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2006 releases

21 Dec	-	Shotgun sequencing finds nanoorganisms
20 Dec	-	NEH, Google boost Internet coding project
20 Dec	-	New study shows promise of genomics in environmental monitoring
20 Dec	-	Newfound diversity in gamma-ray bursts
20 Dec	-	Media Advisory: DNA update on El Salvador war orphans
19 Dec	-	Final enrollment data released today
19 Dec	-	Study shows people compete to be generous
18 Dec	-	Two nostrils better than one, researchers show
14 Dec	-	Plucking comet dust from Stardust collectors
13 Dec	-	Bodega lab founding director Cadet Hand has died
13 Dec	-	Researchers barcode DNA of 6,000 fungi species in Venice museum
13 Dec	-	Web marketplace to draw support for student projects
11 Dec	-	THEMIS probes relocate to Florida for Feb. 15 launch
11 Dec	-	Media Advisory: Symposium on how CITRIS researchers are "Engineering a Better World"
11 Dec	-	Risks of exploiting low-quality sources of oil
08 Dec	-	Psychometrics giant William Meredith dies
07 Dec	-	Exporting services opportunities for California
05 Dec	-	Regents vote to certify EIR for southeast campus plan and approve design of student-athlete center
05 Dec	-	Q&A about Memorial Stadium-related construction projects
04 Dec	-	Reducing pollution could increase rice harvests in India, study says
04 Dec	-	Media Advisory: Governing UC conference to be held Friday
01 Dec	-	Urban planning pioneer Melvin Webber dies at 86
30 Nov	-	New finding points way to foiling anthrax's tricks
28 Nov	-	Music professors honored for books
27 Nov	-	Seven faculty members named AAAS fellows
16 Nov	-	Astronomer Alex Filippenko named Professor of the Year
15 Nov	-	Jay Keasling honored as Scientist of the Year
15 Nov	-	Media Advisory: Engineers conduct seismic test of metal shear wall on Nov. 20
15 Nov	-	Study examines state's achievement gaps
14 Nov	-	Media Advisory: Industrial Relations forum on Friday
14 Nov	-	Blum Center launches global field initiatives
13 Nov	-	Media Advisory: Annual conference on real estate, economics
13 Nov	-	Media Advisory: Leader to address issues for U.S. Latinos
09 Nov	-	Leon Henkin, advocate for diversity in math & science, has died
09 Nov	-	Tours begin of eco-friendly "green apartment"
08 Nov	-	Media Advisory: 1000 students to spruce up the city
07 Nov	-	Visiting artist unites campus, Richmond
07 Nov	-	New York College Tour
07 Nov	-	Novel approach to detoxifying cancer drugs
06 Nov	-	Media Advisory: Election night returns watch, panel discussion to be hosted by campus institute
03 Nov	-	Economist David Card wins labor economics honor
03 Nov	-	Fulbright scholars on campus and overseas
03 Nov	-	Campus joins state climate registry
03 Nov	-	Embryologist William Berg dies at 87
02 Nov	-	Hearst hosts Native American Heritage events
01 Nov	-	Egyptian papyri arrives on campus
01 Nov	-	Cal-Stanford rivalry moves to the kitchen
01 Nov	-	Election experts
01 Nov	-	Media Advisory: Wonderfest science festival Nov. 4, 5
31 Oct	-	EIR on southeast campus projects released
31 Oct	-	Photoswitches could restore sight to blind retinas
30 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Reisner papyri returns
30 Oct	-	Chancellor names Scott Biddy new vice chancellor for University Relations
26 Oct	-	Lawrence Levine, esteemed history scholar, dies at age 73
26 Oct	-	Location change for Friday's Prop 209 conference
25 Oct	-	Blake Spahr, emeritus professor of German, dies at age 82
25 Oct	-	Media Advisory: 10th annual Savio Memorial Lecture
25 Oct	-	Pollinators help one-third of world's crop production, says new study
23 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Briefing for Oct. 25 STEREO launch
23 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Law school holds conference on Prop 209
23 Oct	-	Stretching bone marrow stem cells pushes them towards becoming blood vessels
