UCLA |

Jackie Robinson's number 42 lives on at UCLA

Campus dedicates a monument to the groundbreaking alum, whose number has been retired in all sports.

UC San Diego |

UC San Diego launches Black Academic Excellence Initiative

Chancellor dedicates additional scholarship funds and support to encourage more collegebound students to enroll.

UC Santa Barbara |

Caring, not just understanding, makes for a responsive partner

Pyschologists at UC Santa Barbara find that cognitive empathy alone is not enough when it comes to providing support in relationships.

Contra Costa Times |

Unusual salamanders lurk beneath UC Santa Cruz

Students and biologists explore caverns on campus to see how climate change affects the world below our feet.

UCLA |

Interdisciplinary minors energize learning and enhance job prospects

The list of such minors as food studies is growing in popularity at UCLA.

UCLA |

Engineer wins 2016 UCLA Grad Slam to move onto UC-wide finals

Graduate student will represent the campus at systemwide competition of three-minute, TED-talks style presentations of research.

UC Irvine |

UC Irvine alums approach the goal of fusion power

Their experimental reactor may be the most viable avenue yet to a limitless, carbon-neutral energy source.

UC Newsroom |

Lasers could make the Internet faster – and cleaner

Tiny lasers could overcome the current speed limits on the Internet and lower the information revolution's carbon footprint, UC San Diego researchers say.

UC Berkeley |

Teen girls see big drop in chemical exposure with switch in cosmetics

A UC Berkeley study finds that using personal care products free of hormone disruptors makes a difference.

UC Berkeley |

Bromances may be good for men’s health

UC Berkeley study of rats shows that stress can bring males together, findings that also have implications for post-traumatic stress disorder.

California Magazine |

California’s water system leaks like a sieve — how to save millions of gallons

Quantifying, much less preventing, H2O loss is almost impossible. UC Berkeley's John Gage wants to solve the problem.

UCLA |

UCLA grad students learn the art of plain-speaking

Losing the academic jargon, Grad Slam contestants learn to communicate more broadly about their research.