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Letters to the editor

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:21:22 GMT

This fact is fascinating because it seems to me that raising the number of doctors available in America would be an easy way of lowering costs, a simple rule of market supply and demand.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Drumbeat sounds outside UC museum for return of human remains

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:40:27 GMT

from shell mounds in Emeryville and from Glen Cove in Vallejo that were unearthed during modern development.
Source: Inside Bay Area

University Scholars Upbeat on COP15

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:22:04 GMT

The leaders of several university energy departments were solidly optimistic about the prospects of the international climate talks that begin in Copenhagen next week at an event at Google’s San Francisco headquarters on Monday night.
Source: Earth2Tech

Scholastic Smackdown: Academics Vs. Sports in California Funding Tilt

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:31:37 GMT

The impetus for the resolution is certainly rooted, in part, within the "doing more with less" narrative that all public universities in California have been handed.
Source: Politics Daily

First-round pairings set for T-Mobile Invite

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:58:21 GMT

Here is a press release announcing the first-round pairings for the 2009 T-Mobile Invitational, which features the Kentwood boys basketball team. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.
Source: The Seattle Times

Cost control big question in Senate health bill

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:42:34 GMT

With polls showing the public alarmed about deficits and dubious about the health care bill, White House budget director Peter Orszag said last week that the Senate legislation will control costs.
Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Letters to the Editor

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:41:05 GMT

may be inhumane of me, but I laughed while I read the declawing article. The UC Regents voted to increase student tuition by 32 percent. The repercussions of this fee hike are dire for the state and residents of California.
Source: Inside Bay Area

Berkeley calendar for November 27

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:34:01 GMT

Cal Performances — Ira Glass bring his Radio Stories and Other Stories to Cal, 8 p.m. Dec. 5, $20-$36, tickets available at the door.
Source: Inside Bay Area

Mathematics 53 - Lecture 2

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:19:57 GMT

Quoted in 'Calif. race in New York's shadow'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:39:35 GMT

John Garamendi said in The Politico:

As a football player at UC Berkeley, I learned that the fourth quarter is the critical moment, and you’ve got to play hard

Quoted in 'UC Berkeley Professor Wins Nobel Economics Prize'

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:19:44 GMT

said in CBS 5:

We congratulate Oliver on this well-deserved honor for his groundbreaking work in economics ... He takes his place as the fifth Berkeley economics professor to win the Nobel Prize and further continues the remarkable contributions UC Berkeley has made to this field.

Photo from Getty Images

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:26:27 GMT

BERKELEY, CA - OCTOBER 12: University of California, Berkeley professor Oliver Williamson speaks during a news conference at UC Berkeley October 12, 2009 in Berkeley, California.

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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:20:19 GMT

BERKELEY, CA - OCTOBER 12: University of California, Berkeley professor Oliver Williamson speaks during a news conference at UC Berkeley October 12, 2009 in Berkeley, California.