Brain-Computer Interface Allows ‘Speech’ Despite ALS

A system developed at UC Davis Health uses implanted sensors to translate brain signals into highly accurate speech, allowing a man with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS, to hear his own words spoken aloud by a computer.

Among the Academies: Mentorship Key for May

He’s chancellor, an expert in semiconductor manufacturing and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, but one of the roles Gary S. May considers most important is that of a mentor.

Training Our Own New Cooks

Dining Services is reacting to the shortage of cooks that has impacted many institutions and restaurants with an award-winning program that trains current campus food service workers to move up in the kitchen. “What I love is watching the sparks ignite, watching the passion for cooking build,” says Roger Thompson, Latitude’s executive chef.

Mass Incarceration Solutions

What are the “intended and unintended consequences” of sending someone to prison, and what efforts are underway to reform the prison system? Those are some of the topics discussed on this month’s Face to Face With Chancellor May, with guest Benjamin Weber, associate professor of African and African American studies.