Press releases

The new organization unites individual Blum Centers against poverty with $1.32 million in seed funding from the UC Office of the President.

UC President Janet Napolitano visited Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles to speak with parents, students, teachers and counselors as part of a concentrated effort to raise awareness of UC’s accessibility and affordability.

President Napolitano's personal message to students provides resources for transfer.

More than 3,000 undocumented undergraduate students will have access to a systemwide student loan program for the first time as the University of California implements the California DREAM Loan Program.

UC President Janet Napolitano will attend a launch event in support of an Oakland-based scholarship program to help students attend college.

Witherell is a leading physicist with a highly distinguished career in teaching, research and managing complex organizations.

The president reported on plans for in-state enrollment growth and announced a student housing initiative, among other news. 

All nine undergraduate UC campuses saw gains in total applications for fall 2016, and the total number of UC applicants topped 200,000 for the first time.

The venture will invest in pioneering research emerging from the University of California system across disciplines such as life sciences, technology, energy, agriculture and materials.

Grants totaling $4.8 million will foster multidisciplinary research in conservation biology, cultural preservation, agriculture, and the detection of dark matter.

The extension comes amid projected growth of 10,000 California undergraduates over the next three years.

UC and the 28-member coalition will back early-stage technology to tackle global climate change.