Hosted by Robert Hass and University Librarian Thomas C. Leonard, this event features distinguished faculty and staff from a wide range of disciplines introducing and reading a favorite poem. This year's participants: Jack Clark (Rugby), Alex Filippenko (Astronomy), Sheehan Grant (Library), Suzanne Guerlac (French), Nicholas Jewell (Biostatistics and Statistics), Shayee Khanaka (Librarian, Middle Eastern Studies), Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton (Psychology), Line Mikkelsen (Linguistics), David Presti (Molecular and Cell Biology), and Willis St. Hill (Housing Facilities).
http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu/
Panelists discuss the challenges to managing and stewarding California state parks for future generation. Panelists include: David Vassar and Sally Kaplan (Filmmakers, Backcountry Pictures), Caryl Hart (Commission, California Department of Parks and Recreation), Carolyn Finney (Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources), and Rolf Diamant (National Park Superintendent-Retired, Writer and Historian). J. Keith Gilless (Dean, UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources) moderates the panel.
This discussion was part of the Horace Albright Lecture in Conservation at UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources. It followed a special screening of California Forever: Parks for the Future," part two of a new PBS program on California's magnificent state parks that airs nationally in Fall 2012. For more information on California Forever, visit http://cal4ever.com
eCHEM 1A: Online General Chemistry
College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley
http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/echem1a
Curriculum and ChemQuizzes developed by Dr. Mark Kubinec and Professor Alexander Pines
Chemical Demonstrations by Lonnie Martin
Video Production by Jon Schainker and Scott Vento
Developed with the support of The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation