UC Berkeley |
For 20 years, this UC Berkeley program has helped students who’ve been in foster care succeed
Hope Scholars started with one employee and one student. It has since grown to offer hundreds of students holistic support, including mentorship, emergency funds and move-in day supplies.
UC San Diego |
Five tips on how to have a civil conversation
Civility is fine — but curiosity is even better.
UC Davis |
Lighting strongly influences people’s experience while listening to music, a new study suggests
The research has implications for concert halls, health-care settings and more.
UC Irvine |
Beyond the blueprint: A new kind of hospital
UC Health — Irvine offers a new kind of hospital and a new kind of patient experience.
UC Newsroom |
10 awesome discoveries from UC research in 2025
A year of new treatments, new technologies, new ways to stay safe during disasters and new insights on the mysteries of the galaxy, our planet and our past.
UC Newsroom |
UC changes lives for the better. And for these nine supporters, it’s personal.
As the University of California faces unprecedented challenges, community members are speaking out about how UC has shaped their lives.
UC Newsroom |
What makes UC a scientific powerhouse? Ask a Nobel laureate
Four UC Nobel laureates on what they discovered here, why it matters, and why their world-changing work could only have happened at the University of California.
UC Riverside |
Study links America’s favorite cooking oil to obesity
Scientists previously identified an association between soybean oil and obesity. Now, they've uncovered one of the reasons for the link.
UC Berkeley |
Finch chirps are more than mindless chatter. They actually convey meaning.
A UC Berkeley study shows that when zebra finches hear the call of another zebra finch, they have a mental representation of its meaning — they understand what they're hearing.
UC Newsroom |
The next big breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s science and treatment
The outlook for dementia care is changing fast. UC experts explain what that means for patients and families, and what it will take to keep the momentum growing.
UC Berkeley Greater Good Magazine |
Can you be grateful for things that didn’t happen?
We are usually grateful for good things that happened to us—but with a little imagination, we can also be grateful for bad things we avoided.
UCLA |
UCLA scientists develop one-product-fits-all immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer
UCLA researchers have developed a CAR-NKT cell therapy that has been more effective than current immunotherapies at fighting tumors in mouse studies. Clinical trials are next.