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16 April 2008 | CED e-news e-news is a publication of the UC Berkeley |
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DCRP Colloquium - Bob Schneider, Pedestrian Volume Modeling in Alameda CountyApril 16 . | . 5-6:30 p.m. . | . 106 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley Join Bob Schneider for a discussion about pedestrian modeling in Alameda County, home to UC Berkeley. The event is part of the department of city and regional planning's spring 2008 Ph.D. colloquium. For more information, visit here. |
SPECIAL EVENT - UC Berkeley Sustainability SummitApril 21 . | . 8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. . | . Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Union, UC Berkeley Come join us for the 5th Annual Sustainability Summit presented by the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability. This event is aimed to educate and initiate a movement toward sustainability as individuals and as a community. It is also an opportunity to recognize the achievements of people on campus with Sustainability Awards and showcase work done by the large variety of internships and sustainability groups at UC Berkeley. For more information, visit the event's Web site. |
IURD Lecture - Cesar Cardenas Ramirez and Augusto Parada Campos, Murky Waters: Bechtel Profits From Dirty Water in EcuadorApril 22. | . 6-7:30 p.m. . | . 315C Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley Following water privatization in 2001, Bechtel caused water cut-offs, water contamination, public health crises (including a Hepatitis A outbreak), and flooding. Come hear Cesar Cardenas Ramirez and Augusto Parada Campos from the Observatorio Cuidadano in Guyayquil, Ecuador. They will also discuss the writing of a new constitution for Ecuador. Also sponsored by Food and Water Watch. |
CED SPECIAL EVENT- Nezar Al Sayyad, Distinguished Teaching Award Ceremony and ReceptionApril 23. | . 5-8 p.m. . | . Zellerbach Playhouse, UC Berkeley Architecture and city and regional planning professor Nezar AlSayyad will be honored for his dedication to teaching and contributions to the CED community at the annual Distinguished Teaching Awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 23, at 5:00 p.m. at the Zellerbach Playhouse. The campus community is invited to attend. A reception at the Playhouse will immediately follow the ceremony. Congratulations Nezar! |
ARCH LECTURE- David Benjamin and Soo-In Yang, Life NowApril 23. | . 7-8:30 p.m. . | . 112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley Join David Benjamin and Soo-In Yang for an evening in which they will discuss the New York project The Living. |
IURD SYMPOSIUM - Connecting Cities and Schools, Learners and Leaders: Tools for CollaborationApril 24. | . 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. . | . Ginn House, Historic Preservation Park, Oakland RSVP online here for this all-day event, which features sessions on the built environment, youth engagement and data, and mapping places, institutions and relationships. |
CED SPECIAL EVENT - Ananya Roy, Golden Apple Award "Ideal Last Lecture"April 24. | . 7-8:30 p.m. . | . 155 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley The College of Environmental Design congratulates Associate Professor Ananya Roy on winning UC Berkeley's 2008 Golden Apple Award for Outstanding Teaching. The award is presented by students to honor those professors who teach with energy — inspiring, demonstrating passion, and showing care in the classroom. It is the only teaching award at UC Berkeley conferred by the students. The award is intended to recognize those teachers who consistently teach each lecture as if it were their last. The winning teacher is asked to deliver his or her ideal last lecture in late April and is presented with a $2,000 cash prize. |
LAEP LECTURE - Ken Smith, Big Little Skip the MiddleApril 28. | . 7-8:30 p.m. . | . 112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley Join us for an evening with Ken Smith, principal of Ken Smith Landscape Architect in New York who has been selected as master designer of the Orange County Great Park. For more information, visit the event Web site. |
ONLINE - Vote for CED professor in online architecture competition!Through April 28 . | . Online only CED associate architecture professor Lisa Iwamoto won the History Channel's City of the Future contest in January for her design of what San Francisco should look like in 100 years. Now, Iwamoto's design is going up against other regional winners from Washington, D.C. and Atlanta to determine which design is the best in the country! Cast your vote for Iwamoto's design online today here. Hurry - voting ends April 28! By casting your vote, you will automatically be entered to win a home theater set complete with a 50-inch flat-screen TV and Sony Blu-Ray player. Don't forget to tune in to the season finale of "Cities of the Underworld" on May 5 at 9 p.m. EST to find out who wins! |
ARCH LECTURE - Fernando Romero, TranslationsApril 30 . | . 7-8:30 p.m. . | . 112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley Join us for an evening with Fernando Romero, who has a M.Arch. from Princeton and is an architect in Mexico City. |
SPECIAL EVENT - Places25May 3 . | . 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. . | . Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley
Join us in celebrating the the 25th anniversary of Places journal! This symposium will include presentations, |
SPECIAL EVENT - Faces and Places: Gala Celebration in Honor of Professor Donlyn LyndonMay 3 . | . 5-10 p.m. . | . Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley
Mark your calendar! Donlyn Lyndon, FAIA, CED's Eva Li Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Urban Design, is retiring at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year. Join us in celebrating his career on May 3. This event will include a talk by Donlyn Lyndon, a performance by Gregory Moore, and dinner outside in the Wurster Hall courtyard. The patron sponsor of this event is the ROMA Design Group. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Lawrence Lawler or visit the event Web site. |
SPECIAL EVENT - Berkeley Spring House Tour and ReceptionMay 4 . | . 1-5 p.m. . | . Benvenue and Hillegass avenues, Berkeley Join the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association on its spring tour of Berkeley's "brown-shingle" neighborhood. Visit more than a dozen houses in Willard Park, most of which were built between 1896 and 1914. Tickets are $35 for general admission and $25 for BAHA members. For more information, visit berkeleyheritage.com. |
SPECIAL EVENT - The 4th Annual California Water SymposiumMay 10 . | . 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. . | . 112 Wurster Hall, UC Berkeley This symposium presents results from graduate student research in hydrology applied to environmental restoration and conservation in California. It includes a panel discussion by experienced professionals, who will comment on the student research papers and the broader themes raised by their results. The symposium begins with a talk by a well-known authority on water issues. This year, B.J. Miller presents “ Science and Activism: Fish Protection in the Bay-Delta of California”. Program and abstracts will be posted online here. |
commentary, and plans for the future and is co-sponsored by the College of Environmental Design and Places. Registration is $35 and includes attendance to the symposium, a box lunch, and a one-year introductory subscription to Places. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit 
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Fruit and Flowers Honor a Teacher Who 'Knows Her Stuff' by Carol Ness, Berkeleyan, 9 April 2008 |
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