Classroom chairs and desks facing chalkboard
UC Riverside |

Culture war battles at schools harm public education, UC report finds

The UCLA and UC Riverside report is based on interviews with 682 high school principals across the country.
Martha Gonzalez
UCLA |

An unconventional path to ‘genius’

1999 graduate Martha Gonzalez reflects on her journey from Boyle Heights to MacArthur fellow.
Collage of books, movies, CDs that feature Native American artists
UCLA Newsroom |

Native American Heritage Month 2022: Read, watch, listen

UCLA staff members recommend works for education and entertainment to celebrate throughout November.
Lazaro Barajas stands with his wife, daughter and son
UCLA Health |

Given 2 years to live, a patient with colorectal cancer gets his life back through a clinical trial, leading-edge technology

Regular screening, beginning at age 45, is the key to catching colorectal cancer early.
Priti Krishtel
UC Newsroom |

Six UC alums awarded 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellowships

Fellows are selected for their exceptional talent and creativity — and the promise of even greater things to come.
Collage of people publicly mourning or protesting
UCLA |

There’s a lot of hate in the world. UCLA’s scholars are asking why and what can be done

The new Initiative to Study Hate kicks off with 23 diverse projects.
A man behind the wheel of a car exhales a big puff of smoke
UCLA |

Driving high? Chemists make strides toward a marijuana breath analyzer

By oxidizing THC to create an electric current, a UCLA team’s fuel cell sensor can reveal the presence of the drug.
Four young women walking around a neighborhood in Delano doing voter registration
UC Newsroom |

How UC students are unlocking the voting power of California youth

Inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer Project to register Black voters in the South, UC Freedom Summer mobilizes young voters across California to unlock the voting power of their own communities.
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.

Man in tractor spraying crops in a field
UCLA |

These pesticides may increase cancer risk in children

UCLA-led research links prenatal exposure to specific chemicals to higher rates of eye cancer.
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.

A glass of water with some water splashing out on a blue background
UCLA |

A simple method for destroying ‘forever chemicals’ and making water safe

Using common reagents in heated water, chemists can ‘behead’ and break down PFAS, leaving only harmless compounds.
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