Paleoecology professor Sora Kim
UC Merced |

New project focuses on women of color in the geosciences throughout UC

A three-year grant will launch a network to provide community, belonging, access, advocacy and resources to overcome barriers to success.
Shelley Taylor, white woman with blonde hair cut in a bob, wearing a pink sweater, smiles at the camera sitting at her desk, with a monitor and a potted planted in the background.
UC Newsroom |

Three extraordinary UC faculty awarded National Medals at White House ceremony

They received the nation’s highest honor for their scientific and technological achievements.
Four firefighters stand against a backdrop of flames. The scene is dark, and 2 young male firefighters hold a device with a long antenna
UC Newsroom |

New UC-backed research is helping California communities respond to the climate crisis

Illustration with whiteboard markers of a little cartoon agitated by itch and how the nervous system works on a whiteboard
UC San Francisco |

Could the neurons that make you scratch be the solution for your itch?

Scientists discover a role for the nervous system in keeping itch and allergy under control.
Visualization that looks like an X-ray with pink and blue lungs
UC San Diego |

Nanoparticle vaccine could curb cancer metastasis to lungs by targeting a protein

Fashioned from bacterial viruses, these nanoparticles have been engineered to target a protein known to play a central role in cancer growth and spread.
A white woman with dark long hair looking anxious sitting on the floor against a couch
UC Davis |

Why do men and women respond to stress differently? New research suggests answer is found in puberty

Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, but among boys and girls the likelihood is the same.
An artist's concept of early human children living and playing on the margins of a wetland is what is today New Mexico.
UC Berkeley |

Tests confirm humans tramped around North America more than 20,000 years ago

A new study coauthored by a UC Berkeley professor provides "seemingly incontrovertible proof" that humans arrived in the Americas thousands of years earlier than scientists have long thought.
A 3-D-looking scan of a brain appears white against a dark background
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Cellular atlas of amygdala reveals new treatment target for cocaine addiction

A new study from UC San Diego could help address an unmet medical need and shed light on the molecular underpinnings of addiction.
Realistic illustration of a comet with a colorful tail streaking through space, tailed by 2 smaller asteroids
UC Santa Barbara |

A prehistoric cosmic airburst preceded the advent of agriculture in the Levant

The transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture in the ancient Middle East began with a bang, according to new research from UC Santa Barbara.
A photo collage with blue, red and yellow overlays showing lab work, a car, a phone and a satellite image of California.
UC Berkeley |

A history of innovation: UC Berkeley entrepreneurs, companies that changed the way we live

You may not know these names, but you definitely know the results of their work.
E. Tendayi Achiume, African American woman, poses outside, arms crossed, next to a redwood
UC Newsroom |

One in four MacArthur ‘geniuses’ this year has UC bona fides

UC-affiliated experts are a perennial presence on the esteemed annual list of MacArthur Fellows.
Aerial shot of freeway ramp maze in Oakland, California
UC Berkeley Public Health |

50 years after being outlawed, redlining still drives neighborhood health inequities

Discriminatory lending practice continues to have serious effects, according to new UC Berkeley Public Health research.
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