UC Newsroom |

UC announces its 2021 Startup Innovation Challenge winners

Two UC-affiliated companies that focus on climate change solutions have won the 2021 UC Startup Innovation Challenge, while five others take home awards for social impact.

UC Newsroom |

Job burnout is a billion-dollar problem. Can we fix it, despite COVID-19?

Labor Day is here — a perfect time to reflect on job burnout, a problem that’s gotten worse with the pandemic. But the current workplace upheaval is also an opportunity to make real change, says UC Berkeley researcher Christina Maslach.

UC Newsroom |

3 UC startups advance to global competition

A UC Santa Barbara biotech startup focused on creating a drug to stop uncontrolled bleeding has won the 2020 UC Startup Pitch Showcase.

UC Riverside via The Conversation |

How the Purdue opioid settlement could help the public understand the roots of the drug crisis

The multibillion-dollar settlement will trigger the release of troves of documents that may shine new light on what caused the opioid crisis.

UC Santa Cruz |

Doctoral candidate’s award-winning research explores life for Latina girls growing up in rural California

Roxanna Villalobos shines a light on rural America’s diversity, including in the Central Valley where she was raised.

UC Santa Barbara |

The cost of California

UCLA and UC Santa Barbara economists discuss how California became so pricey.

UC Berkeley |

Very big changes are coming very fast to the American workplace

This is a major inflection point in U.S. professional life, scholars say.

UC Berkeley |

Don’t be alarmed by rising prices for homes, cars, and gas

Scholars say the inflation surge is likely to be temporary as the economy emerges from the pandemic.

UC Irvine |

The ongoing urban exodus

Could San Francisco and L.A. become affordable again? Possibly, says economist Jan Brueckner.  

UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley will auction NFTs of Nobel Prize-winning inventions to fund research

Nonfungible tokens are all the rage, and now UC Berkeley is minting its own to raise money for research and education.

UCLA |

Love it or hate it? Artists on the crypto-art craze

UCLA design media arts faculty and alumni share their thoughts on the crypto-art craze.

UCSF |

Testing strategies for safer air travel during the pandemic

A new study offers much-needed data to airlines and states that have had little guidance on how to enable safe travel.