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
Women marching down the street protesting
UC Davis |

Women are seeking election for the long haul

A new study suggests that nationwide data show women are in politics for the long haul, win or lose.
Cosmic dawn still image from a video simulation
University College London |

Cosmic dawn occurred 250 to 350 million years after Big Bang

The formation of the first stars occurred 250 to 350 million years after the beginning of the universe, according to new UC Santa Cruz research.
UC Newsroom |

Statement by University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D. on the Office for Civil Rights’ recent announcement affirming Title IX protections for gay and transgender students and employees

The Office for Civil Rights has affirmed Title IX protections for gay and transgender students and employees.
V. Ramanathan and the Asahi Blue Planet Prize
UC San Diego |

Scripps Oceanography Climate Scientist Awarded Prestigious Global Prize

Renowned atmospheric scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan's many contributions include the discovery of the super-greenhouse effect of chlorofluorocarbons.
For rent sign in front of an apartment building
UC Irvine |

The ongoing urban exodus

Could San Francisco and L.A. become affordable again? Possibly, says economist Jan Brueckner.  
Oprah Winfrey
UC Newsroom |

Oprah's advice to the Class of 2021

“Let service be your mantra,” Oprah Winfrey urged UC Santa Barbara's newest graduates.
Young man listening to music with headphones on.
|

That song is stuck in your head, but it’s helping you to remember

‘Earworms’ are more than a passing nuisance. They help us preserve memory – for music and for life.
Students on the UC Merced campus
UC Merced |

UC Merced receives largest philanthropic gift in campus history

"We pledge to continue to do the work that made UC Merced deserving of this magnificent investment in our students, faculty and staff,” said Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz.
Berkeley Lab scientists Brett Helms and Corinne Scown hold samples of PDK plastic, a unique new material that can be recycled indefinitely
Berkeley Lab |

The story behind our infinitely recyclable plastic

Berkeley Lab scientists are solving the practical and environmental problems of traditional plastics.
A San Franciso police officer displays several ‘ghost guns’ – untraceable firearms with no serial numbers or manufacturing marks.
UC Davis via The Conversation |

What are ‘ghost guns,’ a target of Biden’s anti-crime effort?

For starters, they are impossible to trace.
UCSF alumnus Stephen Hode, M.D. '03
UC San Francisco Magazine |

Turns out, designing a COVID vaccine was easy

The hard part was everything that came next, says UCSF alum Stephen Hoge, president of Moderna.
View of student in commencement cap and gown
UC Newsroom |

The invincible Class of 2021

They weathered an extraordinary year and have come out stronger.