Thursday, January 24, 2019
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Thursday, January 10, 2019
Janet Napolitano op-ed in The Washington Post...
Monday, November 19, 2018
Monday, November 5, 2018
The 2019 Open Enrollment booklet recently mailed to UC retirees contained an incorrect phone number for Prudential Insurance, UC’s Retiree Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance provider. The correct number is 800-778-3827.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Catch up on the latest news for retirees in the November issue of New Dimensions.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
The annual medical plans satisfaction survey helps to ensure faculty, staff and retirees are well-served by their health plans and providers.
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Through 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 20, you can make changes to your benefits or the family members you enroll.
Friday, October 12, 2018
La Apertura de Inscripción (Open Enrollment) ya se aproxima con buenas noticias acerca del costo de primas, cambios importantes respecto a la elegibilidad de parejas domésticas, Health Net Blue & Gold, y un nuevo beneficio: seguro para mascotas.
Friday, October 12, 2018
Open Enrollment is coming soon with good news about premium costs, important changes to domestic partner eligibility and Health Net Blue & Gold, and a brand new benefit: pet insurance.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
A visit from civic and UC leaders has Stockton students excited to achieve college.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
UC is introducing a new option for your family – preferred pricing on pet insurance through Nationwide.
Monday, October 8, 2018
If you are in a domestic partnership, you may have more options for enrolling your family members in health and welfare coverage next year.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
The University of California announced on Sept. 26 that it will commit more than $7 million annually to expand existing programs to increase faculty diversity.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Thursday, August 23, 2018
President Napolitano shares her thoughts in her latest LinkedIn post.
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Friday, August 17, 2018
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Catch up on the latest news for retirees in the August issue of New Dimensions.
Thursday, July 26, 2018
Within five years of graduating, a majority of UC’s low-income students earn more than their parents.
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Thursday, July 12, 2018
The University of California has offered nearly 137,000 students a spot on at least one of its nine undergraduate campuses this fall, including more than 28,750 transfer applicants, the highest number in the history of the university.
Monday, July 9, 2018
The university is proud to continue its stewardship of one of the world's premier scientific institutions.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Members of the UC community have been gathering at locations across the system to celebrate wellness.
Monday, June 18, 2018
Staff members who are considering applying often have questions about what the role entails. The current Staff Advisors describe several key steps in their preparations for quarterly Regents meetings.
Thursday, June 7, 2018
Happy Pride! UC and members of its community have played a pivotal role in many landmark moments related to LBGTQ culture and rights. Test your rainbow knowledge.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
The Class of 2018 is ready to lead, both at home and abroad.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
The UC system easily rises to the top when it comes to invention.
Monday, June 4, 2018
Bruce Link, UC Riverside Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, will discuss how people with mental illnesses are harmed by the social stigma they experience — and what we can do to reduce that stigma.
Friday, May 25, 2018
Tips from a nutrition expert on the dos and don’ts of creating a more healthful salad.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Catch up on the latest news for retirees in the May issue of New Dimensions.
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
UC Irvine’s Coordinator of Faculty & Staff Mental Health Care and Respondent Services, Negar Shekarabi, answers a few common questions.
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Smartphones and other electronic devices have made it easier to stay in touch and multi-task while traveling. But they can also mean increased cyber risks for keeping your personal and university information private, as well as increased potential for theft.
Friday, May 18, 2018
Members of the UC community are gathering at campuses across the system to celebrate wellness in the ninth annual UC Walks.
Friday, May 11, 2018
Secure passwords are critical to protecting your information online.
Friday, May 4, 2018
10 campus finalists thrill by distilling years of research into three-minute talks on topics from synesthesia to 'mansand.'
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
New website highlights information about events and resources, and the goals of the Systemwide WellBeing Initiative.
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Award-winning speaker and author Ross Szabo will speak about how we can improve our efforts to raise awareness.
Monday, May 14, 2018
UC wants to know what you think about your university-sponsored behavioral health benefits.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
The University of California announced April 26 that it will not take up the issue of an in-state tuition increase at the May meeting of the UC Board of Regents and will continue to advocate for full state funding of the university.
Thursday, April 26, 2018
UC grad students deliver powerful research in less time than it takes to sing a power ballad.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
The University of California issued a statement regarding the federal court ruling on DACA.
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
On Wednesday, May 16, faculty, staff, students and retirees around UC will join together for the ninth annual UC Walks event.