23 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Lakoff, Reich, Cain to discuss American politics on Thursday
19 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Media demos of transportation research for PATH 20th Anniversary
19 Oct	-	Florence Fang gift to East Asian Library
19 Oct	-	Gift to campus will create Coleman Fung Risk Management Research Center
19 Oct	-	Amgen Foundation gives campus $1 million grant for undergrad science research program
19 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Conference explores youth, family and diversity
19 Oct	-	Law school establishes new loan forgiveness program
16 Oct	-	Media Advisory: East Asian Library major gift announcement
16 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Washington Post panel talks about Iraq
12 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Panel on school desegregation cases
12 Oct	-	Nicholas Howe, scholar of Anglo-Saxon England, dies at age 53
05 Oct	-	Tropics source of much of world's biodiversity
03 Oct	-	Astrophysicist George Smoot wins Nobel Prize
03 Oct	-	Media Advisory: Astrophysicist George Smoot wins Nobel Prize
03 Oct	-	UC Berkeley & LBL scientist George Smoot awarded Nobel Prize in Physics
02 Oct	-	New executive director announced for Blum Center for Developing Economies
29 Sep	-	Media Advisory: Emerging markets conference
26 Sep	-	UC Berkeley offers courses and symposia through Google Video
25 Sep	-	Freshman's quest for postage stamp gets heartening response, but his health declines
25 Sep	-	Media Advisory: Stem cell research and ethics
25 Sep	-	UC's Berkeley and Davis campuses earn Sloan award for family-friendly policies
20 Sep	-	Researcher wins $2.6 million NIH Pioneer Award
20 Sep	-	Aviation engineer wins MacArthur 'genius' award
19 Sep	-	Frederick Wakeman, Chinese history scholar, dies at age 68
18 Sep	-	Campus hosts college fair for prospective students
14 Sep	-	Tropical thunderstorms affect space weather
14 Sep	-	Slow brain waves play key role in coordinating complex activity
13 Sep	-	Researchers launch online wildfire risk assessment tool
12 Sep	-	Media Advisory: Panel on consequences of terrorism war
12 Sep	-	Newest whiz kids more than just super-smart
07 Sep	-	Three arrests made following incident involving apparent marijuana-laced cookies
07 Sep	-	Seeing two figures in coordinated action helps brain pick out movements of one
06 Sep	-	$100,000 in prizes for students' "Big Ideas"
05 Sep	-	Annual reports on jobs, wages
31 Aug	-	Lunch Poems' international lineup
30 Aug	-	X-ray flashes tied to low-end massive stars
28 Aug	-	Wild bees make honey bees better pollinators
28 Aug	-	Heading back to school
23 Aug	-	Chancellor announces record fundraising year
23 Aug	-	Student Facts at a Glance
23 Aug	-	H. peroxide sensor could aid security
22 Aug	-	Media Advisory: Labor Day report
22 Aug	-	Engineers create gecko-inspired high-friction micro-fibers
21 Aug	-	Ant jaws break speed record, propel insects into air, biologists find
17 Aug	-	Residence hall newcomers must learn online risks
16 Aug	-	Chester O'Konski, early biophysical chemist, dies at 85
16 Aug	-	New study links higher income with lower disability rates
16 Aug	-	Spacecraft to view sun in STEREO
16 Aug	-	Global warming cap can stimulate CA economy, report says
14 Aug	-	Telemedicine eye care benefits state's underserved residents
14 Aug	-	Campus police target alcohol-related problems near campus
09 Aug	-	Chancellor's Community Partnership Award winners announced
09 Aug	-	Hearst dusts off corkscrew collection
04 Aug	-	Study addresses gender, patents in academia
03 Aug	-	Avid astronomer, teacher David Cudaback has died
03 Aug	-	UC Berkeley: NSF funds $16 million synthetic biology center
02 Aug	-	Grant helps expand UC Natural Reserve outreach
01 Aug	-	New images of Jupiter's red spots
31 Jul	-	Stardust@home launches today
31 Jul	-	Mars' dust storms may produce peroxide snow
27 Jul	-	Mosquito spray increases toxicity of pyrethroids in creek, study finds
