The Future of Oil and Gas Series: Labor and the Oil and Gas Industry in California

Thu · Sep 3·The Rowell Exhibition Cases, Doe Library, 2nd floor · Berkeley

In 1985, UC Berkeley students, with support from faculty, staff, and labor unions, transformed the campus into the heart of a powerful anti-apartheid divestment campaign. They organized rallies, teach-ins, and shantytown encampments to protest the university's financial ties to companies profiting from South Africa's s…

Thu · Sep 3·The Bancroft Library (corridor) · Berkeley

The Bancroft Library's collections of materials relating to the Philippines span nearly 500 years. Highlights in this exhibit include a transcript of an Inquisitorial trial from 1646, a prayer book written in the Cebuano language, and UC Berkeley Filipino student publications from 1905 to the present. The exhibit also…

Thu · Sep 3·3:30 PM – 4:30 PM·101 Barker Hall · Berkeley

Many plasticity rules rely on adjusting the strength of synapses between pairs of cells based on their coincident activity. We uncovered a new mechanism for coincidence detection in the Drosophila head direction network. To maintain an accurate sense of direction, head direction neurons that signal orientation during n…

Thu · Sep 3·3:30 PM – 4:30 PM·101 Barker Hall · Berkeley

Many plasticity rules rely on adjusting the strength of synapses between pairs of cells based on their coincident activity. We uncovered a new mechanism for coincidence detection in the Drosophila head direction network. To maintain an accurate sense of direction, head direction neurons that signal orientation during n…