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In conversation: UC’s 2020 Nobel Prize winners on changing the world through scientific discovery

Celebrate the University of California’s newest Nobel laureates and hear their reflections on the value and impact of scientific discovery in this recorded conversation with UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and UC Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez.

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Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry

Jennifer Doudna, UC Berkeley and UCSF professor and Berkeley Lab faculty scientist, shares the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier for their discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 as a tool for making targeted changes to the genome.

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UCLA and UC Berkeley faculty share the 2020 Nobel Prize in physics

Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel will share half the 2020 Nobel in physics for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.

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All nine UC undergraduate campuses rank among the nation’s top 40 public universities, top 100 of all schools

In addition to all undergraduate campuses making the national top 100, UC also took four of the top 5 spots for social mobility.

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20 stellar scientists and scholars win 2020 Sloan Research fellowships

A full 15 percent of the newly selected early-career faculty are researchers at UC.

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Meet UC’s 2017 MacArthur award ‘geniuses’

Four alums and one professor earn prestigious fellowships to continue their creative work.

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UC rising stars make Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Forty with ties to the University of California recognized by the magazine as young leaders in their fields.

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Science magazine names CRISPR ‘Breakthrough of the Year’

Genome-editing technology invented at UC Berkeley is year’s top innovation.

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UCLA professor, UC Berkeley alums win prestigious MacArthur ‘genius’ grants

Four UC-connected innovators tackling subjects as varied as geology and racial bias in search engines have been awarded prestigious MacArthur fellowships.

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UC earns green accolades from Sierra Club, Princeton Review as a nationwide leader in sustainability

The University of California is once again a leader in sustainability leadership and achievement, according to new rankings.

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UC campuses earn top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges rankings

Six UC campuses rank among the top 10 public universities in the country, with all nine undergrad campuses among the top 50 in this year’s ranking.

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UC is the top college in America, according to new Forbes rankings

America’s Top Colleges finds UC Berkeley to be the best school in America, public or private, with five other UC campuses in the top 50.