COP27 climate summit flag
UC Newsroom |

At global climate summit, UC leaders share expertise in education, health care and the world’s oceans

Nearly 200 countries will participate in the United Nations’ climate change conference, known as COP27 (short for the 27th Conference of the Parties) from Nov. 6-18.
Students Alex Edgar and Skylar Betts hold signs about voting on Sproul Plaza
UC Newsroom |

Midterms are coming! Here’s how to cast your ballot

Alex Edgar and Skylar Betts hold up signs to encourage students to register to vote on the UC Berkeley campus
UC Newsroom |

Boggled by your ballot? Five easy ways to get informed

Here’s how to quickly get up to speed about what’s at stake in the upcoming election.
Student therapist Jason Fly
UC Santa Barbara |

A healing space: Supporting racially-informed therapy training

A Santa Barbara Foundation grant underscores the community need for racially-informed therapy services.
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.
Young Asian man holds head in hand in front of his reflection at work
UC Berkeley Haas |

Depressed people are just more realistic, right? Not so, says UC Berkeley study

Depressive realism has held sway in science and popular culture for decades, but a rosier outlook may be overdue.
Carolyn Bertozzi next to Nobel Prize illustration
UC Newsroom |

Three remarkable scientists with UC connections win Nobel Prizes

This year, the winners in physiology or medicine, physics and chemistry all share one important distinction: important foundational time spent at UC, a cradle of inventiveness, experimentation and learning.
Black and white photo of Carolyn Bertozzi at a chalkboard
UC Berkeley |

Chemistry Nobelist Carolyn Bertozzi’s years at UC Berkeley

Bertozzi, who shared the 2022 Nobel Prize in chemistry, received her Ph.D. from Berkeley. She later became a professor in the College of Chemistry, where she conducting her seminal work.
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 expands undergraduate admissions application filing period

In an effort to better support prospective students as they weigh their higher education options, the University of California today (Sept. 30) announced an expanded timeline for the submission of undergraduate student applications for admission to the University, moving the start of the submission window up by a month. Prospective students will now be able to submit their applications starting Saturday, Oct. 1, until the application deadline of Wednesday, Nov. 30.

Downed powerlines off a flooded highway
Berkeley Lab via The Conversation |

Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?

A study of real-world disasters shows how home solar and storage could keep the lights on and the air conditioner running during many outages, if not all.
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.

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