A central emotion in laughter — joy — was what UC Merced professor Eileen Camfield was reaching for when she developed a course called Special Topics in Rhetoric, not How to Excel in Stand-up Comedy.

The textbook for Zrinka Stahuljak’s winter 2025 course was generated by the Kudu platform.

Meet transfer student Brandon Sánchez Mejia, an immigrant from El Salvador who overcame the odds to follow his dreams to UC Berkeley.

A UC Berkeley researcher pitted hundreds of humans against generative AI platforms. Humans wrote more creative stories, but AI is advancing — quickly.

Fifty years ago, two UCLA investigators tangled with the unknown — and came away haunted.

The designation creates more opportunities to better serve Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students.

This spooky, one-of-a-kind class grew out of a years-long friendship between two professors fascinated by the connections between each other’s work.

A team including faculty from UC Riverside launched a school superintendent survey, which provides an estimate of costs to K-12 schools for dealing with conflicts over race, LGBTQ+ rights, and book bans.

Author and UC Riverside creative writing professor Susan Straight identifies 1,001 novels that highlight the American experience across generations and cultures.

“Rez Ball,” now streaming on Netflix, centers around a high school basketball team rich in Native American heritage,

The students' work added to the historical record, helping future scholars understand the workings of the slave trade.

The university’s highest honor, the award recognizes Mr. Abdul-Jabbar’s advocacy, his steadfast support of his alma mater and his efforts to inspire student-athletes.