Alice Waters, chef, author, proprietor of Chez Panisse and founder of the Edible Schoolyard Project talks about the benefits and necessity of an Edible Education. Edible Education is a lecture course at UC Berkeley, funded by the Edible Schoolyard Project www.edibleschoolyard.org and the Epstein Roth Family Foundation. Instructor Michael Pollan.

A research team led by UC Berkeley engineering professor Ali Javey used carbon nanotubes layered on top of plastic polycarbonate to create a new material that can move in response to light. The new material can be used to create "smart curtains" that open or close, depending upon how the nanotubes are engineered, with the flick of a light switch. In this video, some of the experimental curtains are engineered to open when a light is switched on, and others are set to close. Full Story: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/01/09/smart-curtains/ http://berkeley.edu https://www.facebook.com/UCBerkeley https://twitter.com/UCBerkeley

Punishment, Culture, and Society

The keynote address of the conference, by Justin Lin, the chief economist at the World Bank, focuses on future research priorities and the process of implementing the policy objectives of the 2008 World Development Report, "Agriculture for Development." Justin Lin is the Chief Economist of the World Bank.