Coming Events

July 24, 2008
"The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing"
Join the Council for a conversation with investigative journalist Tim Shorrock as he discusses intelligence outsourcing in depth in his new book, Spies for Hire.

Recent Events

Events recently held at or sponsored by the J-School,
listed in reverse chronological order.

July 6, 2008 - July 8, 2008
Knight Digital Media Center July 2008 Lecture Series
The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. Panel speakers are webcast live.

June 8, 2008 - June 11, 2008
Knight Digital Media Center June 2008 Lecture Series
The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. Panel speakers are webcast live.

May 18, 2008 - May 21, 2008
Knight Digital Media Center May 2008 Lecture Series
The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. Panel speakers are webcast live.

May 6, 2008
Grand Theft Childhood?
To celebrate the release of its new issue on play, Greater Good magazine is hosting a panel discussion that will reveal the newest facts about video game play, and what guidelines they suggest for parents, teachers, kids, and the people who create the games. A Q&A will follow the discussion.

May 5, 2008
Writing Your First Book
Join us for stories and how-to advice from book writers. What makes a story book-worthy? What is a book pitch and how do you make one? Do you need an agent to write a book? What are publishers looking for in first books?

April 25, 2008
The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker
In his new book, The Big Squeeze, New York Times Reporter Steven Greenhouse explores why, in the world's most affluent nation, so many corporations are intent on squeezing their workers dry. Steven Greenhouse has been the labor and workplace correspondent for the New York Times since 1995.

April 24, 2008
Berkeley Science Review- Science Writing Seminar
The Berkeley Science Review presents its spring science writing seminar: A discussion with Andreas Kluth, Bay Area Technology Correspondent for The Economist

April 22, 2008
A Special Report on The Future of Energy from Mother Jones
Join us for a discussion on Mother Jones Magazine's current issue on the energy crisis. Meet with the editors and authors of this special report. We will also hear from them on the magazine's current direction and how to connect with the people involved.

April 21, 2008
Apple APERTURE 2.0 Program
Apple computer will be hosting a talk to launch Aperture 2.0, the program for photographers and multi-media creators. As part of the event, renowned Sports Illustrated Staff Photographer Bill Frakes will be sharing his amazing sports images as part of the evening.

April 18, 2008
Amy Arbus Photographer
In a multi-media presentation and book signing Amy Arbus will tell the stories behind her most iconic images featured in her award winning photography books, The Inconvenience of Being Born, On the Street 1980-1990 and her new book The Fourth Wall .

April 17, 2008
Screening of "Citizen McCaw"
A special screening of "Citizen McCaw", the new documentary film about the journalism ethics battle and meltdown at the Santa Barbara News Press.

April 16, 2008
Covering Poverty
Lisa Gray-Garcia, a writer whose expertise in poverty comes from personal experience, challenges journalists to do a better job covering the lives of poor people.

April 16, 2008 - April 18, 2008
Knight Digital Media Center April 2008 Lecture Series
The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. Panel speakers were webcast live. Archived webcasts are available by clicking the event titles below.

April 12, 2008
Covering the Digital Campaign
COVERING THE DIGITAL CAMPAIGN: How viral videos, flash mobs and web fundraising are changing the landscape of politics and political reporting. OR NOT.

April 11, 2008
Fourth Annual International Reporting Conference
Join us for a day with some of the most experienced reporters and editors in the business. The conference will focus on the nuts and bolts of working outside the United States. Please see the full event details for the day's agenda. Limited Space. Reservations must be made by April 5th. Please contact Omar Fekeiki omarfekeiki@yahoo.com

March 25, 2008 - March 28, 2008
Knight Digital Media Center March 2008 Lecture Series
The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. Panel speakers were webcast live. Archived webcasts are available by clicking the event titles below.

March 20, 2008
The Art of Interviewing
Cecil Brown, an award winning author, screenwriter, and filmmaker who co-wrote the screenplay for "Which Way is Up?", will give a presentation on the art of interviewing. Brown has profiled a range of legendary artists, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Tennessee Williams, and Richard Pryor.

March 19, 2008
Race and Ethnicity in the 2008 Presidential Contest
Join Boalt Law School Dean and civil rights expert Christopher Edley in conversation with his wife, Boalt lecturer and immigration policy expert Maria Echaveste, on how race, ethnicity and immigration are playing out in the presidential race.

