Power of 10: News from UC campuses
UC Berkeley launched the High School Biotech Training Program this summer with support from the National Science Foundation. Six interns from Bay Area high schools gained lab experience in biofuels research. Read more >
UC Davis, now celebrating its centennial, will open the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science on Oct. 10 with four research centers critical to California's agriculture industry: Fruit and Vegetable Quality; Wine Economics and Business; Advanced Materials, Methods and Processing; and the Olive Center. Read more >
UC Irvine researchers, with a $4 million U.S. Army grant, will study synthetic telepathy, a process to translate thoughts from EEG images to speech-recognition software. The research could benefit paralysis and stroke patients. Read more >
UCLA, the Los Angeles Unified School District and community organizations will operate one of five pilot schools on the site where Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968. The Bruin Community School will open in fall 2009 and focus on education equity and access. Read more >
UC Merced has launched a blue ribbon commission to draft a proposal for a collegiate athletics program for the 3-year-old campus. Read more >
UC Riverside will be only the third U.S. university to offer a doctoral degree in ethnic studies when the program opens in fall 2009. Read more >
UC San Diego chemists have measured for the first time the impact ships at sea have on coastal air quality. Ships burning high-sulfur fuel can account for nearly half of the hazardous particulate matter in the air. Read more >
UC San Francisco's Global Health Group will expand its malaria elimination initiative in southern Africa with a $3.5 million Exxon Mobil Corp. grant. Read more >
UC Santa Barbara chemistry professor Galen Stucky has received a Department of Defense award for developing a blood-clotting gauze that is helping save soldiers with life-threatening combat injuries. Read more >
UC Santa Cruz was one of six U.S. universities – and the only one in California – selected to host the summer Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program. Seventeen Iraqi science and technology college students participated. Read more >