Video: ELP participants discuss environmental problems and solutions (Part I)

August 31, 2007
Alifah Sri Lastari, a participant in the 2007 Beahrs Environmental Program, discusses her work on projects to provide clean water to Indonesian villages and to reduce that country's illegal logging activity, as well as how the UC Berkeley summer prog

Prof. Gordon Rausser will serve as editor of the new Annual Review journal in resource economics

August 20, 2007
Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Gordon Rausser has been selected as editor of The Annual Review of Resource Economics for 2007-2011.

Campus announces formation of search committee for CNR's new dean

August 14, 2007
The Office of the Chancellor has announced the formation of the committee that will search and make recommendations for a new dean of the College of Natural Resources.

What you can do to fight global warming and spark a movement

August 08, 2007

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?"

Recent CNR Grad Chosen for CDC Fellowship

August 06, 2007
Sankar Sridaran just graduated from CNR in May, but he is already setting out to make a difference in the world.

Remembering Nathaniel Gerhart

August 04, 2007
On August 3, 2007, graduate student Nathaniel Gerhart died in a fatal accident while conducting fieldwork in Indonesia. He was 32.

ARE Faculty and Alumni Receive Honors

August 02, 2007
Several CNR faculty and alumni from the department of Agriculture and Resource Economics were honored with awards from the American Agricultural Economics Association at that group's 2007 annual meeting in July.

China's Chance to Lead

August 01, 2007

This op-ed, by Assistant Professor Max Auffhammer and UCSD economist Richard Carson, originally appeared in the Washington Post on August 2, 2007.

Preventing obesity: What <i>should</i> we eat?

July 20, 2007
Reports in the press related to diet and nutrition are often conflicting -- and can easily confuse than clarify the issue of what people should eat to prevent obesity.

Teaming up helps bring down childhood overweight

July 20, 2007

From California Agriculture

Maggi Kelly to be inducted into the California Hall of Fame

July 19, 2007

Nina "Maggi" Kelly, along with eight other former Cal student-athletes, has been selected for induction into the California Athletic Hall of Fame.

VIDEO: Claire Kremen and Gordon Frankie on <i>Better Bees</i>

July 16, 2007
California farmers depend on bees to pollinate the state's multi-million dollar fruit and nut crops, but last season thousands of bee colonies disappeared around the country.

Winickoff Selected as Greenwall Faculty Scholar

June 28, 2007
David Winickoff, assistant professor of bioethics and society, has been selected to be a Greenwall Faculty Scholar in Bioethics after an extensive process of reviews and interviews.

Carolyn Merchant Awarded Berkeley Research Futures Grant

June 28, 2007
Professor Carolyn Merchant from the department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management has been awarded the spring 2007 Berkeley Research Futures Grant.

PMB and ESPM Postdocs Named Miller Fellows

June 28, 2007
Two CNR postdoctoral students have been named Miller Research Fellows for 2007.

Executive Associate Dean, Departmental Leadership Announced

June 19, 2007
Prof. Steve Welter

Commencement address by Dr. Florence Wambugu, CEO, Africa Harvest

May 20, 2007

Graduation day is a significant and memorable event in one's life time. It marks a transition from one phase of life to another. 

Nancy Amy, Kathleen Ryan honored with College Distinguished Teaching Award

May 17, 2007
Two of CNR's finest teachers -- one known for teaching the largest lecture on campus, the other for recently creating one of Berkeley's most intimate courses -- have been named the recipients of the College of Natural Resources 2007 Distinguished Tea

J. Keith Gilless named Interim Dean

May 17, 2007

Professor J. Keith Gilless has been appointed interim dean of the College of Natural Resources effective July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. 

University Medal Finalist Betty Sousa

May 07, 2007

This year, CNR student Betty Sousa was one of four finalists for the University Medal. 

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