UC Berkeley News features an NPR news piece reporting that more than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than before the pandemic began. According to new data released Thursday, U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of nearly 500,000 undergraduate students in the Fall of 2021, continuing a historic decline that began the previous Fall. Read more about the data released, here.
The San Joaquin Valley Has a Salinity Problem
After decades of salt accumulation, Berkeley scientists look for new solutions. ARE Professor David Zilberman was interviewed in the Winter 2021 issue of California Magazine regarding the matter.
UC Berkeley Will Begin Spring Semester with Mostly Remote Instruction
Chancellor Carol Christ, Catherine Koshland, interim executive vice chancellor and provost, and Guy Nicolette, assistant Vice Chancellor for University Health Services sent the following message:
ARE Mourns the Loss of Outstanding Scholar, Esteemed Colleague and Dear Friend Leo K. Simon
The ARE community's caring thoughts are with Leo's family. Leo K. Simon, December 6, 1948 - January 10, 2022.
Subways and Urban Air Pollution
Marco Gonzalez-Navarro et al. investigate the effect of subway system openings on urban air pollution in the current issue of the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Vol. 14, Issue 1.
The Cost of Air Pollution
The 2021 season of the ARE Discussions webinar series concluded with an episode on the cost of air pollution, featuring research by ARE Professor Michael Anderson.
Allowing Poor Farmers to Grow Golden Rice Can Save Lives
ARE Professor David ZIlberman and co-authors wrote an opinion piece on Golden Rice published online in the December 21st, 2021 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The consumption of the genetically modified rice variety known as Golden Rice (GR) offers a potent and cost-effective strategy to combat Vitamin A Deficiency, however, many governments have prevented its cultivation.
Investigating Local Welfare Information in Small, Rural Communities in Central Java
ARE Job Candidate Carly Trachtman writes an article for the World Bank Development Impact Blog.
ARE Alumna '14 Diana Ngo is Honored with the Occidental College Linda and Tod White Teaching Prize
ARE is pleased to share that Associate Professor Ngo (formerly Lee), recipient of the Linda and Tod White Teaching Prize, has been praised for her passion for economics, microeconomic theory and in particular, economic development.
ARE Job Candidate Matthew Suandi Featured in a Podcast
UC Berkeley Professor Brad DeLong interviews ARE Student Matthew Suandi in a podcast episode titled "Faulty Torpedoes, WWII Submarines, Promotions & Our Hideous Waste of Human Potential." The podcast features Suandi's job market paper.
David Zilberman named “IICA Chair” for contribution to sustainable development
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture recognizes Zilberman for his research on bioeconomy and alternative energies.
Implications of the Drought for California Agriculture
Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist Ellen Bruno is co-editor of a special issue of the ARE Update focused on how the state can adapt to a drier future.
USDA-funded SWIM aims to secure water for agriculture and ecosystems
Cooperative Extension Specialist Ellen Bruno joins a new, interdisciplinary project working to create a resilient water future.
Rausser College of Natural Resources Dedicated and Celebrated
Chancellor Carol T. Christ and Dean David Ackerly led festivities celebrating the naming of the Rausser College of Natural Resources in recognition of the landmark gift from Professor Emeritus and Former Dean Gordon Rausser.
The American Energy Society Names a Paper by ARE Professor Joe Shapiro as the 2020 Energy Article of the Year
The department is pleased to announce the news regarding the paper titled “The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy" and congratulates Professor Shapiro!
Faculty Recruitment: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Agricultural Economics
The Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics (ARE) at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications from qualified individuals to two positions, one open rank (OR: assistant, associate or full professor), the other a tenure-track Assistant Professor (NT). The successful applicant to the open rank position may occupy the recently endowed Rausser Chair of Agricultural Economics.
Guido W. Imbens, David Card, and Joshua D. Angrist Are Awarded the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
We are delighted that our former colleague, Guido Imbens (Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics and Department of Economics, 2002-2006) won the prize this year. We are also very happy that David Card (Department of Economics), who has been a good friend to this department, has also won.
Ending the Great Cost Shift: How California’s Poor Subsidize the State’s Solar Lifestyle, Part 1
Meredith Fowlie's research is featured in the September 21st, 2021 edition of Black Voice News (BVN), a "solutions-oriented, data-supported, justice seeking [publication] from Southern California’s Inland Empire." Read the article here.
Meredith Fowlie Named Co-Director of NBER'S EEE Program
ARE is delighted to announce that Meredith Fowlie is the new co-director of the Environment and Energy Economics Program of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
ARE Alumnus '97 Jinhua Zhao Welcomed As Cornell's Dean of the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
The latest issue of Cornell's campus publication the Cornell Chronicle features Jinhua Zhao as Dyson's new Dean.