UC Riverside |
Will the U.S. economy fall into recession in 2023? Only if the Fed intensifies current tightening policies
California on the verge of recovering all jobs lost since pandemic; investors buying up larger share of homes in the Inland Empire.
UC Newsroom |
Three remarkable scientists with UC connections win Nobel Prizes
This year, the winners in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry all share one important distinction: important foundational time spent at UC, a cradle of inventiveness, experimentation and learning.
UCLA |
Driving high? Chemists make strides toward a marijuana breath analyzer
By oxidizing THC to create an electric current, a UCLA team’s fuel cell sensor can reveal the presence of the drug.
UC Berkeley |
Physics Nobel recognizes UC Berkeley experiment on ‘spooky action at a distance’
John F. Clauser and the late Stuart Freedman carried out the first experiment to show the ‘weirdness’ of quantum physics.
UC Office of the President |
UC and Teamsters collaborate on new multiyear contract for clerical and other administrative staff
University of California officials today (Oct. 3) announced a tentative agreement with the Teamsters Local 2010 union on a new four-year contract for the more than 11,000 clerical employees, library assistants and other administrative staff represented by the Teamsters. Once ratified by union members, the new contract will be effective from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2026.
UC Newsroom |
How UC students are unlocking the voting power of California youth
Inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer Project to register Black voters in the South, UC Freedom Summer mobilizes young voters across California to unlock the voting power of their own communities.
UC Merced |
‘Peace doesn't come from the sky’: Dalai Lama advocates for togetherness as he receives Spendlove Prize
A special recognition over a decade in the making was celebrated this month as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance.
UC Santa Cruz |
Partnership across UC campuses will prepare the next generation of leaders in organic agriculture
A grant of more than $700,000 from the USDA will support a UC collaboration to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.
UC Berkeley |
Could this new process finally turn polyethylene bags, plastics into something useful?
A promising new method for breaking down plastic would finally allow us to do something useful with hard-to-recycle waste.
UC Santa Barbara |
Setting up a ‘school zone’ for whales
Marine research and conservation institutions band together to expand whale-saving technology to the San Francisco Bay.
UC San Diego |
Why are prescription drugs so expensive? It’s not necessarily high R&D, new study shows
Pharmaceutical companies claim they need to charge high drug prices to recover the costs of research and development, but researchers found no link between the two.
Berkeley Lab via The Conversation |
Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?
A study of real-world disasters shows how home solar and storage could keep the lights on and the air conditioner running during many outages, if not all.