Discovery News |

Type with your brain: future tech ditches keyboard

Two devices developed by a UC San Diego team could take neuroimaging to the next level.

San Jose Mercury News |

UC Davis scientists flood farms to replenish aquifers

Winter rain being rerouted to test viability as a groundwater banking strategy.

The Daily Californian |

UC Berkeley professors, alumni create startup to combat money in politics

UpRise Campaigns seeks to disrupt the political status quo by streamlining campaigns.

Los Angeles Times |

Patt Morrison asks Veerabhadran Ramanathan: Climate dealer

UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist explains the advice he gave Pope Francis for dealing with climate change and what he hopes for from the COP21 climate conference.

UC Newsroom |

UC brings California’s climate change message to Paris

All eyes will be on Paris next week as the nations of the world come together to negotiate the future of the planet at the 2015 UN Climate Conference (COP-21), and California will be at the table.

University of California |

Bending the curve on climate change

Renowned atmospheric scientist V. Ramanathan of UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography explains how the state of California and the UC system together can lead the charge through the Carbon Neutrality Initiative and ‘bend the curve’ in global warming.

University of California |

A 'parking lot pitch' to the Pope

Last year, UC San Diego’s V. ‘Ram’ Ramanathan had an audience with Pope Francis in the parking lot of the Vatican. Ramanathan, who serves on the prestigious Pontifical Academy of Sciences panel, delivered what he calls a ‘parking lot pitch’ to the leader of the Catholic Church. Here, Ramanathan describes this moment and how it may have influenced the Pope’s subsequent position on the matter. 

KFSN-TV |

Butte Fire map created at UC Merced helps keep evacuees informed

Interactive map uses geographic information systems to track the fire's path.

Washington Post |

New U.S. poet laureate made a fantastic debut in DC

Juan Felipe Herrera, UC Riverside professor emeritus, is bringing a new sense of wonder and drama to the position.

Reuters |

As wildfire rages, volunteers search for wounded, sick animals

UC Davis veterinarians pitch in to help pets and livestock left behind as residents fled latest Lake County fire.

UC Office of the President |

UC president names new director for UC Observatories

A distinguished scientist, Dr. Claire Max is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at UC Santa Cruz and an astronomer at UC Observatories.

KQED News |

UCSF doctors, students confront their own unconscious bias

Class is one of only about a dozen of its kind at medical schools in the country.