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Until now, paleontologists could only speculate about the existence of such people. But an international research team co-directed by Tim White of the University of California, Berkeley, reported in Nature last week that it has finally unearthed the long-sought fossil remains of what could be the very first true Homo sapiens, dated to between 160,000 and 154,000 years ago. And because of the quality of the specimens and where they were discovered, they cast new light on several of paleontology's thorniest questions...
...Lower your expectations. Tom Devlin, director of the Career Center at the University of California, Berkeley, says that today job targets have to be broader. "We're stressing that obtaining an internship at a financial institution doesn't necessarily mean a Wall Street bank," Devlin says. "A regional bank gives the same experience." Likewise, consider applying to companies you think you might like to work for someday, even if the job isn't as big as the one you would really like...
...best and freshest fruits and vegetables on their tables--and to capitalize on the organic-food craze--more restaurants are growing their own greens. Renowned chefs like Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., and Eberhard Mueller in New York City were the forerunners of the restaurateur-farmer trend, inspiring others to follow suit...
...studies suggest otherwise. As a fund becomes successful, it quickly begins to underperform its potential, even though it may keep outperforming its peers, according to Jonathan Berk, a business professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Richard Green, a business professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Why? Investors inevitably flood a winning fund with cash until the manager runs out of ideas and can no longer invest as profitably as before. So it pays to get on board early...
...education in the Bay Area was also more up to speed for Fong—her senior year she had the opportunity to take a year’s worth of classes at the University of California at Berkeley, preparing her for the rigors of a Harvard career...