31 March 2011
Beyond Wine and Chocolate
By: Sarah Henry, UC Berkeley Alumni News
Photo by:Anne Hamersky
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Posted by Pinar Aybar at 5:46
07 January 2011
2011 ASPRS Fellow Award Winners
Paul D. Brooks and Kass Green have been named the 2011 ASPRS Fellow Award winners. The ASPRS designation of Fellow is conferred on active Society members who have performed excepÂtional service in advancing the science and use of the mapping sciences (photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying, geographic information systems, and related disciplines).
The designation of Fellow is awarded for proÂfessional excellence and for service to the Society. Candidates are nominated by other active members, recommended to the Fellows Committee, and elected by the ASPRS Board of Directors. Up to 0.3 percent of the Society’s active members may be elected as Fellows in any one year. The nominees must have made outstanding contributions in a recognized Society specialization whether in practice, research, development, administration, or education in the mapping sciences. Members of the Fellows Committee and the Executive Committee are ineligible for nomination.
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Posted by Pinar Aybar at 5:55
29 September 2010
BEAN Environmental Career Panel
Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN) Environmental Career Panel, Oct. 2009. 80 students, 8 UCB alumni environmental professionals:
Christian Cermelli
Principal/ Co-founder, Marine Innovation & Technology
M.S. Naval Architecture & Offshore Engineering
PhD Naval Architecture & Offshore Engineering
David Hammond
Principal/ Co-founder, GO2 Water
M.S. Energy & Resources Group
Ph.D. Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry
Nick Harris
Co-founder/ Energy Analyst, Energy Beyond Design
B.S. Environmental Sciences
Tegan Churcher Hoffman
Principal/ Founder, T.C. Hoffmann & Associates, LLC
BS Conservation & Resource Studies
M.S. and PhD Geography
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Posted by Pinar Aybar at 2:25
06 August 2010
CRS Alum trains for the Olympics
May 2010 CRS Alum Shay Seager is determined to push herself to the top. She is currently training to compete in the upcoming Olympics in rowing and is planning to apply to medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Her ultimate goal is to work in the sports medicine field, combining her two passions of athletics and science. She hopes to find a way to help athletes heal faster from support related injuries.
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Posted by Pinar Aybar at 5:23
13 May 2010
In Memoriam: ARE Alum David Edward Buschena
Last week I lost a dear friend, collaborator, and one of our most beloved alumni as Dave Buschena past away after a valiant struggle with cancer. I first heard about Dave when his professor at University of Minnesota and our alumni, Claudia Parliament, called me to recommend him for our graduate program. She described Dave as “super bright, hard working, and a really nice guy that really cares about agriculture and the world.†This was an apt description. Dave took my first year class and even though he lacked in mathematical training, he caught on really fast and was one of the best students. I was teaching risk at the time and he would always approach me after class to ask me questions about risk management and what the theory implies for trading and farming. Many times I didn’t understand his questions and in most cases I couldn’t answer what he asked. It was clear to me that I was teaching risk, but he was managing risk. And indeed he was a practitioner of risk management, and he was a wonderful advisor to people who were interested in agricultural risk management.
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Posted by Eva St. Clair at 6:00
25 May 2004
Recent ESPM Grad Receives Food and Society Policy Fellowship
by Rob Myers
COLUMBIA, MO--Joshua Miner, a Food Systems Analyst with University of California Cooperative Extension, Alameda County, was recently selected as a recipient of the Food and Society Policy fellowship.
With primary support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, this national program of professional fellowships allows food and agriculture experts to improve communications about food, diet, and health issues pertaining to youth.
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Posted by Eva St. Clair at 9:35
19 November 2009
CNR Entomology Alums Honored by Cal Academy
Maurice and Catherine Tauber, alumni of the doctoral program in Entomology at CNR, have been elected honorary fellows of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco.
Maurice and Catherine met in the 1960s as graduate students, receiving their doctorates in 1967 and 1968 respectively. They went on to enjoy a long and successful partnership studying insect seasonality, evolutionary biology and speciation, biological control, and systematics at Cornell.
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Posted by Eva St. Clair at 2:12
30 September 2005
Networking 101: Students mix with alumni in environmental fields
Networking events can really help students with their career choices, and those who attended the Environmental Alumni & Students Mixer on Sept. 30 certainly got their share of information and resources.
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Posted by Eva St. Clair at 0:29
30 September 2005
Environmental Students and Alumni Mixer: 9/30/05
Friday, Sept. 30, 2005
5:00-7:00 PM
114 Morgan Hall (Lounge & Patio)
All students and alumni invited for some fun and information!
