BERKELEY'S NEWS • SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Sofia Villas-Boas
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Research & Ideas
APRIL 23, 2023
Study shows sugar-sweetened beverage tax improves health, lowers healthcare costs
The sugar-sweetened beverage, or SSB, tax, implemented in Oakland in 2017, significantly reduced the number of purchases of soda and sugary drinks, according to a study published Tuesday in PLOS Medicine.
Research & Ideas
APRIL 23, 2023
Study shows sugar-sweetened beverage tax improves health, lowers healthcare costs
The sugar-sweetened beverage, or SSB, tax, implemented in Oakland in 2017, significantly reduced the number of purchases of soda and sugary drinks, according to a study published Tuesday in PLOS Medicine.
Summer Orientation 2019
JUNE 06, 2019
UC Berkeley professors share their favorite summer memories
How have UC Berkeley professors spent their favorite summers? Read on to find out what campus faculty have done during their most memorable summers.
Summer Orientation 2019
JUNE 06, 2019
UC Berkeley professors share their favorite summer memories
How have UC Berkeley professors spent their favorite summers? Read on to find out what campus faculty have done during their most memorable summers.
Fall Orientation 2018
AUGUST 23, 2018
What was your professor’s most memorable 1st day of school?
My most memorable first day of school was my first day as a graduate teaching assistant. — John Kihlstrom, professor emeritus of psychology
Fall Orientation 2018
AUGUST 23, 2018
What was your professor’s most memorable 1st day of school?
My most memorable first day of school was my first day as a graduate teaching assistant. — John Kihlstrom, professor emeritus of psychology
Obituary
AUGUST 19, 2018
'He brought us all together': UC Berkeley professor, forestry economist Peter Berck dies at 68
Berck earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He returned to campus as an assistant professor in 1976, where he remained for the duration of his career. Berck never retired, continuing to advise students and conduct research even as his illness worsened, according to his wife Cyndi Berck.
Obituary
AUGUST 19, 2018
'He brought us all together': UC Berkeley professor, forestry economist Peter Berck dies at 68
Berck earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He returned to campus as an assistant professor in 1976, where he remained for the duration of his career. Berck never retired, continuing to advise students and conduct research even as his illness worsened, according to his wife Cyndi Berck.
