UC Davis |
Drought costs California agriculture $1.8B, 10,100 jobs in 2015
The drought is tightening its grip on California agriculture, squeezing about 30 percent more workers and cropland out of production than in 2014, according to the latest drought impact report by UC Davis.
UC Irvine |
UCI, NASA researchers find link between Amazon fire risk, devastating hurricanes
Warmer-than-usual waters in the North Atlantic contribute to both phenomena.
UC Newsroom |
Ten projects win UC’s 2015 information technology awards
Ten teams representing multiple locations across the University of California won the 2015 Larry L. Sautter Award for using information technology to make university operations more effective and efficient, and to better serve faculty, staff, students and…
UC Davis |
Employing dogs to sniff out cancer
Pups will put their superior sense of smell to work detecting cancer, especially at early stages, in humans.
UC Newsroom |
UC campuses rate highly in world university rankings
UC Berkeley leads nine UC campuses in the 2015 Academic Ranking of World Universities.
UC ANR |
UC ANR's new vice president shares vision
Glenda Humiston said she will look for ways to expand economic opportunities for farming industries and increase the number of advisors and specialists in UC Cooperative Extension.
UC Santa Cruz |
Fifth annual Farm to Fork Benefit Dinner opens new Cowell Ranch Hay Barn
The dinner is the inaugural public event inside the newly completed barn that is becoming the headquarters of the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
University of California |
Jupiter-like planet discovered outside our solar system
International team with multiple UC researchers pinpoints young, giant planet with characteristics shared by those in our solar system.
UC Riverside |
Among ants, the nose knows
The insects smell “ant body odor,” helping them distinguish intruders from safe fellow-ants in their colonies.
California Magazine |
Helping heal a hurricane’s scars
A decade later, Cal students are still keeping their pledge to New Orleans.
UC Newsroom |
Partnership with HBCUs gives students a taste of grad school
As universities nationally struggle to recruit more diverse students to their graduate programs, one innovative UC effort is having noteworthy results.
UC Santa Cruz |
Male elephant seals use voice recognition to identify rivals
In competition for mates, males recognize the distinctive calls of their rivals and avoid costly fights by remembering who's dominant.