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Farming fish could save land

May 10, 2018
A team from UC Santa Barbara conducts the first land-use analysis of future food systems focusing on aquatic farming.

Food for thought takes on new meaning for UC Global Food Initiative fellows at UCLA

May 10, 2018
This program was founded to provide solutions to combat local, national and global hunger.

Three decades before the #MeToo movement, UC San Diego led the way against sexual assault

May 10, 2018
Nancy Wahlig has pioneered sexual violence prevention and care since the '80s.

UC Davis announces two new partnerships with Australian entities

May 10, 2018
UC Davis addresses pressing challenges in the global agrifood sector through partnerships with Australian entities.

VIDEO: University of Washington professor explains a socio-technical approach to refugee education

May 10, 2018
Negin Dahya presents at UC Irvine, describes information and community technology in Kenyan refugee camps.

Climate change is ruining California’s environment, report warns

May 10, 2018

UC scientists contribute to a new report outlining the human, animal and environmental impacts of climate change.

Engineering students contribute to global health solutions

May 3, 2018
Students from across the University of California apply their engineering skills to water supply, civil works, sanitation, agriculture and energy projects abroad.

UC researchers at the forefront of drought management

May 3, 2018
Researchers from UC Santa Barbara and international partners link human behavior and hydrologic modeling to better assess water resource risks.

Three new members join the UCGHI Board of Directors

May 2, 2018
New board members from UC Riverside, UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz joined UCGHI in April, 2018.

UC Riverside graduate student receives Ford Foundation fellowship

April 26, 2018
Prestigious fellowship will allow first generation college grad, Donovan Argueta, to continue his research on what drives increased eating behaviors in obesity.

Bill McKibben, Daniel Ellsberg headline Right Livelihood Laureates' conference at UC Santa Cruz

April 26, 2018
Recipients of the "Alternative Nobel Prize" gather to advance social and environmental justice; public events focus on climate change, water, nuclear threat.

UC Merced professor and students recognized for research excellence

April 26, 2018
Professor Susana Ramirez and doctoral student Erendira Estrada were recognized for their project addressing food insecurity in rural Latino communities.

Fulbright’s finest

April 26, 2018
UC Irvine rates as top-producing school for prestigious international exchange program.

Study forecasts a severe climate future for California

April 26, 2018
UCLA research predicts dramatic shifts between extreme dry and extreme wet weather by end of 21st century.

For Rosa Furneaux, winner of the Dorothea Lange Fellowship, photography begins with trust

April 26, 2018
UC Berkeley graduate student tells the stories of young women and girls in Kenya through visual art.

Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence DNA from all complex life

April 26, 2018
UC Davis, along with an international consortium of scientists, is proposing what is arguably the most ambitious project in the history of biology.

Center for AIDS research funding renewed for an old and on-going fight

April 26, 2018
Five-year, $15 million federal grant supports continued studies of HIV/AIDS at UC San Diego.

Preventive use of common antibiotic reduces child mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa

April 26, 2018
A study led by UCSF scientists, shows giving drug ‘at scale’ is a life-saving intervention for vulnerable children.

UC Merced's first student Fulbright Scholar heads to El Salvador for research

April 13, 2018
Graduate student Danielle Bermudez will spend the next 10 months conducting research and serving as a cultural ambassador for the campus as a Fulbright US Student Researcher.

The secret to making it out of poverty

April 13, 2018
UC Irvine's Martín Burt finds families that overcome poverty have one thing in common — and it isn't income.

UCSC Community Studies class showcases public health leaders in 'Year of Alumni'

April 13, 2018
Eight alumni will lecture on their topic of expertise; including community health care, the opioid crisis, mental health in disaster areas, the gender revolution, and leadership development for global health.

UC San Diego’s sexual assault awareness month events mark pioneering prevention and support efforts

April 13, 2018
Campus’s sexual Assault Resource Center celebrates 30 years of innovative work throughout April.

Research links anti-immigrant prejudice to mortality risk

April 13, 2018
Brittany Morey, UC Chancellor’s postdoctoral fellow at UC Riverside, finds that US-born individuals of immigrant descent fare much worse than their foreign-born counterparts.

Is the end of the pandemic era approaching?

April 13, 2018
Government agencies and scientific research centers, like the UC Davis One Health Institute, are searching for the majority of all viruses that exist in mammals in the next ten years.

UCSF convenes groundbreaking commission to define path towards Malaria eradication

April 13, 2018
The Global Health Group at the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences and The Lancet collaborate to develop the first-ever roadmap to eradicate malaria.

UCSB fellow to study violence against women at the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto

April 13, 2018
Lalaie Ameeriar has been named a member of the Luce/ACLS Fellows in Religion, Journalism & International Affairs for 2018.

Making mental health a global priority

April 3, 2018

It was 1993 in Harare, Zimbabwe, when the young and eager Vikram Patel, who had just finished training as a psychiatrist at the prestigious Maudsley Hospital in the UK, was stunned when he saw his first patients. Patel, the UC Global Health Day keynote speaker, talks about the importance of good mental health to the well-being of individuals and communities.