Until as recently as the 1970s, many American cities had so-called “ugly laws” on the books, making it illegal for a person with "unsightly" disabilities to “expose himself to public view.” English Professor Susan Schweik explores these laws in "The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public."
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Book Exposes Now-Defunct "Ugly Laws" Against the Disabled
New Center to Open New Front in War on Cancer
The National Cancer Institute has awarded UC Berkeley $15.7 million over five years to help physical scientists and engineers bring new perspectives to the mechanisms of cancer. Biophysicist Jan Liphardt, an associate professor of physics, is the principal investigator.
Oliver Williamson Wins Nobel Prize for Economics
UC Berkeley's Oliver Williamson, an expert in anti-trust, deregulation and transaction cost economics, was named a co-winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. This is the 21st Nobel Prize for Berkeley and the 14th for faculty in the College of Letters and Science.
Nobel Prize Recipients Have UC Berkeley Ties
The bulk of the work for which Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and John Szostak won this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine took place at UC Berkeley, when Blackburn was a professor of molecular and cell biology and Greider was her graduate student.
Scientists Unearth Oldest and Bipedal Hominid Skeleton
At 4.4 million years old, Ardipithecus ramidus is more than one million years older than Lucy, the most famous early hominid skeleton ever found. On Oct. 1 an international team of scientists, including Berkeley's Tim White, announced their reconstruction of this oldest hominid skeleton, which may revolutionize our understanding of human evolution.
Service Learning Gives Berkeley Students a Sense of Purpose
Many departments at Berkeley encourage or expect students to work outside the classroom — whether teaching archaeological methodologies to sixth graders or working with refugees fleeing persecution — as part of a tradition with deep roots at Cal: service learning.
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