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UC student farms seed sustainable agriculture programs

November 17th, 2011 No comments

Occasionally, I get to go into the field for work. I was literally in the field, with muddy shoes to show for it, for this story about University of California sustainable agriculture programs. Read more…

UC Solar working to revolutionize sun power

October 27th, 2011 No comments

UC Solar

My latest story for UC: Someday, solar power will provide all the energy homes and buildings need for electricity, heat and cooling. Scientists at UC Solar, a multicampus research institute based at UC Merced, are helping to make that day come true.

Read more at the UC Research website. Read other stuff I’ve written.

Adjusting to multimedia, cameras and microphones

September 6th, 2011 No comments
Nick Strayer and Harry Mok conduct an interview

Nick Strayer behind the camera and Harry Mok behind the microphone last year at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View.

As someone with roots in print media, I got a kick out of this photo when I came across it on the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory website. It was taken when my University of California colleague Nick Strayer and I were videotaping interviews at the NASA Ames Research Center last May. Read more…

Covering the green, sustainable University of California

July 15th, 2011 No comments
professor roger boulton

Professor Roger Boulton explains how rainwater stored in tanks supplies water to labs.

Here’s a roundup of some of my latest stories for the University of California website. One of my main beats is sustainability, so I’ve been writing about all the ways UC is green, saving energy and cutting costs. Read more…

Korean American Studies Center to open at UC Riverside

April 15th, 2010 No comments

Great news for all you Asian American studies scholars out there. The University of California, Riverside, is launching a  Korean American studies center with the help of a $2.7 million endowment from the Overseas Koreans Foundation. Read more…

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University of California tackles state’s water problems

September 1st, 2009 No comments

Here’s a package of stories my colleagues and I produced about how University of California campuses are researching issues related to water and drought.

I wrote about water policy and environmental problems.