UC Santa Cruz |
How military veterans learn to become organic farmers at UC Santa Cruz
Serving the community with compost, seeds and hard work.
UCLA |
Gut bacteria could hold key to fountain of youth
Keeping intestinal bacteria in balance could help delay the onset of age-related diseases.
UCLA |
Grass-cutters, mushrooms and giant land snails
UCLA senior creates sustainable farm projects to help children with disabilities in Togo, West Africa.
UC Santa Cruz |
Pie potluck, barn dance mark Cowell Ranch Hay Barn dedication
Barn to house teaching, office, event space and headquarters for the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems at UC Santa Cruz.
UC Berkeley |
Single protein at the root of dengue's virulence
Blocking this protein may prevent the virus' lethal effects, and ultimately may lead to a vaccine.
UC Riverside |
Citrus Variety Collection to be maintained in perpetuity
$1 million endowment from Givaudan will allow for the creation of endowed chair position to support and maintain collection.
UC Davis |
Flooding farms in winter may help replenish groundwater
UC Davis researchers are encouraged by early results from tests to see if deliberately flooding farmland in winter can replenish aquifers without harming crops or affecting drinking water.
UC Newsroom |
U.S. News gives high ratings to UC campuses
UC dominates list of best public universities — Berkeley, UCLA, Santa Barbara, Irvine and San Diego counted among top 10, followed closely by Davis at 11.
UC ANR |
Schools serving healthier meals for students
UC is conducting case studies of selected California schools to evaluate the effects of a USDA grants program; farm-to-school tours show firsthand the benefits and challenges of providing farm-fresh produce to students.
UC Newsroom |
UC alumni fill Teach for America's 2015 ranks
Nearly 200 of Teach for America's current crop of teachers hail from UCLA, Berkeley, Santa Barbara and San Diego.
UC Irvine, UC Davis and UCLA |
Southland wildfires: two types, both raging
Santa Ana-fanned fires in autumn spread much faster than conflagrations in the dry summer months, but both will wreak more damage in the coming decades.
Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley and UC Newsroom |
Got a big idea? Save the world and win prizes
This year’s Big Ideas student innovation contest features nine categories, including the newly extended Energy & Resource Alternatives category, sponsored by the UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative.