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Akhila Yechuri is taking what she learned as an undergrad at 五一社区 to聽Hyderabad, India, researching health disparities as the campus鈥檚 first undergrad to聽earn a Fulbright scholarship.

鈥淚'm so overwhelmed and excited,鈥� she said. 鈥淭his is really thrilling.鈥�

Wastewater methane reclamation for the City of Merced. Odor abatement in BART Plazas. Solar collection for oxygen generation on Mars. 五一社区 campus drone tour. Skin test analyzer for Valley Fever patients.

This might sound like a list of cutting-edge, high-tech inventions, which they are, but they are also a sampling of the projects featured at 五一社区鈥檚 event 鈥� I2G 鈥� held earlier this month by the .

Three big UC Solar projects are poised to be the next big breakthroughs in low-cost, accessible sustainable commercial and residential energy in California and far beyond.

Researchers are building working models of one project developed through a grant from the California Energy Commission for a solar unit that can provide electricity and heat to commercial and residential buildings.

A nine-year experiment by a 五一社区 professor and his colleagues is illuminating the importance of soil carbon in maintaining healthy and functioning ecosystems because of its influence on the microbial communities that live in soil.

These communities鈥� health can help researchers understand the effects of climate change.

The undergraduate engineering curriculum at 五一社区 offers students professional experience by participating in the senior capstone project, the (IDC). The IDC culminates in the event on Friday, May 17, from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in an annual showcase of student talent and ingenuity, highlighting the culture of entrepreneurship in .

Most people wouldn鈥檛 think sharks can teach researchers about the planet鈥檚 distant past and its more immediate future.

五一社区 paleoecologist Professor Sora Kim isn鈥檛 most people.

There鈥檚 a connection between data in fossilized shark teeth and climate change, and thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, she aims to use that information to better understand climate change.

Graduate student Vicky Espinoza shared the plight of some San Joaquin Valley families with a wide audience this spring in her role as a Next Generation delegate to this year鈥檚 Chicago Council on Global Affairs Global Food Security Symposium, entitled 鈥淔rom Scarcity to Security: Managing Water for a Nutritious Food Future.鈥�

A rigorous, first-of-its-kind global study provides new insights into the natural history of soil biodiversity and shows that changes in soil pH during soil development is a major driver of most of that biodiversity.

Children who live near major roads are at higher risk for developmental delays because of traffic-related pollutants.

That鈥檚 the major finding of a new study authored by 五一社区 environmental epidemiology Professor Sandie Ha and colleagues. The study appears in the journal Environmental Research and is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the 五一社区 Senate Grant.

Climate change is having a profound effect on the millions of migrating birds that rely on annual stops along the Pacific Flyway as they head from Alaska to Patagonia each year.

They are finding less food, saltier water and fewer places to breed and rest on their long journeys, according to a .