Monday, April 23, 2018
As part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, changes to eligible deductions could have a significant impact on your tax liability in 2018.
Thursday, April 19, 2018
Five presidents recently gathered in conversation at UC San Diego to celebrate UC’s contributions to California and beyond.
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
The University of California and the California Community Colleges announced that they have signed a joint agreement aimed at increasing the number of academically prepared community college students who transfer to UC and earn a bachelor’s degree.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
We'll be better prepared for life's challenges if we cultivate these 12 inner strengths.
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Amy Barnhorst, vice chair for community psychiatry at UC Davis, discusses the ways in which the response to gun violence risks both increasing stigma against people with mental illness and drawing the focus away from other groups of people at higher risk of violence.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Annual notice about COLA.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
25 randomly selected winners will receive a commemorative 150th anniversary goodie bag.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Nearly all UC graduate programs rank among the best in the nation.
Monday, March 26, 2018
Group is exploring potential strategies and developing options for UC leaders to consider to ensure the long-term financial viability of the retiree health benefits program.
Monday, March 26, 2018
After two highly successful years as a pilot program, the Systemwide UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development has expanded and is now a regular offering for women’s professional development across UC.
Friday, March 16, 2018
UC is leading the way is women’s health care, with hundreds of trials in progress every day at UC medical centers across the system.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
This annual statement projects your monthly retirement income (if you stay on track) from UC’s retirement benefits plans.
Friday, March 9, 2018
New policies proposed by Napolitano would reduce costs and graduate more students.
Friday, March 9, 2018
Jason Valdry learned early in his career with UC that he was happiest when he was giving back to the university. And serving as staff advisor to the UC Board of Regents was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up.
Thursday, March 8, 2018
If you were enrolled in an FSA in 2017, you have until April 15, 2018, to submit your claims for your eligible 2017 expenses.
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
Robert Bilder will discuss the potential of positive psychology to improve emotional health in the second installment of the "Stigma-Free UC" initiative.
Monday, March 5, 2018
Applications for the 2018 Larry L. Sautter Award honoring innovation in information technology are now being accepted through May 18, 2018.
Thursday, February 15, 2018
As a kid, Alfred Day would spend hours holed up indoors reading comics. The character who really spoke to him — who taught him that he could be smart and powerful — was Black Panther.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
A fun way to test your UC knowledge, and perhaps learn a few new things about UC’s remarkable history and contributions to California and the world.
Monday, February 26, 2018
Bill prohibits employers from inquiring into an applicant's salary history.
Friday, February 23, 2018
The application period is now open through March 23, for a two-year term that runs from July 2018 to June 2020.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Donate on your California income tax return.
Thursday, February 8, 2018
All UC faculty and staff are invited to attend a webinar about the social and personal costs of the stigma surrounding mental illness, which launches the Systemwide WellBeing Initiative’s effort to raise awareness about mental health issues and reduce barriers to treatment.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
UC has unveiled the University Climate Change Coalition, or UC3, a bold new coalition of 13 leading North American research universities that will prototype a collaborative model designed to help local communities achieve their climate goals and accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Catch up on the latest news for retirees in the February issue of New Dimensions.
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Group will explore options that will ensure the long-term financial viability of the retiree health benefits program and the quality of the benefits offered.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Board members will serve as liaisons between students and the UC Systemwide Title IX Office on the university’s continuing prevention and response efforts.
Monday, January 29, 2018
UC's 14th Annual Report on Sustainable Practices shows that the UC system is not only growing, it's greener than ever.
Friday, January 26, 2018
The IRS has issued new income tax withholding tables for 2018 and UC is updating its payroll systems accordingly.
Friday, January 26, 2018
The administrator of UC’s Medicare Coordinator program for Medicare-eligible retirees who live outside California and their families, will officially change its name effective March 1, 2018.
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
It may be the largest effort of its kind in higher education and possibly any industry: The University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) have joined forces around a singular procurement system that will benefit both entities and ultimately, California taxpayers.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
This year’s vaccine might not stop the virus, but — no small thing — it can reduce risk of serious illness.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
Your W-2 tax statement is arriving soon. Beware of scammers who want to steal your personal information.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Monday, January 8, 2018
Reflecting on a century and a half of life at the world's most renowned public university.
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Changes can include your benefits coverage and rates, your voluntary contribution to retirement savings, or your tax status.
