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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The cost of California
UCLA and UC Santa Barbara economists discuss how California became so pricey.
Very big changes are coming very fast to the American workplace
This is a major inflection point in U.S. professional life, scholars say.
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.
The ongoing urban exodus
Could San Francisco and L.A. become affordable again? Possibly, says economist Jan Brueckner.
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.
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.
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.