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David Julius wins Nobel Prize for work on pain sensation
From spider venom to chili peppers, Julius explores all avenues to understand the neuroscience of pain. He shares the award jointly with UCLA alum Ardem Patapoutian.
How sexism hinders brain research
Neuroscientist Emily Jacobs will discuss the understudied topic of women’s brain health.
A paleontology power pair
Married professors Nigel Hughes and Mary Droser earn top honors in their field.
Barbra Streisand to fund forward-looking institute at UCLA focused on solving societal challenges
The institute will conduct research into climate change, the dynamics of gender relationships and power, the arts and countering disinformation.
Cars, start your engines!
UC San Diego joins the University of Hawai‘i to compete at the first autonomous car race at famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Innovative joint program in computational precision health at UC Berkeley and UCSF aims to improve quality and equity of health care
The launch marks a significant step toward advancing this new field and, ultimately, improving the quality and equity of health care.
UC adopts recommendations for the responsible use of artificial intelligence
UC is one of the first universities in the nation to establish overarching principles for the responsible use of AI, with an emphasis on transparency and accountability.
UC Irvine-led study finds medicinal plant extract to prevent morphine addiction
Findings point to herbal treatment to potentially help curb the opioid epidemic.
What is the health impact of wildfire smoke?
UC Davis researchers are uncovering the possible long-term health effects of air pollution from wildfires.
Is planetary defense PI in the sky?
Physicists propose a new method for defending the Earth against cosmic impacts.
4 ways to avoid future megafires
Two forest researchers whose own communities were threatened by fires in 2021 explain how historic policies left forests at high risk of megafires.
UC teams with Indigenous scholars to recast history of the California missions
UCLA-led critical mission studies program creates a new model to understand the past, present and future.
UC Berkeley’s David Card wins 2021 Nobel Prize in economics
His pioneering studies questioned the prevailing assumptions about the impact of immigration on native-born U.S. workers and the effect of minimum wage increases on domestic job growth.
New student from rural Montana seeks degree ‘to help my people, my tribe’
First-year student Sariel Sandoval has won a scholarship that recognizes non-resident students who are “game changers, trailblazers, solution seekers and revolutionaries.”
UC Davis leads wildlife rescue response for Orange County oil spill
The Oiled Wildlife Care Network has once again sprung into action to rescue affected animals. So far, they are hopeful the number will remain low.
UC Merced leads innovative effort to secure water for agriculture and ecosystems
The largest research grant in the 16-year history of the campus aims to improve agricultural and environmental water resilience.
Hope for treatment-resistant depression: Brain stimulation on demand
Physicians have successfully provided immediate, long-term relief to a patient with severe depression through the equivalent of a pacemaker for the brain.
Viral TED talk on body ideals warns against ‘conflation of appearance with health’
Professor and medical anthropologist Nancy Chen’s talk on healthy bodies has been viewed more than 780,000 times.
Alumnus David MacMillan wins Nobel Prize in chemistry
David W.C. MacMillan, who earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at UC Irvine, is now a Nobelist for his work in developing better catalysts for converting and building molecules.
New Nobelist David Julius was a standout from the start
UC Berkeley colleagues and mentors — including 2013 Nobelist Randy Schekman — share fond memories of a talented and kind young mind.