David Zilberman

The Rausser College of Natural Resources announced an endowment dedicated to Professor Malcom Kerr for the Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program.

UC Berkeley’s Master of Development Practice, or MDP, program, joined the Goldman School of Public Policy on Thursday, leaving the Rausser College of Natural Resources, or CNR.

Eight UC Berkeley faculty were elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year, bringing the number of living campus faculty in the NAS up to 135.

Seven states, including California, have agreed to reduce their water consumption from the Colorado River in an attempt to combat a drought that has affected the region for two decades.

Kenneth R. Farrell, a former UC vice president for agriculture and natural resources, died after a brief battle with lung cancer Jan. 24. He was 87.

Students and members of the public gathered on the UC Berkeley campus on March 13 to learn about how the world’s food supply will have to change to be able to support the nine billion people projected to populate the planet in 2050.

For more than 30 years, UC Berkeley has been at the forefront of GMO research and development. Many faculty members have been divided between work to bring genetically modified products to the marketplace and attempts to challenge their dispersal in the environment.

Stanford University nutritionists released findings that showed nonorganically raised fruits, vegetables, animals and animal products are no less nutritious than organic foods and that they did not have significantly higher pesticide residues.