ARE grad student Andrew Stevens and alum Sergio Núñez De Arco (B.S. '95) are featured on Eat This podcast on quinoa, the trendy Andean superfood. Stevens' research focuses on the effect of quinoa price increases on people of the Puno region of Peru. Núñez De Arco is the largest importer of quinoa into the US, and sees quinoa as a method of helping Bolivian farmers out of poverty
Oakland North (Graduate School of Journalism) | April 13, 2016
ERG grad student Ian Bolliger is featured in this Oakland North article on tiny houses. Bolliger's project Tiny House in my Backyard (THIMBY) is a showcase of efficient low-cost design, with a footprint about the size of two parking spaces. The article discusses where tiny houses such as the THIMBY project currently fit into CA's housing codes.
UC Newsroom | April 12, 2016
ESPM alum Hamutahl Cohen (B.S. '11) is featured by UC Newsroom for her work with the Student Organic Garden Association. She has delved into issues around food access for her Global Food Initiative fellowship and is researching bee microbiomes as a graduate student at UC Santa Cruz.
New York Times | April 11, 2016
CNR researchers (ESPM professors Jillian Banfield and Ron Amundson, ESPM grad student Kari Finstad (B.A. '09), PMB grad students Alex Hernsdorf and Chris Brown) are featured in the New York Times for their new research that unveiles a new tree of life. Their research redraws the tree originally conceived in the 1970s to account for over 1000 new types of bacteria and Archae that have been discovered over the past 15 years.
The Desert Sun | April 07, 2016
ESPM professor Steve Beissinger was interviewed by The Desert Sun on the impacts of climate change, especially in light of the upcoming elections. Beissinger noted that the impacts of climate change could cause many species to go extinct as the climate is likely to change more quickly than species can adapt.
Daily Californian | April 05, 2016
UC Berkeley was crowned champion of the 2016 Thomson Reuters Metrics Mania tournament , which uses the NCAA March Madness bracket to determine the most influential research producer. ESPM professor George Roderick noted that Berkeley research "benefits not only the researchers but also undergraduates and society as a whole."
USDA Forest Service | April 05, 2016
ESPM undergrad Elisha Flores is one of 5 UC students selected for the Research Assistantship Program, which benefits Native American students interested in becoming wildlife biologists. Flores will be mentored by Serra Hoagland of the Forest Service's Eastern Forest Environmental Threat Assessment Cetner, assessing wildfire risk in Mexican spotted owl territores on Tribal lands.
New York Times | April 05, 2016
ERG doctoral student Nathaniel Aden (M.S. '11) is featured in the New York Times for his research on the decoupling of economic growth and carbon emissions. Aden notes that his research suggests that "countries can sever the historic link between economic growth and greenhouse gas emissions."
The Desert Sun | April 04, 2016
ERG professor emeritus John Holdren comments on regional water supply usage at the White House Water Summit. Holdren pointed out that many parts of the wolrd are drawing heavily on groundwater, leading to declining aquifers.