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Using and possessing marijuana is still illegal under federal law. UC, which receives federal funding, is required to have policies that prohibit marijuana use, possession and distribution on campus and in the workplace.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
As of Jan. 2, three more UC locations have joined UCOP in using UCPath for employment-related transactions.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Resources for those affected by the California wildfires.
Thursday, December 7, 2017
UCPC was ranked no. 2 in the category of midsize organizations on a list of public, private, nonprofit and governmental organizations throughout Riverside and San Bernardino counties.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
An exquisite but long-hidden collection of California art, including works by Ruth Asawa, Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud, has been given to UC Irvine by the trust of Gerald Buck, a Newport Beach developer and art aficionado who passed away in 2013.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Provisions in tax proposals making their way through Congress could cost students thousands of dollars a year.
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
If you or a family member could use support, your UC health plan is a good place to start.
Tuesday, November 21, 2017
Students from across the state find and nurture support networks for academic success.
Monday, November 13, 2017
Everyone should take care to protect their information and identity.
Monday, November 13, 2017
UC is inviting students to apply for a seat on a new Student Advisory Board that will provide input to the university about its ongoing efforts to prevent and respond to sexual violence and sexual harassment.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Starting Nov. 9, the University of California will accept applications from individuals interested in joining the inaugural group of fellows for its National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement in Washington, D.C.
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Site offers tips and resources for veterans interested in working at UC.
Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Student fellows have access to a huge array of internship opportunities through both the UC Center Sacramento and the UC Washington Center. ...
Friday, November 3, 2017
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Scholars blazing trails in fields from law to science find their dreams may no longer be within reach.
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Friday, October 27, 2017
Oh sure, a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, but millions of Americans require medicine to deal with their excessive sugar consumption. For National Diabetes Month, UC San Diego Health breaks down the numbers.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
A new series of studies finds gratitude helps people with cardiovascular disease get healthier.
Friday, October 20, 2017
Feeling squeamish about getting your annual flu shot? UCLA Health asked an expert for some advice in making the uncomfortable experience a little bit easier.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
The University of California — birthplace of the Free Speech Movement — will open a center in Washington DC devoted to First Amendment issues.
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Visit the Open Enrollment website from 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 26 to 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 21 to enroll in the right benefits for you and your eligible family members.
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Finalists will receive mentoring and a chance to wow more than 600 business leaders at an upcoming conference.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
After they leave UC employment, many retirees continue rewarding and energetic lifestyles, finds a newly released survey by the Council of UC Retiree Associations.
Monday, October 23, 2017
A new effort strives to transform habits and meet an ambitious 2020 goal.
Monday, October 23, 2017
The university was one of only eight organizations nationwide to earn the distinction.
Monday, October 23, 2017
Employees and retirees enrolled in UC-sponsored health plans are highly satisfied with their plans, according to surveys conducted last spring.
Thursday, October 5, 2017
“I lead a simple life. I don’t need so much, so I decided to share,” said Cam Calkins, a UC Riverside dining services staffer about his $52,000 donation to a scholarship fund. ...
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Open Enrollment is coming soon with good news about premium costs and the option to keep your current plan if it’s working well for you.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
UC offers comprehensive benefits to faculty, staff and retirees, and to their families. Make sure you understand the rules and how to ensure your partner doesn’t lose out on any valuable benefits.
Monday, October 2, 2017
To keep your information and the university’s information safe, incorporate good cybersecurity habits into your daily routine.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
UCSF medical students are using virtual reality in the anatomy lab to give them a new way to bridge hands-on training with cadavers and textbook learning. Read more, and watch a video, about how VR is revolutionizing the way future doctors are learning about our bodies.
Monday, September 25, 2017
Mentorship program connects students who are the first in the family to college with faculty who have walked in their shoes.
Friday, September 22, 2017
Friday, September 22, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
UC President Janet Napolitano announced the formation of a task force that will review how UC’s nine undergraduate campuses verify academic credentials, such as grades and test scores, that admitted students provide before enrollment.
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
The UC system boasts five of the nation’s top 10 public universities, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2018 rankings.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
This fall, UC will implement a series of policy changes to strengthen the university's management of its resources and improve operations.
Monday, September 11, 2017
The 2017 systemwide staff engagement survey demonstrated significant improvements from 2015 in a number of areas, including supervision and performance management, and an increase in overall engagement.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Thursday, July 19, 2018
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Napolitano challenged the higher education community to help the public distinguish between truth and divisive falsehoods, and to speak out against intolerance and bigotry.
Monday, August 21, 2017
Watch out for typical beginning-of-the-year scams and follow these eight habits to protect yourself.
