Fusion: machinery of an energy dream
The challenge: how to keep fusion going long enough.
New York Times
The '60s are gone, but psychedelic research trip continues
UCLA researcher among those renewing research, seeking medical benefits, in the face of continued stigma.
NPR
Women who are feeding the world
A recent UC Davis forum, focused on women's role in agriculture, featured images of women working to sustain life and economies around the world.
The Weather Channel
How 4 inmates launched statewide hunger strike from solitary
UC Santa Cruz's Craig Haney weighs in on the issue of solitary confinement becoming a more long-term and widely used punishment in prison.
NPR
Nobelist Schekman on the value of public higher ed
Nobel laureate Randy Schekman is a UC Berkeley professor and a UCLA alumnus. From the pinnacle of achievement, Schekman credits public higher education as the foundation of his success. Schekman will participate in UC's Graduate Research Day, calling for more student support.
Drought, fire and flood
Explore how the the nature of highly seasonal rainfall cycles and periodic fires create conditions that have shaped Mediterranean climate ecosystems.
New SAT to bring back 1600-point scale
Revisions — including essay as an optional feature — reflect changes in U.S. educational philosophy.
Huffington Post
Studies show big advance in HIV prevention
A shot every one to three months may someday provide an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV.
Huffington Post
Math: your secret weapon against Wall Street and the NSA
UC Berkeley's Edward Frenkel wants you to understand mathematics so economists, bankers, corporations, and intelligence agencies can't manipulate you anymore.
Mother Jones
12 Years - a special read
"Twelve Years a Slave" has won the Best Picture Academy Award. UCLA has a prized first edition of Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir. Check out a gallery of this and other first editions that have come to the silver screen.
UCLA