Campus and Lab News


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New type of supernova explosion reported
Researchers join collaborators from UC Berkeley to successfully predict type of exploding star.
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Chemicals trigger aggression in pesky ants
Researchers recreate chemical that causes invasive Argentine ants to attack each other.
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UC Santa Cruz
Fewer victims of 'man-eating' lions
Study indicates victims in long-ago siege probably numbered 35, not 135; lions' hunting habits also revealed.
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UC Davis
Horse genome sequence to be unveiled
Findings from genome sequence will affect breeding of domestic horses, as well as studies of human health.
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UC Davis
Plants and bacteria ‘talk’ to thwart disease
Signaling molecule and receptor communicate to activate immune system and ward off disease.
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UC San Diego
Tobacco quit line helps first half-million callers
California phone service's counseling, self-help and referral strategy emulated in other states.
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UC Berkeley
$10.9M to study impact of sanitation on diseases
Gates Foundation grant will support study of multiple sanitation tactics in battling diarrheal disease.
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Science Today



UC Berkeley researchers created a meandering river in a lab, which can be applied to environmental restoration projects on earth, as well as studies of the geography of Mars.

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UC grows faculty
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Post-doc program encourages diversity
President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program builds a framework for mentoring while helping the university aim for its goal of a diversified faculty.
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Office of the President News


Project You Can General News
Project You Can launches at Fresno high school
Billion-dollar fundraising effort seeks to keep UC accessible to all Californians, regardless of income. View videos of announcement: part I, part II.
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Follow the latest UC budget news
Watch President Yudof's address to UC Regents on next year's grim fiscal outlook and possible student fee increases.
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UC Regents
UC Commission on the Future seeks expert opinions
Noted minds in economics, public policy and elsewhere will address challenges faced by the university system.
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General News
UC searches for interned Japanese American students
Honorary degree ceremonies begin in December at UCSF, UC Davis and UC Berkeley; UCLA event set for spring 2010.
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UCOP
Treasury Workstation wins Alexander Hamilton Award
Award recognizes merits of Web-based cash management system developed at UC.
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General News
New rankings rate UC campuses among the world’s best
Shanghai's Institute of Higher Education is the latest to recognize quality of UC's campuses.
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UCOP
Funding supports search for better biofuels
California Agriculture details multi-laboratory plan to improve biofuel development while ensuring food security.
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UCOP
Hearing on UC Conflict of Interest Code amendments
Comments, statements to be heard at public hearing scheduled for Dec. 16 in Oakland.
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Budget
Trades union agrees to furloughs
IUOE, Local 501, at UC Santa Barbara, will take part in university-wide cost-saving measures.
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