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Posted by Eva St. Clair at 9:40
13 October 2009
Alum's Project is a Finalist for the BBC World Challenge
Andaman Discoveries, a non-profit organization founded by CNR alumnus Bodhi Garrett, is among twelve finalists in the 2009 BBC World Challenge. The BBC World Challenge recognizes "innovative business projects that increase investment into the local community and take a responsible approach to the environment in which they are operating." Andaman Discoveries was chosen by a jury of high-level executives from Shell, BBC World, the World Bank, IUCN, and Newsweek. The World Challenge winner, selected from among the twelve finalists by BBC viewers and readers via online voting, receives a $20,000 grant.
"Our connection to the villages comes from rebuilding our lives together, and our projects focus on the big picture, empowering people to define their own future. This means that, along with responsible tourism, we also support scholarships for 120 kids, reforestation, [and] a community development network," says Garrett.
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Posted by Eva St. Clair at 1:33
09 September 2009
ESPM Grad Named State Director for Rural Development
A recent graduate of the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management has been named State Director for Rural Development by the Obama administration.
Dr. Glenda Humiston recently finished her doctoral degree in the Division of Society and Environment. Her dissertation was entitled "Sustainable Agriculture as U.S. Farm Policy: Opportunities and Threats to Reform."
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Posted by Eva St. Clair at 1:10
02 September 2009
Homecoming at CNR 2009
Come back to Cal on October 2-4! You can register online and then check out who's coming.
Be sure to check out these fascinating lectures by CNR professors:
Friday, October 2
"Evolutionary Biology of Fungi: Human Pathogens"
John Taylor, Professor of Plant and Microbial Biology
9:30-10:30 am
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
Some fungi specialize as parasites of animals, including humans. Two such species, Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii, cause valley fever, a potentially fatal flu-like illness that mostly affects rural residents in the Southwest. This seminar will focus on how we have found genes that show evidence of natural selection and might be important to preventing or treating the disease.
"The Buzz on Bees: Why We Need Them for Our Health"
Claire Kremen, Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
Bechtel Engineering Center Sibley Auditorium
2:00 - 3:00 pm
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Posted by Eva St. Clair at 1:58
05 February 2009
Jim Bundschu on the dawn of California's wine revolution
Wine from the Sonoma Valley wasn't always so glamorous. Jim Bundschu recalls his dad hanging out at the kitchen table with California Burgundy jug pioneer August Sebastiani, playing the card game Pedro in the early 1960s. "They'd be drinking wine out of peanut butter jars while my mom made slumgulleon," says Bundschu, who oversees the vineyards of the Gundlach Bundschu estate in the hilly Carneros region of Sonoma. But in 1966, with a stiff new diploma in agricultural economics, Bundschu recognized the potential, maybe not for glamour, but certainly to create something extraordinary.
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Posted by Cyril at 2:08
05 September 2008
Michael Rodriguez, MD, tackles health care disparities
When Michael Rodriguez replied to an ad for undergraduate research subjects, he had no idea it would be the beginning of his career as a medical researcher and physician. His intent had been to be a guinea pig, but Sharon Fleming, professor of nutritional sciences and toxicology, suggested he come aboard as a researcher instead. Rodriguez agreed to the higher-paying gig and went to work studying the effects of fiber on the digestive system. He ended up as a co-author on the resulting research paper. "I probably wouldn't be here without her," Rodriguez says.
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Posted by Cyril at 2:04
05 August 2008
Claude Wagner: A Life Outdoors
At 97 years old, Claude Wagner still sings the forestry summer-camp song from memory: "A doc or law I'm not going to be, I'm going to study forestry." A 1933 graduate of the School of Forestry, Wagner stuck to the song's promise and joined the Forest Service-about what you'd expect from someone whose favorite course was silviculture (the art and practice of forestry management).
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Posted by Cyril at 2:01
26 May 2009
Tasting Room: Talley Vineyards
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Talley Vineyards, a family-run winemaker where growing is overseen by CNR alum Brian Talley (Political Economy of Natural Resources '88), seems to have captured the essence of wine country and brought it to San Luis Obispo County.
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Posted by Cyril at 5:16
26 May 2009
The Tastemaker
CNR Advisory Board member and Cal alum John Scharffenberger, says a profile article in Inc. magazine, has played a crucial part of the gourmeting of America. He got his start making fine chocolate and now he plans to create an American version of Iberian ham.
