Labor Day is here — a perfect time to reflect on job burnout, a problem that’s gotten worse with the pandemic. But the current workplace upheaval is also an opportunity to make real change, says UC Berkeley researcher Christina Maslach.

Insults and attacks always seem to get our attention, in politics and otherwise. Can we train our brains to flip these negative frames?

The question-behavior effect, a cognitive quirk, can set your new actions up for success.

UC’s leading literary lights give us ideas for a holiday read.

The census is finally counting same-sex couples — but it's missing everyone else.

How two blind taste tests stunned the experts and changed the way the world drinks (and thinks about) wine.

The University of California – birthplace of the Free Speech Movement – will open a center in Washington DC devoted to First Amendment issues.

Get ready for Week 1 of the college football season with one of the internet’s most popular football gurus, UC Davis alum JT O’Sullivan.

Only a classicist could take on a larger-than-life icon like Dolly. UC Santa Barbara professor Helen Morales on Dolly Parton’s radical empathy and the cultural power that let her hold contradictions — and people — together.

Future-ready students, forward-looking research: The new department brings a humanistic approach to AI and other emerging technologies.

A new course introduces students to the professional possibilities of a humanities education while helping them develop collaboration, leadership, and communication skills that extend far beyond the classroom.

Researchers found that how student use, and misuse, AI varies by subject and by socioeconomics.