Two professors and an alum are recipients of the MacArthur Foundation's no-strings-attached, $625,000 prize.
UC’s 2019 MacArthur grant ‘geniuses’
8 tips to hack college
Starting college can feel overwhelming, but with a few simple tips you'll soon be right at home.
Test your UC Latino knowledge
Take our fun quiz to see how well you know the UC community's contributions to our nation's Hispanic heritage.
New UC students share their hopes and dreams
We check in with nine of our newest arrivals as they launch into their journeys at UC.
UC campuses top the 2020 US News & World Report rankings
Each undergrad campus is among the nation's top 50 public universities, while UCs sweep the social mobility top 3.
UC earns even more recognition as one of the world’s best universities
Several new rankings confirm UC as an academic powerhouse.
The cat. The myth. The legend
Big Boy, the unofficial campus cat, thrives thanks to an informal but comprehensive caretaking system.
How UC spends the summer months
For the University of California, summer is a time to be unusually experimental, adventurous and productive.
UC campuses named America's best value colleges
UC Irvine is the No. 1 best value in the country, according to MONEY’s new rankings.
London's town
London Breed made history as San Francisco's first black female mayor, but she was once just an aspiring chemist.
UC admits all-time record number of freshmen, transfer students
The University of California announced today (July 22) that it has offered an all-time record number of incoming students a spot on at least one of its nine undergraduate campuses for the 2019-20 academic year.
UC statement on immigration raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement
University of California President Janet Napolitano issued the following statement today (July 14): Large-scale immigration raids are designed to strike fear in our immigrant communities, and the University of California will not be a willing participant in them.