A group of smiling students, three of them holding giant prize money checks

Featured Story

UC Newsroom |

Graduate research takes center stage at UC Grad Slam

The annual competition spotlights how UC’s 63,000+ graduate students drive discovery, innovation and public impact.

An image of the Pulitzer Prize medal which features a man dressed from the torso down operating an early press

Featured Story

UC Newsroom |

4 UC alums honored with 2026 Pulitzer Prizes

Alumni reporting on last year's most urgent stories in California, the nation and the world earned one of journalism’s highest honors.

List Grid
Community
Campuses & Locations
Categories
DACA supporters rally outside the Supreme Court on Nov. 12, 2019
UC Newsroom |

UC leaders urge the Biden administration to strengthen the DACA program

UC leaders have come out in support of a proposed rule by the Biden administration that would preserve and fortify the program that provides legal protections for young people who were brought to the United States as children.
Computer chip
UC Newsroom |

UC adopts recommendations for the responsible use of artificial intelligence

UC is one of the first universities in the nation to establish overarching principles for the responsible use of AI, with an emphasis on transparency and accountability.
Western snowy plover
UC Santa Barbara |

Helping a tiny shorebird come back from the brink

Western snowy plovers are once again nesting at the Coal Oil Point Reserve.
The words "Latino", "Latinx", and "Hispanic" on a blue background
UC Newsroom |

What’s the difference between Hispanic, Latino and Latinx?

On navigating identity, language and community from a scholarly and first-person perspective.
Safiya Noble at computer
UC Newsroom |

UCLA professor, UC Berkeley alums win prestigious MacArthur ‘genius’ grants

Four UC-connected innovators tackling subjects as varied as geology and racial bias in search engines have been awarded prestigious MacArthur fellowships.
Nobel prize illustration on a background with stripes
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.
Two students walk out of the Pavilion dining center on the UC Merced campus
UC Newsroom |

UC earns Green Power Leadership Award from EPA

The University of California received a 2021 Green Power Leadership Award today for accelerating the transition to clean energy.
Bioartificial kidney
UCSF |

The Kidney Project successfully tests a prototype bioartificial kidney

Taking another big step toward becoming reality, Shuvo Roy's project is awarded KidneyX’s Artificial Kidney Prize.
Lettuce on white background
UC Riverside |

Grow and eat your own vaccines?

A new project will study whether edible plants like lettuce into mRNA vaccine factories.
Royce Hall UCLA
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses earn top spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Colleges rankings

Six UC campuses rank among the top 10 public universities in the country, with all nine undergrad campuses among the top 50 in this year’s ranking.
Dr. Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn
Vilcek Foundation |

Dr. Jirayut “New” Latthivongskorn: Bridging medicine and Advocacy

The U.S. women's water polo team poses with their gold medals in Tokyo
UC Newsroom |

Miss the Olympics? Catch UC highlights from the 2020 Summer Games

Despite extraordinary circumstances, the Tokyo Olympics put on a show, with UC-affiliated athletes winning 37 medals. See what you may have missed.