UC San Diego |

Will changing how we vote change who votes?

As California counties begin to implement Voter’s Choice Act, researchers assess effects on turnout and representation.

UC Santa Barbara |

A monster for our times

Mary Shelley breathed life into Frankenstein more than 200 years ago, and her classic novel only grows more relevant.

UC Davis |

10 things you probably didn't know about pumpkins

How much do you know about this beloved fall symbol? Test your knowledge here.

UC Riverside |

A Ph.D. in punk? Only at UC Riverside

Doctoral candidate Marlen Ríos-Hernández takes a scholarly approach to the mosh pit.

UCLA |

New course on the Beatles comes together

Award-winning filmmaker will teach the band’s story through film, video and interviews with music industry executives.

UC Berkeley |

Why we think women sound shrill

Why do men seem to speak with more authority? Because we've engineered them to sound that way, says Tom McEnaney.

UC Newsroom |

UC’s fresh crop of MacArthur geniuses

UC Davis professor Sarah Stewart — who literally shoots for the moon — is among five new UC-affiliated MacArthur fellows.

UCLA |

How a UCLA philosophy professor helped construct ‘The Good Place’

‘The Trolley Problem’ is just one of the thought experiments that make the show tick.

UC Santa Barbara |

Call me Emoji

‘Moby Dick’ has been translated into emojis. True story. 

UC Santa Barbara |

Anatomy of fake news

Students have created a website that shines a light on the modern scourge of bogus “news”

UC Newsroom |

The UC ‘September Issue’: Boldly Californian

We combed our campuses for student styles that we admire. Here's what we found.

UC Berkeley |

‘Things can change a lot faster than you think,’ says Margaret Atwood, author of ‘The Handmaid's Tale’

The Canadian author discusses how her sci-fi vision has come to reflect incisively on our present and future.