UC Berkeley |

Defying negative stereotypes, humanities majors are booming at UC Berkeley

The number of first-year enrolled students declaring majors in the arts and humanities is up 121 percent over last year.
UC Newsroom |

Boggled by your ballot? Five easy ways to get informed

Here’s how to quickly get up to speed about what’s at stake in the upcoming election.
UC Newsroom |

Six UC alums awarded 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellowships

Fellows are selected for their exceptional talent and creativity — and the promise of even greater things to come.
UC Newsroom |

Persistence was key to UC regent and NASA astronaut José Hernández’s achievement of lifelong dream

Hernández shares what he has learned from a life that is the stuff of movies. (In fact, Amazon is turning it into a feature film!)
UC Newsroom |

How UC students are unlocking the voting power of California youth

Inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer Project to register Black voters in the South, UC Freedom Summer mobilizes young voters across California to unlock the voting power of their own communities.
UC Merced |

‘Peace doesn't come from the sky’: Dalai Lama advocates for togetherness as he receives Spendlove Prize

A special recognition over a decade in the making was celebrated this month as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama was awarded the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance.
UC Berkeley Haas |

Who flirts to get ahead at work?

A new study finds it’s most often men in subordinate roles as a way to maximize personal gain at work.
UC Riverside |

Why Ukraine advances don’t equal Russian retreat

UC Riverside expert weighs in on Ukrainian counteroffensive, faux referendums and Putin's rebuke.
UC Newsroom |

UC community builders on how their Hispanic heritage fuels their work for change

These UC students, alumni, faculty and staff are using their own spark to light the way for others.
UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center |

How we misunderstand anxiety and miss out on its benefits

How feeling anxious can give us motivation and insights about ourselves, if we respond to it the right way.
UC Newsroom |

Application deadline nears for extraordinary fellowship that unites young scientists with Nobel laureates

The UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellowship is open to students and postdocs from all 10 UC campuses, as well as the three UC-affiliated National Laboratories. The deadline is October 17, 2022.
UC Santa Cruz |

Political parties use gerrymandering to counteract shifting voter preferences in key battleground states

Whichever party controls the redistricting process in the state legislature engineers an 11 percentage point increase in its probability of winning a U.S. House race in the next election — and these advantages often run counter to the will of voters.