UC Berkeley |

A ‘fast friendship’ that took 16 years — and admission to Berkeley — to happen

Two freshmen realize they have a connection that goes back a generation.

UC Newsroom |

UC appoints new class of Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Student Fellows

Awardees from each of the 10 campuses will work to promote healthier communities via tobacco control.

University of California |

Helping first-generation students thrive

This fall, about 30,000 new UC students will be among the first in their families working to earn a four-year university degree. Learn more about our systemwide effort to support these students by linking them with nearly 900 first-gen faculty mentors, special resources and more.

UC Newsroom |

'Moving in the right direction'

President Napolitano reflects on facilitating diversity at the Women’s Symposium of the Ron Brown Business and Economic Summit in Oakland.

UC Berkeley |

Give me a C! New students break world record

School spirit has never been this impressive — just ask the Guinness Book of World Records.

UC Newsroom |

UC boasts the world’s top public universities

The University of California is a global superstar, the new Academic Ranking of World Universities finds.

UC Office of the President |

Statement of UC President Janet Napolitano on public university admissions

University of California President Janet Napolitano today (August 2) issued a statement on public university admissions.

UC Merced |

Pioneering alumna embraces career in immigration law

Linda Barreto always wanted to become a lawyer, but an experience in college helped reinforce her career path.

UC Irvine |

From UC Irvine to 'Saturday Night Live'

'SNL' head writer Chris Kelly fell in love with improv as one of the campus' 'Live Nude People.'

UCLA |

How Billboard misses out on what people actually want to hear

Major record companies push antisocial messages but consumers are open to other options.

UC Office of the President |

Admissions offers up, on track to enroll 10,000 more California students by next year

The University of California announced today (July 6) that some 70,000 incoming California freshmen and more than 21,000 in-state transfer students were offered a spot for fall 2017 on at least one of UC’s nine undergraduate campuses.

UC Office of the President |

UC Board of Regents nominates 2018-19 student regent, selects first-ever student advisor

A University of California Board of Regents’ special committee has nominated Devon Graves, a doctoral student at UCLA, to be the 2018-19 student regent and in a separate process, UCLA undergraduate Rafael “Rafi” Sands has been appointed to the new position of student advisor to the regents for 2017-18, it was announced today (July 3).