Researchers at UC Santa Cruz and elsewhere are finding increased numbers of baby starfish in some locations. Juveniles may be less susceptible to the virus that has decimated sea stars on the Pacific coast.
Op-ed: Without funding for enrollment growth, students graduating from California high schools, including Latinos, will face more obstacles to attaining a college degree than past generations.
UC Berkeley Chancellor Dirks: There are signs on the higher-ed landscape that research remains a fundamental feature of the university, not one that can be dispensed with on the road to mass delivery of education.
California institutions have in many ways been in the vanguard of progressive policies to promote energy efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint. Now, in the grip of a severe drought and facing mandatory water restrictions, the state's colleges are under intensified pressure to reduce consumption and ramp up other conservation measures.
UCOP will continue to fund three fellowships per campus, with the amount increasing to $4,000 for each fellowship, to support student-generated research, related projects or internships that focus on food issues.
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