Sunday, November 22, 2009
Tough times for science in California
My wife brought to my attention an article in the New York Times about the consequences of California's budget woes for the University of California system, and especially Berkeley. People interviewed include Bob Birgeneau (famous for inelastic neutron scattering studies of strongly correlated electron materials, now Chancellor at Berkeley) and Richard Mathies (pioneer in femtosecond spectroscopy, now Dean of the College of Chemistry, Berkeley)
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