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Jun 8 – California heroes continue to provide nutritious food to students
Jun 6 – Emergency COVID-19 measures prevented more than 500 million infections, study finds
Jun 6 – Berkeley Public Health launches free course on managing the COVID pandemic
Jun 6 – UC Riverside clinical faculty are here to keep you healthy
Jun 6 – UC San Diego scientists update on global COVID-19 vaccine progress
Jun 6 – UCSF Emergency Medicine residents inform protest safety during pandemic
Jun 5 – Newly funded COVID-19 research aims to protect the most vulnerable
Jun 4 – UCR professor’s own body becomes physiology lab during pandemic
Jun 4 – Campus, Santa Cruz Community Health unite to test underserved community members
Jun 3 – UCI researchers create coronavirus test to determine true prevalence of infection
Jun 3 – UC Merced creating several tools to combat COVID-19
Jun 2 – 17 Researchers Win COVID-19 Seed Grants
Jun 3 – How a Hollywood VFX business built a tool to fight COVID-19
Jun 1 – COVID-19 protective gear donations to UCI Health
May 29 – UC Riverside-led study shows inhibiting two host cell proteases could help prevent COVID-19
May 27 – UCD Computer Scientists Launch App To Help Slow Spread Of COVID-19
May 27 – Economic Forecast Project webinar dives into the ramifications of reopening Santa Barbara
May 26 – Aggie Hero: Julie Amaro
May 25 – UCSD hospital custodial staff provide essential service on front lines
May 25 – UCLA Health executives named to LA500 List for leadership in pandemic
May 22 – UCSD doctors lend their time to treat COVID-19 patients in Tijuana
May 21 – The Wellness Project serves as lifeline to senior adults during COVID-19 pandemic
May 20 – Tu Foundation gives $2.5 million to UCI to support COVID-19 patient care, research
May 20 – UCSB Researchers Develop UVC LEDs to Help Fight COVID-19
May 20 – UCSF dramatically expands our solidarity team in Navajo Nation to 35 health workers across 5 hospitals
May 20 – Doctors enlist artificial intelligence to help them defeat the coronavirus
May 20 – Building ventilation guidelines aim to reduce COVID-19 spread
May 19 – UC Santa Cruz Lab Increases COVID-19 Testing For Santa Cruz County
May 19 – UCSF studies how coronavirus attacks the human heart
May 19 – Cell biologist to study coronavirus-related infection of respiratory cells
May 19 – UC Berkeley: Scientists Pivot To Coronavirus Research, Hoping For Quick Results To Deal With Pandemic
May 19 – UCLA, UCSF, CDPH collaborate to train coronavirus contact tracers
May 19 – UCI physicists exploring use of Blu-ray disc lasers to kill COVID-19, other viruses
May 18 – UCLA Tests Hormone Suppressant As COVID-19 Treatment For Men
May 18 – UCLA machine-learning model is helping CDC predict spread of COVID-19
May 14 – UCLA Medical Center accepting plasma from COVID-19 survivors
May 14 – COVID Catalyst Fund supports work on rapid serology test at UC Santa Cruz
May 14 – UC Riverside engineer is working on ways to pre-screen patients with difficulty breathing for earlier intervention
May 14 – UC Merced Part of CITRIS’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grants
May 14 – UCI and County of Orange partner on large-scale COVID-19 infection survey
May 13 – Innovative technologies to address COVID-19 funded by UC’s CITRIS
May 13 – Campus lab takes COVID-19 testing to utility workers, underserved
May 12 – Pop-Up Testing Lab Shows Volunteer Spirit Against Deadly Pandemic
May 11 – Drug discovered in UC Davis lab may control inflammatory response to COVID-19
May 11 – UC Davis emergency funds have raised nearly $245,000 to aid students, health care providers and COVID-19 research
May 11 – UC Davis researchers to hold COVID-19 symposium
May 11 – To expedite campus response to pandemic, UCI leadership amasses $2.5 million for COVID-19 research projects
May 11 – CARES Act provides some financial relief to many UC Riverside students
May 11 – Ten ways to stay healthy & active during COVID-19 pandemic
May 10 – UCSF medical students debunk bizarre coronavirus myths
May 9 – A deep look into COVID-19: Vaccines, drugs and the evolutionary arms race
May 8 – Six degrees of mask making at UC Irvine show the power of teamwork
May 7 – Innovate to Grow Goes Virtual
May 6 – COVID-19 relief targets vulnerable students, more aid needed
May 5 – Haas MBA student helps raise millions for pop-up coronavirus testing lab
May 5 – Introducing the UC San Diego Return to Learn Program
