San Francisco Chronicle |

Biotech startup turns to crowdfunding

With venture capital funds dwindling, entrepreneurial scientists are turning to online crowdfunding sources.
The Press-Enterprise |

Scribe for love

Poets, including UC Riverside's Juan Felipe Herrera, illuminate fine art of writing for love.
UC Riverside |

Happy birthday, UC Riverside

A collection of news reports tells the story of the start of classes in February 1954.
UC Davis |

Students learn engineering through coffee

From green bean to your cup of joe, the process of making coffee is all engineering.
UC Santa Cruz |

Professor’s e-book featured on startup site for women

Micah Perks' memoir, 'Alone in the Woods,' explores women and the wilderness.
UC Irvine |

Professor/provost's take on ‘Downton Abbey’ and diversity

Professor, administrator is a scholar of British history, fan of the TV series and award-winning champion of equity in faculty hiring
UCLA |

A chat with parking guru Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup, distinguished professor of urban planning in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, has become the nation’s oft-quoted, go-to expert on parking.
UC Santa Cruz |

Game designer among top ten game developers of 2013

Brenda Romero, program director for gaming master's program, is recognized by industry site.
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.