UC San Diego |
Initiative assists graduate students for careers outside of academia
UC San Diego's Gradvantage seeks to prepare scholars for a range of jobs in a changing economy.
UC Irvine |
Precariously balanced rocks provide clues to fault connections
San Jacinto, San Andreas interaction weakens earthquake shaking near them, study lead by UC Irvine finds.
UC Santa Cruz |
Edges of extinction
UC Santa Cruz ecologist Barry Sinervo studies dying species like a detective at a murder scene, hoping to help preserve threatened species.
UC Berkeley |
Hunter or prey? The eyes are the key
Pupil shape — horizontal, vertical or circular — is linked to animals’ place in the ecological web.
UC Newsroom |
President Napolitano to interview Salk biographer
Commonwealth Club event Aug. 19 features Napolitano in conversation with Dr. Charlotte Jacobs, author of "Jonas Salk: A Life."
UC Santa Cruz |
Precision medicine initiative funds UC Santa Cruz pediatric cancer project
State initiative provides $1.2 million for the Genomics Institute's California Kids Cancer Comparison project.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Climate change causes timing shifts in fish reproduction
Warmer ocean temperatures affect seasonal cycles, study finds.
UC San Diego |
UC San Diego participates in Coursera Global Skills Initiative
Qualcomm Institute and San Diego Supercomputer Center online courses have goal to advance access to job-relevant skills around the world.
UC Santa Cruz |
Q&A with Alice Waters
Chez Panisse chef and owner, a UC Berkeley alumna, will receive the Foundation Medal at UC Santa Cruz's Founders Celebration Fiat Fifty dinner on Sept. 26.
Greater Good Science Center |
How awe makes us generous
A new study from UC Berkeley and UC Irvine finds that feeling small in nature makes us more generous to other humans.
UC Riverside |
Flowers can endanger bees
Study by UC Riverside entomologist and colleagues shows flowers serve as parasite-dispersing hubs.
UCLA |
Moral judgments soften with time, distance, study shows
People judge acts like lying, theft and assault to be wrong — but less wrong if those acts happened far away or long ago, UCLA-led research suggests.