San Francisco Business Journal |

It's not brain surgery — well, it is for Accurexa and Dr. Daniel Lim

UCSF neurosurgeon and UC Berkeley engineering students join forces on a new and improved device to aid in stem cell treatments.
UC Berkeley |

I say Hispanic. You say Latino. How did the whole thing start?

Sociologist traces the commercial, political and cultural interests that colluded in the 1970s to create a national Hispanic identity.
New York Times |

The search for our inner lie detectors

New research suggests that people’s ability to spot liars is buried deeply in the unconscious mind.
UC Davis |

UC Davis' 100th Picnic Day

UC Davis hosts its 100th annual Picnic Day on Saturday. The Doxie Derby is a feature of the public event, which highlights teaching, research, service and campus life.
U-T San Diego |

A physicist's search for the Big Bang

UC San Diego's Brian Keating helped design, build and analyze data from the BICEP2 telescope that found evidence of “cosmic inflation” less than a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang.
NPR |

How 4 inmates launched statewide hunger strike from solitary

UC Santa Cruz's Craig Haney weighs in on the issue of solitary confinement becoming a more long-term and widely used punishment in prison.
UC Newsroom |

Nobelist Schekman on the value of public higher ed

Nobel laureate Randy Schekman is a UC Berkeley professor and a UCLA alumnus. From the pinnacle of achievement, Schekman credits public higher education as the foundation of his success. Schekman will participate in UC's Graduate Research Day, calling for more student support.

Mother Jones |

Math: your secret weapon against Wall Street and the NSA

UC Berkeley's Edward Frenkel wants you to understand mathematics so economists, bankers, corporations, and intelligence agencies can't manipulate you anymore.
New York Times |

Learning to cut the sugar

UC San Francisco's Dr. Robert Lustig is often called "the anti-sugar guy." But he says "the anti-processed-food guy" might be more accurate.
San Diego Union-Tribune |

Triton musicians active in New York

UC San Diego faculty, including Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Reynolds, are in a series of performances at Columbia University's Miller Theatre.
Los Angeles Times |

Rescuing us from our bad water habits

UC Irvine's Jay Famiglietti is on a mission: to turn us away from our wasteful water ways.
San Francisco Chronicle |

Biotech startup turns to crowdfunding

With venture capital funds dwindling, entrepreneurial scientists are turning to online crowdfunding sources.