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Download the app and practice beforehand, so you're prepared when the big day arrives, on Monday, Aug. 21.
Thursday, August 17, 2017
University of California campuses are among the best in the world, according to new rankings issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
New rankings place two UC hospitals in top 10 nationwide, and all five UC medical centers among California's best.
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Thursday, August 3, 2017
To participate in the study, download a free app which transmits real-time updates to help you tweak your usage.
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Tuesday, August 1, 2017
Catch up on the latest news for retirees in the August issue of New Dimensions.
Monday, July 24, 2017
UC is making a change to avoid discouraging qualified previously incarcerated people from applying to work at UC.
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
The University of California has been honored with the 2017 Edmund G. “Pat” Brown Award in recognition of the UC system’s legacy of environmental and economic leadership. The award is presented annually by the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB).
Thursday, July 13, 2017
2017 Accountability Report reveals UC's impact is greater than ever.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
The University of California Board of Regents today (July 13) approved Michael T. Brown, a veteran professor and administrator at UC Santa Barbara and former chair of the UC Academic Senate, as UC provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs.
Thursday, July 13, 2017
The University of California Board of Regents today (July 13) approved Alexander A. Bustamante as senior vice president and chief compliance and audit officer at UC's Office of the President.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Liberal consumption of so-called good fats — like those found in olive oil and avocados — may lead to fatty liver disease, a risk factor for metabolic disorders like type 2 diabetes and hypertension, according to a new study by scientists at UCSF.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Young undocumented Latinos who gain legal status, even on a temporary basis, experience significant positive effects on their psychological well-being, according to a new study by researchers at UC Merced and UC Davis.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
The University of California announced today (July 6) that some 70,000 incoming California freshmen and more than 21,000 in-state transfer students were offered a spot for fall 2017 on at least one of UC’s nine undergraduate campuses.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Sometimes Siri has trouble understanding what you're saying, but UC Berkeley researchers hope their study on how humans create metaphors can pave the way for future advances in artificial intelligence. ...
Thursday, June 29, 2017
A UCLA professor is working to pinpoint specific strategies to attract and retain women and students of color as computer science majors.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
The University of California is announcing on July 1 new systemwide procedures for investigating, adjudicating and determining sanctions in sexual harassment and sexual violence cases that involve faculty and staff.
Monday, June 26, 2017
Thursday, June 22, 2017
According to UCLA researchers, middle school students from a range of racial and ethnic backgrounds feel safer, less lonely and less bullied if they attend schools that are more diverse.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
UC Santa Cruz researchers found evidence that these big cats don't like encountering humans any more than we like bumping into them on hiking trails.
Thursday, June 22, 2017
Peter Stock, MD, PhD, a transplant surgeon at UCSF, has always been driven to crack whatever problem is set before him – whether that’s an 8,000-meter mountain peak or outdated laws denying organ transplants to people with HIV.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
The stereoscopic vision of seamstresses is superior to that of surgeons, UC Berkeley researchers find.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Dr. Seema Gandhi's passion for sustainability is leading to UCSF and other campus medical centers using fewer single-use devices.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
UC San Diego launches Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology to study influence of marine environments on ancient societies.
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Peregrine falcons, once on the brink of extinction, have shifted from their natural cliff faces into tall buildings in urban areas, including UC Berkeley's Campanile.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
The initiative's primary goal is two-fold: to make students feel a sense of belonging and ownership over their education and to help teachers understand the challenges and cultural wealth of first generation students.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
UC Santa Barbara professors weigh in on the benefits of binge-watching.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Thursday, May 25, 2017
International team led by a UC San Diego computer scientist uncovered the system inside cars’ onboard computers. ...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Thursday, May 18, 2017
UC reaffirms its historic commitment to California residents by limiting the proportion of out-of-state and international students at its undergraduate campuses.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
The archives tell the story of the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the San Francisco Bay Area, including how community groups and the medical community mobilized to help combat the disease.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
The chemists have developed nanoparticles that mimic the behavior of natural melanin-producing cell structures that protect our skin, eyes and other tissues from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
“This report should rightly be considered an alarm bell, but it should also be seen as a roadmap for how we can correct course to better support native aquatic species,” UC Davis professor emeritus Peter Moyle said.