May 4 – UC Davis custodial staff help across the causeway
May 4 – UCSD Health studies arthritis drug as potential treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia
May 4 – UCSD Health offers virtual appointments to patients with COVID-19
May 4 – UCSF partners with state to develop public health workforce for COVID-19 response
May 4 – Initial Results of Mission District COVID-19 Testing Announced
May 4 – UC Santa Cruz alumnus leads massive effort to ramp up COVID-19 testing
May 3 – Dean of UCI’s School of Population Health, Bernadette Boden-Albala, provides expert council on COVID-19
May 3 – Baby-sitting, dog walking, grocery runs: How some UCLA med students are helping future colleagues
May 1 – UC Davis research shows COVID-19 mitigation efforts could put U.S. on track to meet Paris Climate Accord goals
May 1 – R’Garden staff and interns continue to harvest fruit and vegetables at UC Riverside
Apr 30 – New research finds which companies’ stocks are more “immune” to the pandemic
Apr 30 – $1 billion investment fund partners with Berkeley Law students support small businesses
Apr 29 – COVID-19 vaccine with patch delivery technology enters preclinical testing at UC Davis
Apr 29 – UC Davis engineers, clinician develop low-cost, portable ventilator
Apr 29 – UCI mathematicians use machine intelligence to map gene interactions
Apr 29 – UC Santa Barbara scientists develop test that can be deployed in the field
Apr 28 – LGR awards seed funding to COVID-19 projects at UC Berkeley and UCSF
Apr 28 – UCI Health feeds healthcare heroes
Apr 27 – COVID-19 antibody assays scrutinized for accuracy by UCSF, UC Berkeley researchers
Apr 27 – Loss of smell associated with milder clinical course in COVID-19 in UCSD research
Apr 27 – NSF Funding for COVID-19 Research at UCI and UK
Apr 27 – UCLA launches webinar series to deal with the everyday implications of the coronavirus crisis
Apr 27 – UC Santa Cruz diagnostic lab coronavirus testing from May 1
Apr 24 – Launch of UCSF Health Atlas
Apr 24 – UCSB’s collaborative community is making connections and discoveries (video)
Apr 23 – BeyGOOD, an initiative founded by Beyoncé, and UCLA offer COVID-19 online toolkit for mental wellness
Apr 23 – UC Davis’ Greg Wright: COVID-19’s impact on the economy
Apr 22 – Berkeley Lab to conduct R&D to improve the nation’s COVID-19 testing capabilities
Apr 22 – UCI launches comprehensive COVID-19 resource site
Apr 21 – UC Merced, UC ANR and & CropMobster partnership activates community resilience platform
Apr 21 – UC Riverside medical students donate more than 30,000 masks to Inland hospitals
Apr 21 – UC Santa Cruz theater arts costume shop steps up to combat COVID-19
Apr 20 – UC Davis researchers study the role of speech aerosols in coronavirus transmission
Apr 19 – UCSF to study results of mass coronavirus testing plan for Bolinas and a section of SF’s Mission District
Apr 18 – Doctors shelter at UC Riverside Extension to avoid spreading coronavirus
Apr 17 – Cal to track asymptomatic COVID-19 spread by testing 5,000 people
Apr 17 – CRISPR and spit might be keys to faster, cheaper, easier tests for the coronavirus
Apr 17 – CVS Health to work with UCLA Health, other hospitals to create more bed capacity
Apr 17 – UC Berkeley Othering & Belonging Institute adds layer to vulnerable populations in California map
Apr 17 – UCLA Law students, faculty secure release of inmate threatened by COVID-19
Apr 17 – UCLA Library continues work to increase digital accessibility with new partnership
Apr 17 – UCLA Mathematics professors earn NSF grant to calculate COVID-19 transmission rates
Apr 16 – Startup Companies Tackle COVID-19 From Many Angles
Apr 16 – Qualcomm Institute Innovation Space incubated companies are working to model disease outbreaks, increase access to offline education and facilitate research
Apr 16 – UC Berkeley startups use blockchain to accelerate COVID-19 response
Apr 16 – UC Berkeley research fights misinformation
Apr 16 – UC Davis researchers find ‘sick posts’ on social media help early tracking of COVID-19
Apr 16 – UC Riverside Medical students create task force to address COVID-19 community impact
Apr 16 – UCSF health care workers to serve in New York City
Apr 15 – Staff at Berkeley Lab’s X-ray facility mobilize to support COVID-19-related research
Apr 15 – UCI team develops smartphone application for coronavirus contact tracing
Apr 14 – Big Ideas Entrepreneurs Respond to COVID-19
