Campus and Lab News
LBNLJoint BioEnergy Institute is officially dedicated Partnership dedicated to advancing next generation of biofuels is led by Berkeley Lab, includes UC Berkeley, UC Davis, Livermore Lab. 
ScrippsExpeditions reveal Gulf of California’s deep sea secrets, human imprints Voyage first to study biodiversity of gulf's undersea mountain habitats far below reach of scuba.
UCLA ----------------------------------------Researchers provide definitive proof of where, how blood stem cells are created Endothelial cells give rise to blood stem cells in embryonic development.
UC Berkeley ----------------------------------------Broccoli compound targets key enzyme in cancer "This is a major breakthrough in trying to understand what the specific targets of these natural products are."
UC Santa Cruz ----------------------------------------UC Santa Cruz to host international renewable energy program Collaboration between UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, UC Merced and two Danish universities.
LLNL ----------------------------------------Lab joins effort for personal decontamination system Layered wipe could assist in saving lives of soldiers and civilians.
UC San Diego
----------------------------------------Treating sleep apnea in Alzheimer’s patients helps cognition Study shows significant improvement in patients' neurological test scores after treatment. More Campus and Lab News Science TodayViewing the Science Today video requires the free Flash player. Get Flash. An international team of researchers, including those at the University of California, have developed rice varieties that can withstand up to two weeks of complete submergence. Text and Video More Science Today News Resource Quick Links |
Top Feature UCOP Solar energy: UC explores the next generation See also: The Helios Project, UC Merced Energy Research Institute, UC Irvine Center for Solar Energy, The Solar Irradiance Mapping Initiative More Top Features Office of the President News
UCOPUC Academic Senate proposes changes to freshman eligibility Find out more about the proposal, which UC Regents are expected to consider in early 2009. 
BudgetUC Regents warn freshman enrollments will be curtailed without sufficient funding, adjust budget to clarify no student fee increase assumed Further details about fall 2009 enrollments will be discussed at a future meeting.
Health ----------------------------------------UC receives Gates Foundation grant to plan a School of Global Health Proposed school would be UC's first multicampus, systemwide school.
General News ----------------------------------------Statement of UC President Mark G. Yudof on UCOP Voluntary Separation Program If program offered again, will include provisions requiring repayment of buyout on pro rata basis for employees finding new work elsewhere within university.
UC Regents ----------------------------------------MEDIA ADVISORY: UC Regents' meeting for January postponed to Feb. 3-5 Meeting will be held at UC San Francisco-Mission Bay campus' community center.
Sustainability ----------------------------------------UC receives multiple 'Go Beyond' sustainability awards from R&D Magazine Winners include UC Santa Barbara's LabRATS, Karl Brown, UC Merced's Science and Engineering Building, UC system for its lab sustainability efforts.
UC Regents ----------------------------------------UC Student Regents go on statewide tour to recruit next student representative Tour begins Dec. 5, will include all 10 UC campuses.
International ----------------------------------------UC to reopen education abroad program in Israel in fall 2009 UC in discussions for program with Rothberg International School at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Academic Preparation
----------------------------------------UC building new online high school courses Courses in development include AP Computer Science, AP Statistics, Statistics, Pre-Algebra, Algebra 2, Pre-Calculus. More Office of the President News |
