UC Irvine |

Social media can increase stress during a crisis

Official use of social media can be effective. The unverified rumor mill? Much less so.

UC Merced |

Animations that are true to life

Animated films are about to take a leap forward, thanks to math.

UC Santa Cruz |

The link between dreaming and mind-wandering

What are dreams? "An accidental byproduct of our waking cognitive abilities," a new book says.

UC Merced |

Human speech, jazz and whale song

Three wildly different samples show how much forms of communication have in common.

UCLA |

UC President Napolitano talks public service with UCLA Law students

'If not you, then who?' UC head asks, encouraging students to pursue work benefitting the public good.

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.