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Posted by Cyril at 5:11
21 April 2009
ELP Alumna wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Working to reduce the impact of Bangladesh’s exploitative and environmentally-devastating ship breaking industry, leading environmental attorney Syeda Rizwana Hasan spearheaded a legal battle resulting in increased government regulation and heightened public awareness about the dangers of ship breaking.
Hasan is a 2003 alumna of CNR's renowned Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program, which provides mid-career professionals and policymakers from around the globe with an opportunity to interact with UC Berkeley faculty engaged in up-to-date research and policy analysis on sustainable environmental management.
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Posted by Cyril at 3:27
24 September 2008
Ushering out tree-sitters, forestry alum ushers in a new era in Humboldt County
CNR Forestry alumnus Mike Jani has had a big transition on his hands this summer as the Mendocino Redwood Company took possession of the holdings of the bankrupt Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO) in Humboldt County, Calif. Jani is president and chief forester of Mendocino Redwood and its new subsidiary, Humboldt Redwood Company.
Among the issues handed over by PALCO were the last two tree-sitters living in the giant redwoods of Nanning Creek grove. The activists were part of a 20-year battle to protect old-growth redwood giants from PALCO's aggressive harvesting practices.
As reported by the Associated Press, the protesters agreed to come down after Jani hiked into the woods to meet the tree-sitters.
"I went out, looked at the trees, looked at the stand of trees that were around them and I explained to them that under our policy, we would not be cutting those trees," said Jani, a 35-year veteran of logging companies.
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Posted by Cyril at 1:21
15 February 2008
After the Wave
After the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman tsunami, hundred of thousands of survivors struggled to put their lives back together. "After The Wave" looks into the lives of villagers in Phang Nga province in Thailand, almost three years after the tsunami. The documentary also focuses on the efforts of a grassroots non-profit organization led by CNR alumnus Bodhi Garrett, which has helped the local population move forward in practical ways to rebuild their local communities.
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Posted by Cyril at 8:05
07 February 2008
In the Sierra, A Modern Audubon Stalks Skinks & Bugs
Alumnus John Muir Laws, CRS '89, featured in The Washington Post:
He took his first hike into the Sierra Nevada, the landscape of his obsession, while still in the womb. His parents named him John Muir Laws. He once spent a week searching for a single perfect orchid to paint. He says, "I am constantly amazed by things." Such as? "The diversity of chipmunks." He is not joking. He cares about newts. If asked, he does an excellent imitation of a startled vole. He has opinions about beetles.
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Posted by Cyril at 5:36
25 September 2007
Opinion: Thinning trees helps environment
By Bill Dennison, Cal Forestry alum & past president of the California Forestry Association
The U.S. Forest Service recently became the first federal agency to register with the California Climate Action Registry, a first step to track greenhouse gas emissions attributable to global climate change from U.S. Forest Service operations.
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Posted by Cyril at 3:59
08 August 2007
What you can do to fight global warming and spark a movement
A new book co-edited by a CNR alumna attempts to answer a question familiar to anyone concerned with climate change:
"What can I do?"
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Posted by Stephanie Ludwig at 1:34
19 July 2007
Maggi Kelly to be inducted into the California Hall of Fame
Nina "Maggi" Kelly, along with eight other former Cal student-athletes, has been selected for induction into the California Athletic Hall of Fame.
Kelly is an associate specialist in Cooperative Extension, adjunct associate professor of ecosystem sciences, and director for the Geospatial Imaging & Informatics Facility.
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Posted by Cyril at 5:45
28 August 2006
High-elevation studies look at climate change in the Sierra
From the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle:
Some of the world's best evidence of global warming was buried under 18 feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada last winter, and [UC Berkeley Forestry alumna] Connie Millar was determined to dig it out.Millar, a veteran field scientist for the U.S. Forest Service, sweated uphill with three colleagues on a July morning, headed deep into Lundy Canyon, just north of Mono Lake, one of the few access points to the Sierra crest along its rugged eastern flank....
This story also quotes Forestry alumnus Bob Coats.
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Posted by Cyril at 8:31
03 August 2006
Performing high-altitude research on global warming
From the SF Chronicle's science writer Carl Hall, featuring CNR alumnae Ann Dennis and Connie Millar:
Stately corpses of bristlecone pine trees, some dead for 2,000 years but still refusing to lie down, stood watch last week as botanist Ann Dennis and a crew of naturalists stepped off plots on the shoulders of 14,246-foot White Mountain Peak near the Nevada border.
Working more than 10,000 feet above the sunbaked floor of the Owens Valley, the scientists were transforming one of California's highest mountaintops into a living laboratory of climate change.
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