Monthly Archives: January 2013

black hole

Research

Research News Briefs

Research News Brief: UC Berkeley astronomer Leo Blitz and his colleagues at the European Southern Observatory have used the Berkeley/Caltech CARMA radio telescope array to weigh the black hole at the center of a galaxy 53 million light years away, proving a technique that will allow future telescopes to find many more massive black holes lurking in the cores of distant galaxies.

runner

Campus & community

Wellness? There’s a new Cal Rec Sports app for that

bacteria

Mind & body

Endowing cells with a magnetic personality

nano high lecture

Campus & community

Nano-High: Feb. 2 talk aimed at local high school students

SIRT3 protein

Discovery opens the door to a potential ‘molecular fountain of youth’

Sather Gate

Plagiarism investigation exonerates Terrence Deacon

Research News Briefs

dog

Spring 2013 coming attractions: Chinese rock ‘n roll, The Secret Garden, your Canis familiaris

Showalter

A head for business, heart in ‘Great Gig in the Sky’

Alice Agogino

The making of a ‘lifetime mentor award’ winner

UCPD

UCPD launches special-duty unit

sleep

Poor sleep in old age prevents the brain from storing memories

Chancellor Birgeneau

Chancellor to lead American Academy’s new Lincoln Project

Playwright/alum Stan Lai to discuss creativity, theater

Sahel

Public Health’s Potts: Educating women is the way to fight terrorism in the Sahel

redwoods

100 pitch in to reforest a bare hillside near Lawrence Hall