UC Merced |

Selina Brinkmann becomes UC Merced’s first Rhodes Scholar

Master’s student Selina Brinkmann has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for study at Oxford University — a first for the campus.

UC Newsroom |

19 UC faculty awarded 2021 Sloan Research Fellowships

The prestigious award is granted to promising researchers across six campuses and Berkeley Lab.

UC Santa Barbara |

How a Nobel Prize — and a prize from Queen Elizabeth — are won

Shuji Nakamura’s efforts have changed the world, earning him the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.

UC Newsroom |

Each UC campus is among the best in the world, new US News rankings say

Four UCs make the top 25 and eight make the top 100 in a new global survey.

UC Newsroom |

Meet UC’s 5 new MacArthur ‘genius’ award winners

Four UC alums and one faculty member will each receive a $625,000 unrestricted prize, or “genius grant,” as 2020 MacArthur fellows.

UC Riverside |

And now, the winner of the Ig Nobel Prize ...

Richard Vetter's work on how spiders terrorize those who study them nets him a parody Nobel.

UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley played big role in Nobel Prize-winning work

Reinhard Genzel realized his mentor Charles Townes’ dream of exploring the center of the Milky Way on his way to his own Nobel Prize.

UC Davis |

UC Davis alum Charles Rice wins Nobel Prize

Now professor at The Rockefeller University, he shared the 2020 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus.

UC Newsroom |

Quiz: How much do you know about the Nobel Prize?

Not everyone can win a Nobel, but this is the next best thing. Prizes are announced starting Oct. 5.

UC Newsroom |

UC shines in new rankings for social mobility, contributing to the public good

All nine undergraduate campuses stand out for social mobility, research and public service.

UC Newsroom |

UC campuses rank as the world’s top universities — for academics and alumni earnings

The University of California stands out again this year as a powerhouse for research and student success.

UC Newsroom |

UC president honors student leadership on DACA, representation in science

UCLA’s Dellara Gorjian and UC Merced’s Radio Bio were honored for outstanding public service at the July 30 UC Regents meeting.