View this email in your browser<http://mailchi.mp/berkeley/wnovme5hdz-1196609?e=7077e6742e> <https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=d85c575f7d&e=7077e6742e>[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/b2e0e518-3e63-420d-8be9-803b27e29856.png]<https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=d85c575f7d&e=7077e6742e><https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=d85c575f7d&e=7077e6742e> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/900d06ec-d169-4a42-966b-a5125a7bd226.png] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/f09e4698-bdcd-4fab-a5b3-ef126a23c1ac.png] Application Deadline is Dec 4th If you are applying for the Fall 2018 semester, your complete online application must be submitted to OptomCAS by 8:59pm PST the evening of the December 4, 2017. All the required items must be submitted by the deadline. Please check our website for a list of all required items. How To Apply<https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=d0fd925597&e=7077e6742e> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/e440080d-7ea0-408e-9e15-71e77de1a5e1.jpg] New Glaucoma Treatment Vision scientists at UC Berkeley and the University of Toronto have discovered that naturally occurring molecules known as lipid mediators have the potential to halt the progression of glaucoma, the world’s second-leading cause of blindness. The researchers found that the inflammation-regulating lipid mediators, secreted from star-shaped cells known as astrocytes (pictured above), stopped the degeneration of retinal ganglion cells. Read More<https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=a8f33976dc&e=7077e6742e> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/b4ea6ddc-b3be-443e-8d6b-1db75e98fe66.png] Come Visit Us! If you’re planning on applying to Berkeley Optometry, we encourage you to visit us! We are offering tours of the School of Optometry weekly throughout the spring semester. Available dates are listed on our website. We also have abbreviated tours during the summer months. Please email us if interested! Learn More<https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=5f5045c760&e=7077e6742e> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/e328686c-680b-423b-aa67-86ffe3148798.png]<https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=5c24918c93&e=7077e6742e> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/29294f2d-1515-4cee-904e-d0653b1ac30d.png] <https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=234e471800&e=7077e6742e> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/a6e0b722-4edf-4286-9ad1-544155d2d3ea.png] <https://berkeley.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a&id=bab9486d58&e=7077e6742e> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/8c355119e9a7439cebff3912a/images/d6a2cbe8-3e6a-4d96-b5d7-36e96bfa8f69.png]
