I had a great 9 days in Brazil and was too busy to write. Here is a little summary of what we did and I will write another entry on what we have learned. I went to Brazil with Prof. Madhu Khanna in order to learn the truth about the biofuel sector in Brazil. We […]
To Brazil and Back Read More »
There is a growing concern about climate change and much of the worry pertains to the implications of climate change for food and agriculture. There is emerging evidence that increased heat beyond a certain threshold is likely to reduce yields and that climate change will require adaptation and change in land use patterns across locations.
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2010 was a year mixed of good and bad. This year Leorah and I became empty nesters for real(several times in the past the kids have left, but boomeranged back). Shie and Leigh moved to Seattle where Shie is running the computer system of the high school and they are both teaching. Beth and Eyal
Annual Review, 2010 Read More »
In 2008, after a competitive bidding process, UC Berkeley, LBNL and University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign started a ten-year research partnership with BP called the Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI). The goal in creating the EBI was to establish a research program where modern tools of biology are applied to generate new and improved fuels. I contributed to
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Last week the MacArthur Foundation announced that UC Berkeley will receive a grant to establish a Master’s in Development Practice (MDP), or as it was referred to, a Master’s in Sustainability Studies. This grant is both a wish come true and the beginning of a new challenge. I appreciate development. I grew up in Israel
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The $40,000 investment in the Warriors paid off! After 7 years tonight I was SEASON TICKET HOLDER OF THE GAME. The Warriors lost (nothing new) so I was robbed from getting a signed ball. Yet there where significant material gains – a stringy but elegant exclusive back pack, a unique white t-shirt (they knew that
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The story from David: Keith (the Dean),Federico, and I were driving to downtown to meet alumni in a restaurant. Federico – whose navigation skills are not better that mine – was driving around the same four streets in circles, and attracted the attention of two policemen. The two policemen stopped us to check our papers.
Costa Rica – March 2009 Read More »