News from November 2013
Religious Diversity Chair, Senior Hire
The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a tenured appointment to the faculty at the Associate or Full Professor level, to begin July 1, 2014. The candidate will be expected to provide organizational leadership for the Religious Diversity Cluster of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society. The successful candidate will be appointed in one or more departments at Berkeley (depending upon the candidate’s background). The successful candidate will also be considered for appointment to the Haas…
Report details high costs of Philippine typhoons for families, baby girls
Research on the impacts of typhoons in the Philippines indicates that destruction increases by about 22 percent for each additional meter per second of wind speed exposure. The images above map average typhoon wind speeds around the globe (averaged across year) between 1950 and 2008. The image on the right shows areas of the Philippines with the highest average winds in red. BERKELEY — Tropical cyclones hitting the Philippines inflict more and longer-lasting economic loss than generally recognized, and are linked to…