Apr 14 – UC Santa Barbara researchers developing ultraviolet LEDs to decontaminate surfaces
Apr 13 – ‘Liquid gold’: UC Berkeley lab makes free hand sanitizer for the needy
Apr 13 – UCI pools resources for COVID-19 efforts
Apr 13 – UC Irvine Produces Face Shields for Healthcare Workers (video) (article)
Apr 10 – COVID-19 reveals Valley’s public health system gaps, UCSF and UC Merced develop workforce to improve health outcomes
Apr 10 – UC Davis alumnus startup uses AI to fight fake news and disinformation
Apr 10 – UC Davis review examines how building design can influence disease transmission
Apr 10 – UC Riverside’s costume-shop employees are now making masks to protect essential personnel on campus
Apr 10 – SoCal COVID19 site maintained by UC San Diego experts in environmental and biomedical sciences, and emergency preparedness
Apr 10 – UC Santa Barbara computer science student builds a website to track the epidemiology of COVID-19
Apr 9 – UCSF COVID-19 Response Fund building capacity and bridging health disparities
Apr 9 – UCSF Health Hub launched Volunteer Patriots Program to match industry experts, advisors, and investors to companies building COVID-19 solutions
Apr 9 – UCSF partnering with City in initiative to trace every single COVID-19 case and contact
Apr 8 – USC and UCLA join forces for online hackathon aimed at solving COVID-19 problems
Apr 8 – Center for Social Innovation, UC Riverside, launches Inland Empire COVID Monitor
Apr 7 – Artificial intelligence enables rapid COVID-19 lung imaging analysis at UC San Diego Health
Apr 7 – UCLA web app will enlist public’s help in slowing the spread of COVID-19
Apr 7 – UCSF to offer free COVID-19 test analysis, results to public health departments of nine Bay Area counties
Apr 6 – UC Health data initiative launches daily updates on COVID-19 tests
Apr 6 – UC launches grant program to spur urgently needed COVID-19 research
Apr 6 – UC Santa Cruz scientists to provide rapid COVID-19 testing by end of month
Apr 3 – UCSD Qualcomm Institute Lends its Prototyping and 3D Printing Capabilities for Critical Medical Supplies
Apr 3 – CITRIS Invention Lab opens to produce COVID-19 supplies
Apr 3 – The Pi Shop (established by AB 2664 funding) is using its product engineering facility to make PPE
Apr 3 – UC students and alumni design C19 | BayShield app to coordinate PPE distribution
Apr 3 – UCLA is part of NIH-sponsored clinical trial for possible COVID-19 therapies
Apr 2 – As mask shortages loom, UCSF in nationwide team assembles best practices for decontamination and reuse
Apr 2 – Creating an early alert system for COVID-19
Apr 2 – UC Berkeley Engineering turning sleep apnea machines into ventilators
Apr 2 – UC Santa Cruz raising funds for students in need
Apr 1 – SoCal COVID19 site maintained by UC San Diego experts in environmental and biomedical sciences, and emergency preparedness
Mar 30 – UC Berkeley scientists spin up a robotic COVID-19 testing lab
Mar 30 – UC Davis engineers respond to COVID-19 challenges
Mar 30 – UC San Francisco researchers aim to enroll one million individuals for real-time epidemiology
Mar 30 – UC Santa Barbara scientists provide essential COVID-19 testing supplies to Cottage Health System
Mar 27 – UC Santa Barbara researchers begin 3D-printing protective gear to aid local medical facilities
Mar 26 – UCSD Engineers and Doctors Team Up to Retrofit and Build Ventilators
Mar 26 – COVID-19 first target of new AI research consortium (c3.ai)
Mar 26 – New partnership to unleash U.S. supercomputing resources in the fight against COVID-19
Mar 25 – Unveiling How Coronavirus Hijacks Our Cells to Help Rush New Drugs to Patients
Mar 25 – UC Berkeley Innovative Genomics Institute coronavirus video explains molecular virology
Mar 25 – UC Davis C-STEM Center providing free tools, teacher resources for distance learning in math
Mar 21 – As UCSF’s Quantitative Bioscience Institute mobilizes researchers to fight a global pandemic, QBI’s administrator shares the saga
Mar 20 – UC San Diego partners with 5 leading diagnostics manufacturers to boost COVID-19 testing
Mar 20 – UCLA takes lead in race to find cure for coronavirus infection
Mar 19 – UC San Diego scientists and doctors evaluating 1-hour coronavirus test
Mar 14 – With Its Coronavirus Rapid Paper Test Strip, This CRISPR Startup Wants To Help Halt A Pandemic
Mar 13 – UC Davis Startup NeVap designed breathing tubes, donating to fight COVID- 19 in NYC