Thursday, June 29, 2017
Members of the UC community gathered at campuses across the system in May and June to celebrate wellness in the eighth annual UC Walks.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Specialists and volunteers worked together to identify the remains of the 19th century child whose casket was discovered in a San Francisco neighborhood.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
President Napolitano thanks UC advocates for their involvement in federal budget issues.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
A UC Berkeley psychologist is working with Google to combat knee-jerk suspensions of African American teens.
Thursday, May 4, 2017
Explorers planning to settle on Mars might be able to turn the planet’s red soil into bricks without needing to use an oven or additional ingredients thanks to UC San Diego engineers.
Friday, April 28, 2017
Read about Social Security tips for working retirees, 2017 cost-of-living adjustments and more in the May issue of New Dimensions.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Her, the first person of Hmong descent to lead a UC public safety agency, brings nearly two decades of law enforcement experience and years of demonstrated leadership to the position.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
The “Moonshot Initiative,” funded through a $1 million gift from Base 11, will establish a rocketry program at The Henry Samueli School of Engineering.
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
An interdisciplinary team of researchers at UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital has developed new technology that could be used to accurately measure muscle stiffness during physical exams.
Friday, April 21, 2017
President Napolitano calls upon those who value science and treasure its benefits to make their voices heard.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
One reason people eat too much salt is they aren't aware of how much they’re actually eating, and where it comes from. UCLA Health experts shed some light, and share tips to help you reduce your sodium consumption.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
A UCSF postdoc collaborated with her father and the Dalai Lama to create an Atlas of Emotions and is focusing on helping medical residents understand their emotions through an app.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
UC San Diego research is set to transform the way urbanization and growth is studied.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
Campus partners with Irvine Ranch Water District to convert central cooling plant to recycled water use.
Thursday, April 13, 2017
A new study by mechanical engineers at UC Berkeley finally shows why your shoelaces may keep coming untied.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
UC Berkeley researchers discover that sleeping too little can elevate the risk of memory loss and other disorders among older people. ...
Wednesday, April 5, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
UCLA researchers have developed a cure for babies born with adenosine deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency, a rare and life-threatening condition that can be fatal within the first year of life if left untreated.
Thursday, March 23, 2017
UC Irvine's Newkirk Center for Science & Society becomes home to leading source of information for official criminal conviction reversals.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
UCLA Librarian David Hirsch, who is proficient in six languages and has traveled to six continents, scours the world for valuable materials to add to the campus's extensive, eclectic collection.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
After uncovering why zebras have black-and-white stripes (to repel biting flies), UC Davis scientists took the coloration question to giant pandas.
Thursday, March 9, 2017
According to a new study led by UC Santa Barbara researchers, good dietary choices could improve the health care system and even benefit the planet. ...
Thursday, March 9, 2017
A UC Santa Barbara professor will provide high-tech, digital set design for Verdi’s “Macbeth” in the 400-year-old remains of a convent in Panama. ...
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Locals jump in to protect their ancient treasures.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
UC experts praise new grocery industry guidelines.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
UC Berkeley and Google are looking for citizen scientists to document and memorialize the August event, and help scientists learn about the sun in the process.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Despite this year's Academy Award nominations and increased diversity in Hollywood, a UCLA report finds that racial minorities and women remain severely underrepresented in film and television hiring.
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Aomawa Shields, UCLA postdoctoral fellow and new UC Irvine assistant professor, studies the climate on distant planets to find those most likely to host alien life.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Scalp cooling can lessen some chemotherapy-induced hair loss in certain breast cancer patients, according to a new multicenter study from UCSF, Weill Cornell Medicine and three other medical centers.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Agreement aims to foster technological innovation and boost research and development.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Inspired by Oscar-nominated film “Hidden Figures,” UC Irvine faculty identify black pioneers they think should be included in history books.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Physical activity gives your brain a boost, but can it enhance your vision? Research by UC Santa Barbara psychologists Barry Giesbrecht and Tom Bullock suggests that it can.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
The robotics technologies in Michael Yip’s UC San Diego lab are all inspired by a common goal: to augment the capabilities of surgeons.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Election is among the highest honors in the engineering profession.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
30 million kids receive school lunch daily — and UC's Global Food Initiative is helping ensure it's healthy and sustainable.
Thursday, February 9, 2017
An elephant seal monitored by UC Santa Cruz researchers swam about 7,400 miles, longer than any elephant seal recorded over two decades — then she gave birth to a baby boy.
