Two people speak to a small crowd of students in a garden
UC Santa Cruz |

Partnership across UC campuses will prepare the next generation of leaders in organic agriculture

A grant of more than $700,000 from the USDA will support a UC collaboration to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.
Blue plastic bag on gold background
UC Berkeley |

Could this new process finally turn polyethylene bags, plastics into something useful?

A promising new method for breaking down plastic would finally allow us to do something useful with hard-to-recycle waste.
Man smiling and shaking the hand of a woman over a table
UC Berkeley Haas |

Who flirts to get ahead at work?

A new study finds it’s most often men in subordinate roles as a way to maximize personal gain at work.
UC Office of the President |

UC announces recipients of inaugural Regents Foster Youth Award

The University of California awarded two foster youth students the inaugural Regents Foster Youth Award. William Carter, a UC Berkeley Ph.D. student, and Mary Tran, a UCLA law student, were presented with their awards by UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and UC Regents Chair Richard Leib at a meeting of the UC Board of Regents at UC San Diego.

Artistic rendering of the moon Chrysalis disintegrating in Saturn’s intense gravity field.
UC Berkeley |

How Saturn got its rings

The dramatic rings of Saturn and its trademark tilt have long puzzled astronomers. Scientists may now have the answer to both — Chrysalis.
UC Office of the President |

UC claims top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings

Six University of California campuses are among the top 10 public universities in America, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings, released today (Sept. 12). For the third straight year in a row, the magazine also placed all nine of UC’s undergraduate campuses on its coveted list of the top 100 public and private universities across the country.

Pensive African American young woman looking in distance thinking pondering
UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center |

How we misunderstand anxiety and miss out on its benefits

How feeling anxious can give us motivation and insights about ourselves, if we respond to it the right way.
Young Asian woman looking at code on a screen in a dark room
UC Berkeley |

When work becomes your religion, nothing else matters

Religion expert Carolyn Chen examines the role that spirituality plays in productivity in Silicon Valley.
Researcher using a pipette
UC Berkeley |

New inhaled COVID-19 therapeutic blocks viral replication in the lungs

The experimental treatment is effective against all SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and could be readily modified to target other RNA viruses.
Drawing of mice moving away from a lit cigarette, wrapped in smoke
UC Berkeley |

Secret behind ‘nic-sickness’ could help break tobacco addiction

The brain’s dopamine network activated by high doses of nicotine could be tweaked to help people kick the habit.
Young African American and Latino firefighters smile at camera
UC Berkeley Engineering |

Fired up for the future

FIRE Foundry aims to increase diversity among fire crews and accelerate the adoption of advanced firefighting technologies.
Warren Hoburg in blue spacesuit in front of an aircraft
UC Berkeley Engineering |

To infinity and beyond: UC alum becomes spacecraft pilot

Astronaut Warren "Woody" Hoburg will head to the International Space Station with the SpaceX Crew-6 mission in spring 2023.
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