UC Berkeley offers up a perennial feast for hungry minds, and this spring's lineup is no exception. Appetites for knowledge and experience can be fed with everything from a discussion on foreign policy with Madeline Albright, to a hands-on collaborative art exhibition, to performances by the legendary Martha Graham Dance Company.
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What do the champion surfers of Mavericks have in common with a UC Berkeley engineer? They all are looking to harness the power of big ocean waves. But for assistant professor Reza Alam, an expert in wave mechanics, the seafloor "carpet" he is proposing will convert those waves into usable energy.
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A new study co-authored by a UC Berkeley political science professor shows that voters are consistently shortsighted in presidential elections. Instead of looking back over the incumbent's full term, they focus just on the last six months. Changing the way national economic statistics are presented could help with the problem, the study says.
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