13 Jul	-	Media Advisory: Students to paint new mural at People's Park
05 Jul	-	DDT in moms harmful to kids, study suggests
05 Jul	-	NCLB effectiveness tough to gauge, study finds
29 Jun	-	Listeriosis's path to miscarriage traced to placental infection
29 Jun	-	Struggles persist for adolescent girls with ADHD
28 Jun	-	Luring students passionate about learning
26 Jun	-	Top economists support greenhouse gas reductions
21 Jun	-	Media Advisory: Dinner and workshop w/ Int'l environmental leaders
19 Jun	-	Media Advisory: June 24 dedication of experimental forest
15 Jun	-	Media Advisory: Concrete canoe team eyes national win
14 Jun	-	Vice Chancellor McQuade announces plans to step down
12 Jun	-	DNA database offers war orphans key to stolen past
09 Jun	-	Theodore E. Cohn, vision expert & signal designer, dies
08 Jun	-	Grant extends successful program for low-income students
07 Jun	-	Rare Mt. Diablo buckwheat flowers anew
07 Jun	-	High schoolers try out college this summer
06 Jun	-	New wireless networking system brings eye care to thousands in India
06 Jun	-	Media Advisory: Women in Politics Conference this week
06 Jun	-	Media Advisory: Botanical Garden sprouts rare Mt. Diablo flower
06 Jun	-	Distant ball of dust not dusty enough
05 Jun	-	Media Advisory: Scholarly Publishing Impacted by New Media
31 May	-	Promising new metamaterial could transform ultrasound imaging
30 May	-	RAD Lab wins backing from five major IT firms
26 May	-	George M. Foster, noted anthropologist, dies
25 May	-	Media Advisory: Haas Business Forecast Luncheon
24 May	-	Student to make stamp pitch to US postmaster
24 May	-	Media Advisory: Ocean Beach briefing, demo on rip currents
22 May	-	Study warns of cleaning product risks
22 May	-	World to be even hotter by century's end
19 May	-	Shake table's quake simulation to be featured on NBC's "Dateline"
19 May	-	Media Advisory: Alumnus, POW to win Purple Heart Medal
18 May	-	Janet Broughton new arts, humanities dean
18 May	-	Lowell Bergman named distinguished professor
17 May	-	Gore presentation cancelled
17 May	-	China-U.S. Climate Change Forum
16 May	-	Biochemist Daniel Koshland wins Welch Award
16 May	-	Preschool directors discuss Prop. 82
12 May	-	Scheduling changes for UC Berkeley graduation speakers
11 May	-	Using kin's DNA to find criminals focus of study
09 May	-	Media Advisory: 2006 Commencement Convocation
08 May	-	Mixed results for Medicare drug plan
05 May	-	Alternative energy plan wins contest
05 May	-	Media Advisory: Jane Goodall to address population symposium
04 May	-	Educator Nadine Lambert dies in accident
04 May	-	2006 graduation speakers lineup
04 May	-	New dean of students dives into work this week
03 May	-	Freshmen reading list aimed at 'future presidents'
03 May	-	Renowned hydrologist David K. Todd dies at age 82
01 May	-	Chamber Chorus takes East Coast tour
01 May	-	Art historian receives Smithsonian American Art Museum award
27 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Concrete canoe races, bridge-building competitions this weekend
27 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Climate change conference
27 Apr	-	Artificial compound eye fabricated in lab
27 Apr	-	Bush honors Arthur Rosenfeld with Fermi Award
26 Apr	-	Professor warns Asians of proposed immigration reform
26 Apr	-	UC students asked to complete online survey to improve undergraduate experience
25 Apr	-	Distinguished Teaching Awards announced
25 Apr	-	Media Advisory: April 30 memorial for Nobelist Owen Chamberlain
25 Apr	-	5 faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
25 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Energy Commissioner Arthur Rosenfeld honored
25 Apr	-	Campus extends reach to iPod generation
24 Apr	-	AAAS fellows named
24 Apr	-	Media Advisory: K-12 education inequities to be discussed at law school forum
21 Apr	-	Lowest paid UC Berkeley workers get pay hike