March 13, 2008
Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics after the Religious Right
E. J. Dionne Jr. is a syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, a regular political analyst on National Public Radio, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and a professor at Georgetown University.

March 12, 2008
The Crime Beat
Author Claire Booth visits to discuss coverage of cops and courts, and the challenges of producing book length narratives about crime. Her latest book, "The False Prophet: Conspiracy, Extortion and Murder in the Name of God," examines the case of Contra Costa County multiple murderer Taylor Helzer.

March 6, 2008
3rd Annual First Amendment and the Environment Symposium
The Symposium is an interactive forum on the intersection of First Amendment issues with environmental law and policy. Earn 4 Hours MCLE Credits!

March 5, 2008
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto. He'll be interviewed by Cynthia Gorney, an award-winning writer and UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism professor.

February 28, 2008
The "War on Terror" and Human Rights
The "War on Terror" and Human Rights will engage the public in a thought-provoking discussion about the methods used to pursue the "war on terror" and its impact on America's reputation at home and abroad. Admission is free.

February 28, 2008
Life, Death and Committing Journalism Along the U.S. Mexican Border
Dallas Morning News Mexico Bureau Chief Alfredo Corchado and Sacramento Bee Assistant City Editor and former Latin America correspondent Ricardo Sandoval will explore U.S. - Mexico border issues.

February 27, 2008
Creating A World Through Journalism: Ron Leshem
Ron Leshem, deputy director in charge of programming and special projects for Keshet of Channel Two, Israel's most watched television station, will give a talk about his new novel, "Beaufort." A film based on the book was nominated for this year's Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

February 22, 2008
Ami Vitale
An exhibition of photographs by Ami Vitale, made over many years, that look at the people and conflict in Kashmir. Ms. Vitale will lecture at her gallery opening on Feb. 22 at 6 P.M.

February 20, 2008
The Future of Newsrooms
New opportunities, collateral damage, and the impact on journalists in the digital era.

February 15, 2008
Ethnic Media Crossing the Digital Divide:
Nearly 40 Bay Area media leaders visit the J-School to participate in a day-long conference and workshop sponsored by the School of Journalism, New America Media and the Knight Digital Media Center.

February 13, 2008
Film Criticism and the 2008 Academy Awards
Award-winning San Francisco Chronicle film critic Mick Lasalle visits the J-School to discuss movie reviewing and the 2008 Academy Awards. Lasalle is the author of "Dangerous Men: Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of Modern Man," and "Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood."

February 11, 2008
Silicon Valley Spotlight: Covering Takeovers, Titans & Technology
Panelists are: Matt Richtel, the New York Times; Chris Gaither, the Los Angeles Times; Vauhini Vara, The Wall Street Journal; Owen Thomas, Valleywag; Andreas Kluth, The Economist; Elizabeth Corcoran, Technology Editor, Forbes.com; Jeanette Borzo, freelancer for The Economist and the Wall Street Journal

February 6, 2008
Election 2008: Looking Beyond The Bush Years
A talk by Bob Herbert, who joined The New York Times as an Op-Ed columnist in 1993.

February 6, 2008
Combating the Participation Gap: Why New Media Literacy Matters
Henry Jenkins, Co-Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program, will discuss curricular materials and activities being developed by MIT's Project nml to support the teaching of these new social skills and cultural competencies.

January 7, 2008
SF Documentary screening:
"OPERATION HOMECOMING: WRITING THE WARTIME EXPERIENCE" A FILM BY RICHARD E. ROBBINS OPERATION HOMECOMING is a unique documentary that explores the firsthand accounts of American servicemen and women through their own words.

January 6, 2008 - January 9, 2008
Knight Digital Media Center January 2008 Lecture Series
The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. Panel speakers will be webcast live.

January 2, 2008 - January 31, 2008
All Pickleweed
New photos by Sally Mack from the Guadalcanal Village wetlands restoration site near Vallejo CA will be exhibited at The Faculty Club, January 2-31, 2008.

December 16, 2007 - December 19, 2007
Knight Digital Media Center December 2007 Lecture Series
The New Media Lecture Series is part of a week-long multimedia training workshop for mid-career journalists sponsored by the school. Panel speakers will be webcast live.

December 6, 2007
No End in Sight
A free screening of the award-winning documentary and discussion with the director of "No End in Sight: Iraq's Descent into Chaos"

November 28, 2007
Asia Colloquium: Reporting across Boundaries, Views of Japan
Chinese journalist and Berkeley Journalism student Wu Nan and Berkeley Anthropology doctoral candidate Maiko Morimoto discuss modern Japan, memory and the legacy of World War II. The presentation will include a slide show of present day Hiroshima.

