UC Irvine |
UC Irvine launches institute on anti-poverty effectiveness
Studies will explore long-term success of policies promoting economic self-sufficiency.
UCLA |
Interdisciplinary minors energize learning and enhance job prospects
The list of such minors as food studies is growing in popularity at UCLA.
UC San Diego |
UC San Diego launches Black Academic Excellence Initiative
Chancellor dedicates additional scholarship funds and support to encourage more collegebound students to enroll.
UC Santa Barbara |
Caring, not just understanding, makes for a responsive partner
Pyschologists at UC Santa Barbara find that cognitive empathy alone is not enough when it comes to providing support in relationships.
UC Berkeley |
Scientists tap the smarts of mice, capture problem-solving in action
UC Berkeley researchers provide the first live images of how learning rewires the brain.
UC Newsroom |
Lasers could make the Internet faster – and cleaner
Tiny lasers could overcome the current speed limits on the Internet and lower the information revolution's carbon footprint, UC San Diego researchers say.
UC ANR |
Californians encouraged to check citrus trees for Asian citrus psyllid
The pests can spread huanglongbing disease, a serious threat to the citrus industry and backyard citrus trees.
UCLA |
Engineer wins 2016 UCLA Grad Slam to move onto UC-wide finals
Graduate student will represent the campus at systemwide competition of three-minute, TED-talks style presentations of research.
UC Irvine |
UC Irvine alums approach the goal of fusion power
Their experimental reactor may be the most viable avenue yet to a limitless, carbon-neutral energy source.
UC Newsroom |
UC President Napolitano urges congressional support for university priorities
In a Feb. 24 letter to the California delegation, Napolitano outlined the university’s federal fiscal year 2017 appropriations priorities.
UC Berkeley |
Teen girls see big drop in chemical exposure with switch in cosmetics
A UC Berkeley study finds that using personal care products free of hormone disruptors makes a difference.
UCLA |
A road map for advancing women in tech
New report by UCLA Luskin Center provides strategies for reducing inequality.