Princeton Review and Money agree: UC campuses offer a stellar mix of academics, affordability and student outcomes, according to their newly issued annual lists.

All 10 UC campuses are among the best universities in the world in research impact, with eight among the top 25 public universities in the United States, according to the 2025-26 Best Global Universities ranking from U.S. News & World Report.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author is this year’s recipient of the Distinguished Humanities Undergraduate Alumni Award from UC Santa Cruz.

Together with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Labs, the University of California is funding research to develop new AI approaches in genomics, quantum materials discovery and geothermal energy.

Across categories of reporting, biography, history, and nonfiction UC alums from four campuses produced urgent work of the highest quality.

From using smartphone data to predict mental health relapses to leading French Club, Asher Cohen found community — and opportunities to serve others — in a myriad of corners of campus.

The hotly anticipated annual contest offered a peek at groundbreaking research powered by graduate students across the University of California system.

$3 million award recognizes research achievements at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider

The prestigious award, now in its 100th year, is granted to distinguished artists and scholars and provides support for their creative and research endeavors.

UC once again earned top marks, including a slew of No. 1 rankings, across its schools of business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing, and programs in humanities and the social sciences.

Chancellor Yang is a leader of the Santa Barbara community, a giant in his field, and an embodiment of the University’s mission, remarked President Drake in bestowing the honor.

The UCLA women will take on the University of Connecticut at 6:30 p.m. Friday for a shot at Sunday’s title game.