20 Apr	-	Space scientists find that solar wind becomes music in the right hands
20 Apr	-	Students win Lange photo contest
20 Apr	-	Three UC Berkeley faculty members win Guggenheim fellowships
20 Apr	-	Sudden Oak Death introduced to U.S., study finds
20 Apr	-	Chancellor' Community Partnership Fund established
20 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Earth Day panel at Saturday open house
19 Apr	-	Muscles burn lactic acid as well as carbos
19 Apr	-	Richard Blum gives $15 million to fund center to alleviate poverty
19 Apr	-	Campus issues fall admissions data
18 Apr	-	Campus earns seismic safety honor
18 Apr	-	Top graduating senior a computer whiz kid with social conscience
18 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Cal Day on Saturday, 4/22
17 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Mental Health Policy, Stem Cell Research topics of symposium
17 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Dan Rather on the media
12 Apr	-	Nanofibers created in orderly fashion
12 Apr	-	Maria Shriver to join CNN's Fit Nation town hall meeting
12 Apr	-	Ethiopian fossils link ape-men with earlier hominids
12 Apr	-	Milestone in quest for cheap antimalarial
11 Apr	-	Annual Cal Day open house set for April 22
10 Apr	-	African staple crop gets a boost
10 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Korean poet to do "Lunch Poems" reading
06 Apr	-	Few women take pregnancy leave in California, study finds
06 Apr	-	Blue ring discovered around Uranus
06 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Journalists and academics to assess Bush presidency
05 Apr	-	Obesity research detailed in new book
05 Apr	-	Jasper Rine named Million-Dollar Professor by HHMI
04 Apr	-	Bancroft Library receives vast archives of San Francisco Examiner
03 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Bancroft Library announces new archive
03 Apr	-	Media Advisory: Science of spiritual transformation focus of 3-day meeting
03 Apr	-	Media Advisory: PACE briefing on preschool measure
03 Apr	-	New organic dining option a first for U.S. campuses
30 Mar	-	Media Advisory: New organic dining option a first for U.S. campuses
30 Mar	-	1906 earthquake centennial inspires ballet performed to live seismic data
29 Mar	-	Professor, students win design competition for Taiwan peace park
28 Mar	-	Online social networks boost friendships, and perhaps risks
28 Mar	-	Old drug's new use will save Nigerian women's lives
27 Mar	-	Study finds in utero arsenic exposure tied to lung disease
23 Mar	-	SIMS has a new name
23 Mar	-	Media Advisory: Symposium explores trends in online social networking
23 Mar	-	Study explores metro car ownership patterns, race, segregation and disaster planning
23 Mar	-	Haas School to provide training to largest oil company in Norway
23 Mar	-	Live webcast from Turkey of Mar. 29 total solar eclipse
22 Mar	-	'Alternative' spring breakers provide relief for Gulf Coast hurricane victims (Web-only feature)
21 Mar	-	Biochemist, PNAS editor Nicholas Cozzarelli has died
17 Mar	-	Media Advisory: Lecture by author of "The Weather Makers"
17 Mar	-	Student journalists report on "Early Signs" of global warming
16 Mar	-	Birgeneau to receive Founders Award
16 Mar	-	Herbert McClosky, pioneer in political behavior research, dies at 89
15 Mar	-	Russia scholar George Breslauer named chief academic officer, UC Berkeley's second highest post
15 Mar	-	Observing the centennial of the 1906 San Francisco quake
15 Mar	-	Cal Day
14 Mar	-	New report sets framework for California "green chemistry" policy
10 Mar	-	UC Botanical Garden designs book to sprout fun ways for kids to learn math outdoors
10 Mar	-	Media Advisory: Awards honor Jeffrey Sachs, "public health heroes"
10 Mar	-	Media Advisory: Memorial Stadium community open house to be held Monday
09 Mar	-	Media Advisory: Iraq reporters discuss experiences in the field
