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CITRIS ED offers op-ed on meat industry’s effects on climate change
CITRIS Executive Director Camille Crittenden points out an avenue for improving our climate impact — reassessing our menu — in a recent Berkeley Blog post.
UC Merced drought report estimates $1.2B impact to California ag in 2022
CITRIS PIs Josué Medellín-Azuara and Joshua Viers are co-authors on a report on the impact of the 2020–22 California drought.
King Liu, Salahuddin talk future of transistors with IEEE Spectrum
It’s the 75th anniversary of the invention of the transistor! What’s on the horizon before the 100th? Two CITRIS affiliates weigh in.
UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz named agricultural experiment stations
UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are the first UC campuses to be named agricultural experiment stations in more than 50 years.
Gridware sensor network named a Time best invention
The real-time powerline monitoring system pioneered by Gridware, a spring 2020 CITRIS Foundry venture, has been named one of Time’s best inventions of the year.
Nonnecke weighs in on Twitter’s acquisition in SF Examiner, Washington Post
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter has made hundreds of headlines since he first raised the idea in April.
Levine, Abbeel announce innovations in walking robots
Two CITRIS People and Robots researchers are making great strides in teaching robots to walk and move in record time.
MyShake app, enabled by CITRIS collab, gives earthquake early warnings
Some residents got an early warning for San Jose’s earthquake Tuesday thanks to the MyShake app, developed by CITRIS PI Richard Allen.
WattTime highlighted as tech nonprofit exemplar in Forbes
WattTime, a 2014 CITRIS Foundry venture, is a growing force for good.
Farid talks AI in US criminal justice system on PBS’s Nova
The CITRIS PI and Policy Lab advisor discussed the results of a study that explored the use of COMPAS, case management software used in criminal courts.
Are carbon offsets too good to be true? Haya suggests caution in Time
CITRIS Climate researcher Barbara Haya encourages people to instead make cash contributions directly to a climate-positive cause.
CIDER to assist with ONR-funded ecology survey
The CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research will test forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras on drones as a potential tool for counting animals and detecting biological hot spots.
Goldberg’s AUTOLab breaks robotic laundry-folding speed record
Research by CPAR Director Ken Goldberg and team will be presented at the IEEE/RSJ IROS2022 conference.
Kammen talks climate justice with Associated Press
CITRIS researcher Daniel Kammen co-authored an IPCC report that found links between inequity and vulnerability to climate change.
Bayen weighs in on self-driving cars in U.S. News & World Report
Contrary to Bayen’s research, autonomous vehicles are causing traffic snarls on San Francisco streets.
Nonnecke discusses Section 230 with NBC News
The CITRIS Policy Lab recently launched a database of legislation related to Section 230, which provides some immunity for websites hosting third-party content.
Clarity Movement Co. project featured in Forbes
“Clean air is a fundamental human right,” said Clarity CEO David Lu. “Our motivation is simple. If you can’t measure it, you can’t fix it.”
CITRIS Policy Lab acknowledged in US AI Bill of Rights
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has released its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to help protect the rights of the American public
Barbato, others named outstanding mentors by UC Davis Graduate Studies
Several UC Davis faculty members with CITRIS ties have been recognized for their graduate student advising and mentorship.
Saif Islam, CITRIS PIs recognized at UC Davis Engineering faculty celebration
Saif Islam, director of CITRIS at UC Davis, received the Outstanding Senior Research Faculty Award.
UC Santa Cruz alumni found Immergo Labs to bring physical therapy to VR
Immergo Labs, a venture from the fall 2021 CITRIS Foundry cohort, will launch its beta platform in January 2023.
Viers, Hestir to quantify California water use with NASA support
CITRIS at UC Merced leadership will collaborate with local agencies to mine satellite data for California’s Central Valley.
Our Better Web initiative launches at UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley’s new Our Better Web initiative, led by Brandie Nonnecke, director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, is advancing efforts to study and combat online harms.