November 15, 2007
Beyond Endless War:
THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA Middle East Forum presents "Beyond Endless War: Iraq, Terror and American Power"

November 14, 2007
DIGITAL TV AND THE WORLD "Chinese Voices: Reports from San Francisco and Guangzhou"
Screening of “Chinese Voices: Reports from San Francisco and Guangzhou,” a series of intimate video vignettes on the lives of ordinary people. Class of 2008’s Brian Aguilar, Laurie Burkitt, Mason Cohn, Cynthia Dizikes, Susa Lim and Jason Witmer report from America and China. Reception 6 pm. Screening and Q&A from 7 pm. Wednesday, Nov 14. North Gate Library.

November 14, 2007
Asia Colloquium: Voices from Pakistan, Crisis and Context and Burma Update
Burma: The Media and the Way Ahead Dr. Maung Zarni, University of Oxford Fellow and Founder, Free Burma Coalition 4:10-5:00 and Voices from Pakistan: Crisis and Context Manal Ahmad, JSchool and Usman Khalid, Haas School, with others 5:00-6:00

November 13, 2007
Ruth Gidley from Reuters Presents AlertNet
Ruth Gidley, a reporter from Reuters, will give a presentation on AlertNet for journalists. Discussion to follow. All are welcome.

November 7, 2007
In the Shadow of Armies
Lecture by Peter Maass, Contributing Writer to The New York Times Magazine and author of Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War

November 7, 2007
Asia Colloquium: Focus on Women, India and Mongolia
Visiting Scholar and documentary filmmaker Vanaja C probes the hidden world of women with AIDs in India; 2nd-year and Human Rights Center fellow Oyundary (Daria) Tsagaan presents multi-media reporting on the spread of domestic violence in Mongolia.

November 7, 2007
There You Go Again: Orwell Comes to America
There You Go Again: Orwell Comes to America invites historians, linguists, journalists, government officials, and political consultants to assess the state of public discourse and journalism's response to it one year before the presidential election. To register: www.thereyougoagain.org

November 5, 2007
The Death of Environmentalism
Michael Pollan talks to the authors of Break Through, a book about finding a better way to address the threat of global warming and about the larger failure of American liberalism to reinvent itself.

November 5, 2007
Strategic Options for U.S. Foreign Policy
Choosing the President: Campaigning and Governing in War and Peace A series of panels, conferences, and lectures sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Studies and the Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley

November 5, 2007
Extraordinary Rendition
FRONTLINE/World presents a sneak preview of our Nov. 6 broadcast story, "Extraordinary Rendition" and a chance to meet investigative reporter Stephen Grey, author of the acclaimed book, Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA's Rendition and Torture Program (St. Martin's, 2006).

November 1, 2007
Mario Savio Memorial Lecture, Presenting Angela Davis, UCSC Professor of History Consciousness and Feminist Studies
Angela Davis, social activist and Professor of History of Consciousness and of Feminist Studies at UC Santa Cruz will deliver the eleventh annual Mario Savio Memorial Lecture on Thursday, November 1 at 7 p.m. in Pauley Ballroom, Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Center.

October 31, 2007
Asia Colloquium: Photographers at Work in Tibet and Kashmir
Photography slide shows and talks by visiting scholar Janqiang Liu, Portrait of Tibet, and photography instructor Mimi Chakarova, Seeing Kashmir.

October 30, 2007
Food and Farming Film Series "King Corn"
A preview of the new documentary about corn and America's food system, followed by a discussion with its filmmakers and journalism professor Michael Pollan.

October 27, 2007
play: The Berkeley Digital Media Conference
The Berkeley Digital Media Conference presents: current and emerging intersections

October 25, 2007
Archival Film Storytelling Panel Discussion
Kenn Rabin and Sheila Curran Bernard have invited industry leaders to join them for discussions that will inform their book-in-progress, Archival Storytelling, to be published by Focal Press in 2008.

October 25, 2007
Expose: America's Investigative Reports -- Screening and Panel Discussion
A screening and panel discussion about PBS's award-winning documentary, "Expose: America's Investigative Reports."

