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/2009/11/13_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/2009/11/06_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/2009/10/28_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/2009/09/28_pictureyourself.shtml A new online service offered by the campus's Office of Undergraduate Admissions helps prospective students envision themselves as a member of the UC Berkeley community. Published: 28 September http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/09/10_pollan.shtml This semester's On the Same Page program, aimed at focusing the attention of incoming L&S undergrads on a single work or creator, is built around Professor of Journalism Michael Pollan's game-changing take on industrial agriculture and America's food systems, The Omnivore's Dilemma. Published: 10 September http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/09/10_dwinelle-billboard.shtml Portraits of students who are benefiting from privately funded scholarships and fellowships smile out at passersby, as the now-familiar "Thanks to Berkeley…" billboard gets a one-year facelift. Published: 10 September http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/09/04_pronunciation.shtml In a popular class organized by the Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs program, international scholars at Berkeley hone their ability to hear and create sounds not found in their native languages. The goal is help them prepare for their professional careers and the job market. Published: 04 September http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/08/19_movein09.shtml Perhaps it's time to call Norton Hall's Room 414 at UC Berkeley, "The Eidelson Room." This Sunday (Aug. 23), 18-year-old Aaron Eidelson of Santa Barbara will move into the very same residence hall room that his father Jon and brothers Michael and Joel ate, slept, studied and occasionally partied in during their undergraduate years at UC Berkeley. Room 414 is a double room in Unit 3 that overlooks Durant Street and has a corner view of the landmark Campanile. Published: 19 August http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/08/12_mcnair.shtml Last weekend 300 undergrads from around the country converged on the Berkeley campus for the four-day McNair Scholars symposium, where they shared research findings in a wide range of fields, from sociology to bioscience, and celebrated their completion of the program and their ambitions for grad school and the future. Published: 12 August http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/07/13_econvid.shtml A group of graduate students in the Berkeley economics department, calling themselves the Metrics Gang, relate the trials and tribulations of their doctoral quest in four popular online singles. Published: 13 July http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/06/19_canoe.shtml A team of Berkeley civil-engineering students won the 22nd annual National Concrete Canoe Competition at the contest's June 11-13 finals in Tuscaloosa, Ala. June 11-13. It was the campus's fifth title in the remarkable battle of the boats, sometimes called the America's Cup of civil engineering. Published: 19 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/05/26_grad.shtml Under sunny skies at the Greek Theatre, graduates from the class of 2009 take a clear-eyed look at an uncertain future. Published: 26 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/05/22_convo.shtml A sunny afternoon and inspiring speakers drew thousands of graduates and their families to the Greek Theatre to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2009. Published: 22 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/05/14_finalists.shtml This year, five students — Jordan Anaya, Sonia Fleury, Lara Palanjian, Zoe Sima Silverman, and William Vega — were finalists for the University Medal, given to Berkeley's top graduating senior. These five stellar students take time out to answer questions about their time at Cal and their plans for life beyond Berkeley. Published: 14 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/04/15_jobs.shtml With the Class of 2009 understandably worried about employment prospects after graduation next month, UC Berkeley is helping seniors prepare for a job market riddled with layoffs and hiring freezes. Published: 15 April