Campus and Lab News


Online social networking, texting and other digital activities help teens become competent citizens UC Irvine
Teens thrive in digital age
UC Irvine researcher and team including UC Berkeley show time online important for youth development. View video, MacArthur Foundation release.
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UC Irvine
CHOC, UC Irvine to create world-class center for children's health
Affiliation will enhance pediatric care, clinical research and medical education.
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UCLA
Red, red wine: how it fights Alzheimer's
Researchers discover how compounds found in wine thwart disease in mice.
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UC San Diego
UC San Diego announces collaboration with J&J
Signs memorandum of understanding with Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development.
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UCLA
San Joaquin Valley center of emerging health crisis among elderly
Report shows high rates of diabetes and obesity, heavy demand on services.
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UC San Francisco
UC San Francisco goes completely smoke free
Policy takes effect Nov. 20, which is Great American Smoke-out Day.
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This is your brain on adolescence: UC Berkeley researchers have conducted MRI studies of teenage brain that show why kids act before they think.

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Office of the President News


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General News
UC experts and resources on wildfires
See also: What to do before, during and after a wildfire in English and in Spanish; UC Irvine study: hospital visits spiked during wildfires.
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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.
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Students
Web-based tool helps families estimate UC financial aid
UC unveils new online calculator to help parents and students estimate their financial aid.
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Budget
Governor's mid-year cuts include new UC reduction
$65.5 million cut for UC would come on top of $48 million year-over-year reduction in final 2008-09 budget.
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UCOP
State of Minds: Fall 2008
UCTV's magazine program looks at UC Berkeley's welcome mat for veterans, profiles UC Davis artist Wayne Thiebaud and UC President Mark Yudof.
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Libraries
Universities see promise in Google book settlement
University of California, University of Michigan and Stanford University announce joint support of settlement.
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