Episodes
UCTV's magazine program featuring stories about healthcare for animal shelters from UC Davis, testing soil moisture for wine makers from UC Berkeley, creating video games from UC San Diego, and the new Mission Bay campus from UC San Francisco. Host George Strait anchors from UC San Diego. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8399]
Published 11/25/11
Award-winning UCTV magazine program features host George Strait anchoring from UC Santa Barbara with segments on religious diversity in Los Angeles, insect diversity in Davis, building for earthquakes with popsicle sticks and Legos at UC San Diego and UC Irvine, and the BLEEX, the exoskeleton being developed at Berkeley. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 8622]
Published 11/25/11
A sneak preview of the new UC Merced campus opens the fourth edition of this magazine program followed by a profile of Jay Keasling's work at UC Berkeley to develop a cheap anti-malarial drug and a story about COSMOS, a UC-based summer school for teenagers interested in math and science. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 8988]
Published 11/11/11
Students doing double duty as UC Davis firefighters lead this edition of "State of Minds," followed by a profile of RP6, the robot created for hospital intensive care units at UCLA; a bioreactor at UC Riverside that turns carbon-based garbage into clean diesel fuel; and research at UC Berkeley to create "smart" intersections that will prevent crashes for drivers making left turns into oncoming traffic. Host George Strait anchors from UC Davis. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs]...
Published 10/28/11
Host George Strait anchors from UC Berkeley in this fall edition of UCTV's signature magazine program, featuring stories on scholar athletes at UC Berkeley, a summer "nanocamp" at UC Riverside, students interviewing astronauts at UC Santa Barbara and student mental health services at UC Davis. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11007]
Published 10/28/11
Published 02/28/11
UC Riverside plays host to this edition of UCTV’s systemwide magazine program. Segments include a look at UCR’s seminal research on air quality, stem cell treatments at UC Davis, Peace Corps volunteers from UC Berkeley and from UC Santa Cruz, new insights into human evolution from the bones of Neanderthals. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 20692]
Published 02/28/11
Discover how the UC Davis School of Medicine is enticing newly minted MDs to practice in rural communities; research into the “Science of Happiness” at UC Berkeley, the Special Collections projects at the UCLA Library and California science teachers who spent the summer running experiments at UC-affiliated national labs. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 19887]
Published 10/11/10
The magic of Folklorico dance inspires a former UC Santa Cruz student to become a UCSC professor of anthropology and producer of documentary films; UC Davis becomes the first university to use top green design standards for a new winery, brewery and food processing facility; UC San Diego structural engineer assesses quake damage in Chile; and UC Riverside researchers pursue the right mix for growing drought-tolerant grass -- these stories and more in the Spring, 2010 edition of UCTV’s...
Published 05/17/10
This edition of UCTV’s premier magazine program begins with a look at how UC Davis is helping California’s plant and flower growers compete in the global market. Then, a welcome back to the UC students of Japanese descent who were interned during World War II. And, from UC Berkeley, a cross-disciplinary approach to saving the California Delta. Finally, a tour of The Loft, the new performance lounge that’s bringing nightlife to the campus of UC San Diego. Series: "State of Minds" [Public...
Published 02/15/10
In this edition, UCTV’s premier magazine program features UC Berkeley students focused on alleviating poverty as part of UCB’s Global Poverty and Practice program, the fastest-growing minor on campus. From the UC Davis Medical Center, a look at how doctors at the Pain Management Clinic are teaching patients to cope with chronic pain without becoming addicted to drugs. Then, another angle on climate change – what UC scientists are discovering about its impact on human health. And finally,...
Published 10/12/09
This edition of UCTV’s premier magazine program presents Nobel Laureate David Gross and the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara, Glenna Dowling of UC San Francisco’s School of Nursing and her clever adaption of the Wii video game for Parkinson’s patients, research at UC Davis on the impact of the California drought and excerpts from the UC Merced 2009 commencement ceremony featuring Michelle Obama, the First Lady of the United States. Series: "State of Minds" [Public...
Published 06/01/09
UCTV’s premier magazine program returns with features on KUCI, the student radio station at UC Irvine; UC Berkeley’s Richard Muller on what future presidents need to know about physics; neuroscience research at UC Davis and a forest of “solar trees” at UC San Diego. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 15593]
Published 01/26/09
UCTV’s magazine program returns with a look at UC Berkeley’s welcome mat for students returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, a profile of artist Wayne Thiebaud at UC Davis, a review of the CalTeach program for UC math and science students, an interview with “Spying Blind” author Amy Zegart of UCLA and an introduction to Mark Yudof, the new president of the University of California. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 15230]
Published 10/13/08
UC Santa Barbara plays host to this edition with segments featuring UCSB’s student newspaper “The Daily Nexus,” the “greening” of UC Davis and UC Berkeley, dog genetics from UC San Francisco and a new traffic safety program that allows cars and roads to communicate from UC’s Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 13403]
Published 12/03/07
UCTV’s signature magazine program returns to UC Merced to see how the students are faring at the system’s newest campus. Also in this installment, a UC Davis senior leads a local high school team in a robotics competition; a UC Irvine professor researches John Lennon’s FBI files, a UC Riverside professor discusses hip hop intellectuals and UC’s Agricultural and Natural Resources division studies how to prevent E Coli contamination. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show...
Published 05/21/07
UC San Diego plays host to the Winter 2007 edition as veteran journalist Linda Schacht tours the Stuart Collection art installations and presents stories from throughout the UC system. Among those featured are UC Davis doctors in Sacramento using telemedicine to communicate with their rural counterparts; UC Berkeley space scientists building satellites that NASA will use to probe the auroras at the north and south poles; and UC San Diego electrical engineers creating a multi-camera,...
Published 01/22/07
Host Linda Schacht reports from UCLA with features on UCLA's Terence Tao, the "Mozart of Math" who was recently awarded the coveted Fields Medal; the champion collegiate cycling team at UC Davis; a new air cargo explosives detection program from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that is now being tested at the San Francisco International Airport; and “Mayupatapi,” an Andean musical ensemble at UC Riverside. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 11868]
Published 10/16/06
From beneath the redwoods at UC Santa Cruz, anchor Linda Schacht hosts the spring edition of UCTV's premiere magazine program “State of Minds.” Featured are the UCSC ocean biologists who study the migration patterns of marine mammals, law students at UC Davis who volunteer their legal services to victims of domestic violence, medical students from UC San Diego who spend their off hours operating free health clinics, and a profile of the new Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC...
Published 05/22/06
Hosting from UC Irvine, anchor George Strait presents a work-out bike for astronauts being developed by UCI orthopedic surgeons, followed by a UC Davis geologist's critical assessment of California's Central Valley levees. Then, UC Berkeley researchers field-test a Daimler-Chrysler hydrogen fuel cell car along California's emerging hydrogen highway. And finally, UC San Diego offers a look into the making of “When Things Get Small,” an irreverent, madcap program explaining the art of...
Published 02/13/06
Host George Strait anchors from UC Riverside with features on UCR's singer and storyteller Karen Wilson, efforts at UC Davis to protect the honeybees needed to fertilize almond trees, UC Santa Barbara archeologist Phillip Walker's Iceland excavation and an interview with the new chancellor at UC Berkeley. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 9280]
Published 02/14/05
UCTV presents "State of Minds," a new magazine program hosted by George Strait and featuring segments on incoming UC president Bob Dynes, the UC Natural Reserve System (NRS), UC Berkeley paleontologist Tim White, the new UCLA hospital and a Bay Area car-share program. Series: "State of Minds" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8138]
Published 10/13/03