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Cal Teach Graduates First Credentialed Teacher

Half a year after Cal Teach was approved by the state to offer a  math and science teacher credential program, Stephanie Morgado became the first student to graduate from UC Berkeley with a teaching credential through this program. Morgado is now a full-time teacher in Vallejo.

Humanities in the World Around Us

The Townsend Center for the Humanities invites some of the world’s leading scholars and artists to Berkeley as part of its Forum on the Humanities and the Public World in an effort to show the ways  in which the humanities are connected to life inside and outside the University.

Nuclear Experts Say U.S. Safe from Japan Radiation

Radiation from a tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant in Japan does not pose a public safety risk to people outside of the disaster area, UC Berkeley nuclear engineers told an overflow audience of about 100 people at the Institute for East Asian Studies on Wednesday (March 16).

Jillian Banfield Profiled in L’Oréal-UNESCO Video

Jillian Banfield, UC Berkeley professor of earth and planetary science, was one of five women honored on March 3 at the 13th Annual L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards ceremony in Paris. The festivities included the showing of a video interview with Banfield.

Berkeley Professor Calls for Better Earthquake Preparedness

In a column in Scientific American magazine, Richard Allan, a Berkeley seismologist and professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Science, calls on Americans to follow Japan's lead and build a more earthquake resilient society, including instituting public warning systems.

As We Sleep, Brain Waves Boost Our Ability to Learn

A new Berkeley study suggests we’re busy recharging our brain’s learning capacity during the many hours we spend in light, dreamless slumber. Evidence shows that bursts of brain waves known as “sleep spindles” may be networking between key regions of the brain to clear a path to learning.

 

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