UC Irvine |

Pollution expert James Pitts dies

Air pollution pioneer helped clear Los Angeles basin of deadly smog.
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |

Engineer helps Native Americans achieve energy independence

Postdoctoral researcher Suzanne Singer's passion comes from her roots in the Navajo Nation, where many people don't have access to electricity.
UCLA |

UCLA faculty strengthen ties with Mexico

Campus seeks more collaborative projects and student-faculty exchanges alongside UC systemwide initiative.
UC Newsroom |

Sustainability conference brings together state’s colleges

Annual meeting provides venue for sharing best green practices among UC, CSU, community colleges and private universities.
UC Newsroom |

World Cup may score points for exoskeleton development

Berkeley professor hopes the world’s most-watched sports event will shine a spotlight on technology that will benefit millions of paraplegics.
UC Riverside |

Twitter tracking, from flu to Lady Gaga

Professor creates websites that track sentiment and volume of tweets and new stories of everything from health disorders to celebrities to real estate.
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego's Physics Girl wins national competition

Outreach coordinator creates YouTube videos that encourage girls to pursue science.
UC Riverside |

Pulitzer Prize-winning author to teach at UC Riverside

Jane Smiley joins distinguished faculty of the Department of Creative Writing.
UC Riverside |

Professor edits new encyclopedia on multiculturalism in America

Carlos Cortés, professor emeritus of history, worked as lead editor for "Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia."
UC Berkeley |

Life stories of early black faculty offer window onto history

Eighteen African American faculty and senior administrators, hired before the advent of affirmative-action policies in the 1970s, recount their stories in an oral-history series.
UCLA |

UCLA prof gives TV viewers bird's-eye view of climate change

Alex Hall, a professor in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, appears on Showtime's “Years of Living Dangerously” to explain how climate change will impact lives.
UC Riverside |

Author wins major literary award

Nalo Hopkinson receives the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.