Press releases and statements

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

UC researchers sweep prestigious National Awards for Young Scientists

The annual awards recognize the nation’s most exceptional young scientists and engineers. This is the first time that all three winners have hailed from one university system.

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

UC tops list of universities granted U.S. patents

UC was granted 453 utility patents in 2014 for discoveries made by its researchers. As of June 2014, the university had 4,448 active U.S. patents in total.

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Advisory committee named for Berkeley Lab director search

The search committee consists of UC regents, faculty, administrators and senior scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which is managed by UC for the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

UC student regent nominated for 2016-17

The Board of Regents will vote on the recommendation at its July meeting; if approved, Marcela Ramirez will become the 42nd student regent since the position was established in 1975.

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