09 Mar	-	UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara and Stanford join to establish Western Institute of Nanoelectronics
08 Mar	-	Media Advisory: Goldman School students help with SF youth at-risk conference
07 Mar	-	Hydrologist, environmentalist Luna Leopold has died
06 Mar	-	Conference to explore new ideas for Delta
06 Mar	-	Smallest Triceratops skull described
06 Mar	-	Media Advisory: Risking House and Home, Managing Catastrophe
03 Mar	-	Media Advisory: Turkish journalists discuss freedom of speech
03 Mar	-	Law clinic to seek human rights for Katrina victims
02 Mar	-	Susceptibility to pesticides highly variable among Latina women and children
01 Mar	-	State's chief deputy attorney general joins law school
01 Mar	-	UC Berkeley: $100,000 competition for Cal students' best ideas
01 Mar	-	Physics Nobelist Owen Chamberlain, co-discoverer of the anti-proton, has died at 85
01 Mar	-	$100,000 competition to fund UC Berkeley students' best ideas to change the world
27 Feb	-	Media Advisory: Reporters reflect on Iraq war experiences
23 Feb	-	Project to research U.S. foreign policies to face global challenges
23 Feb	-	Keck funds project to track life cycle of water
21 Feb	-	Symposium to explore relationships between drawing by hand and by computer
16 Feb	-	Two UC Berkeley students and one alumna named Gates Cambridge Scholars
13 Feb	-	Media Advisory: California environmental policy conference at UC Berkeley
10 Feb	-	Media Advisory: Rare orchids, new blooms at UC Botanical Garden on display for Valentine's Day
10 Feb	-	Media Advisory: Anti-evolutionism to be addressed at Darwin Day lectures and exhibits
09 Feb	-	Bancroft Library celebrates its centennial with exhibit
08 Feb	-	Brain scans predict cognitive decline in normal people, says new study
07 Feb	-	Redistricting reform plans could make California's political landscape somewhat more competitive
07 Feb	-	Recruitment efforts pay off: Berkeley's fall 2006 applications set record (Web-only feature)
07 Feb	-	Forcing viruses to evolve to help, not harm
06 Feb	-	UC Berkeley: Brain hormone puts brakes on reproduction
06 Feb	-	Bart McGuire, professor emeritus and noted economist, dies
02 Feb	-	Media Advisory: Stem cell talk
02 Feb	-	Pesticide combinations imperil frogs
01 Feb	-	Berkeley moving back up as source of Peace Corps volunteers (Web-only feature)
01 Feb	-	Timothy J. Clark, noted art historian, awarded Mellon Foundation grant
01 Feb	-	Binary asteroid in Jupiter's orbit may be icy comet from solar system's infancy
01 Feb	-	Sir Peter Hall talk kicks off Global Metropolitan Studies program
31 Jan	-	Language affects half of what we see
30 Jan	-	Media Advisory: IMF's managing director: "Solving the Problem of Global Imbalances"
30 Jan	-	Media Advisory: "Giving Women Power over AIDS" exhibit comes to International House
26 Jan	-	Ethanol can replace gasoline with significant energy savings, comparable impact on greenhouse gases
25 Jan	-	Life leaves subtle signature in the lay of the land, UC Berkeley researchers report
23 Jan	-	New report says climate action promotes economic growth in the state
19 Jan	-	Two new dusty planetary disks may be astrophysical mirrors of our Kuiper Belt
19 Jan	-	Media Advisory: Lecture on recovering treasures looted from the Iraqi museum
17 Jan	-	Spring classes offer fresh looks at Katrina, bears, Vietnam war, Shakespeare and more
13 Jan	-	Henrik Blum, professor emeritus and leader in field of health policy, dies at 90
12 Jan	-	Astronomers find magnetic Slinky in Orion
11 Jan	-	NASA/ESA space probes detect enormous magnetic annihilation event
11 Jan	-	Deep-rooted plants have much greater impact on climate than experts thought
10 Jan	-	Public to look for dust grains in Stardust detectors
09 Jan	-	Milky Way Galaxy is warped and vibrating like a drum
05 Jan	-	Bancroft Library exhibit materials tell tales of '06 quake
02 Jan	-	San Francisco living well with minimum wage law