Google, Apple, Amazon, Uber: companies like these have come to embody innovation, efficiency, and success. How often is the environmental movement characterized in the same terms?
Past Events
For a schedule of all our events, seminars, and lectures visit our calendar.
MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR: Christopher Emerling "Archelosaurian color vision, parietal eye loss and the crocodilian nocturnal bottleneck", Aug 31
MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects.
MVZ INFO SESSION: Undergrad and Volunteer Opportunities in the MVZ, Aug 29
Learn about the MVZ Undergrad and Volunteer Program including URAP, for-credit, work-study, and volunteer positions in our research facilities.
A New Frontier for Communicating Science: Social Media, Aug 26
Learn how social media channels can positively engage scientific communities and the public.
Plant and Microbial Biology Special PGEC Seminar
Dr. Steve Whitham's research focuses on soybean defense gene networks, plant-virus interactions, and soybean-soybean rust interactions.
Vigil for Nicolas Leslie, Jul 18
A memorial vigil will be held on Sproul Plaza to honor UC Berkeley student Nicolas Leslie and the others who lost their lives alongside him in the terrorist attack in Nice.
Data visualization workshop, Jul 7
A well-designed figure can have a huge impact on the communication of research results. This workshop will introduce key principles and resources for visualizing data:
Research-to-Policy Faculty Training, Jun 20
This training is open to UC Berkeley faculty, lecturers, research staff, and postdoctoral fellows.
Plant Genome Engineering Symposium (PGES), May 31
UC Berkeley’s first ever Plant Genome Engineering Symposium (PGES) will focus on potential for genetic engineering and modification in plant systems.
California Climate Change Scoping Plan: The Role of Agriculture, May 26
The UC Center Food and Agriculture Series is a three week series explores solutions to issues of food security, health and sustainability.