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.
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.
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Graduate students form nanotech startup