UC Berkeley |
Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames to become innovation hub for new aviation, space technology
UC Berkeley will develop a 36-acre site to house companies, labs and students in heart of Silicon Valley.
UC Berkeley |
Tests confirm humans tramped around North America more than 20,000 years ago
A new study coauthored by a UC Berkeley professor provides "seemingly incontrovertible proof" that humans arrived in the Americas thousands of years earlier than scientists have long thought.
UC Santa Barbara |
A Chumash cultural burn reignites ancient practice for wildland conservation
“We're active in cultural revitalization, language revitalization, and doing this burn is one of those missing puzzle pieces,” said Robyne Redwater, whose family hails from villages in Santa Barbara and the Channel Islands.
UC Merced |
UC Regent and astronaut José Hernández shows students their dreams aren’t ‘A Million Miles Away’
José Hernández is the subject of the new feature film "A Million Miles Away," a story of resilience and achievement about his journey from working the fields of the San Joaquin Valley to fulfilling his dream of being a NASA astronaut.
UC Irvine School of Social Ecology |
After 30 years in California prison, he starts new life at UC Irvine
Patrick Acuña is one of 26 incarcerated people at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County admitted to UC Irvine through the Leveraging Inspiring Futures Through Educational Degrees, or LIFTED, program.
UC Newsroom |
One in four MacArthur ‘geniuses’ this year has UC bona fides
UC-affiliated experts are a perennial presence on the esteemed annual list of MacArthur Fellows.
UC Newsroom |
How a federal government shutdown could affect the University of California
If Congress doesn’t approve a funding bill by Oct. 1 when the new federal fiscal year begins, it will trigger a federal government shutdown. UC leaders have spent weeks preparing for that possible scenario.
UC Newsroom |
University of California President Drake awards UC Presidential Medal to former California Gov. Gray Davis
The award recognizes the former governor’s steadfast advocacy and fiscal support for the creation UC Merced and his push for interdisciplinary research in areas critical to California’s economic future.
UC Berkeley Public Health |
Cultural racism worsens health inequities between racial groups
Racism expressed through cultural norms can perpetuate negative health outcomes for nonwhite groups, according to a UC Berkeley study.
UCLA |
National panel led by UCLA law professor recommends 24 ways to protect integrity of 2024 elections
The report is aimed at ensuring access to the ballot for all eligible voters and enhancing the public’s confidence in the fairness of the election.
UC Newsroom |
Celebrating UC changemakers: Meet 10 Latino leaders creating a more equitable future for us all
Across disciplines as diverse as education, science, medicine, engineering, law, business and politics, Latino leaders from the University of California are helping to create a more equitable future for all.
UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture |
Remembering UCLA’s Latino founder, Reginaldo Francisco del Valle
A state legislator from 1880 to 1886, Reginaldo del Valle paved the way for UC’s first Southern California campus.