UC San Diego |
Making an ‘IMPACT’ on childhood obesity
UC San Diego and San Diego Unified School District partner to get kids active.
UC Santa Barbara |
UC cultivates relationships with small farms
UC system aims to cultivate relationships with small farms throughout California.
UC Davis |
Even those who know better find junk food irresistible
The sight of a burger and fries pushes our happy button, even if you know a salad is better for you.
UC Berkeley |
Why humans have superior reasoning skills
It's all in the brain — a network that's key to analysis, memory retrieval, abstract thinking and problem-solving, and missing from other primates.
UCLA |
New Discrimination Prevention Officers discuss mission, goals
Lillie Hsu and Dion Raymond have long-standing connections to UCLA. Their new positions are a key component to remedying bias, improving campus climate and strengthening UCLA’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
UC Santa Cruz |
Seasonal pattern of infections in deadly bat disease
White-nose syndrome fungus can infect an entire bat colony during hibernation, but surviving bats are able to clear the infection after they become active again.
UCLA |
African governments should target hot zones to stop HIV spread
Researchers have devised a plan they say would be much more effective in reducing HIV transmission than simply trying to distribute antiretroviral drugs to as many people as possible.
UC Riverside |
Chemists fabricate novel rewritable paper
An attractive alternate to regular paper, technology helps address increasing problems in environment and resource sustainability.
UC Santa Cruz |
Undergrads earn bronze medal in bioengineering competition
iGEM team worked to engineer a microbe to produce biofuel from cellulose.
UCLA |
Life in America: Hazardous to immigrants’ health
Over time, the health status of immigrant groups tends to decline. Public health researchers are untangling the causes and promoting solutions.
UC Newsroom |
How traffic jams affect heart health
Clogged interstates aggravate clogged arteries, according to research by a UC Irvine graduate student.
UC Newsroom |
Napolitano, community college leaders discuss efforts to serve transfers
UC President Napolitano met with community college representatives to brainstorm ways to simplify transfer process.