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A simple question from his wife – Does physics really allow people to travel back in time? – propelled physicist Richard Muller on a quest to resolve a fundamental problem that had puzzled him throughout his 45-year career: Why does the arrow of time flow inexorably toward the future, constantly creating new "nows"? Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 31548]

In 2016, UC Berkeley made a number of changes in its undergraduate admissions: It made much greater use of the wait list than in the past, it changed the process of reading applications and the scoring rubric, it eliminated a separate reading process for disadvantaged students, and it asked many applicants for letters of recommendation. Professor Jesse Rothstein compares data on applications and admissions in 2015 and 2016, and assesses the impact of these changes, with a particular focus on the admission of students from groups that are underrepresented at Berkeley. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 31627]

Tabby's star has provoked so much excitement, with speculation that it hosts a highly advanced civilization capable of building orbiting megastructures to capture the star's energy, that UC Berkeley's Breakthrough Listen project is devoting hours of time on the Green Bank radio telescope to see if they can detect any signals from intelligent extraterrestrials. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Show ID: 31635]

In order to guarantee that the United States will continue to have world leading public research universities, which are accessible to the entire population, not just students from privileged backgrounds, a new compact for the support of public higher education is required. This compact will involve symbiotic partnerships between the federal and state governments, corporations, foundations and philanthropists, the universities and their students. Robert Birgeneau, Chancellor Emeritus, UC Berkeley and Henry Brady, Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, discuss specific actions by each of these sectors and specific state and federal government legislation which will enable our public universities both to excel and to continue to retain their public character. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 31513]

Geoffrey Canada, President of the Harlem Children's Zone, explores how to motivate young citizens to engage in politics so that they can create and support the same economic opportunities as those enjoyed by previous generations. Series: "The UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 31612]

The 2016 campaign has led to significant stresses on the leadership and ideology of the two major political parties in the United States. Will these result in a more fragmented political life and the rise of new parties? Bill Whalen of the Hoover Institution joins Lisa Garcia Bedolla and Henry E. Brady of UC Berkeley for an insightful look at what’s ahead for the American body politic in this event sponsored by the Center on Civility & Democratic Engagement at the Goldman School of Public Policy. Recorded October 1, 2016 Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 31522]

Jim Bishop, senior scientist at Berkeley Lab and professor at UC Berkeley, is leading a project to deploy robotic floats that provide data on how microorganisms sequester carbon in the ocean. He recently led a research team on a 10-day voyage, funded by the National Science Foundation, to put the Carbon Flux Explorers to the test. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 31549]

As the contentious 2016 election season heads into its final weeks, California Live speakers from the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley delve into the impact of race, gender and income inequality on the campaigns of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Panelists are: Dean Henry E. Brady,  political science professor Sarah Anzia, social psychology professor Jack Glaser and civil rights attorney and Goldman School alum Jonathan Stein.  Moderated by Maria Echaveste, Policy and Program Director at Berkeley Law's Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy

Series: "UC Public Policy Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31452]

Dajanaye Sheri Adrow-Hubbard is graduating from UC Berkeley, May, 2016. She has been raising her 4 year old son, Marius, while attending Berkeley, having enrolled immediately after high school. She and Marius will be moving to Texas after graduation, where Dajanaye will start her career as a teacher with Teach for America, hoping to one day become a school principal. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Show ID: 30931]

Calcium, the main constituent of bone, turns out to play a major role in regulating the cells that orchestrate bone growth, a finding that could affect treatment for conditions caused by too much collagen deposition, such as fibrosis and excessive scarring, as well as diseases of too little bone growth, such as Treacher Collins Syndrome (TCS). The finding by Michael Rape and his colleagues at UC Berkeley came from study of the signals that tell undifferentiated stem cells in the very early embryo to mature into bone cells. As a result, people like Francis Smith, a University of Colorado researcher who visited Rape in his lab, require dozens of surgeries during childhood to reconstruct the face, implant hearing aids and even reconstruct the trachea to breathe normally. Rape hopes that basic research to pinpoint the key signals that trigger proper bone growth can help those like Smith avoid such painful surgeries. Series: "UC Berkeley News" [Science] [Show ID: 31543]