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...other award winners: Dee Boersma, a marine biologist at the University of Washington who found that the effects of climate change force penguins in Antarctica to swim 25 extra miles for food, putting them in greater danger of extinction. Ashok Gadgil, an environmental engineer at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, won for inventing simple, inexpensive water-purification systems and stoves for use in the developing world. Kirk Smith, a scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, was recognized for his work connecting indoor air pollution - mostly from cooking - to the premature death of women and children in developing countries...
...instead have the ability to get people together who truly enjoy science in a fun way, different from what you would normally expect,” Valente said. Before working at Harvard, Engert was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, San Diego, and University of California, Berkeley, studying tadpole sensory processing. “Professor Engert is a scientist of remarkable scope, having made important contributions to two distinct fields, visual system development and motor system function,” said Earth and Planetary Sciences Chair Jeremy Bloxham in a press release. “A highly creative...
...Opening Ceremony in New York, the owners' idiosyncratic, personal touch has also proved recession-friendly. In their SoHo boutique, Berkeley grads Umberto Leon and Carol Lim collaborate with designers to offer the truly unique. This fall Chlo Sevigny will launch a menswear collection. And Pendleton, the 100-year-old heritage brand that is a favorite Salvation Army find, will get an update at the shop. Confederacy's Urbinati sums up the trend best: "We have to be original to catch people's attention...
...that much of an edge over foreign rivals. Some analysts also believe political and economic rivalries place high hurdles in the path of a true Asia trade bloc. "The notion that there is going to be a Fortress Asia is really not correct," says Vinod Aggarwal, director of the Berkeley APEC Study Center at the University of California, Berkeley...
...Berkeley—If you want to talk militant liberalism, don't talk Brown, talk Berkeley...