UC Berkeley via The Conversation |
Health care cost-sharing prompts consumers to slash medical spending
Consumers appear to cut their medical care spending when deductibles go up, even when it doesn't make any sense.
UC Berkeley |
Poverty-level wages cost U.S. taxpayers $153 billion every year
While the U.S. economy rebounds, persistent low wages are costing taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars in public support to working families,
UCLA Magazine |
The compassion effect: How social activism is changing everything
Doing well by doing good is increasingly the go-to strategy for everything from marketing to entertainment — driven by millennials, the world’s first digital generation.
UC San Diego |
The Basement opens for business at UC San Diego
New incubator/accelerator program for student entrepreneurs opens on campus.
Lawrence Livermore Lab |
California employers train service members for advanced manufacturing jobs
Labs, academia, government agencies and nonprofits are joining forces to to develop a pipeline to help service members and vets develop highly specialized skills.
California Magazine |
SkyDeck incubator sends young entrepreneurs to Forbes list
After just two years, the Berkeley business accelerator boasts six up-and-comers on Forbes' '30 Under 30' lists — and has prepared dozens of teams to launch their projects.
UC Merced |
UC Merced’s direct investment in regional economy exceeds $1.1 billion
Statewide investment tops $2.2 billion since July 2000, with the 'multiplier effect' suggesting the impact is even greater.
UC Irvine |
The king of drones
Alum Douglas Thorpe has spent decades developing unmanned aerial vehicles for all kinds of uses.
UC Irvine |
A look at labor
Researchers' revelations on the work we do, and how we perform it.
California Magazine |
The shy academic who diagnosed income inequality
You know about income inequality thanks to Berkeley's Emmanuel Saez, a John Bates Clark medalist and MacArthur 'genius" fellow who keeps a low profile.
UC Davis |
Program helps to bridge gap between research and market
Grants will make it possible to generate early proof-of-concept models to demonstrate commercial feasibility.
UC Berkeley |
Global economic losses from cyclones linger for decades
New study debunks the idea that cyclones have no long-term, lasting economic impacts, and suggests the urgent need for revamping disaster policy around the world.