UC Riverside |
Poet laureate's favorite things
Juan Felipe Herrera, professor of creative writing, shares his favorite things about UC Riverside.
UC Berkeley |
Anthropologist honored for organ trafficking research
When Nancy Scheper-Hughes began monitoring the transnational organ-transplant trade, some may have thought she was off-the-mark. But a new award recognizes the positive public-policy impacts of this self-proclaimed “agent provocateur.”
San Diego Union-Tribune |
White House honors Molina, Ride
President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to UC San Diego chemist Mario Molina and, posthumously, to astronaut and UCSD professor Sally Ride.
UC Office of the President |
Court injunction limits walkout at med centers
Patient care employees, represented by AFSCME, plan a one-day strike on Nov. 20.
UC Office of the President |
UC President Napolitano praises Professor Randy Schekman for Nobel Prize
University of California President Janet Napolitano made the following statement today (Oct. 7) after it was announced that Randy W. Schekman, professor of molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine:
UC Office of the President |
UC Health statement on planned AFSCME strike
Senior VP urges consideration for patients, return to bargaining table.
UC Office of the President |
State labor board intends to seek strike injunction
Board strives to limit number of AFSCME workers participating in one-day strike on Nov. 20.
UC Office of the President |
UC reaches agreement on contract for university nurses
Tentative four-year contract with California Nurses Association would affect more than 11,700 employees.
UC Office of the President |
UC, librarians reach contract
Wages, health benefits are among issues agreed upon in five-year contract with 350 university librarians.
UC Office of the President |
Statement on announced strike by AFSCME workers
UC urges union's leadership to put medical center patients and students first and continue bargaining.
NPR blogs |
The man who gets the science right on 'The Big Bang Theory'
UCLA professor David Saltzberg helps 'The Big Bang Theory' with the physics behind the jokes.
UC Berkeley |
Randy Schekman awarded 2013 Nobel Prize
Professor of molecular and cell biology won prize in physiology or medicine for work on how yeast secretes proteins.