Tony Crouch, UC Press Director of Design and Production, has won the 2009 Constituency Award from the American Association of University Presses (AAUP). The annual award recognizes university press employees who have …
Read More >While planning a trip to the Lost Coast, I’ve been depending heavily on the California Coastal Commission guides to the coast (more on that in a future post). Yesterday, the Los Angeles …
Read More >By Gary Braasch, © June 18, 2009. Global climate change impacts across the United States are spelled out with renewed authority in a report released June 16 by the federal government. It …
Read More >“Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Wonder, meticulously researched wonder may be the first thing that shines through any interview or performance by Richard …
Read More >Amiri Baraka, author of Digging, was a finalist for the Lifetime Achievement Award in Jazz Journalism from the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA). At its thirteenth annual awards ceremony last week, the JJA …
Read More >Eugenie C. Scott has been named one of the Scientific American 10, a select group of leaders in science, politics, business, and philanthropy, who are building a better future with their ingenious …
Read More >Author Kirk Savage was in Washington, D.C. on June 10, when, it is alleged, a gunman entered the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fired shots, killing a security guard. Savage, who …
Read More >Peter Asmus, President of Pathfinder Communications, is a journalist, consultant, and author of Reaping the Wind: How Mechanical Wizards and Profiteers Helped Shape Our Energy Future, among other books. He is also …
Read More >It’s a beautiful morning at the Farallones, where scientists are watching 300,000 nesting seabirds. We recommend the web cam at the California Academy of Sciences. We hope that future iterations of the …
Read More >Planning a hike this weekend? The following resources can help you identify and learn more about the flora you might see on the trail. For Beginning and Intermediate Naturalists If you want …
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