A decade ago, California fish advocates and water suppliers seldom crossed paths except as entrenched opponents in a court of law.

If you can get a shot of adrenaline from reading a request for proposals – as you wade through pages and pages of stodgy, jargon-laden, and confusing text – then perhaps being a university research center director is for you.

The days of ivory towers must end, particularly within research universities. Town-gown collaborations are more crucial than ever if we are to solve society’s greatest challenges.

This fall, UC Davis will begin construction of the UC Davis Coffee Center, creating the world’s first academic research center focused on coffee. The building will house office and teaching space, labs, a roastery and more.

Block Party reimagines the architecture and urbanism of a section of Berkeley, California, through the perspectives of disability and housing justice. Created by a multidisciplinary team composed of disabled and non-disabled architects, artists, and authors, the project seeks to answer two important questions.