UC Berkeley |

Welfare backlash tied to white fear of declining status

Racial resentment is found to fuel opposition to government anti-poverty programs.

UC Berkeley |

Michael Pollan, on science, psychedelics and the human mind

The UC Berkeley professor talks his ‘trip’ through a whole new world on a new podcast.

UC Berkeley |

Berkelium, Californium, Lawrencium? Peregrine name finalists chosen

The winning name combination will be announced on Friday, June 1, the day fledgewatch begins.

UC Merced |

Mother and daughter become Fulbright scholars

Inspired by her daughter, Violet Barton applied to grad school, and now follows her to El Salvador on a Fulbright.

UC Davis |

Can we really tell if it's love at first sight?

It's hard to tell long-term and short-term relationships apart in the beginning, a new study finds.

UC Berkeley |

Did your great-great grandpa eat bugs?

A gene for digesting crunchy insects suggests that our common ancestor in the Age of Dinosaurs was an insect eater.

UC San Diego |

‘Star Wars’ cinematographer talks race and Hollywood

How Academy Award nominee Bradford Young found his way as a black filmmaker.

UC Santa Barbara |

Digitizing Thomas Edison's record label

Recordings of Teddy Roosevelt and Morse code are among early audio experiments.

UCSF |

Yanny vs. Laurel: The science is in

How the perception twisting audio clip was able to set the internet aflame.

UC Merced |

Perseverance, leadership key themes of campus’ spring commencement

It's a day of celebration captured at UC Merced.

UC Berkeley |

To support deported vets, Alfredo Figueroa ‘leads with his heart’

The Army vet and graduating senior will use a $25,000 prize to raise awareness about a community living in limbo.

UC Irvine |

Aditi Mayer: The future of ethical fashion

The fourth-year undergrad leverages social media to shake up the fashion status quo.