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Graduate Division Dean,
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Spotlight On: UC Berkeley graduate students, faculty, and alumni

 

Edouard Servan-SchreiberEdouard Servan-Schreiber: Computer Science, Ph.D. class of 2000
After graduating from Carnegie Mellon with my B.S. in mathematics and computer science, I worked in consulting, traveled in Asia, did my military service in France, before wishing to return to academic endeavors... more

 

Richard HalkettRichard Halkett: Public Policy, MPP class of 2005
Throughout his career, Richard Halkett has focused on technology, innovation, and education, in relation to foreign policy. He currently serves as the Director of Strategy & Research for Cisco Global Education... more

 

Gadgil and GalitskyAshok Gadgil and Christina Galitsky: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The conflict in Darfur, an arid place the size of Texas, has left rural villages burned to the ground, families torn apart, and the landscape devastated. As many as 400,000 people have died there... more

 

Dr. Barbara StaggersDr. Barbara Staggers: Public Health, class of 1980
A summer job during high school proved to be life-changing for Barbara Staggers. The high achieving teen who aspired to be a ballerina or maybe a veterinarian was working for a recreation program for inner-city kids... more

 

Andrew SzeriAndrew J. Szeri: Dean of the Graduate Division
Andrew Szeri savors his walk to work each day, winding through the scenic neighborhoods of Berkeley. He says the journey to Sproul Hall is peaceful and provides time to think before he dives into the emails... more

 

Larissa KellyLarissa Kelly: History, Ph.D. candidate
The drama that actually took place in a much more compressed interval back in February of this year played out over seven separate days in the latter part of May... more

 

Thelton HendersonThelton Henderson: Political Science class of 1955, Law class of 1962
Now an esteemed and controversial federal judge, Thelton Henderson came to Cal from Los Angeles on a football scholarship. The law was not on his mind. Even academics were not necessarily in the forefront... more

 

Emily PrinceEmily Prince: MFA candidate
In her San Francisco studio, artist Emily Prince quietly continues a work-in-progress, her vast memorial to U.S. troops whose lives were lost in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom... more

 

Julia Menard-WarwickJulia Menard-Warwick: Education, Ph.D. class of 2004
In February 1999 when I learned that I was being offered a Berkeley Graduate Fellowship, I had been a part-time English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor at a small community college in Washington state for 10 years... more

 

Wilson ShearinWilson Shearin: Classics, Ph.D. class of 2007
Few disciplines are as traditional, in every possible sense of the term, as the field of Classics. Indeed, it could be said that Classics – the intensive study of Greek and Roman literature, language, and culture... more

 

Arlene BlumArlene Blum: Biophysical Chemistry, Ph.D. class of 1971
One September evening in 1970, working alone in my chemistry lab in Latimer Hall, I was preparing nucleic acid for my final experiments for my Ph.D. in biophysical chemistry... more

 

Cynthia BruynsCynthia Bruyns: Computer science graduate student
Computer science graduate student Cynthia Bruyns immersed herself in the complex world of machine-generated music and, from the user’s perspective, simplified it... more

 

Christine CarterChristine Carter: Executive Director, Greater Good Science Center
Reams of academic research abound across the country on how to raise happy children, but who has the time to read this myriad of findings, boil down the facts, and then turn them into practical parenting advice?... more

 

Aubrey GilbertAubrey Gilbert: Berkeley neuroanatomy graduate student
For the inexperienced traveler, Aubrey Gilbert’s “whirlwind tour of your nervous system” blows past the hippocampus and cortex of the frontal lobes like a five-day package excursion through the great cities of Europe... more

 

Randall IrmisAlvaro Huerta: City and regional planning Ph.D. student
A stint as a day laborer on the star-studded Malibu coast launched Alvaro Huerta’s career in academia. "Hot and terrible" is how the UC Berkeley city and regional planning Ph.D. student recalls those... more

 

Randall IrmisRandall Irmis: Berkeley integrative biology Ph.D. student
Whatever else it ate, it may have consumed a whole school of thought about where and how dinosaurs evolved, say Berkeley integrative biology Ph.D. student Randall Irmis... more

 

Anna NarutaAnna Naruta: Urban archaeologist
Berkeley’s neighbor to the south, Oakland, has a Chinatown that’s well known to city residents and others who go there to shop, dine, and renew cultural ties... more

 

Last Updated: January 7, 2009 3:00 PM