Sparklemuffin and Skeletorus, new peacock spiders
A few new species of these colorful, dancing spiders have been found in eastern Australia; a UC Berkeley grad student discovered and named some of them.
National Geographic
UC Global Food Initiative: Healing hunger, nurturing nutrition
How UC is playing a pivotal role in food, its cultivation and feeding the world.
Cultures Magazine
The science of folding clothes
UC Berkeley-engineered robot gets the laundry down pat.
Daily Mail
The house of the future is a Honda
UC Davis hosts — with an assist from the car maker — a house that takes green living to a whole new level.
Washington Post
UC extends discounted tuition to military veterans
Military veterans and their dependents who are UC students will be able to pay lower in-state tuition even if they otherwise are not eligible.
Los Angeles Times
UC San Diego creates its own 'Kickstarter'
The campus has joined the floodtide of universities that have created their own online crowdfunding sites, a move that’s bringing in money for projects as different as electric car research and renovating a baseball park.
U-T San Diego
Billions of dollars left unused, as students fail to ask for financial aid
Students in California are letting nearly $400 million in aid go unclaimed. Nationwide, the total nears $3 billion. UC Riverside Chancellor Wilcox weighs in on the dilemma.
The Conversation
Endangered Delta smelt may be extinct
Latest trawl survey found six fish, instead of hundreds.
Capital Public Radio
Stop Internet rage over flag flap
UC Irvine Chancellor Gillman: What followed short-lived ban was far worse: the Internet rage machine.
Los Angeles Times
UC Merced needs a new strategy to expand
Op-ed: UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland makes case for expanding newest UC campus, to accommodate growing number of students.
Sacramento Bee