Underground scholars reverse school-to-prison pipeline

UC Berkeley
February 2, 2015
Those who have done time in jail or prison face unique challenges as college scholars at UC Berkeley. Through their campus organization ‘Underground Scholars,’ formerly incarcerated students work to beat the odds and change the system.

The heat's rising in cities

UCLA
January 29, 2015
Geographer warns that for the past four decades, global warming — in the guise of heat waves — has been amplified in cities.

Cancer cell mapping initiative launches

UC San Diego
January 29, 2015
Researchers from UC San Diego and UC San Francisco join forces to determine how all of the components of a cancer cell interact.