On Saturday, April 17, UC Berkeley puts out the welcome mat for a day like no other, and the College of Letters and Science will be part of this special event with two presentations about opportunities in L&S and peer advising.
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L&S Events at Cal Open House
Giggles Give Clues to Hyena's Social Status
The giggle call of the "laughing," hyena tells other hyenas its social status, according to a new UC Berkeley study. These calls also convey information about age — the pitch goes down as the hyena gets older — and identity of each individual animal.
Fighting Nazism with the Printed Word
A new exhibit of Dutch clandestine art and literature showcases pamphlets, books and artwork from a Bancroft Library special collection, one of the largest of its kind in the world. According to the chair of Berkeley's Dutch Studies program, some 700 people lost their lives to bring these works into being.
Hubble Project to Document Galaxy Evolution in Early Universe
The Hubble Space Telescope will devote an unprecedented amount of time over the next few years to documenting galaxy evolution in the early universe and to studying whether distant supernovae can be extremely reliable measures of distance across vast regions of the cosmos.
Study Validates General Relativity, Existence of Dark Matter
An analysis of more than 70,000 galaxies by physicists from UC Berkeley and other universities demonstrates that the universe – at least up to a distance of 3.5 billion light years from Earth – plays by the rules set out 95 years ago by Albert Einstein in his General Theory of Relativity.
Alvarez Was Right About Demise of Dinosaurs
It's been 30 years since UC Berkeley's Walter Alvarez theorized that a monstrous asteroid slammed into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula 65 million years ago, dooming half the life on Earth. Others, however, offered competing theories. Now, an international team of scientists says Alvarez was right.
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