UC Davis |

Moringa — the next superfood?

The “miracle tree” that could help feed the world.

UCSF |

The Kidney Project and the bioartificial pancreas: When inspiration strikes twice

Shuvo Roy is not content to just work on the world's first bioartificial kidney. Now he's doing the same for the pancreas.

UC Berkeley |

Why we think women sound shrill

Why do men seem to speak with more authority? Because we've engineered them to sound that way, says Tom McEnaney.

UC Newsroom |

UC’s fresh crop of MacArthur geniuses

UC Davis professor Sarah Stewart — who literally shoots for the moon — is among five new UC-affiliated MacArthur fellows.

UCLA |

How a UCLA philosophy professor helped construct ‘The Good Place’

‘The Trolley Problem’ is just one of the thought experiments that make the show tick.

UC Newsroom |

The way we've been thinking about olive oil is all wrong.

Olive oils can be appreciated like wines — and the UC Davis Olive Center wants you to have a taste.

UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley research leads to Nobel Prize-winning immunotherapy

James Allison shares the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discoveries he made at UC Berkeley that revolutionized the treatment of cancer.

UC Office of the President |

UC reaches multi-year contract with California Nurses Association

The University of California and the California Nurses Association (CNA) have reached agreement on a four-year contract that recognizes the integral role nurses play in delivering excellent patient care across UC’s five world-renowned medical centers, UC announced today (Oct. 1).

UC Newsroom |

Veteran communications executive appointed to lead external relations at UC Office of the President

The University of California Board of Regents today (Sept. 27) approved UC President Janet Napolitano’s selection of Claire Holmes, a veteran communications and public relations leader, as senior vice president of External Relations and Communications at UC’s Office of the President.

UC Santa Barbara |

Call me Emoji

‘Moby Dick’ has been translated into emojis. True story. 

UC Office of the President |

UC launches major push to increase faculty diversity

The University of California announced today (Sept. 26) that it will commit more than $7 million annually to expand existing programs to increase faculty diversity as well as create new ones that help ensure students on all 10 UC campuses benefit from a faculty that better reflects California’s diversity.

UC Berkeley |

What kind of person donates a kidney to a stranger?

‘All you have to do is lay on the couch for a couple weeks,’ remarks life-saving UC staffer Katherine Welsh.