A new poll from the Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS) finds a clear majority of respondents agree that UC helps students get ahead, provides vital health care services, and produces critical research that benefits California communities.

Explore some of the research happening at UC that’s poised to deliver transformative benefits to the American people.

A new study suggests a role for oxytocin in both the “approach” and “avoid” sides of maintaining friendships.

In a small village in China, artists create replicas of famous works of art. After spending six years there, UC Berkeley Professor Winnie Wong’s ideas of art and those who make it dramatically changed.

The University of California announced today (July 28) that it admitted 100,947 California first-year students, its largest class to date.

UC’s new Alumni Career Pathways dashboard shows where UC alums are working and how they’re helping fuel innovation and economic growth in California and nationwide.

UC Berkeley researchers say large language models have gained "metalinguistic ability," a hallmark of human language and cognition no other animal has displayed.

The University of California Board of Regents today (Wednesday, July 16) welcomed Charles Melton and Karl Tokita as 2026-27 UC alumni regents. They will serve this year as regent-designates. Their one-year terms as full voting UC alumni regents will begin on July 1, 2026.

From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.

From heartfelt 19th-century letters to Swiftie bracelets, a UC Berkeley American studies course looks at the ways we’ve found connection with each other throughout history and examines the role of social media in modern friendships.

Princeton Review and Money agree: UC campuses offer a stellar mix of academics, affordability and student outcomes, according to their newly issued annual lists.

UC Berkeley political scientist Marika Landau-Wells says there are ways to help us avoid overreacting to false alarms without missing real threats.