Climate justice groups speak about UC Berkeley’s partnerships on panel
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Climate justice student groups discussed UC Berkeley’s involvement in certain industries at an event put on by Carbon Crew on Oct. 29.
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New York Times’ ‘Modern Love’ column editor Daniel Jones discusses work, love, Amazon at the Commonwealth Club
As part of an Amazon Studios promotional screening, Jones sat down with Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, a clinical assistant professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Thursday night to discuss the new TV show, the evolution of the column and his take on love.
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How often do we, by virtue of our job, quantify and incorporate the externalities as drivers of the product development cycle?
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UC Berkeley students protest Amazon’s ties with ICE
Cal Bears Against ICE held a protest at an Amazon recruitment session at UC Berkeley on Wednesday evening to contest campus relations with companies holding contractual agreements with ICE.
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Amazon River basin may not be resilient to climate change, Berkeley Lab researchers suggest
According to a recent paper submitted by an international team of scientists including some from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, current estimates regarding the rainforest’s carbon uptake are not entirely comprehensive.
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UC police receive report of sexual battery at Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union
At 11:35 p.m. Sunday, UCPD received a report of sexual battery on the second floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, according to a Nixle alert.
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UC Board of Regents sues 5 retailers over alleged patent infringement
The UC Board of Regents filed a complaint July 30 with the U.S. International Trade Commission as well as five individual lawsuits in federal district courts in Los Angeles against five major retailers — Walmart, Amazon, Target, Ikea and Bed Bath & Beyond — for the alleged unlicensed sale of patented filament LED lightbulbs.
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UC Berkeley professors share their favorite summer memories
How have UC Berkeley professors spent their favorite summers? Read on to find out what campus faculty have done during their most memorable summers.
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‘Online rules everything’: Internet, operating costs force Berkeley retail businesses to adapt
Overall retail usage in Berkeley’s commercial districts has declined from 44.8 percent to 39.4 percent in just three years, according to the city’s Office of Economic Development.
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UC Berkeley needs to work towards zero waste by 2020
In order for UC Berkeley to reach our zero waste by 2020 goals, these are the bold next steps our students and administration must also adopt. In fact, as an institution of higher learning and the No. 1 public university in the world, we should now go even further in leading the way to eliminating the use of single-use disposable plastics and other landfill items on campus.
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