UC Santa Cruz |

Internships support new concentration in agroecology and sustainable food systems

UC Santa Cruz environmental studies majors gain hands-on experience working on the campus farm and garden.

UC Office of the President |

University of California pushes back deadline for transfer applications

The extension comes amid projected growth of 10,000 California undergraduates over the next three years.

UC Office of the President |

UC life sciences startups will compete for $300,000 in awards at primeUC finals

The all-day competition will culminate in a fast-pitch event to be emceed by University of California President Janet Napolitano.

UC Newsroom |

UC to dramatically boost California student enrollment

Regents approve budget plan to enroll an additional 10,000 California undergraduates over the next three years, including 5,000 freshman and transfer students in 2016-17.

California Magazine |

Innovative glasses let colorblind see what they’ve been missing

Lenses produced by UC Berkeley alums open up a vibrant new world of color.

UC Newsroom |

UC tests new ways of funding summer study

By making summer session more affordable, three UC campuses aim to help students take greater advantage of the academic off-season.

UC Berkeley |

Celebrating World Toilet Day, reinventing sanitation

U.N. World Toilet Day, Nov. 19, highlights global sanitation shortfalls and their toll on human health and the environment.

California Magazine |

Architectural students reinvent the community center

Imagine a community center that’s not your typical chunk of cinderblock — instead it’s an architecturally avant garde space where neighbors gather to grow, cook and eat food.

California Magazine |

Students increasingly bringing “emotional support” animals to college

Nobody claims the dorms are evolving into petting zoos. But animals are gaining a toehold (clawhold?) in Cal residences.

UC Newsroom |

UC Carbon Neutrality Student Fellows tackle big climate problems

The fellowships will fund projects, from the classroom to the operating room, that will steer the UC system toward its carbon neutrality goal.

UC Berkeley |

Whiskers and locks: reading U.S. history through hair

From bearded lady acts to the Victorian practice of hair collecting, grad student Sarah Gold McBride is teasing out the meaning of hair in 19th-century America, and how it reveals evolving ideas about race and gender.

UC Office of the President |

Statements from UC President Napolitano and Regents Chairman Lozano

Leadership comments on incident at UC Merced.