A grad student focuses intently as he slides a three-foot-long steel bar into a large apparatus made of tubes and wires, in a lab full of similar such apparatuses.

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Critical research hangs in the balance as UC faces unprecedented federal threats

Explore some of the research happening at UC that’s poised to deliver transformative benefits to the American people.

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12 foods you couldn’t live without — brought to you by the University of California

Across university farms and labs, and in partnership with growers and ranchers around the state, research from the University of California is at the root of the nation’s abundance.

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Students taking a new course on food justice at UCLA learn about the topic from the ground up. The course is part of a new food studies minor, one of a growing number of interdisciplinary programs that have become popular to take.
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Interdisciplinary minors energize learning and enhance job prospects

The list of such minors as food studies is growing in popularity at UCLA.
UC San Diego Black Academic Excellence Initiative
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UC San Diego launches Black Academic Excellence Initiative

Chancellor dedicates additional scholarship funds and support to encourage more collegebound students to enroll.
UC Santa Barbara empathy study
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Caring, not just understanding, makes for a responsive partner

Pyschologists at UC Santa Barbara find that cognitive empathy alone is not enough when it comes to providing support in relationships.
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Scientists tap the smarts of mice, capture problem-solving in action

UC Berkeley researchers provide the first live images of how learning rewires the brain.
Can lasers make the internet faster?
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Lasers could make the Internet faster – and cleaner

Tiny lasers could overcome the current speed limits on the Internet and lower the information revolution's carbon footprint, UC San Diego researchers say.
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Californians encouraged to check citrus trees for Asian citrus psyllid

The pests can spread huanglongbing disease, a serious threat to the citrus industry and backyard citrus trees.
UCLA Grad Slam winner Gary Li
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Engineer wins 2016 UCLA Grad Slam to move onto UC-wide finals

Graduate student will represent the campus at systemwide competition of three-minute, TED-talks style presentations of research.
UC Irvine fusion
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UC Irvine alums approach the goal of fusion power

Their experimental reactor may be the most viable avenue yet to a limitless, carbon-neutral energy source.
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UC President Napolitano urges congressional support for university priorities

In a Feb. 24 letter to the California delegation, Napolitano outlined the university’s federal fiscal year 2017 appropriations priorities.
Maritza Cardenas
UC Berkeley |

Teen girls see big drop in chemical exposure with switch in cosmetics

A UC Berkeley study finds that using personal care products free of hormone disruptors makes a difference.
UCLA women in tech
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A road map for advancing women in tech

New report by UCLA Luskin Center provides strategies for reducing inequality.
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Invasive superweed is target of new nationwide research effort

UC Cooperative Extension's Jeff Dahlberg part of team finding new ways to combat Johnsongrass.