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Berkeley Lab-led study adds to evidence that tobacco smoke's lingering residue could be harmful.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Women whose breasts are composed largely of glandular tissue, rather than fat, have an amplified risk of breast cancer, which exceeds the impact of other widely known risks on a population level, say UCSF researchers.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
To mark Black History Month, Berkeley Lab highlights the stories of three employees — Steve Wilson, LaTonja Wright and Edson Okwelum.
Monday, February 6, 2017
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Friday, February 3, 2017
John Clements, whose invention gave premature babies the chance to live, continues to explore his research field and encourage others to continue his work.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Read about organizations that are advocating for UC staff, retirees and emeriti, managing retirement savings withdrawals and more in the February issue of New Dimensions. ...
Sunday, January 29, 2017
President Janet Napolitano and the Chancellors of the University of California today (Jan. 29) issued the following statement.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
UC Board of Regents lends support to measure that will help accommodate rising California enrollment.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
The 2016 UC Sustainability Report highlights the university's big steps in the right direction as well as the hurdles ahead.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Franklin Dollar, UC Irvine assistant professor of physics and astronomy, grew up on a reservation in a home with no electricity. Now he studies ultra-high-intensity laser-plasma interactions and works to increase diversity in scientific fields.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
The UC Agriculture and Natural Resources 4-H Youth Development Program is bringing the 4-H experience to children south of the border.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
As the new administration begins its term in the White House, the future of a program that has helped thousands of young immigrants pursue an education, a career and service to the only country they consider home, is uncertain.
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
A high-risk 24-year-old patient in need of a life-saving lung transplant was rejected by multiple transplant centers before UCLA Health, the U.S. Air Force and the actor who played the character Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films came to her rescue. See the Facebook video of the patie...
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Electronic cigarettes may have special appeal to young people, but that doesn’t mean they're safe. UC researchers are shedding light on this new health hazard.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Older women with low physical activity and 10 hours of daily sit time had even “older” cells, a UC San Diego study finds.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
A new study from researchers at UCLA and Loyola Marymount University checked the DNA of fish ordered at 26 Los Angeles sushi restaurants from 2012 through 2015, and found that 47 percent of sushi was mislabeled.
Thursday, January 12, 2017
UC was honored Tuesday as one of the world’s most innovative institutions.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
The new app, developed by UC Irvine engineers, delivers state-of-the-art rainfall estimates in even remote areas. ...
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Revenue to be used for financial aid, student services and improving the student-faculty ratio.
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Mathematics professor Joseph Teran and his research team applied their knowledge of math, physics and computer science to enliven Disney's new 3-D computer-animated hit.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Scientists, including several from UC Riverside, have developed a transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
What drives decisions by autonomous vehicles in dire situations? UC Irvine researchers are finding out.
Thursday, December 22, 2016
UC Berkeley psychologists study how our brains rapidly retune to detect language patterns in formerly unintelligible speech.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Researcher’s 200-plus wild ‘fairy’ birds make their home at UCLA.
Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Berkeley Lab carpenter bikes to work five days a week, rain or shine.
Thursday, December 15, 2016
A new app developed by a Berkeley Lab team that monitors how you drive, then crunches the data to show you greener cars that fit your personal driving habits.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
The 2016 Ocean Health Index shows no major declines — and few real improvements, says the UC Santa Barbara ecologist who worked on the study.
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
A UCLA social scientist shares insight on what kind of gift makes people happier and more connected to the gift giver. ...
Friday, December 9, 2016
At UC San Diego Medical Center, patients can be in command of their own experience by controlling room temperature and lighting, selecting entertainment options and accessing their medical information — all with an iPad without leaving their beds.
Friday, December 9, 2016
Cheryl Hile, a fund manager at UC San Diego, has embarked on an ambitious effort to become the first patient with multiple sclerosis to run seven marathons on seven continents in a single year.
Monday, December 12, 2016
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
In classrooms and labs across the university, UC San Diego alumni are leading new directions in research and helping to train the next generation of innovators.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Constance Penley, professor of film and media studies, took part in an ambitious collaboration to place provocative pieces of art on the set of 'Melrose Place,' a primetime, 1990s soap opera on Fox populated by beautiful, libidinous and treacherous people.
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Friday, December 2, 2016
A UC Santa Barbara astrophysicist examines the science behind science fiction movies, including the new film "Arrival."
