Ernesto Dal Bo (Director, Berkeley CEnter for Political Economy) spoke about the importance of proving political theory through experimental studies, and mentioned three growing research areas: technology adoption and human capital development; Institutions and empowerment; and development of state capabilities.
From the food and food ways series at the Regional Oral History Office. Chef Christopher Lee opened Eccolo Resaurant in 2004 in Berkeley's 4th Street Walking Mall Area. Lee's extensive career includes over ten years working with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse Restaurant. In this interview Lee explores his career as a chef.
Four decades of saving the bay; given by Sylvia McLaughlin, co-founder, Save the Bay. Keywords: Save San Francisco Bay Association, conservationists, environmental protection Credits: producer:Water Resources Center Archives, sponsor:Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Dan Bellm has published three books of poetry, including Practice, winner of a 2009 California Book Award and named one of the Top Ten Poetry Books of 2008 by the Virginia Quarterly Review. His first collection, One Hand on the Wheel, launched the California Poetry Series and his second, Buried Treasure, won the Poetry Society of Americas Alice Fay DiCastagnola Award. He lives in San Francisco.
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