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.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Physicist named MacArthur 'genius' fellow

Physicist developed method of digitally restoring old audio recordings that are too fragile to play.
Los Angeles Times |

Can science bake a better apple pie?

A class at UCLA teaches all about the science behind what makes lettuce crispy, coffee bitter, and apple pie truly tasty.
KQED |

Preserving the forest of the sea

UC Berkeley's Kathy Ann Miller reveals secrets of one of the greatest seaweed collections in the world.
Time |

Amy Wilentz and the Lure of Haiti

Time spoke with the UC Irvine journalism professor on the occasion of the three-year anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti.
Los Angeles Times |

UC Berkeley chancellor to head initiative for public universities

UC Berkeley\'s Robert J. Birgeneau will lead a national effort to study and help public universities in an era of reduced tax support, new technology and changing student demographics.
EverydayHealth.com |

Should you be afraid of spiders?

UC Riverside spider expert reveals the good, the bad, and the ugly about the eight-legged arachnids — and tells us how to deal with truly scary spiders.
UCLA |

Book documents cluttered paradise of middle class

Unprecedented study of 32 families generates mountains of data on "material culture" of modern society.
UC Riverside |

New book explains extraordinary gender differences in animal kingdom

Riverside biologist's new book proclaims 'vive la difference.'