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Manisha Anantharaman: “It’s Not Easy Being Green”
For India’s growing middle class, recycling is as much about creating identity as being environmentally conscientious.
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Hacking Measurement
A Social Science Matrix research seminar on "Technology for Measurement" is dedicated to developing new solutions for gathering social data from a variety of sources.
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Taming Animal Spirits
A pair of researchers from UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy organized a Matrix seminar to explore what neuroscience can tell us about asset price bubbles and other irrational economic behavior.
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Hooked On A Feeling
How we control our feelings has a major impact on our mental health, according to research from UC Berkeley's Emotion and Emotion Regulation Laboratory.
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Speech on the Brain
A UCSF neuroscientist and UC Berkeley linguist team up for leading-edge research that could one day help give speech back to stroke victims and people with paralyses.
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Penelope Anthias: “Gas and Land Rights in Bolivia”
In Bolivia, conflicting interests have led to complicated internal struggles over rights, land, and money, says a postdoctoral fellow in UC Berkeley's Department of Geography.
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Tribal Tongues
After nearing extinction, California Indian languages are gaining new speakers—and a digital presence—with the help of UC Berkeley’s Linguistics Department.
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After the Maidan
UC Berkeley scholars present diverse viewpoints on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
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Battling Ebola
A UC Berkeley professor has been part of a network of researchers working to apply local anthropological knowledge in the fight to contain the most deadly Ebola outbreak in history.
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Liz Carlisle: “Lentils to the Rescue”
Can lentils save American farms from drought? As California struggles with a water crisis, a UC Berkeley fellow shows how legumes can reduce dependence on irrigation.
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Center on the Politics of Development
A UC Berkeley research center advances mixed-methods research on development, envisions public policy solutions, and advocates for sustainable changes to the governance of developing communities.
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Emmanuel Letouzé: “Data for Development”
UC Berkeley demographer (and cartoonist) Emmanuel Letouzé seeks to reduce the gap in statistical data available about populations in developing nations.
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