University of California Audio Podcasts (Audio)

Presentations from University of California Faculty Climate Action Champions, who are working to build community engagement and awareness of climate change and to discover and implement solutions. Series: "UC Climate Solutions Channel " [Science] [Show ID: 31050]

The UCSB Department of Music presents its third annual department showcase, Montage. The production highlights all areas of the Department of Music, with performances by students and faculty, and special appearances by Grammy Award-winning soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, Santa Barbara Dance Theater’s Christina Sanchez, and Jennifer Johnson, who performs as Second Oboe/English Horn with the Los Angeles Opera. Series: "Soundscape" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 30963]

Explore how a species of Scrub Jay, the Island Scrub Jay, is expanding oak forests on Santa Cruz Island, helping to recover natural habitat on California's Channel Islands. Series: "UC Natural Reserve System" [Science] [Show ID: 31252]

Trauma injuries affect millions in the the global community every year. Hear from orthopoaedic surgeons who lead surgical missions and use the power of surgical education to save limbs and save lives in the developing world. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30992]

Flavio Vincenti, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery, UCSF. Series: "UCSF Transplant Update" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 31125]

In the U.S. and around the world, cities are embracing design as a strategic asset and transformation driver. San Diego can capitalize on this knowledge and use design to enrich our communities, strengthen our businesses, and create value. A panel of experts from around the world present models of how leading industry and government organizations have leveraged design and assessed its contribution to grow their economies and global stature. [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 31138]

The University of California is unique among American multicampus systems in that it is organized around a principle known as the one-university idea. Its premise is simple: that a large and decentralized system of ten campuses, differing in size, resources, aspiration, and stage of development, can nevertheless be governed as a single university. The one-university idea has long been regarded as a major force behind UC's rise to pre-eminence among American research universities. But does it have a future in the age of public disinvestment in higher education? CSHE Senior Research Associate Patricia A. Pelfrey discusses the one-university principle in the context of UC's history, its contemporary relevance to the governance of the UC system, and the drive for institutional redesign in American universities. Series: "Center for Studies in Higher Education" [Education] [Show ID: 30821]

A panel of experts discusses the PBS NOVA program Can Alzheimer's Be Stopped? and the disease itself. Join Kenneth Kosik, MD (Co-Director Neuroscience Research Institute UC Santa Barbara), Sarah Holt (Producer and Director HHMI/Tangled Bank Studios), and Rhonda Spiegel (CEO, Alzheimer’s Association, California Central Chapter) and Francisco Lopera, MD (Professor of Behavioral Neurology, Chief of Neurosciences Program-University of Antioquia, Coordinator Group of Neurosciences of Antioquia). The discussion is moderated by Julia Cort, Deputy Executive Producer for NOVA. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31017]

Luciana Kaplan, director of the award-winning documentary La Revolución de los Alcatraces, talks about the genesis of her film and its subject, Eufrosina Cruz Mendoza, who was elected mayor of her town but her victory was taken away because she was a woman. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Humanities] [Show ID: 31021]

In this talk, María Ávila-Arcos (National Autonomous University of Mexico) presents a review of the current state of knowledge of the genetic history of the Americas as revealed by ancient and modern DNA studies. Series: "CARTA - Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny" [Science] [Show ID: 30983]