Three graduates in blue caps and gowns smile while holding their diplomas during a University of California, Merced commencement ceremony. They stand side by side, wearing stoles and tassels, with a stage and other graduates visible in the background.

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UC Merced |

UC Merced receives transformational $38 million gift from Mackenzie Scott

The extraordinary investment will accelerate programs that deepen UC Merced's commitment to access and opportunity.

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UC Newsroom |

What makes UC a scientific powerhouse? Ask a Nobel laureate

Four UC Nobel laureates on what they discovered here, why it matters, and why their world-changing work could only have happened at the University of California.

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UC Newsroom |

10 awesome discoveries from UC research in 2025

A year of new treatments, new technologies, new ways to stay safe during disasters and new insights on the mysteries of the galaxy, our planet and our past.
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UC Newsroom |

UC changes lives for the better. And for these nine supporters, it’s personal.

As the University of California faces unprecedented challenges, community members are speaking out about how UC has shaped their lives.
Andrea Ghez smiles and gesticulates with her hands, standing in front of a bookshelf and a globe
UC Newsroom |

What makes UC a scientific powerhouse? Ask a Nobel laureate

Four UC Nobel laureates on what they discovered here, why it matters, and why their world-changing work could only have happened at the University of California.
Three graduates in blue caps and gowns smile while holding their diplomas during a University of California, Merced commencement ceremony. They stand side by side, wearing stoles and tassels, with a stage and other graduates visible in the background.
UC Merced |

UC Merced receives transformational $38 million gift from Mackenzie Scott

The extraordinary investment will accelerate programs that deepen UC Merced's commitment to access and opportunity.
A pair of hands hold a bottle of soybean oil at an angle
UC Riverside |

Study links America’s favorite cooking oil to obesity

Scientists previously identified an association between soybean oil and obesity. Now, they've uncovered one of the reasons for the link.
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UC Irvine |

From toxicity to healing: Changing the culture of online gaming

UC Irvine researcher Constance Steinkuehler finds toxicity in gaming in one setting and hope in another.
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UC Davis |

New field of ecological medicine emphasizes health benefits of connectedness

Ecological medicine is a new approach to health science that draws on a very old idea: connecting with each other, with animals and plants, and with the natural world fosters health and well-being for people and the planet.
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UC Davis |

Extracting rare earth elements from U.S. wastewaters

$3M in federal funding will strengthen the domestic supply chain to support U.S. energy and manufacturing.
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UC Santa Barbara |

New haptic display technology creates 3D graphics you can see and feel

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have invented a display technology for on-screen graphics that can be felt via touch.
2 zebra finches, with white bellies, gray backs and orange cheeks, sit close together on a nest in a box.
UC Berkeley |

Finch chirps are more than mindless chatter. They actually convey meaning.

A UC Berkeley study shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of its meaning — they understand what they're hearing.
A yellow jigsaw puzzle in the shape of a brain, with one missing piece. The missing piece is red and sits beside the puzzle.
UC Newsroom |

The next big breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s science and treatment

The outlook for dementia care is changing fast. UC experts explain what that means for patients and families, and what it will take to keep the momentum growing.
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UC Berkeley Greater Good Magazine |

Can you be grateful for things that didn’t happen?

We are usually grateful for good things that happened to us—but with a little imagination, we can also be grateful for bad things we avoided.