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TEDxBerkeley 2013 explores themes of innovation

While the UC Berkeley campus experienced the excitement of Cal Day, students in Zellerbach Hall participated in the annual TEDxBerkeley conference, designed to spark dialogue over issues ranging from the consumption of organic food to the push toward online education. The event, independently organized by the Regents’ and Chancellor’s Scholars Read More…

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Professors use Twitter to enhance class discussion

Move over, Justin Bieber. Twitter is not just a tool for following celebrities or sharing pictures anymore. The social media site that delivers short, 140-characters-or-fewer messages to the world is being used by UC Berkeley professors to initiate discussion in large lectures and continue dialogue outside the classroom about what Read More…

USAID administrator Rajiv Shah speaks about changes in USAID business at the Blum Center on campus.

USAID Administrator speaks at UC Berkeley

The Administrator of the USAID spoke to members of the UC Berkeley community about the agency’s collaborative approach to reduce poverty, sustain healthier communities and promote worldwide economic development. Read More…

A man holds up a sign in front of the state Capitol building as part of a protest which led to an occupation and at least 72 arrests.

Occupy movement remains a part of California student protests

More than five months after Occupy Wall Street began, student protesters in California continue to draw on Occupy themes. Over the past few years, students from California public higher education institutions have protested on individual campuses and lobbied in Sacramento in response to decreased funding from the state and rising Read More…

Lecture Lust: A list of famous courses at Cal

A sample of classes that students of all majors can appreciate.

Public Policy C103 “Wealth and Poverty” taught by Professor Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton, is always packed with students and auditors. Reich guides the class through the factors that contribute to the gap between the rich and poor and the policies aimed at shrinking it. Many Read More…