Introduced by Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
George Soros:
Founder and Chairman of the Open Society Institute, Financier, Philanthropist, and author of The Age of Fallibility: The Consequences of the War on Terrorism
Lowell Bergman:
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for Public Service, and the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor of Investigative Reporting at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism
Dana Priest:
Author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and National Security Correspondent for The Washington Post
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Cognitive Science C102, 001 - Fall 2014
Scientific Approaches to Consciousness - John F. Kihlstrom
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UC Berkeley graduate student, Thomas Azwell is helping to restore the Gulf of Mexico's marshes after they were severely damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from April to July of 2010. Partnering with researchers and agencies in the Gulf, the Environmental Science student is staking tubes of cotton netting stuffed with pre-composted sugar cane fiber into the dying marshes of Louisiana, testing whether the environmentally sustainable waste material can give a larger variety of plants a better chance at healing the oil-damaged wetlands.
For full story:
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/02/08/gulf-spill-spurs-student-research/
Video produced by Roxanne Makasdjian, UC Berkeley Media Relations
"Pakistan"
Anatol Lieven, Professor of War Studies, King's College, London
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Anatol Lieven for a discussion of his new book Pakistan: A Hard Country. Lieven emphasizes the important role of kinship in understanding society and the state in Pakistan. Discussing the military's unique position as the preeminent national institution, he explains the sources of its power and prestige. Focusing on Pakistani national security thinking, he traces the perceived strategic threat posed by India, the role of Afghanistan in Pakistani strategy, the distinction between the Afghan and Pakistani Taliban, and the importance of Kashmir. He then proceeds to an analysis of the complex relationship between the United States and Pakistan. Lieven concludes with a discussion of the threat posed by Pakistan's geographical location in the Indus valley and the long term implications of climate change for its future.
http://conversations.berkeley.edu