Federal Farm Bill funds research and marketing programs
By: Kerry Kirkham, Wines & Vines
Matteo Garbelotto as Scientific Advisor to the EFSA
Matteo Garbelotto has been appointed as a Scientific Advisor to the European Food Safety Authority
ESPM's graduate program ranked among the best by National Research Council Study
The National Research Council (NRC) has just released detailed rankings of doctoral programs at research universities.
PMB's graduate programs ranked among the best by National Research Council Study
The National Research Council (NRC) has just released detailed rankings of doctoral programs at research universities.
Professor Daniel Zilberman Wins $2.1 Million NSF Grant
Professor Daniel Zilberman of Plant & Microbial Biology has won a $2.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study how to develop new technologies that will increase crop yields, directly addressing the problem of hunger in our society.
ARE ranked among the best in the nation in the National Research Council Study
The National Research Council released its rankings of graduate education programs and for the first time agricultural and resource economics was a field of study ranked in the survey.
CNR's graduate programs ranked among the best in the nation by National Research Council study
The National Research Council (NRC) has just released detailed rankings of doctoral programs at research universities.
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
On September 17, 2010, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint several individuals as Members of the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science of which CNR Professor Inez Fung has a designated place.
The Philomathia Symposium at Berkeley
Sponsored by the Philomathia Foundation and hosted by the University of California, Berkeley, the event, which is free upon registration, will be held at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in downtown Berkeley and will feature presentations on cutting-edge developments in four key energy-related areas: supply, demand, policy and environment.
CNR Student Co-manages Recycling Program
The Exchange is the virtual face of the campus's ReUSE program, which hosts material-exchange stations in academic buildings and residential halls that student-volunteers keep stocked with office supplies and other materials.
California's climate change policy is topic of conference
A conference sponsored by the University of California Giannini Foundation and UC Agricultural Issues Center will pick apart California’s climate change policies as expressed in a state law called AB 32 scheduled for Oct. 4 at the California Museum, 1020 O Street, in Sacramento.
Every year one million acres of farmland are lost to development
Film The Last Crop tells a personal tale of a family caught in the middle of a delicate interplay between urban and agricultural space in California’s Central Valley. The evening will consist of a 20 minute screening of the film followed by a panel discussion.
PMB Scientist receive corn biofuel grant
Two UC Berkeley scientists have been awarded a 3-year grant to study how to develop strains of corn that use the leaves and stems of the plant in biofuel production.
Billionaire funding climate change study on trees
By: Ken Miguel, KGO-ABC 7
Photo by: Christopher Schroeer-Heiermann
Photo by: Christopher Schroeer-Heiermann
Listening to Earth breathe through 500 towers
Provided by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Photo by: Dennis Baldocchi
Photo by: Dennis Baldocchi
Unusual Suspects: Resurgence, resilience and regeneration in the face of Climate Change
Join us in a conversation with community leaders about the experiences of their communities, as they propose and implement novel climate change interventions
Greening the Greeks at UC Berkeley
A frat house recycling program instituted earlier this semester by a pair of ambitious sorority sisters has put a dent in the load of cans, bottles, and cardboard that Cal's fraternities send to the dump every week.
Professor Receives Prestigious Young Investigator Award
Stephanie M. Carlson, assistant professor of environmental science, policy, and management, is among this year’s recipients of the American Society of Naturalists’ Young Investigator Award
Will a 30-Percent Incentive on Fruits and Vegetables Lead to Healthier Eating?
Source: Abt Associates