Doudna has received numerous honors and awards for her discovery of a revolutionary DNA-editing technique that has upended the world of genetics.

UC Santa Barbara, ranked third, along with UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis among top sustainable campuses.

Thirteen fellows from seven campuses are among the newly named honorees for 2015.

Times Higher Education releases World Reputation Rankings, listing the top 100 global university brands.

U.S. News' Best Graduate Schools evaluates graduate schools for business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing; in each discipline, all or nearly all UC graduate schools were highly ranked.

The UC system received more than $1.8 billion in 2014 contract and grant funding from NIH, supporting high-caliber biomedical research that is driving advances in science and breakthroughs in health.

Sloan Research Fellowships recognize outstanding early-career scientists in eight fields.

Six University of California campuses are among the year’s top 20 producers of volunteers.

Rankings celebrate institutions that are working to be affordable to students with need.

UC Berkeley law school program that researches war crimes, other human rights violations is among nine organizations receiving the Chicago-based foundation’s annual prizes for Creative and Effective Institutions.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recognizes UC Davis, UCLA and UC Merced for their 'institutional focus' on engagement.

UC Santa Barbara is the fourth UC campus designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution; it's the first AAU member to be so named.