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.

Meet UC’s new leading lights of arts and sciences

From comic books to political posters and a Shakespearean tome, get a peek at some of the extraordinary objects housed in UC libraries and archives.

A randomized experiment shows that even a few minutes of viewing artistic film can expand our thinking and trigger creative ideas.

A new exhibition of work by recent University of California alumni highlights UC's artistic legacy and shows California’s world-class public university is ready to step in as art schools across the country disappear.

Going into the 98th Academy Awards, two films, “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners,” were seen as favorites across many categories — and thanks to the contributions of UC alumni, both won their fair share.