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Can you decipher Darwin's handwriting? Museum calls for help in deciphering handwritten labels on collection
Berkeley :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
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24 May 2013 2 shares 0 View comments Researchers and archivists from University of California are asking for help in transcribing field notes and identifying insect specimens dating back over 100 years. Among the collection is a Tierra del Fuego
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Law grad gets jail stint in bird beheading
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 2 days ago
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A UC Berkeley law school graduate has been sentenced to a short jail term for his role in the beheading of an exotic bird in Las Vegas last year, and third person associated with the school has now been set for trial in the incident, authorities said
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College Notes: It's commencement time at the Peralta Colleges
Oakland :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
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Especially in May, when it's graduation time, and students young and old finally -- whew! -- get those diplomas and certificates they have worked so hard for. There's nothing like the sea of smiling faces (and the waves of joyous tears), as proud
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Federal complaint filed against UC Berkeley over handling of rape cases
New York City :: NY :: USA | 2 days ago
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Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred joined students from four U.S. colleges and universities on Wednesday to announce the filing of federal complaints over how the higher-education institutions including UC Berkeley handle rape allegations.
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Can you read Charles Darwins handwriting UC Berkeley wants you
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
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University of California, Berkeley's entomology museum hopes to decipher and digitize some of the labels on collections of insects, some more than a century old, with the help of the public. Cal's Essig Museum of Entomology seeks volunteers with
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Student UNICEF clubs sponsor Berkeley concert to raise funds for drinking water project
Pinole :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
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Pinole Valley High School senior Morvarid Mehdizadeh got started fundraising for the United Nations Children's Fund while trick or treating for donations on Halloween when she was in the first grade. Tap Water Project that provides safe drinking
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Complaints filed against 4 colleges over rapes
New York City :: NY :: USA | 3 days ago
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Women's-rights attorney Gloria Allred says federal complaints have been filed against four U.S. colleges over how the colleges handle rape allegations. Allred joined students from the colleges at a New York City news conference to announce the filing
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At Berkeley's Cottage Food Market, ‘Homemade' Means Homemade
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
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On a recent Saturday evening in Berkeley, eight vendors set up tables inside the Firehouse Art Collective's hangar-like event space to sell homemade food items, which ranged from chocolate chip cookies to jars of mustard and jam...But thanks to the
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Is it time to raise the minimum wage?
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
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05/19/2013 12:01:44 PM PDT A minimum-wage worker pushes carts through a Walmart parking lot in Torrance. (Brad Graverson/Staff Photographer) Marc Horton used to make what he described as a decent living, earning more than $50,000 a year as a
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East Bay high school seniors without plans told college is still in reach
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 8 days ago
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As graduation day approaches, some high school seniors without college plans are fearing they may have missed their chance to pursue higher education at the school of their dreams. Hundreds of students in the East Bay were told this week that
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