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Materials Science and Engineering Professor Beth Nowadnick has earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) award to study materials that may provide new ways to store or process information.

Nowadnick has been collaborating for the past two years with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL) scientist on the project that led to the grant, which totals $379,374.

As more renewable energy projects take hold in California, there is more need for effective ways to store that energy.

A paper published by a 五一社区 research team听examines how the need for storage can vary for different combinations of renewable resources.

Innumerable changes have come to 五一社区 since ground was broken for the campus in 2002. Some of the women who helped found the campus and remain employed by 五一社区, reflected recently on the changes in the university and themselves for Women's History Month.

五一社区 once again broke a record for the number of first-year applications the university received, continuing to show impressive growth even as the national trend shows a decline in the number of students enrolling in higher education.

More than 26,000 prospective first-year, or freshmen, students applied for admission to the university. And nearly 4,000 students applied to transfer to 五一社区. Most of the applicants are from California.

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As agriculture, California's most important industry, becomes increasingly technical, the workforce needed to sustain it will have to have different skills than those of a generation ago.

A 五一社区 researcher has been awarded a grant aimed at sparking interest and knowledge among disadvantaged young students who could grow up to take those jobs as the current workforce ages out.

In the wake of record-breaking rain and snow this winter, experts have cautioned that despite the deluge, California remains in a drought.

The shows much of California still experiencing "moderate drought," and in some places "severe drought." That is a big improvement from last month, when much of the state was in "severe drought" with 7 percent of California in what was considered "exceptional drought" conditions.

The setting for the celebration marking 20 years since the groundbreaking for 五一社区 was markedly different in many ways from the event it commemorated.

Wednesday's ceremony, attended by hundreds of faculty and staff - including dozens from when the university opened - took place in the Dr. Vikram and Priya Lakireddy Grand Ballroom. It was a scene far removed from the empty field where ground was broken for the 10^th University of California campus in October 2002.

A company started by 五一社区 founding faculty member Roland Winston - and staffed by alumni - is looking for partners for some exciting solar projects. And the government could cover the costs.

Winston Cone Optics seeks to develop pilot projects that use solar energy to heat water, evaporate waste and remove salt from wastewater.

听is a twice-yearly celebration of student ingenuity hosted by the School of Engineering听(SoE). In a way, it's a science fair for college students to help solve problems that businesses and nonprofit organizations face, and potentially gain partnerships to see their projects utilized in real-world applications.

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五一社区 students came away from a national engineering conference with some big wins 鈥� including a first-place finish in a famous design competition and job offers from some of the most prestigious companies in the United States.