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The Berkeley Forum announced its fall 2021 lineup of 12 events featuring panels and speakers from a variety of different fields and disciplines.

Berkeley Forum hosts conversation on sustainable cities David McAllister/Staff Speakers discussed the reimagination of sustainable cities, Singaporean urban planning and New York City’s green spaces at a Berkeley Forum event Wednesday. Three speakers discussed the reimagination of sustainable cities, Singaporean urban planning and New York City’s green spaces at a Berkeley Forum event Wednesday, also touching on redlining and public health inequities in the United States. Clara Irazábal, director of the University of Maryland Urban Studies and Planning Program, began the discussion with ...

Georgia State Sen. Sheikh Rahman talks unity at Berkeley Forum Georgia State Sen. Sheikh Rahman often tells people he represents the “United Nations of Georgia.” Rahman represents a district of residents from more than 100 countries who speak more than 100 languages. As an immigrant from Bangladesh and the first Muslim lawmaker in Georgia, Rahman spoke about his unique perspective on the importance of unity in politics during a Berkeley Forum event Monday evening. “When you interact with people who don’t look like you, don’t speak your language, you have a better understanding,” R...

Berkeley Forum hosts Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen Serene Chang/Staff At a Berkeley Forum event Thursday, UC Berkeley alumnus and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen discussed how his writing has been influenced by his personal experiences. Nguyen noted that one of the reasons he wanted to become a writer was to provide more stories for Vietnamese refugees. Pulitzer Prize-winning author and UC Berkeley alumnus Viet Thanh Nguyen discussed how his personal experiences and the political climate have shaped his writing at a Berkeley Forum event Thursday. Nguyen tran...

From violent serial murders to sexual homicide crime scenes, former FBI behavioral analysis unit member Mark Safarik has seen it all. During a virtual Berkeley Forum event Monday, Safarik shared his 23 years of experience in the FBI and the 12 years he spent there as a criminal profiler. He has served in all levels of police work and has looked at thousands of homicide cases throughout his career. “I really like the challenge of homicide, and the more complex the case, the more unusual the case, the more interesting it is to me,” Safarik said at the event. “I also like being in that pos...