The day California wine beat France
June 1, 2018
How two blind taste tests stunned the experts and changed the way the world drinks (and thinks about) wine.
Digitizing Thomas Edison's record label
May 17, 2018
Recordings of Teddy Roosevelt and Morse code are among early audio experiments.
How students helped end apartheid
May 2, 2018
A small gesture of solidarity by students led to a national movement with far-reaching impact.
Frances McDormand headlines performance that sparks dialogue on sudden death
April 26, 2018
Thousands of years after its first performance, Sophocles’ ‘Ajax’ remains a source of catharsis, the UCSF community finds.
‘A space of freedom’
April 26, 2018
A unique correspondence course brings study of the humanities to incarcerated adults.
Saving the wild horses of the Channel Islands
April 12, 2018
Only 60 Santa Cruz Island horses remain. UC Davis researcher Amy McLean is working to keep the line alive.
A singular story
April 5, 2018
A new book reveals the extraordinary history of famous conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker.
Imagining a world without prisons
March 29, 2018
How activist icon Angela Davis continues to challenge us today.
Once-mysterious ‘Atacama Skeleton’ illuminates genetics of bone disease
March 22, 2018
UCSF researchers sequence the genome of the ‘Atacama skeleton’ and discover new mutations.
The University of California is born
March 22, 2018
The university began 150 years ago on a simple, but revolutionary idea: That college should be available to everyone.