UC alumni answer call of the Peace Corps
UC Newsroom
February 18, 2015
Six University of California campuses are among the year’s top 20 producers of volunteers.
In the News
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Higher education for the future: Plan B - Where art thou?
Huffington Post
February 26, 2015
Commentary: Gov. Brown's proposed funding for UC is $120 million short of the Board of Regents' budget request. That difference is a mere 0.1 percent of the total state budget. One wonders: Asking for more money is certainly understandable, but what is Plan B?
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Field Poll: California voters want more money sent to schools, colleges
Sacramento Bee
February 26, 2015
A majority of voters said lawmakers and Gov. Jerry Brown should spend unexpected increases in state revenue on K-12 education; about a third picked higher education for more money.
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State oversight too extreme as solution to holding UC accountable
Daily Bruin
February 26, 2015
Opinion: If the state legislature's goal is to reign in UC’s spending practices, then zero-based budgeting represents a middle ground between eliminating autonomy and allowing the UC to operate as it has in the past. In a world with zero-based budgeting, SCA 1 represents vast government overreach.
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Press Releases
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UC-Mexico Initiative Advisory Board to meet in Ensenada, Mexico
February 26, 2015
The UC-Mexico Initiative Advisory Board advises on policy and resources and oversees working groups – on energy, education, health, environment, arts and culture – as well as a task force on student mobility.
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University of California announces progress on sustainable investment strategy
February 19, 2015
UC has taken a series of steps to combat global climate change by investing in sustainability, including becoming the first university in the world to sign the Montreal Carbon Pledge.
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UC president comments on the draft framework for the new college ratings system
February 18, 2015
President Napolitano writes to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan about the draft framework for the new college ratings system.
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Statement on White House announcement supporting UC's plan to invest in climate solutions
February 10, 2015
UC President Napolitano spoke Monday at the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit to highlight the university’s investments in sustainability and its groundbreaking research enterprise.
Video
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How do our bodies fight off dangerous chemicals?
Cells are like night club bouncers, says UC San Diego's Amro Hamdoun: With every substance that a cell encounters, it has to decide which to eliminate and which to let in.
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Sugar hidden in plain sight
UC Davis' Kimber Stanhope explains how the new Nutrition Facts label will reveal the amount of sugar that is added to our foods.
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Why unboil an egg?
Gregory Weiss, UC Irvine chemistry professor, talks about 'unboiling' egg white proteins and returning them to their original state. The ability to quickly restore molecular proteins could slash biotechnology costs and dramatically reduce the costs for cancer treatments.
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The life of a star, explained in 1 minute
The iron in our blood, the silicon in your computer, the oxygen that we breath — all of those elements were synthesized inside a star. UC Santa Cruz astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz walks us through the process from a star's beginning to its death.
Science Today
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Happy birthday to the largest university-administered reserve system in the world! UC’s network of wildlands provides places for study and protects the flora, fauna, and landscapes unique to this state.