ARE Graduate Students Get Exposure to Rice Farming
A group of ARE affiliates, including PhD students and faculty, set off for Butte County, CA on Friday September 6, 2019 on a rice farm tour.
What’s Up with the Downtrend in EPA Enforcement Effort?
ARE Professor Meredith Fowlie discusses in her Energy Institute blog how this emerging trend could spell trouble.
Honoring Peter Berck
“Berckonomics” was about connecting ideas in ways that weren’t obvious. It was also about making connections among people: “Bonding over Environment, Resources, Coffee, and Kindness.”
Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax?
The rise of electric vehicles in the U.S. has altered the effectiveness of gasoline taxes. Read more...
Congratulations ARE Graduates of 2019!
Congratulations and best wishes to the ARE gradaute class of 2019, left-right: John Loeser, Jon Proctor, Dina Gorenshteyn, Ellen Lin, Greg Lane, Erin Kelley, Deirdre Sutula, Itai Trilnick, Matt Woerman, ARE Graduate Student Advisor Carmen Karahalios, Stephen Harrell, Shaoda Wang, and Allyson Barnett Root.
Jeff Perloff Recipient of 2019 CNR Distinguished Teaching Award
Among several inspiring nominees, ARE Professor Jeff Perloff stood out for his consistently excellent ratings for large lecture-style classes, *and* for small discussion or lab-style classes.
David Zilberman Elected to National Academy of Sciences
In recognition of outstanding achievements in original research, ARE Professor David Zilberman is one of eight UC Berkeley faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the most distinguished scientific organizations in the country.
ARE Alumni '14 Marshall Burke and Kyle Emerick Win American Economic Association Award for Best Paper
The annual American Economic Journal (AEJ) "Best Paper Awards" highlight the best paper published in each of the American Economic Journals. Nominations are provided by AEA members, and winners are selected by the journals' editors, co-editors, and boards of editors.
Ellen Bruno and Tamma Carleton Win AAEA Outstanding Dissertation Awards
ARE Cooperative Extension Specialist Ellen Bruno and alumna Tamma Carleton have been recognized with the 2019 Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
UC Berkeley Community Talks Sustainability, Equality, Artificial Intelligence at Town Hall
The Daily Californian reports on the campus community gathering in Sibley Auditorium on Monday Aptil 15th to discuss signature initiatives regarding sustainability, equality and artificial intelligence at a town hall sponsored by the UC Berkeley Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. The environmental initiative working group represented at the town hall meeting is co-chaired by ARE Associate Professor Meredith Fowlie.
California And The West Prepare To Get By On Less Water From the Colorado River
A century of water management in the western United States is on the verge of being restructured and two UC Berkeley water experts approve. ARE Professor David Zilberman and UC Cooperative Extension Specialist Ellen Bruno are featured in Berkeley News article regarding less Colorado River water for California and the West.
Meredith Fowlie Joins New External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee
Policies on air pollution, climate change, and water have far-reaching effects on millions of Americans and businesses. Is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—the federal agency whose mission is to protect public health and the environment—using the best available economic science when designing and proposing such policy?The newly created External Environmental Economics Advisory Committee (E-EEAC) will convene nationally-recognized environmental economists to ensure that it does.
Berkeley’s Soda Tax Election Changed Drinking Habits Months Before Prices Went Up
ARE '17 alumna, and current Assistant Professor at the University of Sydney, Rebecca Taylor, ARE Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and ARE graduate student Scott Kaplan, along with co-author and M.A. candidate Kevin Jung from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, are featured in Berkeley News, regarding their Berkeley-based soda tax research.
Joseph Shapiro Wins 2019 Excellence Award from Kiel Institute
ARE Professor Joseph Shapiro is a winner of a 2019 Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The other award winners announced on March 22, 2019 are Alex Wolitzky of MIT and Xavier Jaravel of the London School of Econonics.
"No Genetic Engineering Means People Die"
In an interview with Globes, the largest and oldest daily evening financial newspaper in Israel, ARE Professor David Zilberman discusses pesticides and genetic engineering, and how agricultural policy must take a multidisciplinary approach.
Can Cell Phones Help Improve Electricity Reliability?
ARE graduate student Susanna Berkouwer coauthored an Energy Institute blog post on the impact of new information technology on electricity access in Ghana.
ARE '18 Alumnus Dan Hammer Recipient of the 2019 Mark Bingham Award
ARE '18 alumnus Dan Hammer has been selected by the Cal Alumni Association Board of Directors and UC Berkeley Foundation Board of Trustees to receive the 2019 Mark Bingham Award for Excellence in Achievement by a Young Alumnus.
On the Contributions of Mentors and Role Models
ARE Professor David Zilberman reflects on the critical roles that mentors and role models have played in his career. Zilberman was recently awarded the Wolf Prize in Agriculture.
California Seeks Faster Forestry Approvals in Wildfire Fight
ARE Professor, and Board of Forestry and Fire Protection Chairman, Keith Gilless, featured in San Francisco Chronicle article regarding Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 news conference held in Sacramento by wildland managers, to discuss plan to speed up logging and prescribed burns designed to protect communities from wildfires. The effort would create a single environmental review process to cover vegetation reduction projects, field breaks and restoration projects.
Only Who Should Prevent Forest Fires?
ARE Associate Professor Meredith Fowlie discusses who should bear the costs of wildfire damage compensation and risk mitigation.