California Magazine |
Dacher Keltner is awe-inspired, and you should be too
After the death of his brother, the Berkeley psychologist found new meaning in life.
UC Berkeley |
State funds development of first-of-its-kind police misconduct database
California allocated $6.87 million in its 2023-24 budget to UC Berkeley to develop the Police Records Access Project, a first-of-its-kind, state-wide database of police misconduct and use-of-force records.
UC Berkeley |
Chancellor Carol Christ announces 2024 retirement, plans for ambitious year
After six years at the helm, Chancellor Carol Christ plans to retire next June. But first she's tackling a slate of ambitious goals.
UC Santa Cruz |
Meet your long-lost cousin, the comb jelly
Found in oceans around the globe, invertebrate comb jellies have been proven to be the sibling group to all other animals.
UC Newsroom |
UC graduate programs and schools among nation’s best in the 2023-24 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings
UC offers some of the most highly-ranked schools and programs across nearly every field imaginable.
UC Berkeley |
Deep sleep may mitigate Alzheimer’s memory loss, UC Berkeley research shows
“Think of deep sleep almost like a life raft that keeps memory afloat, rather than memory getting dragged down by the weight of Alzheimer’s disease pathology,” one researcher said.
UC Santa Barbara |
UC Santa Barbara to lead NSF-funded research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity
UC Santa Barbara is to be the headquarters of a NSF-funded state-of-the-art AI-powered cybersecurity institute.
UC Berkeley |
ChatGPT architect, UC Berkeley alum John Schulman on his journey with AI
In an interview, Schulman discussed his time at UC Berkeley, why he cofounded OpenAI and the future of artificial general intelligence.
UC Berkeley |
IGI’s ‘Audacious’ New Frontier for CRISPR: Editing Microbiomes for Climate and Health
$70M in funding will catalyze a new initiative led by Jennifer Doudna and Jill Banfield to apply precision genome editing to microbial communities.
UC Newsroom |
How UC research is ensuring a future for 10 iconic animals
Bringing species back — and keeping them away — from the brink.
California Magazine |
Meet Zona Roberts: The grandmother of the disability movement turns 103
How Ed Roberts and his mother Zona changed the world.
UC Berkeley |
The decades-long fight to make child care a national priority
Lack of support for early care and education reflects conventional thinking about the role of women, says trailblazing activist Marcy Whitebook.