UC San Francisco |
Why some prostate cancers shouldn't be called 'cancer'
According to a UC San Francisco urology professor, benefits of a less aggressive approach include less surgery, radiation and hormones — not to mention reduced anxiety for patients.
UC Berkeley |
Anxious about the election? UC Berkeley psychologists explain how to cope
Step away from the screens. Reconnect with your community. And think in the long term rather than in day-to-day headlines, UC Berkeley researchers said.
UCLA |
Meeting the challenge for student success as an AANAPISI Institution
The designation creates more opportunities to better serve Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students.
UC Santa Cruz |
A popular Humanities course is unwrapping the strange and fraught history and cultural afterlife of Egyptian mummies.
This spooky, one-of-a-kind class grew out of a years-long friendship between two professors fascinated by the connections between each other’s work.
UC Newsroom |
Should California give up on Highway 1?
The same forces that have made this one of the world's most epic roads could be what causes its obliteration, says UC Santa Cruz geologist Gary Griggs.
UC San Diego |
A new kind of authoritarianism: Democracy in decline at home and abroad
‘Future of Democracy’ faculty at UC San Diego sound the alarm on threats to democracy with new research.
UC Santa Barbara |
Is ‘U-shaped happiness’ universal? Not for rural subsistence populations, say researchers
People in industrialized societies tend to be happiest in early and late life. New research from UC Santa Barbara shows that pattern is far from universal.
UC Riverside |
Cultural war conflicts cost US schools billions of dollars
A team including faculty from UC Riverside launched a school superintendent survey, which provides an estimate of costs to K-12 schools for dealing with conflicts over race, LGBTQ+ rights, and book bans.
UC Berkeley |
Capturing carbon from the air just got easier
UC Berkeley scientists developed a new type of porous material called a covalent organic framework, which quickly sucks up carbon dioxide from ambient air.
UC San Diego |
Men and women use different biological systems to reduce pain
A new study from UC San Diego may help explain why women have more chronic pain and are less responsive to opioid treatments.
UC Santa Barbara |
Bursts of exercise boost cognitive function, UCSB neuroscientists find
Executive functioning was the key cognitive domain impacted by vigorous exercise, such as HIIT protocols.
UC Riverside |
What Americans still have in common
Author and UC Riverside creative writing professor Susan Straight identifies 1,001 novels that highlight the American experience across generations and cultures.