 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/06_late.shtml Published: 06 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/06_athletics.shtml Following a vote of the UC Berkeley Academic Senate recommending that Intercollegiate Athletics become financially self-sufficient, Chancellor Birgeneau said he would explore the best way to move forward on the issue. Published: 06 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/05_hearst_director.shtml Anthropologist Mari Lyn Salvador, a scholar of Panama's native Kuna people and the textiles that they create and an experienced museum professional, has been named director of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the UC Berkeley. Salvador is scheduled to take the new post in late November. Published: 05 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/05_gradlectures.shtml Published: 05 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/04_finchhicks.shtml Linda Finch Hicks, administrative manager in the history department, died Sunday, Nov. 1 at Alta Bates Hospital of pancreatic cancer. She was 55. Published: 04 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/11/02_benefits.shtml The University of California President's Task Force on Post-Employment Benefits will hold a forum on Tuesday, Nov. 10, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., in Sibley Auditorium in Bechtel Engineering Center, for staff to ask questions and weigh in on the future of the university's pension and retiree health programs. Published: 02 November http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/10/28_bloggers.shtml A growing number of campus scholars are using Web 2.0 blogging tools to reach a larger audience, create intellectual community, and be more proactive in relation to the media. Published: 28 October http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/10/28_athletics.shtml The Berkeley division of the Academic Senate will focus next week on the contributions and costs of the campus's Intercollegiate Athletics program. The Senate's fall meeting will host a fact-based discussion, debate, and exchange among faculty, Athletics Director Sandy Barbour, and Nathan Brostrom, vice chancellor for Administration. Published: 28 October http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/10/26_berkeley_blog_launch.shtml UC Berkeley's best and brightest are often asked to share their insights at the White House, on Wall Street and with the media worldwide. Now, they are furthering that conversation in a new format - The Berkeley Blog. Published: 26 October http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/10/23_goldman.shtml Over the years, the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley has emerged as a leader in proposing solutions to major issues facing society, and now a new $5 million gift from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund will make it possible for the school to make a greater impact in the world. Published: 23 October http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/10/20_openenrollment.shtml Open enrollment for UC's health-and-welfare benefits runs from Thursday, Oct. 29, through Tuesday, Nov. 24, at 5 p.m. Published: 20 October