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To Julie Sinai, a "policy junkie" who recently ended a nine-year stint as Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates' chief of staff, the time was right for a return to education, which she believes "is under siege right now." She is in her second month as UC Berkeley's director of local government and community relations.
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Global warming has driven Yosemite's alpine chipmunks to higher ground, prompting a startling decline in the species' genetic diversity. The change occurred in just 90 years, highlighting the rapid threat that changing climate can pose to a species, and putting the alpine chipmunk on a trajectory toward extinction.
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Rhonda Righter, UC Berkeley professor of industrial engineering, is serving as a volunteer role model to 35 middle-school girls. "I'm always saying more girls should be going into (math and science) fields, so I decided to put my money where my mouth is," says Righter. At Oakland's American Indian Public Charter School, she described industrial engineering as "all about making things better."
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HEADLINES
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Archaeologists led by Berkeley prof open window to the past.
I-School talk: Internet scholar urges online activism to preserve civil liberties, privacy.
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CAMPUS NEWS
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Faculty, staff invited to take part in health program; registration open.
Operational Excellence rolls out reorganization recommendations.
I-House gathering planned to honor the late Berkeley chancellor.
Berkeley campus will not take part in UC plan.
CalTrans funding for PEER lifeline inquiries.
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PEOPLE
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Lifetime achievement medal for GSE's Alan Schoenfeld.
Sylvia Ratnasamy, Allan Sly are among 126 young scholars to win national recognition.
Read Q&As with both.
Cozzarelli Prize recognizes paper by James Sethian and Robert Saye.
Prestigious scholarship sends engineering student to Cambridge for master's.
Berkeley musicologist at the center of Princeton conference.
Lima-born professor, researcher recognized for contributions to American society.
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Zunguzungu takes on PBS hit show "Downton Abbey." |
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