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.
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UC announces recipients of inaugural Regents Foster Youth Award
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UC Newsroom |
University leaders present ambitious plan to help thousands more Californians earn a degree
UC leaders today (July 21) presented a plan to increase enrollment by 23,000 students over the next eight years.
UC Berkeley |
A race to converse with, and save, the ocean’s brainiest eco-predators
Researchers are attempting to decipher the Morse code-like communications sperm whales teach each other.
UC Berkeley |
Like it or not, we’re prone to adopt popular beliefs, even fake ones
As social creatures, we care what others think — but that has a big downside.