Monthly Archives: October 2014

Arts & culture

Love and loss drive campus ‘Day of the Dead’ art show - Photos

Jason Thomason claims no Mexican heritage. But since several of his friends died young from hard living, he has found solace in the Day of the Dead, which comes on the heels of Halloween. The art practice student has curated a Dia de los Muertos exhibit for his senior class project in Kroeber Hall.

Research

Creating the coldest cubic meter in the universe

Campus & community

Julia Morgan Hall’s new UC Botanical Garden party place

Campus & community

Berkeley Global Campus: a new, bolder vision for Richmond Bay

Campus statement on commencement speaker

How a cardiac surgeon became ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’ - Video

Physicist Marvin Cohen receives highest honor from Materials Research Society

Hell-bent on getting out the vote

Arsenic in drinking water linked to 50 percent drop in breast cancer deaths

Mavis Staples reflects on activism and music, past and present

The skinny on soda taxes, in under 3 minutes - Video

Cal Dining goes local for Food Day - Photos

Latest NCAA data show improvements in grad rates

Berkeley ranks 3rd among US News’ 2015 ‘Best Global Universities’

How Brittany Maynard decided to ‘go with dignity’ — and to go public

AC Transit, BART seek campus views on transit