Dams and disasters: a brief overview of dam building in California; given by J. David Rogers, Karl F Hasselmann Missouri Chair in Geological Engineering at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Keywords: Dam failures, California history, Saint Francis Dam Credits: producer:Water Resources Center Archives, sponsor:Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
The Course Thread Program allows UC Berkeley undergraduates to explore intellectual themes that connect courses across departments and disciplines. Without creating new majors or minors, the program instead highlights connections between existing courses. Course Threads help students see the value in educational breadth while also pursuing a more in-depth and well-rounded knowledge on one particular topic. Course Thread topics include: Human Rights, Cultural Forms in Transit, The Historical & Modern City, Visible Language, Humanities & Environment, Human-Centered Design, Old Things, and Science & Society.
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Video recording of 2012 Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium held in Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley. This years symposium focused on "Big Data at Berkeley". Featured talks were "Big Data and Autonomous Flying Vehicles" by Claire Tomlin, "Big Data and Security" by David Wagner and "Big Data and Machine Learning" by Michael Jordan.