W. Kamau Bell will take part in a public conversation on “implicit bias and micro-aggression experiences in the East Bay,” on March 13, 2015, in Berkeley. Photo: Matthias Clamer Courtesy of FX W. Kamau Bell will take part in a public conversation on “implicit bias and micro-aggression experiences in the East Bay,” on March 13, 2015, in Berkeley. Photo: Matthias Clamer […]
Gibor Basri
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For black students at UC Berkeley, protests are about Ferguson — and their own lives
On Dec 4, 2014, the Black Student Union of UC Berkeley held the first of three protests. Students occupied The Golden Bear Cafe for 4.5 hours, the amount of time Michael Brown’s body lay in the street in Ferguson, Mo. Photo: Genesis On Dec 4, 2014, the Black Student Union of UC Berkeley held the […]
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Tips to get fit in 2011
Hiker in Claremont Canyon. By Susan Helmrich It’s four days into the New Year. How are you doing with your fitness goals? As a health and wellness coach in Berkeley, I have seen every type of resolution, from people vowing to eat fewer fatty foods and to increase their intake of fruits and vegetables to […]
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Astrophysicist strives to add more diversity to UC
Gibor Basri is a professor of astrophysics at UC Berkeley, as well as the first Vice-Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion. The New York Times ran a story recently about what Basri does on Sundays, which briefly touched on his work with the Kepler telescope and his co-discovery of brown dwarfs, which are celestial bodies the […]