News

Looking for media contacts?

View Press Releases

A young woman in a dark t-shirt, jeans and dangly earrings stands with her hands on her hips, looking determinedly forward, shot slightly from below, against a clear blue sky

Featured Story

UC Newsroom |

Coming of age in a warming world: How UC students are turning climate anxiety into action

How do UC students think about their futures, knowing that the climate they were born into will probably look a whole lot different than the one they grow old in?

A smiling young man standing on a bridge surrounded by redwood trees

Featured Story

UC Newsroom |

A UC degree launched Miguel Tamayo’s life as an aerospace engineer. Here’s how he paid for college.

Hear how one student paid for a UC education. 

List Grid
Community
Campuses & Locations
Categories
Thirdhand smoke UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

Thirdhand smoke linked to Type 2 diabetes

UC Riverside and UCSF study has health implications for nonsmokers living in homes that have (or had) smokers.
California sieve Berkeley
California Magazine |

California’s water system leaks like a sieve — how to save millions of gallons

Quantifying, much less preventing, H2O loss is almost impossible. UC Berkeley's John Gage wants to solve the problem.
UC Santa Barbara Nepal
UC Santa Barbara |

Life imitates art

UC Santa Barbara theater professor works in Nepal to help produce the first-ever opera to debut in the country.
UC Riverside argentine ants
UC Riverside |

New eco-friendly method to stop Argentine ants

UC Riverside researchers add pheromone to bait and find a 74 percent reduction in activity by the invasive species.
UC Irvine higher education summit
UC Irvine |

The future of higher education at UC Irvine

National leaders share insights into providing an elite public education at Feb. 26 symposium.
UCLA 2015 Grad Slam winner
UCLA |

UCLA grad students learn the art of plain-speaking

Losing the academic jargon, Grad Slam contestants learn to communicate more broadly about their research.
UC San Diego Kelly astronaut
UC San Diego |

3…2…1: UC San Diego readies next steps in twin astronaut study

Observation of identical twins – one on earth, one in space – advances NASA’s preparations for mission to Mars.
UC Merced Fabian Filipp
UC Merced |

UC Merced researchers identify drug that could treat melanoma

Scientists discover a genetic activation among patients with skin cancer that could be suppressed by a new drug.
A pattern of poop emojis wiggling back and forth
UC Newsroom |

Will cars of the future run on poop?

Is brown the new green? UCLA researchers are using waste matter (yes, including poop) to make a new generation of advanced biofuels.
Joe Biden UC San Francisco
UC San Francisco |

Biden advances national cancer moonshot at UC San Francisco

The vice president meets with UC Berkeley and UCSF experts to discuss accelerating research and clinical trials.
UC Davis teleport
UC Davis |

Neuroscientists explore how the brain handles teleportation

UC Davis researchers show how we are mentally capable of "beaming up."
UC Berkeley Herma Hill Kay
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley law professor wins lifetime achievement award

Pioneer Herma Hill Kay is celebrated for her transformational advocacy in family law and contributions to legal education.