UC Newsroom |
Celebrating a record-setting investment in climate research for California
Climate scientists and state officials gathered in Sacramento last week to kick off a new round of research projects funded by a $185 million partnership between UC and the State of California.
UC Berkeley |
Rescuing dissent: Inside the year-long mission to bring prominent Putin critics to UC Berkeley
Russian social science professors Ilya Matveev and Ilya Budraitskis, renowned for their expertise on authoritarianism, fled their country after Russia invaded Ukraine. A faculty and staff coalition helped give them a safe harbor at UC Berkeley.
UC Merced |
New project focuses on women of color in the geosciences throughout UC
A three-year grant will launch a network to provide community, belonging, access, advocacy and resources to overcome barriers to success.
UCLA |
Romance or nomance? Adolescents prefer to see less sex, more friendships, platonic relationships on screen
Teens and young adults think romance is overused in the media they consume.
UC San Francisco |
Two daughters, a rare blood disorder and a fairytale cure
UCSF Benioff Oakland helps 90% of kids with beta thalassemia end transfusions.
UC Newsroom |
Three extraordinary UC faculty awarded National Medals at White House ceremony
They received the nation’s highest honor for their scientific and technological achievements.
UC Office of the President |
UC convenes historic forum on nearly $100 million in California climate action projects
The University of California is hosting a showcase of projects and research aimed at helping the state in its critical fight against climate change today (Oct. 25) and tomorrow (Oct. 26) in Sacramento.
UC San Diego |
Nanoparticle vaccine could curb cancer metastasis to lungs by targeting a protein
Fashioned from bacterial viruses, these nanoparticles have been engineered to target a protein known to play a central role in cancer growth and spread.
UC Berkeley |
Tests confirm humans tramped around North America more than 20,000 years ago
A new study coauthored by a UC Berkeley professor provides "seemingly incontrovertible proof" that humans arrived in the Americas thousands of years earlier than scientists have long thought.
UC Santa Barbara |
A Chumash cultural burn reignites ancient practice for wildland conservation
“We're active in cultural revitalization, language revitalization, and doing this burn is one of those missing puzzle pieces,” said Robyne Redwater, whose family hails from villages in Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands.
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Cellular atlas of amygdala reveals new treatment target for cocaine addiction
A new study from UC San Diego could help address an unmet medical need and shed light on the molecular underpinnings of addiction.