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/2008/06/24_melissaho.shtml "Compassion" and "computer networking" rarely appear in the same sentence. But they coexist easily for grad student Melissa Ho, whose networking innovations in developing nations have brought her the "Foundations of Change" Thomas I. Yamashita Award. Published: 24 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/13_bachelet.shtml On a visit to Berkeley and LBNL this week, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet emphasized the value of collaboration between her nation and the state of California as she sought solutions to one of Chile's most pressing challenge: how to provide its own energy. Published: 13 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/13_climateconference.shtml On Thursday, June 19, some 250 of the world's leading climate and energy researchers, industry representatives and government leaders will convene in Denmark for an international research summit co-sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) at UC Berkeley in partnership with the Copenhagen Climate Council. The conference, organized at the request of the Danish government, aims to identify the critical research and development achievements necessary for a successful transition to a low carbon economy. Published: 13 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/12_stover.shtml Human Rights Center Director Eric Stover, who makes a career of flying into the teeth of tragedy, arrived in Burma - by conicidence - the day after Cyclone Nargis struck last month. During his two weeks in the country, he saw not only the impacts of the deadly cyclone itself, but the ways in which 45 years of military rule are exacerbating the crisis. Published: 12 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/09_bachelet.shtml Chilean President Michelle Bachelet will speak at the University of California, Berkeley, this Thursday (June 12) at 5 p.m. on the challenges facing her country and the impacts of a new agreement between Chile and the state of California. Published: 09 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/06_lang.shtml As the "Breath of Life" conference on California Indian language revitalization gets underway on June 8 on campus, UC Berkeley faculty and student linguists are fanning out around the globe to research and document other often endangered languages. Published: 06 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/05/21_qafoodcrisis.shtml A visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for African Studies, Raj Patel shares insights on the global food crisis. Patel authored the newly released book "Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System." Published: 21 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/05/08_chinasymposium.shtml As activists excoriate the nation's rulers over human-rights issues, a campus symposium makes the case for a less confrontational attitude toward Beijing. Published: 08 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/05/08_HIV.shtml A new policy analysis led by public health researchers at UC Berkeley and Harvard University says that the most common HIV prevention strategies - including condom use, HIV testing, vaccine research and abstinence - are not backed by rigorous studies and are having limited impact on the epidemic in Africa. More resources are needed for two less popular interventions - male circumcision and reduction of sexual partners - that have been proven effective in Africa, the researchers argue. Published: 08 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/23_cleanenergy.shtml A plan to make clean energy affordable around the world to poor, rural households without access to electricity won the grand prize of the 2008 Global Social Venture Competition at the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business. Published: 23 April http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/16_cega.shtml The role that U.S. universities play in global development will be addressed in a panel discussion on Thursday, April 17, as part of the official launch of UC Berkeley's new Center for Evaluation for Global Action (CEGA). Published: 16 April http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/04/10_povchina.shtml Six UC Berkeley undergraduates share their thoughts on China's hosting of the 2008 Summer Games and the protests accompanying the journey of the Olympic torch to Beijing. Published: 10 April http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/03/19_immigration.shtml "Human history has always been about migration," says sociologist Irene Bloemraad, "but with ever-increasing globalization, the 21st century will be a century of people on the move." Over the past five years, she has worked to raise the profile of immigration studies at UC Berkeley, where a remarkable two thirds of students are foreign born or have at least one foreign-born parent. Published: 19 March http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/03/19_nimitzlectures.shtml On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion, a retired commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East shared this year's Nimitz lectures with the former head of the CIA's bin Laden desk. But where Gen. John Abizaid said we're on the right track in the "war on terror," Michael Scheuer said we've got it all wrong. Published: 19 March http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/03/17_iraq.shtml For graduate student Emily Prince, who's been drawing portraits of U.S. troop fatalities for more than three years, the Iraq War's fifth anniversary is a deeply felt milestone. Published: 17 March