UC Newsroom |
Looking to learn something new in 2025? UC has you covered.
Throughout California, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources offers practical, hands-on education in a range of useful skills, from fending off garden pests to freezing surplus food.
UC Berkeley |
Jennifer Doudna receives National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Announced by President Joe Biden, the award honors the nation's technological trailblazers.
UCLA via The Conversation |
How Santa Ana winds fueled the deadly fires in Southern California
Jon Keeley, a research ecologist in California with the U.S. Geological Survey and adjunct professor at UCLA, explains what causes extreme winds like this in Southern California, and why they create such a dangerous fire risk.
UC Newsroom |
The University of California announces record-breaking enrollment
UC is serving more Californians, more community college transfer students and more underrepresented students than ever before.
UC Newsroom |
UC awards $15.5M in research grants to tackle big questions in health, AI, agriculture and climate justice
Researchers will gather better data on maternal health, test new ways of filtering ‘forever’ chemicals from wastewater and work with California schools to protect students from extreme heat.
UC San Diego |
The science of shopping
UC San Diego neuroeconomist Uma Karmarkar explains what happens in the brain when we buy.
UC Davis |
Probiotics and prebiotics: hype or health?
A closer look at the proliferation of probiotics with Maria Marco, a microbiologist and professor in the department of food science and technology at UC Davis.
UC Merced |
In UC Merced standup comedy course, joy is the punchline
A central emotion in laughter — joy — was what UC Merced professor Eileen Camfield was reaching for when she developed a course called Special Topics in Rhetoric, not How to Excel in Stand-up Comedy.
UCLA |
Generation Z wants to be safe, UCLA study finds
Being kind to others, self-acceptance and having fun are also goals for 10- to 24-year-olds surveyed across the U.S. in a UCLA study.
UC Newsroom |
Why some concussions are worse than others
Find out what happens to your brain when you get a concussion, and why you might want to think twice before signing your kid up for certain sports.
UC Davis |
Feeding grazing cattle seaweed cuts methane emissions by almost 40 percent
New findings offer a solution for more climate-friendly cattle farming.
UC Riverside |
Too much sitting hurts even young, active people
A new study reveals that prolonged sitting significantly harms even young, active adults, increasing the risk of heart disease and obesity.