UC Berkeley |

New podcast explores people, places behind the food we eat

The Berkeley Food Institute explores the network of people and places behind what we eat in a new series.

UC Santa Barbara |

Step back into the 19th century

A replica printing press from England takes center stage in the new Maker Lab.

UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz music alumnus lands job as head archivist of Bob Dylan Archive

Alum will help build the world's leading academic resource on the artist.

UCLA |

Grammy-winner Plácido Domingo to receive UCLA Medal

Campus will present its highest honor to the singer, conductor, opera impresario and former prof.

UC Berkeley |

Alice Waters on free speech and the making of a counterculture cook

The celebrated chef releases a memoir spanning her days at UC Berkeley to the White House garden and Chez Panisse.

UC Berkeley |

More education linked to better cognitive functioning later in life

Higher levels of education may help stave off age-related cognitive decline, researchers find.

UC Berkeley |

Emoji fans take heart: Scientists pinpoint 27 states of emotion

Enjoyable GIFs actually reveal the full range of the human heart.

UC Santa Barbara |

How tea shaped the modern world

Historian traces tea’s journey across the globe as a commodity and a tool of the British Empire.

UC Office of the President |

UC President Napolitano calls upon academics to speak out in challenging times of ‘fake news,’ falsehoods

At the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) annual meeting today (August 31), University of California President Janet Napolitano challenged the higher education community to help the public distinguish between truth and divisive falsehoods, and to speak out against intolerance and bigotry.

UC Merced |

Summer school for Buddhist monks

Researchers engage in the scientific method at Indian monasteries.

UCSF |

Comedian looks to tell the stories of dementia patients, caregivers

Josh Kornbluth empowers others to use storytelling as a therapeutic tool.

UC Santa Barbara |

'The Secret Life of Muslims' earns Emmy, Peabody nods

From when you wear a hijab to getting typecast as a terrorist, the web series invites viewers into Muslim American life.