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
The University of California announced Nov. 30 that it will vigorously protect the privacy and civil rights of the undocumented members of the UC community and will direct its police departments not to undertake joint efforts with any government agencies to enforce federal immigration law.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
UC Merced professors and graduate students are studying the ecosystem that surrounded what is now the La Brea Tar Pits in the middle of Los Angeles and hoping it will provide clues into how climate change will affect the future.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
UCSF researchers have discovered that a common antibiotic that's safe to use during pregnancy can prevent the virus from infecting certain cells.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
In a letter sent Nov. 29, University of California President Janet Napolitano joined with California State University Chancellor Timothy White and Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor-designate of the California Community College System, in calling upon President-elect Donald Trump to continue the Deferred...
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
An island summer camp started by pediatric cardiologist Kevin Shannon gives children with heart disease five days of adventure and fun in a setting where the staff is equipped to deal with their special needs.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
We can be fooled by androids in TV shows and movies, but not so much in real life, a new UC Berkeley study finds.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Study by researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine finds that women giving birth for first time later in life increase chances of living to 90.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Cement-based materials eventually reabsorb much of the CO2 released during creation, UC Irvine researchers find.
Monday, November 21, 2016
This year’s Open Enrollment ends soon — 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
An international team of researchers, including UC Berkeley professor David Wake, reported three new species of the world’s smallest salamander — and all are in danger of dying out.
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Berkeley Lab researcher Christopher Payne, who is of Cherokee descent, is committed to forging ties between the Lab and up-and-coming scientists from the Native American community.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
By sampling the molecules on cell phones, researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences were able to construct lifestyle sketches for each phone’s owner.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Featured UC startups range from a virtual reality game that heals trauma to the world's most advanced exoskeleton.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
The research led by Berkeley Lab underscores the need to identify and protect our vital ecosystems.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
UCLA professors discuss how nearly all the major polls and news organizations incorrectly predicted the outcome of the presidential election — and the unexpected way that gender played a role.
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Volunteers helped patients hospitalized at UCLA Health get Emergency Vote by Mail ballots so they didn't have to miss out on the chance to vote in the November presidential election.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
President Janet Napolitano and the Chancellors of the University of California issued a statement on presidential election results.
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Monday, November 7, 2016
UC doesn’t provide tuition assistance to its employees' children so the UC Merced Staff Assembly has begun a scholarship program earmarked for students whose parents work there. ...
Thursday, November 3, 2016
UC Santa Barbara computer science professor Elizabeth Belding is heading up efforts to provide internet access to rural tribal communities.
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Invited to “pay it forward” after a free meal, this Berkeley Lab researcher embarked on a life of helping the disadvantaged. ...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
From the Pacific to the pines, UC Santa Barbara’s Kenneth S. Norris Rancho Marino Reserve in Cambria is an astounding display of ecological diversity and abundance.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
UC San Diego study links online social interactions to longevity.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Read about Open Enrollment for health and welfare benefits, and other news.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Certain foods — particularly processed foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat — don’t just taste good, they also can be addictive, said scientists at a UC San Francisco symposium on food and addiction.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Would you look both ways if you knew cars would always stop? A UC Santa Cruz researcher thinks not.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Targeted medicine deliveries and increased energy efficiency are just two of many ways, according to research from UCLA.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
UCLA dietitians Dana Hunnes and Erin Morse explain how sugary drinks impact our health and how a tax might affect consumption.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
For some of us, scary movies are part of a once-a-year Halloween ritual. For Bliss Cua Lim, associate professor of film & media studies at UC Irvine, they’re her academic area of expertise.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
While astronauts on long space missions do not experience a change in spinal disc height, the muscles supporting the spine weaken, find researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Polina Ilieva, who oversees the UCSF Archives and Special Collections, works to preserve the items in the collection, to make them accessible to internal and external audiences, and to move toward digitizing the entire collection of artifacts.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Four-year project will nearly double campus size and boost the economy by $1.9 billion in the San Joaquin Valley and $2.4 billion statewide.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
“I was very stubborn and never really admitted to myself that I couldn’t do certain things,” said Nguyen, who was diagnosed with a degenerative condition at age 5. Now a research associate at Berkeley Lab, he plans to pursue graduate school.
Monday, October 17, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
Friday, October 14, 2016
UC Santa Barbara researchers are studying the effectiveness of an innovative program designed to help children learn about mental health.
Friday, October 14, 2016
Amid a changing climate, researchers across the UC system race to develop staple crops that resist heat, drought and disease.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
A team including researchers from UC Berkeley and UCSF has taken a key step toward a cure for sickle cell disease, using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing tool.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
For UC Berkeley, emeriti are essential in the campus’s ongoing success, playing a wide range of roles, from teaching and mentoring to publishing articles and fundraising.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
A new study from UCLA Health finds that workplace wellness programs may improve both mental and physical health.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
UCLA's Gerry Laviña has been giving back as a social worker, instructor, mentor and leader for 30 years.