October 24, 2007
QUEST: A Multimedia Screening and Discussion
Paul Rogers, Managing Editor of QUEST and environmental reporter at the San Jose Mercury News, presents the new multi-platform series about Northern California's science and environment from local public broadcaster KQED. Knight Professor of Journalism Michael Pollan moderates.

October 24, 2007
Asia Colloquium: North Korea Imaged and Imagined
Screening segments of Daniel Gordon's film "A State of Mind" and Dutch filmmaker Pieter Fleury's "North Korea: A Day in the Life." Jschooler Linjun Fan shows photos of Pyongyang.

October 23, 2007
Mike Sager Revenge Tour--CANCELLED
Event canceled! Mike Sager had to cancel this event due to threat of wildfires near his San Diego home.

October 22, 2007
Documentary Film Maker Norma Marcos with her film "Waiting for Ben Gurion"
Screening: "Waiting for Ben Gurion." French Palestinian journalist Norma Marcos visits on Monday, October 22, at Noon in the Library, to screen her award-winning 30 minute documentary, "Waiting for Ben Gurion," concerning her detention in Israel. Discussion to follow. This event is open to the public.

October 18, 2007
A Conversation with Alex Ross, author of The Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
An astute listener to music of all genres, Ross challenges popular perceptions of modern music.

October 18, 2007
Food and Farming Film Series - Pollen Nation and Three Short Films
A screening of four films about modern food systems, followed by a discussion with filmmakers Singeli Agnew '07, Josh Fischer '06 and others.

October 17, 2007
Asia Colloquium: Filming India's Uncovered Stories
Screening of "The Red Corridor" and discussion with filmmaker C Vanaja. Described as the biggest internal threat to the country by India's Prime Minister, the Naxalite movement has spread over 16 out of 28 states.

October 17, 2007
The 21st Century Family
A panel discussion was held on October 17, 2007 to celebrate Greater Good's Fall 2007 issue on "The 21st Century Family." The panel featured family experts discussing how the American family is changing, and how it can still thrive during this period of transition.

October 11, 2007
The Emergent World of Citizen Media
Citizen media pioneers Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and Oh Yeon Ho, founder of OhMyNews, will join Dan Gillmor and Bill Gannon in conversation.

October 11, 2007
Spotlight on Burma
A forum on the Burma crisis, includes photographs and comments by Visiting Scholar Myint Zaw from Burma; Penny Edwards from the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies; and Siddharth Varadarajan, Visiting Lecturer and an editor at The Hindu in New Delhi.

October 8, 2007 - October 9, 2007
Gypsy Caravan
Shot by legendary cinematographer Albert Maysles, this dynamic musical documentary follows five Gypsy bands from four countries who unite for the Gypsy Caravan as they take their show around North America for a six-week tour, astounding every audience they meet.

October 4, 2007
Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
CNN senior legal analyst and New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin discusses The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, in conversation with UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Professor Cynthia Gorney.

October 4, 2007
Jeffrey Toobin in a conversation with Cynthia Gorney
Presented by Cody's, with Cal's Graduate School of Journalism and Goldman School of Public Policy, Jeffrey Toobin discusses THE NINE: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, in a conversation with Cynthia Gorney.

October 3, 2007
Asia Colloquium: AGENT ORANGE A Personal Requiem, a documentary screening and discussion with Masako Sakata
Journalist Masako Sakata's documentary film chronicles the effects of the herbicide known as Agent Orange and the tragedy of losing her husband, an American photojournalist who died from liver cancer that was, Sakata is convinced, caused by his exposure to the defoliant while serving in Vietnam.

September 29, 2007
East Meets West 2007
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT (7/07). East Meets West brings together editors from top magazines and veteran journalists for an intimate, all-day conference at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.

September 28, 2007
The Photographs of Jason Eskenazi
LECTURE & EXHIBITION OPENING Fairytale of the Soviet Monolith," a solo exhibition of black-and-white photographs by Jason Eskenazi spent much of the 1990s photographing the former Soviet Union. His new show takes as its epigraph a quote from Stalin: "We were born to make fairy tales come true."

September 27, 2007
So Far From Mexico City, So Close to God
Author and journalist Sam Quinones speaks about his extensive reporting on Mexican immigrants.

September 24, 2007
2007 Grantham Prize Seminar on the State of Environment via LIVE WEBCAST
Climate change is taking more air time and column inches, and influencing more reporting beats than ever before, compelling a new level of quality in news reporting. Now you can learn how prize-winning journalists cover this complex news.

