Jul 20th, 2008 · Host Liane Hansen talks to Sylvia Allegretto, an economist with the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley. They discuss what the coming minimum wage increase means for workers and employers at a time when the economy is struggling.
Jul 12th, 2008 · Over the past three weeks, more than 20,000 firefighters have battled nearly 1,800 fires in California and there's no immediate relief in sight. Timothy Duane, professor of environmental policy and land use at the University of California at Berkeley, talks with Linda Wertheimer about the economics of firefighting and how it has changed.
Jun 18th, 2008 · Cap-and-trade is considered one of the likeliest political solutions to global warming. The system sets up a market to trade carbon credits. Two professors at the University of California, Berkeley, have set up a market simulation game to let their students try the idea. What the class learned may unsettle politicians and energy regulators alike.
May 29th, 2008 · A farming experiment at the University of California, Davis, has found that organically grown tomatoes are richer in certain antioxidants than conventionally grown tomatoes. One researcher is on a quest to figure out why.
Apr 15th, 2008 · Animal rights activists throughout the University of California system have been aggressively targeting science faculty members who experiment on animals. Now the university system is asking for a court order to stop the escalating threats and protests.
Feb 21st, 2008 · Haagan Dazs launches a help-the-honeybee campaign. It's donating a quarter of a million dollars to the University of California and Penn State to study the disappearance of honeybees. Forty percent of the ice cream company's flavors require the work of bees.
Jan 25th, 2008 · Christopher Edley and Maria Echeveste are married. They met while working in Bill Clinton's White House and now teach law at University of California, Berkeley. But they split when it came to the 2008 presidential campaign: Etcheveste is a paid adviser for Hillary Clinton, and Edley is informally advising Barack Obama.
Nov 16th, 2007 · The University of California in Los Angeles announced the formation of the Herb Alpert School of Music on Friday. Alpert, the Latin crossover giant who headed up the Tijuana Brass and co-founded the A&M label, donated some $30 million to the school.