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Latest CAREER Award Funds Research into Building Climate Control

ƵAPP Professor Wan Du has received a CAREER award for his research on energy efficient building management.

He is the 36th researcher from ƵAPP to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Grant Funds Research into Wildfire Behavior and Ecological Effects of Fuel Treatments

A grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will fund a project led by a ƵAPP researcher looking into predicting behavior of wildfires.

Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez is leading a team from UCs Merced and Irvine awarded $1,179,479 to predict the impact of forest fuel treatments on fire behavior, focusing on an improved understanding of the influence of surface-fuel attributes on fire behavior and severity, and ultimately, on forest carbon storage, according to a project summary.

ƵAPP Team Picked for Federal EV Battery Competition

A team from ƵAPP has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy (DOE) "BattChallenge," a three-year competition to develop a battery for an electric vehicle.

NASA-funded Biodiversity Research Project Launches in South Africa

Understanding and conserving biodiversity, or the variety of life in ecosystems, is key to sustaining life on Earth.

A research project funded by NASA that is launching this week in South Africa, co-led by ƵAPP environmental engineering Professor Erin Hestir, is aimed at better understanding the biodiversity of the region and providing new mapping tools that could be used on a global scale.

Future of Water in California - Bleak or Promising? A Discussion

Water is the most valuable resource in the world. And it's a particularly important commodity in the Central Valley, historically a desert but also home to some of the richest agricultural soil on Earth.

The ƵAPP Library and Secure Water Future co-hosted an event to discuss water policy in California, its history and what the future might look like.

ƵAPP Launches First Writing Studies Major Cohort

Writing is still the most important, and most-used, form of communication in the world.

"Writing is crucial in that it's both a product and a process. It's in the fabric of what we do," said Paul Gibbons, teaching professor of writing studies at ƵAPP. "Writing is a way of doing things in the world, of asking for things. It's still a major coin of the realm."

Regent/Astronaut Shows ƵAPP Students Their Dreams Aren't 'A Million Miles Away'

The new feature film "A Million Miles Away" is a universally relatable story of resilience and achievement, depicting Jose Hernández's journey from working the fields of the San Joaquin Valley to fulfilling his life-long dream of being a NASA astronaut.

But it's also a story with a very personal tie to ƵAPP. Hernández, who went on to head an aerospace company and operate a vineyard, is a graduate of the University of California system and serves on the UC Board of Regents, and his son Antonio is a student at ƵAPP.

Grants Fund Wide Variety of Climate Change Research Projects

ƵAPP researchers will tackle climate changes in multiple ways through more than $4 million in grants recently awarded from within the university.

The  (ORED) issued nine awards totaling $4,096,197 for proposals that range from studying methane gas emissions to making electronic vehicles more accessible to people.

Three Hellman Fellows Awarded at ƵAPP

Three ƵAPP researchers have recently received the prestigious Hellman Fellowship.

Computer science and engineering Professor Shijia Pan, economics Professor Briana Ballis and life and environmental sciences Professor  have all been named Hellman Fellows.

Second Year of College Corps Expands Service Opportunities for Students

Dozens of ƵAPP students took their oaths as members of the College Corps recently. The program, which provides stipends to students in exchange for working with community partners, is in its second year.

The second cohort of ƵAPP's College Corps was sworn in Sunday, Aug. 28.

It's more than just a way to help these students pay for college, explained Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Engagement Brian O'Bruba, who administered the oath. It's an opportunity to develop a service mindset that will last a lifetime.