By Jefferson Graham, USA Today
When University of California-Berkeley professor Dara O'Rourke started GoodGuide, a website for seeking out green products, the iPhone hadn't been invented yet.
GoodGuide app helps navigate green products
State EPA Chief to Keynote ESPM Gradfest
From climate change to zebra genes, the 192 graduate students in Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) cover it all. At their annual research symposium this Friday, May 6, dubbed “Gradfest,” fifteen Ph.D. graduates will present the results of years of intense work completed over Ramen noodles and Yali’s coffee.
Two CNR Faculty Elected to NAS
Two CNR faculty members were elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to a May 3 announcement Tuesday from the academy.
ESPM Faculty Garner Awards, Honors
Three faculty members from the Department of Environment Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) recently earned notable awards and honors.
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Goldman Environmental Prize Goes to ELP Alumnus
The Goldman Environmental Prize was awarded to Prigi Arisandi for his river restoration work in Indonesia, it was announced Monday, April 11 in San Francisco. Both Arisandi and his wife Daru Rini, who is the program manager of their conservation organization, are graduates of the College of Natural Resource's BEAHR's program.
States: Playing to Clean Energy Strengths
In the absence of clear federal leadership, a lively and varied innovation landscape has taken shape across the country. Beyond the usual suspects like California, Oregon, Massachusetts and Washington state, Midwestern states – blue, red and purple – have used state funds and incentives and recent federal stimulus money to build on local strengths and become leaders in things like electricity generation and cutting-edge research.
Britt Glaunsinger honored with Two Awards
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology Assistant Professor Britt Glaunsinger recently received two prestigious awards recognizing her outstanding contributions in research, teaching and service.
PMB Graduate Students Score NSF Grant Awards
Plant & Microbial Biology graduate students continue to do well in securing National Science Foundation Grant Awards.
SF Presidio tree infected with sudden oak death
Scientists have discovered an oak tree in the Presidio with the tree-killing disease known as sudden oak death, only the second time the fast-spreading pathogen has been found in San Francisco.
Partnership to advance understanding of personal genomic variation
By Robert Sanders, Media Relations, UC Berkeley
Unearthing California: Berkeley researchers are uncovering how the land looked when the Spaniards stumbled upon it.
Read about how California’s Ohlone tribes worked with their living landscape.
Japan's Nuclear Disaster Raises Concerns About Contamination of the Global Food Chain
By: William Lajeunesse, FoxNews
Green chemistry conference highlights UC Berkeley's unique approach
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley Media Relations
The chemical industry is going “green” in a big way, marketing products as more sustainably produced, less toxic and recyclable.
Look to overweight, not overseas, for source of U.S. health problems, says surgeon general
U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin came to Berkeley’s Alumni House Thursday to deliver her “vision of a healthy and fit nation.”