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Dan Klein Wins Okawa Foundation Grant

^{September 15, 2009}
Professor Dan Klein, an affiliate of the Speech Group and a professor at UC Berkeley, has won an Okawa Foundation research grant award for 2009. This award is given out annually to selected scientists in the US and Asia. The award includes a $10,000 unrestricted grant.

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Steve Sinha Receives AAAS Fellowship

^{August 31, 2009}

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Genomic Identification and Privacy

^{August 23, 2009}
In the last few years, genome association studies have led to breakthrough medical discoveries. However, due to privacy concerns that the identity of individuals could be determined through DNA data, health institutes in the US and abroad removed public access to the genetic data coming from these association studies. Such association studies have been shown to shed light on diseases such as cancer or Alzheimer's disease, and sharing the raw data from these studies with other scientists can aid tremendously with further discoveries

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BFOIT Hosts 10th Anniversary Reception

^{August 14, 2009}
The Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology (BFOIT) hosted its 10th Anniversary Reception on Friday, August 14 at the Sibley Auditorium in the Stephen D. Bechtel Building at the University of California, Berkeley from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.