September 19, 2007
Journalist Reese Erlich presents Covering the Iraq Surge: Opinions, Facts and Fairytales
Journalist, author and radio reporter Reese Erlich talks about the media's challenges and pitfalls in covering the surge of American troops deployed to Iraq.

September 18, 2007
The Constitution Day Speakers Forum
The Constitution Day Speakers Forum

September 18, 2007
Workshop with Paul Steiger, Wall Street Journal Editor at Large
Paul Steiger, Editor at Large for the Wall Street Journal, conducted a three hour workshop with students from the Journalism School on Tuesday, September 18, 2007. Steiger discussed the recent sale of the Journal's parent company, Dow Jones, to Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation.

September 5, 2007
Asia Colloquium: Nuclear Politics: India and Iran
Visiting Lecturer Siddharth Varadarajan discusses nuclear politics, a topic he has extensively covered, during the Asia Colloquium on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 4-6 p.m. in the Library.

August 29, 2007
Islam, Global Politics, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Choosing the President - Campaigning and Governing in War and Peace

August 27, 2007
Inside the Red Mosque
JSchool graduate Aryn Baker ('01) launches the fall semester Covering Asia program on August 27 with a talk on her recent coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Aryn was inside the Red Mosque in Islamabad when the tear gas assault started in July.

July 23, 2007
Religion in Second Life
Fellows from the News21 journalism initiative and their faculty advisors launch a groundbreaking experiment bringing important journalism and ongoing discussions about faith to Second Life, the innovative virtual community.

May 20, 2007 - May 23, 2007
Spring New Media Lecture Series (May 2007)
Featured speakers are Tom Mallory, Chuck Scott, Alexa Capeloto, Nicole Vargas of the San Diego Tribune; Seth Gitner and Lindsey Nair of Roanoke.com; Brian Storm of MediaStorm.org; Richard Koci Hernandez of the San Jose Murcury News; Rob Curley of Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive and Colin Crawford of IDG Communications.

May 8, 2007
1967: Israel's Longest Year
Please join us for a lecture by Tom Segev, renowned journalist, historian and the 2007 Helen Diller Family Visiting Professor. Segev will discuss the sweeping and provocative history of the 1967 Six Day War, what led to it, what followed and how it changed everything.

May 5, 2007
The CIA in Fact and Fiction
Lowell Bergman joins The New York Times' Tim Wiener, CIA chief historian David Robarge, former FBI espionage chief Mike Rochford, former CIA veterans Norb Garrett and Milt Bearden and Eric Roth to discuss the myths and reality of intelligence and counterintelligence.

April 28, 2007
Wonders Are Many
Jon Else's new documentary, "Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'" will have its West Coast Premier at the San Francisco International Film Festival on Saturday April 28th, 9 PM at the Castro Theater.

April 27, 2007
Screening and Discussion: FRONTLINE/World's Hour on Global Media
Join us for a reception and screening of the fourth hour of the FRONTLINE "News War" series -- a FRONTLINE/World episode featuring"War of Ideas," about the rise of Arab satellite TV channels, and "Requiem," a tribute to journalists who risk their lives to report the news.

April 23, 2007
"Wonders Are Many" Film Workshop with Jon Else
Please join award-wining director Jon Else as he discusses the myriad of challenges, problems, and fun on making his most recent documentary film "Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic"

April 21, 2007
Turning Journalism into History
David Halberstam will talk about the crafts of both journalism and history and what it means to turn journalistic reporting into a work of history.

April 21, 2007
North Gate Professional Seminar
Whether or not we consider ourselves historical writers, journalists frequently reconstruct or interpret the past. Yet the prospect can be daunting for reporters untrained in historical techniques and standards. Reconstructing the Past: When History and Journalism Meet, will be a daylong conference on April 21 at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley. The sixth in an annual series known as the North Gate Professional Seminar, it will bring together journalists, historians, authors, filmmakers and radio producers for a day of panels and workshops on the craft of reporting and writing historical narrative. This seminar will provide a rare opportunity for mid-career journalists (in any medium) to discuss the nature of historical work and sharpen their research, interpretive and narrative skills.

April 20, 2007
Alumni Documentary Screening & Panel
This screening and panel discussion will feature documentary alumni from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Following a look at film clips, there will be an open discussion for questions about the school's documentary program and how to navigate the job market. This event is geared toward current and prospective students, but is open to the public.

