Gamelan — a type of percussive music from Java or Bali — is one of the Music Department’s most popular courses, consistently attracting more than 100 students for about 60 spots. A performance will be held May 4.
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Gamelan Instruments and Courses Attract an Audience
Experts Urge Creation of Earthquake Early Warning System
Following a summit at UC Berkeley, leading West Coast seismologists, including Associate Professor Richard Allen, recommended at a news conference the establishment of an earthquake early warning system in California, Oregon and Washington.
Mark Schlissel Named Provost of Brown University
Mark Schlissel, dean of L&S's Biological Sciences Division, will become provost of Brown University starting July 1. Schlissel joined the UC Berkeley faculty in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology in 1999. He was appointed dean of Biological Sciences in July 2008.
New Technique Reveals How Glaciers Sculpted Their Valleys
Scientits from UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Geochronology Center have employed a clever technique to reconstruct the landform history of a glacial valley in New Zealand going back some 2.5 million years ago. How glaciers changed such landscapes has been a long-standing mystery.
New Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows
With research experience ranging from verdant France to the archives of Brazil’s political police, four talented postdoctoral scholars with international experience are teaching at Berkeley as 2010-2012 Mellon Postdoctoral Fellows.
Pulling an All-nighter Can Bring on Euphoria, Risky Behavior
A sleepless night can make us cranky and moody. But a lesser known side effect of sleep deprivation is short-term euphoria, which can potentially lead to poor judgment and addictive behavior, according to new research from UC Berkeley.
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