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Large and growing food movements in the United States seek policy changes to promote healthier and more environmentally sound food choices. Marion Nestle reflects on recent progress. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Agriculture] [Show ID: 32980]

Large and growing food movements in the United States seek policy changes to promote healthier and more environmentally sound food choices. Marion Nestle reflects on recent progress. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Lectures" [Show ID: 32980]

A growing workforce of college students is being trained worldwide to review and verify digital content — typically videos shot by citizens who witnessed atrocities — that could help human rights lawyers prosecute war criminals. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 32680]

Professor Solomon Hsiang discusses findings of a study on the economic impacts on the US resulting from climate change. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 32681]

Imagine a future in which every home has an appliance that pulls all the water the household needs out of the air, even in dry or desert climates, using only the power of the sun. That future may be around the corner, with the demonstration this week of a water harvester that uses only ambient sunlight to pull liters of water out of the air each day in conditions as low as 20 percent humidity, a level common in arid areas Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 32684]

UC Berkeley current oceanographer, Francis Smith, explains rip currents, how to avoid them, and how to escape them if pulled in. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 32682]

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harold Smith, Distinguished Scholar at the IGS at Berkeley. Reflecting on his odyssey from university professor to Washington where he served as defense consultant and assistant Secretary of Defense 1993-1998), Smith explains the what, how and why of the implementation of the Nunn Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) Program. He concludes with reflections on lessons learned and advice to students preparing for a future in defense and foreign policy careers. Series: "Conversations with History" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 32520]

Politicians are fond of castigating colleges and universities and their leaders for their failure to rein in rising costs. While there is a technical explanation of why college costs seem to rise inexorably, that does not explain why university leaders often seem reluctant to expend political capital to control costs. Lawrence Bascow, President Emeritus of Tufts University, says that while there is much hand-wringing about rising costs, it is hard to identify any constituency on a college campus including students, faculty, parents, and even the board that prioritizes cost containment over competing goals.

Series: "Clark Kerr Lecture Series on the Role of Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 32375]

The Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley Commencement Ceremony -- May 15, 2017. Featuring California State Sen. Robert Hertzberg as keynote speaker. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Education] [Show ID: 32459]

Marion Nestle, Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition at New York University, reflects on recent findings that show a decline in public consumption of soda. Nestle reflects upon the highly competitive food industry where profits are paramount and public health is not a priority. Series: "Excerpts" [Public Affairs] [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 32602]