Middle-aged Black woman and middle-aged Asian woman look at a younger man in the office who is closer to the camera
UC Berkeley Haas |

Study: Stereotypes of middle-aged women as less ‘nice’ can hold them back at work

Even as they achieve more power and capability on the job, middle-aged women can be held back by a perceived lack of “niceness,” new research finds.
Collage of people publicly mourning or protesting
UCLA |

There’s a lot of hate in the world. UCLA’s scholars are asking why and what can be done

The new Initiative to Study Hate kicks off with 23 diverse projects.
UC regent José Hernández speaks with Yvette Gullatt
UC Newsroom |

Persistence was key to UC regent and NASA astronaut José Hernández’s achievement of lifelong dream

Hernández shares what he has learned from a life that is the stuff of movies. (In fact, Amazon is turning it into a feature film!)
Display of a crowd hurrying, blurred
UC Riverside |

Will the U.S. economy fall into recession in 2023? Only if the Fed intensifies current tightening policies

California on the verge of recovering all jobs lost since pandemic; investors buying up larger share of homes in the Inland Empire.
Defend DACA signs at a rally
UC Newsroom |

California’s public higher education leaders united in their support of DACA

In a joint statement, leaders urge DACA recipients to renew their status as a federal court reviews the program’s legal standing.
UC Office of the President |

California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California issue joint statement on DACA ruling

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Community Colleges Interim Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, Ph.D., University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and California State University Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester, Ph.D., released the following joint statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision upholding the State of Texas, et al., v. United States (2021) ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program is unlawful:  

Four young women walking around a neighborhood in Delano doing voter registration
UC Newsroom |

How UC students are unlocking the voting power of California youth

Inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer Project to register Black voters in the South, UC Freedom Summer mobilizes young voters across California to unlock the voting power of their own communities.
Man smiling and shaking the hand of a woman over a table
UC Berkeley Haas |

Who flirts to get ahead at work?

A new study finds it’s most often men in subordinate roles as a way to maximize personal gain at work.
Bombed old building in Ukraine from above
UC Riverside |

Why Ukraine advances don’t equal Russian retreat

UC Riverside expert weighs in on Ukrainian counteroffensive, faux referendums and Putin's rebuke.
UC Office of the President |

UC’s Investment Assets close fiscal year at $152 billion

The University of California’s Office of the Chief Investment Officer (UC Investments) announced today (Sept. 16) that its assets under management stood at $152.3 billion as of June 30, 2022, down from $168 billion a year ago. Since 2014, however, the portfolios have grown by $57.4 billion, or 60.5%.
UC President Drake
UC Office of the President |

A message from UC President Drake denouncing anti-Semitism, bigotry and hate

President Drake and the University of California condemn these cowardly and hateful acts in the strongest terms.
UC Office of the President |

UC claims top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings

Six University of California campuses are among the top 10 public universities in America, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2023 Best Colleges rankings, released today (Sept. 12). For the third straight year in a row, the magazine also placed all nine of UC’s undergraduate campuses on its coveted list of the top 100 public and private universities across the country.

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