News

Looking for media contacts?

View Press Releases

Karen Miga in the laboratory

Featured Story

UC Newsroom |

12 incredible UC research breakthroughs in 2022

Another year is very nearly in the books, and when it comes to the work that UC researchers have accomplished in 2022 — from sequencing the human genome and achieving fusion ignition — that book is quite the page-turner.

Rob Knight in his lab

Featured Story

UC Newsroom |

Hundreds of UC faculty named among the world’s most influential researchers

More than 330 faculty were included in the 2022 list, more than any other university system in the world.

List Grid
Community
Campuses & Locations
Categories
A realistic picture of a wildfire in the woods, as simulated by artificial intelligence
UC Santa Cruz |

Five student teams embark on tech for social good projects

Students are tackling today’s pressing issues, from solar to education, through technological innovation.
House and a truck on fire during the Camp Fire
UC San Diego |

In the wake of a wildfire, changes in cognition and brain function linger

Persons exposed to the deadly Camp Fire in 2018 displayed evidence of what is known as “climate trauma.”
Young child playing with blocks in a classroom
UC Merced |

UC Merced leading effort to boost number of early childhood teachers with $1.8M

The new program will help ensure the youngest California students are ready for the K-12 education system.
Gas stove burner on
UC Riverside |

Gas stoves: Why did they become the pariah du jour?

With the chorus for banning gas stoves growing, a methane expert explains the science behind the rancor.
Building 90 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, where Ward 86 is currently housed
UC San Francisco |

Ward 86 at 40: Shaping HIV care around the world

The revolutionary Ward 86 turns 40 this year and is still developing new ways to care for people living with HIV.
Merhawi Tesfai, UC student regent-designate
UC Newsroom |

Apply to be the next student regent

The student regent is a full voting member of the board, representing students across the university’s 10-campus system…
Group of four students walking on campus
UC Newsroom |

Serving the new California: 9 ways UC is working to cultivate a university as diverse as the state itself

Find out how UC is making a strategic effort to cultivate a student, staff and faculty community that reflects the…
Three students of color smiling and chatting together at UC Merced
UC Newsroom |

What it means to be a Hispanic-Serving System: A Q&A with UC Vice Provost Yvette Gullatt

UC has set its sights on becoming a Hispanic-Serving System to meet the needs of a changing California. It’s already…
SUV driving a flooded freeway, water splashing behind
UC Santa Cruz via The Conversation |

How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific

Urban infrastructure was designed to take stormwater out to the ocean quickly. Now, California needs that precious…
UV light-emitting devices and gloved hands conducting an experiment
UC San Diego |

UV-emitting nail polish dryers damage DNA and cause cell mutations

Researchers found devices used to cure gel manicures lead to cell death and cancer-causing mutations in human cells.
Celebrate Year of the Rabbit 2023 with rabbit Chinese painting on the plum blossom background, the Chinese stamp means rabbit and the vertical Chinese couplet means best wishes for the year to come
UC Irvine School of Sciences |

Lunar New Year traditions, old and new

UC Irvine welcomed back its annual celebration in-person this year on Jan. 17.
Gif showing book covers with UCLA ties
UCLA |

How Novel!

How UCLA became a cool setting for a new crop of fiction.