News

Looking for media contacts?

View Press Releases

A happy man with white hair and a salt and pepper mustache answers two phones at the same time, one on each ear, laughing

Featured Story

UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA

Ruvkun obtained his B.A. in biophysics from UC Berkeley in 1973.

A UC campus outdoor walkway filled with students

Featured Story

UC Newsroom |

Applying to UC? Help is here.

From tips for filling out the application to finding help with college costs, we’ve got resources that can help.

List Grid
Community
Campuses & Locations
Categories
Photorealistic illustration from a spacecraft's-eye-view looking over the curve of the earth with a comet streaking through the middle of the image
UC Berkeley |

Small solar sails could be the next ‘giant leap’ for interplanetary space exploration

Researcher from UC Berkeley aims to create a fleet of low-cost, autonomous spacecraft propelled by light particles.
Watercolor illustration of a microscopic concept of a bacterium with antibodies
UC San Diego |

We need a staph vaccine: here’s why we don’t have one

Research from UC San Diego explains the clinical failure of dozens of candidate vaccines for one of the most common human infections; it also suggests a way to fix the problem.
smiling college students in a classroom
UC Newsroom |

Need money for college? Help is out there — but only if you fill out the FAFSA!

College students miss on out billions in grants and scholarships each year by not filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
students on campus hold signs encouraging voter registration
UC Newsroom |

Make your voice heard — vote!

Here’s all you need to know to register and vote in the March 5 presidential primary.
Farnaz Fatemi black and white photo, woman with wavy bob and glasses
UC Santa Cruz |

Finding her voice: Farnaz Fatemi's poetry explores language, borders and selfhood with an emphasis on her Iranian American identity

Alumna and Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate reflects on her academic journey and career.
Greater blue-ringed octopus
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that can deceive and signal

Unique design approach enables ease of fabrication and self-repair capabilities.
On a sunny day, a group of students gathers on the banks of a river, with snow on the ground and dramatic mountain peaks with a waterfall and forest in the background.
UC Merced |

¿field curious? smashes barriers to outdoor science

An innovative program lowers barriers for first-gen and minority students to participate in scientific field research.
A poke bowl with vegetables, edamame, fish, sesame seeds and seaweed
UC Davis |

Integrative Center for Alternative Meat and Protein to launch at UC Davis

Launching in January 2024, the new center will lead advancements in sustainable alternative proteins.
a stylized illustration of sound waves moving toward a human ear
UC San Francisco |

Could a drug prevent hearing loss from loud music and aging?

Researchers have found a gene that links deafness to cell death in the inner ear in humans.
Three disabled dancers, photographed from behind, touch hands while raising their arms.
UCLA |

UCLA creates first disability studies major at a California public university

New program launched thanks in part to overwhelming popularity of the campus’s existing minor.
A photo of a table with chips, beer, a burger, pizza, french fries, tacos and ribs
UC Riverside |

New reasons eating less fat should be one of your resolutions

High-fat diets affect genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the immune system, brain function, and potentially COVID-19 risk, according to a new study from researchers at UC Riverside.
A hazy sunset behind electrical transmission towers, composed symmetrically in frame
UC Santa Barbara |

Equitably decarbonizing California: A multi-campus collaboration will help the Golden State reach its energy goals

Faculty and researchers at UC campuses and affiliated national labs are teaming up to ensure that disadvantaged communities are fully integrated into California’s decarbonization efforts.