The College of Environmental Design Undergraduate Advising Blog

Dear Undergraduates, Happy Fall! Many of you have already started working on your applications for spring/summer 2013 research opportunities, but if you haven't, now is a great time to start. In particular, Workshop B can help you get started on writing your research proposal, so take advantage of the individualized attention. This newsletter will cover the following items: 1. Undergraduate research workshops ("Getting started" and "Writing a research proposal") taking place over the next few weeks 2. Research Program deadlines and info sessions through mid-December  3. Undergraduate Research Journals: Be an author or an editor of research written by Berkeley undergraduates. See this section to view undergraduate research journals' web sites to learn about their calls for editors and submissions -- fall 2012 deadlines are fast approaching! *************************************************** ------------------------------- I. WORKSHOPS OCTOBER 1...

News -Check out the September 2012 issue of the myPower newsletter: http://www.mypower.berkeley.edu/pdf/EM-SeptNewsletter.pdf -Read the September issue of the PowerSave Green Campus Chronicles here . -Check out the video from the Talking Louder About Sustainability Associates entitled Students in Action- UCB Campus-Wide Sustainability. -Read the September issue of bright green news from the Office of Sustainability -Read the September issue of the PowerSave Green Campus Chronicles here . -Check out the video from the Talking Louder About Sustainability Associates entitled Students in Action- UCB Campus-Wide Sustainability -The UC System just reached its 100th LEED Certification!! The UC System leads the nation, beating Harvard who is next at 75! Way to go UC's! http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/28305 -The campus Energy Incentive Program has begun. Read how new ‘energy incentive’ links kilowatt usage with the bottom line. http://newscenter.berkeley.ed...

Dear Undergraduates, Welcome (back)! There is a lot happening on campus in the world of undergraduate research, many opportunities to take advantage of. Jump in and get in the loop so you don't miss out on any of them. Your advisor may forward this newsletter to you when s/he receives it once a month, but to guarantee you miss out on no changing deadlines, we urge you to sign up for the research listserv. TO SUBSCRIBE, paste this link into your browser: mailto:undergraduate_research- request@lists.berkeley.edu? subject=subscribe Send the resulting e-mail, then reply to the request for confirmation e-mail that the system will send. Also, please forward this newsletter to friends whom you think might like to sign up for this listserv. This newsletter will cover the following items: 1. Undergraduate research workshops and info sessions this week 2. URAP (8/29) and other deadlines through mid-October 3. Undergraduate Research Journals: Be an author or an editor ...

Friends, CED Students/Alumni, Educators and Design Professionals, The summer issue of ByDESIGN is out! We’re shifting the vision of ByDESIGN to encompass a broader set of topics, i.e., design as applied to various professions and our daily lives. As our readership has grown, we’ve received very positive and encouraging feedback. We’re often asked if we only publish articles related to architecture, CASA members, or the College of Environmental Design at Berkeley. The answer is “no”. We are interested in publishing articles on people of color in any design field with significant achievements or contributions to society. In the future, we will cover all design disciplines and more! We invite persons from various professions and universities where design plays a key role to contribute interesting articles. If you have a significant story to tell (i.e., “The Man Who Drew the Apple Logo”) we would love to publish it. Send us your articles! And finally, if you have any ideas on h...