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A
series of recent recommendations and studies have created confusion about
the value of mammography as a way of saving women's
lives. In its February
2010 issue, the UC Berkeley Wellness Letter revisits
the benefits and shortcomings of a controversial technology.
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"If only I had…" Almost everyone has said those
four words at some time. Rather than intensifying regret, '"what
if"
reflection about pivotal moments in the past helps people to weave
a coherent life story, and fosters their organizational commitment,
scholars say. More >
Public
trust for scientific elites has declined, even as science and technology
have assume larger roles in our daily lives, notes Associate Professor
Cathryn Carson. The physicist-turned-historian studies the evolving interplay
between scientists, government, and the public, through controversies
such as the proposal to bury nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. More >
In a seminar
provocatively titled "Anti-Medical School," Berkeley bioengineering
grad students sit down with UCSF physicians to learn about unsolved clinical
problems in need of engineering solutions. The goal: to encourage students
to take on these real-world challenges as part of their master's
or doctoral research. More >
Bay Area philanthropist Evelyn D. Haas, who, along with her family,
was a longtime supporter of UC Berkeley, has died at age 92. She was
the co-founder of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund in San Francisco. More >
Despite a budget shortfall, hiring freeze, and higher fees, the Berkeley
campus continues to attract more and higher quality graduate students,
according to new data from the campus's Graduate Division. More >
The UC Berkeley and UCLA public health schools are working on some
of California's biggest health issues: obesity, environmental health,
and disaster preparedness. UC is also California's primary educator of
public health graduate students. More >
The
Berkeley campus's former vice chancellor for administration is looking
ahead to a new, full-time role as UC's executive vice president for business
operations. In his new role he hopes to work directly, he says, on developing
"some solid and sustainable funding models" for the UC system.
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Pyrethroids, among the most widely-used home pesticides, are winding
up in California rivers at levels toxic to some stream-dwellers, possibly
endangering the food supply of fish and other aquatic animals, according
to researchers at UC Berkeley
and Southern Illinois University. More >
About
100 climate-change experts gathered at Berkeley Thursday for "Beyond
Copenhagen: Forging a Global Response to Climate Change." The conference
focused on what happened (and didn't happen) at the global climate talks
in Copenhagen, and on the future of negotiations over global warming. More >
Scientists
at UC Berkeley have created smart nanoprobes that may one day be used
in the battle against cancer to selectively seek out and destroy tumor
cells, as well as report back on the mission's status. The research team
created multi-functioning probes, which they have dubbed nanocorals. More >
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UC Budget Central
Campus acts to address major budget challenges
Flu on campus
A
team of researchers from Switzerland, California, and Spain have
found that particulates from auto exhaust can lead to the thickening
of artery walls.
Their findings are reported in the journal PLoS ONE.
W.Golf: #10
California finished first round at Nothrop Grumman Invitational
A
decade of UCTV: Celebrating its 10th anniversary, UCTV
spotlights videos from 
Newts
in the Garden
