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
Man looks at his cell phone while waiting at a medical clinic
UC San Francisco |

Why wait times in the emergency room are so long in California

The number of emergency departments has fallen, while demand for acute care has gone up.
Illustration of a brown tree against a turquoise background, with tiny people and birds on its branches
California Magazine |

Dacher Keltner is awe-inspired, and you should be too

After the death of his brother, the Berkeley psychologist found new meaning in life.
a person in the sleep lab
UC Irvine |

Wake-up call

Researchers at UC Irvine’s Sleep and Cognition Lab dive deep in search of health-sleep links.
Photo of an Anopheles gambiae mosquito
UC San Diego |

New genetic technology developed to halt malaria-spreading mosquitoes

The first-of-its-kind African mosquito suppression system would reduce child mortality and aid economic development.
Leopard shark swimming through kelp
UCLA |

What’s living beneath the waves in Southern California?

A UCLA study using environmental DNA provides the most comprehensive picture to date of wildlife in region’s surf zones.
Closeup hand of a woman Judge with gavel at wooden table indoors at the courtroom
UC Berkeley |

State funds development of first-of-its-kind police misconduct database

California allocated $6.87 million in its 2023-24 budget to UC Berkeley to develop the Police Records Access Project, a first-of-its-kind, state-wide database of police misconduct and use-of-force records.
50 small tumors of different sizes, depending on how they are being treated
UC San Diego |

One-two punch: Novel drug pairing could beat pancreatic cancer

UC San Diego researchers find a combination of drugs outperformed other treatments in human and mouse models of pancreatic cancer; now urge clinical trial.
A hand in a suit hands an envelope to another hand in a suit that refuses it
UC Santa Barbara |

People in power who are guilt-prone are less likely to be corrupt

Although it may be a horrible feeling to experience, for society at large, the tendency toward guilt might have some benefits, new research shows.
Two women in scrubs administer care while shaving an alpaca after a wildfire
UC Davis |

UC Davis vets to the rescue for animals in wildfires

A UC Davis-administered program featuring mobile clinics is ready to deploy to care for animals affected by disasters statewide.
Simple, warm illustration of a woman in a yellow shirt holding her head, with little squares trailing behind her, signifying mental fragmentation, on a lilac background
UCSF Magazine |

You’ll soon be able to get a blood test for Alzheimer’s. Will you want one?

The advent of cheap, easy-to-use blood tests for Alzheimer’s disease has the potential to revolutionize diagnosis and treatment. But they also raise difficult questions that the field is only beginning to consider.
a nurse wearing a mask walks with a young Black patient around a hospital unit
UC San Francisco |

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals rank among nation’s best in 2023-24

US News & World Report lists UCSF Benioff Hospitals among best for kids in all 10 specialties.
A city skyline with two batteries instead of skyscrapers among the skyscrapers
UC Berkeley Cal Alumni Association |

Climate change is an energy problem. Here’s how we solve it.

Preventing environmental collapse won’t be easy, but we can still squeeze through the bottleneck.