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Researchers will gather better data on maternal health, test new ways of filtering ‘forever’ chemicals from wastewater and work with California schools to protect students from extreme heat.

A central emotion in laughter — joy — was what UC Merced professor Eileen Camfield was reaching for when she developed a course called Special Topics in Rhetoric, not How to Excel in Stand-up Comedy.

UC’s 289 faculty and scientists on Clarivate’s 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers make the university the most highly cited institution in North America.

Explore new ways of understanding ourselves, our planet and our place in the universe.

Transfer student Lynnelle Pantoja is graduating from UC with zero debt and big plans to use her degree in public health to help people in her community.

More than 70 percent of students who start classes at community colleges plan to transfer to four-year universities, but only 20-30 percent do. A recent summit at UC Merced featuring higher education leaders from CCC, CSU and UC brought the problem into focus.

10 practical solutions for a zero-carbon future from UC labs and field sites.

Proposed federal legislation would create a $1B competitive grant program to help colleges and universities address food, housing and other basic needs among students.

UCLA and UC Berkeley are No. 1 and No. 2, but that's not all — UC campuses make up half of the top 10 public schools in the country, with all nine undergraduate campuses in the top 45.

In simulated life-or-death decisions, about two-thirds of people allowed a robot to change their minds when it disagreed with them — an alarming display of excessive trust in artificial intelligence, researchers said.

In new rankings from the Wall Street Journal and Forbes, all nine undergraduate campuses stood out for how well they prepare graduates for future success.