University of California: Grad Slam

Grad Slam 2018

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Joseph Charbonnet

UC Berkeley

A stormwater solution

Tooka Zokaie

UC Davis

At the mouth of health access

Alana Ogata

UC Irvine

Info at your fingertips: An at-home cancer test

Marissa Stevens

UCLA

Social identity from ancient Egypt to modern times

Portia Mira

UC Merced

Reversing antibiotic resistance

Jessica Noll

UC Riverside

A rapid blood test for stroke

Nicholas Root

UC San Diego

Language and synesthesia

Yiqi Cao

UC San Francisco

Don’t go breaking my heart … again

Mengya Tao

UC Santa Barbara

A safer world with fewer regrettable chemicals

Kimberley Kanani Bitterwolf

UC Santa Cruz

Decoding Earth’s erratic history