-
Get the Latest on Climate Change Research and Solutions
New programs on The UC Climate Solutions Channel explore what climate change is, the science behind what we know, and what we can do about it. The Natural Climate Solutions Symposium, from UC Davis Enjoy highlights from this lively and informative symposium on natural climate solutions hosted by the Policy Institute for Energy, Environment and…
-
Simon Says: Teach the Teachers!
It’s one thing to know a lot about your field of expertise, but as Beth Simon says, teaching others about what you know is not easy. Very few professors are actually taught how to be teachers, a failing that Beth identified early in her career in computer science. And as she tells Karen Flammer in…
-
A Molecular Roadmap to Global Health
Immunologist Erica Ollman Saphire, an expert who has worked on the front lines in west Africa battling viral hemorrhagic fevers, gives a fascinating and sometimes frightening on-the-ground account of how something called the VIC global consortium developed the only effective strategy to fight the Ebola virus. The VIC or Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Immunotherapeutic Consortium, was…
-
Climate: The More Things Change…
The eminent climate scientist Richard Somerville of Scripps Institution of Oceanography first appeared on our airwaves in the mid-90’s, sounding the alarm about global warming in the documentary, Change on Planet Earth. Though he (and we) have matured since then, his message remains the same. The science confirming climate change is sound and our actions…
-
Meeting Flicka (The Incomparable Frederica von Stade)
A confession: I’ve been interviewing celebrities of varying renown or infamy for more years than I care to admit, and thought that I’d long ago ceased to be star-struck. Yet, when I first met celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade (known affectionately by family, colleagues and fans as “Flicka,”), I alternately gushed and stammered like a…
-
Are You Serious About Movies?
If you are someone that enjoys going behind the scenes with filmmakers, directors, screenwriters and others involved in the film industry, check out the amazing line-up from the Carsey-Wolf Center at UC Santa Barbara. From the blockbuster to the independent film, you will be treated to fascinating stories and insights into the process of making…
-
The Mind and Methods of V.S. Ramachandran
In the first chapter of his book, Phantoms in the Brain, premier neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran quotes Sherlock Holmes: “I know, my dear Watson, that you share my love of all that is bizarre and outside the conventions and humdrum routines of everyday life.” It was this “Sherlock Holmes” aspect of science and medicine – of…
-
Medical Care: More is Not Always Better
If some medical care is good, more must be better. Right? Unfortunately, this is often not the case. In fact, the opposite can be true—some measures of health are worse in areas where people receive more health services. Join leaders in research and health policy at UCSF who highlight situations in which the overuse of…
-
Prison Reform: Why Less is More
What happens when prison sentences are reduced and non-violent criminals are set free? As UC Berkeley professor Steve Raphael argues, crime rates don’t rise and in some cases, they actually go down. Hear why alternatives to “tough on crime” sentencing guidelines can make communities safer as California and other states rethink their policies on punishment.…
-
Fish Stories
The keynotes from climate scientist Ralph Keeling and biologist Stephen Mayfield on the impacts of climate change on the ocean were terrific – but it was Rob Ruiz, the executive chef of The Land and Water Company who really stood out. He talks here about how he traveled the world to observe local, sustainable sourcing…
The latest news and information on the people and programs behind University of California Television