Professor Berck has had life changing effect on a number of undergraduates during his 41 years of teaching, and his efforts have gone well beyond merely teaching undergraduate courses.
CNR Dean J. Keith Gilless Recipient Of 2018 Berkeley Faculty Service Award
The Berkeley Faculty Service Award (BFSA) honors a member of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate for their outstanding and dedicated service to the campus.
Rebates For Electric Clunkers?
ARE Professor Max Auffhammer discusses the logic behind a program subsidizing used electric vehicles in this Energy Institute blog post.
2018 Sidney Hoos Award For Best Second-Year Econometrics Paper
The ARE Department is pleased to announce Wei Lin as the recipient of the 2018 Sidney Hoos Award for Best Second-Year Econometrics Paper.
Carbon Markets, Waterbeds, And You
Can reducing your carbon footprint make any difference when you’re carbon capped?
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro's Research On Retail Globalization Appears In The JPE
ARE Assistant Professor Marco Gonzalez-Navarro’s paper on the impact of foreign retail chains’ entry into developing countries has been selected as the lead article in the latest issue of the Journal of Political Economy. The paper is co-authored with David Akin of MIT and Ben Faber of UC Berkeley.
Report From Professor Sunding Supports Delta Tunnel Plan
A study by Professor David Sunding commissioned by the California Department of Water Resources says that Governor Brown’s delta tunnels plan would pay off for both farmers and cities.
J. Keith Gilless Honored For Exemplary Service To The Campus
The award, conferred by the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate, recognizes outstanding and dedicated service to the campus. Winners are selected based on activities that have “significantly enhanced the quality of the campus as an educational institution and community of scholars” — including Senate service.
How Much Do Residential Consumers Respond To The Price Of Natural Gas?
ARE Professor Max Auffhammer and ARE PhD candidate Ed Rubin coauthored this Energy Institute at Haas blog post on deciphering natural gas consumption in the event of pricing changes.
Student Spotlight: Kevin Bai
The Environmental Economics and Policy major tells us how he tackled learning all six official UN languages, how studying history helped him develop his passion for environmental science, and more.
ARE Alumna Adela De La Torre Appointed President Of San Diego State University
Adela de la Torre becomes the ninth permanent president of SDSU and the first woman to serve in that role.
2006 ARE Alumnus Chris Busch OP-ED Contributer In The New York Times
ARE Alumnus and Director of the San Francisco think tank Energy Innovation Research, Chris Busch, contributes article "Landmark California Climate Program Is in Jeopardy," (with J. Gillis) in the December 12, 2017 New York Times opinion page.
More UC Berkeley Students Using Food Stamps Than Ever Before
ARE Professor Jeff Perloff featured in an article in the Daily Californian.
ARE Phd Candidate Dan Hammer Wins First-Ever Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award
ARE is very pleased to announce that PhD candidate Dan Hammer is being honored with the first-ever Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award.
What Climate Change Policy Puts America First?
ARE Associate Professor Meredith Fowlie authored this Haas Energy Institute blog post on the Trump Administration's accounting of the social cost of carbon.
ARE Faculty Member James Sallee Named 2017 University Of California Hellman Fellow
ARE Assistant Professor James Sallee is one of four faculty from the College of Natural Resources to be named a 2017 Hellman Fellow. The Hellman Fellows Program supports junior faculty research on the ten campuses of the UC system and at four private institutions.
CNR Dean & ARE Faculty Member J. Keith Gilless Featured In New York Times And Washington Post Articles Regarding California Wildfires
California Wildfires Death Toll Rises to 29 as Vast Region Is Scorched; As a Sudden Wildfire Approaches, How Do You Get People Out of Their Homes; What To Do If You’re Trapped In a Vehicle in the Middle of a Wildfire
Blocked By Old Contracts And Modern-Day Infighting, California's Big Water Project Staggers To Its Deathbed
ARE Professor David Sunding's 2015 cost-benefit analysis of the California Waterfix is highlighted in this Los Angeles Times article on the Westlands Water District's recent withdrawal of support from the $17-billion water project.
Student Spotlight: Megan Conner
Megan Conner shares her passion for writing and analysis, her favorite CNR class, and her experience in the Cal Energy Corps program.