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Building career pathways for California’s next-generation tech workforce
CITRIS Workforce Innovation places top student talent from four UC campuses in paid summer internships at established companies, startups, nonprofit organizations, and national and academic labs.
Job opportunity: Workforce Innovation Student Assistant
CITRIS is seeking a motivated UC Berkeley student to assist with the administration of the Workforce Innovation Program.
Building on UC Broadband: Policy Lab offers strategies to help UC close digital divide
The CITRIS Policy Lab has released a report that outlines four recommendations UC could use to support broadband infrastructure development.
Paulos lab creates wireless, biodegradable heater from a leaf
Researchers in the laboratory of Eric Paulos, faculty director of the CITRIS Invention Lab, have developed a low-cost, wireless heating system out of natural materials.
CIDER drone education program receives $1M from James Irvine Foundation
The CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research at UC Santa Cruz has received a $1 million grant to support workforce development in the Salinas and Pajaro valleys.
CITRIS PI engineers more energy efficient transistors in NanoLab
In a recent Nature paper, UC Berkeley professor Sayeef Salahuddin details a breakthrough that significantly reduces the energy needed to operate a transistor.
‘Breathalyzer-style’ COVID-19 test set to enter market this year
The device invented by CITRIS PI Cristina Davis may be used in settings such as airplanes, hospitals or live sports events.
Job opportunities: Event Coordinator and CIEE Program Coordinator
CITRIS seeks applicants for two key staff positions at the headquarters at UC Berkeley.
Policy Lab launches Section 230 legislation database
The CITRIS Policy Lab has launched a database that tracks all U.S. federal legislation seeking to amend, repeal or reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
CITRIS researchers assess cost of California drought
CITRIS researchers Josué Medellín-Azuara and Joshua Viers from UC Merced co-authored a report that measured the financial impact of the 2021 drought in California.
CITRIS PIs lead UC efforts to fight climate change
Several projects led by CITRIS affiliates are among the climate resilience efforts already making a difference in Californians’ lives.
Pieter Abbeel receives ACM Prize in Computing
The CITRIS PI and UC Berkeley professor been honored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his work on robot learning.
Nonnecke to lead UC Berkeley’s “Our Better Web”
The initiative aims to examine and provide recommendations for legislation on misinformation and illegal activities on social media platforms.
CITRIS researchers lay groundwork to bring flying buses to California skies
A multicampus CITRIS Aviation team is collaborating with Caltrans to create tools and policies for air mobility in urban areas.
CITRIS at UC Merced outreach team teaches kids to fly drones
“Drones and robots are a gateway for young people to explore STEM,” said Leigh Bernacchi, program director of CITRIS at UC Merced.
Forming links to solve big problems: Katia Obraczka embraces CITRIS’s interdisciplinary mission
This UC Santa Cruz professor of computer science and engineering addresses complex issues of public safety with systems and networking expertise.
Healthy Davis Together serves as a model of town-gown partnerships
With expertise from CITRIS affiliates, the university-city collaboration has helped keep the region’s COVID positivity rate at less than 5 percent.
CITRIS and CLTC announce launch of AI Policy Hub
Two prominent centers at the University of California have joined together to launch an interdisciplinary initiative to train forward-thinking researchers.
Inaugural cohort of health data science fellows named
The Translational Health Data Science Fellowship Program, a partnership between CITRIS Health, the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences and the UC Davis DataLab, has announced its first seven graduate student fellows.
Abbeel addresses AI advancements
CITRIS PI Pieter Abbeel sees robots becoming an integral part of our lives in the next five years.
With CITRIS at UC Merced’s NexTech Robotics, building is believing
NexTech, a hands-on outreach program run by students at UC Merced, uses robotics to teach middle school students STEM concepts.
Finding paths, and making them: Erin Hestir breaks new ground with CITRIS connections
The CITRIS principal investigator and geomatics engineer uses remote sensing to construct complex pictures of aquatic ecosystems under threat.
Saif Islam named director of CITRIS at UC Davis
An esteemed scholar and award-winning mentor, Islam brings considerable research and leadership experience to his new role.