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

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Keeping the planet from being cooked

UC San Diego |

Charles Perrin: icon of organic chemistry

Veteran professor begins his 50th year at UC San Diego.
UC San Francisco |

Lessons from the singing pathologist

One of Arie Perry's teaching techniques is putting some of the hard-to-learn facts about neuropathology to music.
UC Office of the President |

Building bridges to students at black colleges

Program seeks to forge relationships between UC faculty and historically black colleges and universities.
UC Office of the President |

A closer look at climate on UC's campuses

Students, faculty, staff urged to complete survey of workplace, school experiences.