UC Santa Cruz |
UC Santa Cruz student-developed game releasing to Nintendo Switch
The soon to be released, interactive, fast-paced game Squish was developed by UC Santa Cruz engineering and arts, games, & playable media students.
UC Berkeley |
Skydiving salamanders live in world’s tallest trees
Salamanders living in the crowns of redwoods are able to glide and maneuver in freefall, suggesting adaptation to living at heights.
UC Newsroom |
Are you ready to vote? Get prepared!
UC student leaders are urging classmates not to overlook the California primary on June 7.
UC Newsroom |
The University of California has joined SEA Change, accelerating efforts to diversify its faculty
The SEA Change initiative focuses on eliminating systemic barriers to participation in the STEMM fields, and fostering engagement with communities underrepresented in — and historically excluded from — those fields.
UC Office of the President |
UC strengthens efforts to remove barriers to STEMM, works to accelerate progress in diversifying professoriate by becoming first charter University system in SEA Change
The University of California today (May 24) announced that its 10 campuses have joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) STEMM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change program, making UC the first institution of higher learning to sign on at a systemwide level. Three University campuses, UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz, are established charter members of the program.
UC San Diego |
Student startup ‘Limber’ makes 3D-printed prostheses affordable and accessible
Student startup Limber is working to provide prosthetics to some of the millions of amputees worldwide lacking access.
UC Berkeley |
In top graduating senior, East Coast grit meets Berkeley utopianism
Environmental sciences major and music minor Anjika Pai wins this year’s UC Berkeley University Medal.
Las Cumbres Observatory and UC Santa Barbara |
The first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, revealed
The image is a long-anticipated look at the massive object that sits at the very center of our galaxy.
UC Newsroom |
Have a say in your future: register to vote
Register by May 23. Get started now on the UC Votes website.
UC Office of the President |
Promising young scholars to represent UC at Nobel conference in Germany
The University of California today (May 11) announced its third class of UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows, outstanding young scientists and economists from UC campuses and affiliated national laboratories who will join dozens of Nobel laureates from around the world at this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany.
UC Newsroom |
Growing our own: Developing a faculty that reflects California
A new UC effort, called “Growing Our Own,” aims to create mentors, teachers, and ultimately, a new generation of faculty that more closely reflect the diversity of California itself.
UC Newsroom |
For its 7th year, Grad Slam delivers promising research you can remember (and explain)
UC graduate students amazed and delighted at the annual Grad Slam contest, with Justin Lee of UC Berkeley taking home the grand prize for his work on stopping COVID with just a breath.