After nearly four years as vice chancellor for administration at Berkeley, Nathan Brostrom begins a new role as full-time executive vice president for business operations at UC's Office of the President in Oakland. And Wall Street credentials notwithstanding, it's the human give-and-take of the campus that he'll miss the most. Read the full article...
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. Read the full article...
Pyrethroid pesticides were supposed to be a benign replacement for organophosphate use around the home, but UC Berkeley studies show that these insecticides are showing up at toxic levels in storm runoff and effluent from sewage treatment plants. While the levels are not high enough to harm fish, they may be enough to kill the mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly larvae upon which the fish feed. Read the full article...