April 20, 2007 - April 22, 2007
Alumni Weekend
Highlights include a public lecture by David Halberstam and the 2007 North Gate Professional Seminar: Reconstructing the Past: When History and Journalism Meet, as well as the annual alumni cocktail party on Saturday and a picnic on Sunday. We are also planning a career panel for students and a screening of documentary films by alumni on Friday. We will post more details soon.

April 19, 2007
Careers in Business Journalism
We are hosting a dinner featuring editors from the business media to discuss the direction of their publications, their web strategies and what editors want in pitches. Publications include The Wall Street Journal, Business 2.0, Red Herring, MarketWatch and The San Francisco Chronicle.

April 14, 2007
Third Annual International Reporting Conference
Join us for a hands-on day of panels and one-to-one discussions, by and for journalists, with some of the most experienced reporters and editors in the business. The conference, featuring reporters and producers from the New York Times, Washington Post, NPR and PBS Frontline World, will focus on the nuts and bolts of covering the story outside the United States.

April 4, 2007
National Writers Union Event with Reese Erlich
Freelance foreign correspondent Reese Erlich has covered the Middle East for 20 years on assignment for the San Francisco Chronicle, Dallas Morning News and NPR. Erlich will discuss his recent Mother Jones article exposing the U.S.-sponsored guerrilla attacks inside Iran. Erlich’s book "The Iran Agenda: the real story of U.S. policy and the Middle East crisis," will be published in September. In preparing his book, Erlich interviewed President Bashir al Asad of Syria, among others.

March 28, 2007
Amnesty International Ginetta Sagan Fund 2007 Award
Please join us in celebration of Amnesty International Ginetta Sagan Fund 2007 Award Recipient Ms. Lydia Cacho. Ms. Cacho is one of Mexico's leading defenders of children's and women's rights. An investigative journalist and a specialist on gender-based violence, Ms. Cacho founded and directs the Centro Integral de Atención a las Mujeres (CIAM) in Cancún, a crisis center and shelter for victims of sex crimes, gender-based violence, and trafficking.

March 25, 2007 - March 28, 2007
Spring New Media Lecture Series (March 2007)
Featured speakers are Joe Howry, Anthony Plascencia, Colleen Cason, Tom Kisken, Ventura County Star; Lisa Stone, Blog Her; Kevin Sites, Yahoo!; Sean Connelley and Katy Newton, Oakland Tribune; Rob Curley, Washingtonpost. Newsweek Interactive; Matt McAlister, Yahoo!

March 21, 2007
Food Fight: A Teach-in On the 2007 Farm Bill
Michael Pollan will moderate a panel discussion of the 2007 farm bill, now being debated, with guests Dan Imhoff, the author of Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill; George Naylor, Iowa corn farmer and president of the National Family Farms Coalition; Ann Cooper, Director of Nutrition Services for the Berkeley school system, and Carlos Marentes, director of Sin Fronteras Border Agricultural Workers Project, and Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group in the effort to reform federal agricultural policies.

March 15, 2007
How I Learned To Love the Law by Writing About It, Not Practicing It
THIS IS POSTPONED TILL FURTHER NOTICE.

March 13, 2007 - March 14, 2007
Stopping Mass Atrocities
Join an international assembly of policymakers, philanthropists, religious leaders, scholars and activists to discuss the responsibility to protect against mass atrocities and move the concept from principle to practice.

March 12, 2007
Writing for the Greater Good: Celebrating the New Issue of Greater Good Magazine
Join us for a panel discussion to celebrate the latest issue of Greater Good, the acclaimed new magazine based at UC Berkeley. The panel will feature the magazine's editors and contributors, including legendary psychologist Philip Zimbardo and New Orleans Times-Picayune photographer Ted Jackson.

March 7, 2007
Press and the European Union
Please join us for an informal question and answer session on covering the European Union with Mattias Sundholm, Deputy Head of Press and Public Diplomacy Section, Washington D.C.

March 3, 2007
2007 Women In Leadership Conference
Join us on Saturday, March 3rd, 2007 for the 11th Annual Women in Leadership Conference at the Haas School of Business at University of California, Berkeley. The conference will focus on innovative approaches to women's careers and lifestyle choices. The day will include Keynote speakers, panels, workshops, a networking luncheon, and a wine reception. Participants will have the opportunity to meet with panelists, attendees and recruiters from organizations committed to women and diversity

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