Historical context helps explain the urgency of present-day Central American migrations.
Coming to America
The international statistic of the year
Roland Geyer's much lauded finding is a sobering one: 91 percent of the world's plastic waste has never been recycled.
The female historians unearthing women's stories
A new Oxford handbook restores women to their rightful place on the world's stage.
UC’s most buzzworthy research of 2018
A looming beer shortage, the gender paradox and consumer products dominated the conversation this year.
Growing up digital
A new lab investigates the smartphone generation.
3 easy strategies for dealing with difficult relatives
Why does your family know how to push your buttons? They installed them. Here's how to take stress out of the holidays.
How to support a friend facing a medical crisis
Cynthia Perlis shares her most important takeaways from 30 years of listening to cancer patients at UCSF.
UC Merced is ‘University of the Year’
Education Dive recognizes the campus as an innovator in higher education.
How to make the best pie ever using science
What's going on in Grandma's recipe at a molecular level.
Gratitude is good — even if it doesn’t always feel like it
How to navigate the potential pratfalls of giving and showing your thanks.
How to avoid a Thanksgiving battle over politics
Don't want to get into it with your in-laws? Here's three tips to keep things civil over the holidays.
University of California troubled by proposed changes to sexual harassment rules
University of California’s Interim Systemwide Title IX Coordinator Suzanne Taylor issued a statement today (November 16, 2018), following the U.S. Department of Education’s announcement of proposed federal changes to Title IX policy, which will affect how schools handle cases of sexual harassment, including sexual violence.