UC Berkeley |

Brain recordings capture musicality of speech — with help from Pink Floyd

Neuroscientists decode song from brain recordings, revealing areas dealing with rhythm and vocals
UC Berkeley |

As refugees surge, European voters show ‘resilient’ support, study finds

War has driven millions of refugees to seek haven in Europe. Now research shows a surprise: A growing number of European voters — on the left and the right — support them.
UC Berkeley |

Water from thin air: Hand-held water harvester powered by sunlight could combat water scarcity

Researchers have designed an extreme-weather proven, hand-held device that can extract and convert water molecules from the air into drinkable water using only ambient sunlight as its energy source.
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses best in nation for combining quality and affordability, Money says

Money magazine’s 2023 Best Colleges in America list finds all nine UC undergraduate campuses offer exceptional value.
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.