What barriers face women who choose to enter political life? How can young women be inspired to consider taking an active role in political affairs? Do women bring a special or unique perspective to politics and policy-making? Join Jack Citrin of the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies and some of the country's most distinguished women political practitioners and academic researchers for a conference examining these and other issues. [events] [glopubaffairs] [igs] Credits: producer:UC Berkeley Educational Technology Services
On the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, UC Berkeley celebrates its distinction of being the top producer of Peace Corps volunteers in its history. Berkeley graduate Peter Ross tells about his experience as one of the first volunteers, serving in India, from 1963-65.
4:56 min. video produced by Roxanne Makasdjian, UC Berkeley
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Jerome Waag, Executive Chef of Chez Panisse Restaurant and performance and visual artist, Charlie Hallowell, chef and owner of Pizzaiolo and Boot and Shoe Service in Oakland, Samin Nostrat, Bay Area chef, teacher and writer, and Harold McGee, world-renowned authority on the chemistry of foods and cooking, talk about cooking. 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.
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.