Berkeley's nuclear engineers are closely monitoring Japan's struggle to prevent a nuclear meltdown following Friday's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami, and their concern is growing. "The increase in radioactivity in the control room makes me very nervous," Joonhong Ahn, professor of nuclear engineering and a native of Japan, told KGO television.
The United States dominates the Times Higher Education's new rankings of the top 100 most-reputable universities. The list, published today, is the first of its kind looking solely at institutions' reputations for teaching and research. Berkeley claimed fourth place in the world.
As a showdown on the federal debt approaches, a new scholarly effort at Berkeley offers unique insights on this long-contested issue. "Slaying the Dragon of Debt," a project of the Bancroft Library's Regional Oral History Office, features interviews with key federal officials from across the political spectrum who have helped shape the nation's fiscal affairs