Monday, October 10, 2016
UC Irvine study raises questions about long-term brain health after extended space flights.
Monday, October 10, 2016
From prepping for opening day to admitting the first students, UC Merced staffers look back on the campus's beginnings as they prepare for the Friday, Oct. 14 groundbreaking of the 2020 Project. The expansion project will double the campus's physical capacity and allow it to add 10,000 more students...
Monday, October 10, 2016
Friday, October 7, 2016
UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Ben Storm explains how the internet is changing the way we learn, remember and solve problems.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Scripps Oceanography scientists have just mapped the Salton Trough Fault, which runs parallel to the San Andreas Fault. The discovery will provide important information for earthquake rupture and ground-shaking models.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Researchers from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA and UC Merced will join other institutions in studying fog, the critical role it plays in trees' survival during the summer and how climate change is affecting it.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
It turns out what it takes to maintain a healthy memory is not very different from maintaining a healthy body.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The Stall Catchers game, which was developed in part by a UC Berkeley senior fellow, aims to accelerate the analysis of data and help scientists find targets for treatment of Alzheimer’s faster.
Monday, October 3, 2016
As ocean conditions continue to get warmer around the globe, the joint study by a UC Santa Cruz scientist and other marine experts expands our understanding of what the future may hold.
Monday, October 3, 2016
"To me, being an archaeologist is studying the common human experience in different environments in different times,” says UC Santa Barbara's Anabel Ford who rediscovered the city of El Pilar in 1983 and has been working to conserve it.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Mothers – and fathers – across most Western countries are spending more time with their children than parents did in the mid-’60s, according to a UC Irvine study.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
According to a study by a UC Davis researcher, floating plastic trash in the ocean provides many new places for oceanic crabs to live — and more space opens up many different ways for crabs to live and find partners.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
The University of California and Boys & Girls Clubs of America have launched a partnership to prepare young Californians for college success.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
A new analysis of marijuana legislation by UCSF researchers offers a framework for states that are considering legalizing the drug and want to protect public health, rather than corporate profits.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
A UC Riverside-led study shows that a baby makes copies of the maternal immune cells it acquires through mother’s milk.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
As the director of Student Involvement and Programs at UCSF, Jennifer Rosko works to create the structure for students to foster interprofessional relationships, thrive and be successful.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
A real-time ‘Firemap’ tool, developed by UC San Diego researchers, has proven effective in recent Los Angeles-area blazes.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Take this quiz by a UC Riverside philosopher and find out.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Thanks to the UCLA Center for Child Anxiety Resilience Education and Support (CARES), mindfulness has found its way into a classroom in Watts.
Monday, September 26, 2016
In recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month in October, UC is offering a variety of resources to help you better understand cyber risk and stay safer and more secure online, whether you’re at school, work or home.
Friday, September 23, 2016
Large human genetics study conducted by UC San Diego Health researchers finds loneliness is a heritable trait associated with neuroticism and depressive symptoms, but no one gene is responsible.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Former first-generation students, now professors, form a support system to help others scale the ladder.
Thursday, September 22, 2016
The concept may surprise some, although the work they do is vital to patients.
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that language and memory are intimately linked.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Regularly snapping selfies with your smartphone and sharing photos with your friends can help make you a happier person, according to computer scientists at UC Irvine.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Former NFL star defensive end Kalimba Edwards is an apprentice at the UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems (CASFS), working toward his goal of helping to feed the nation’s hungry and homeless.
Thursday, September 15, 2016
With an immediate goal to hire more than 100 people in the next 12 months, and an additional 240 employees in 2018, the UCPath Center needs a stream of qualified applicants.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Liangfang Zhang was recognized in the lineup of “the 10 most innovative young minds in science and engineering” for his revolutionary work in the field of nanomedicine.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
An analysis by UC San Francisco researchers reveals that the sugar industry began working closely with nutrition scientists in the mid-1960s to downplay evidence linking sucrose consumption to coronary heart disease.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Of the nation’s 10 best public universities, six are University of California campuses, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2017 rankings.
Friday, September 9, 2016
Chang Liu and his colleagues want to see if they can evolve the genome at will to perform such desired actions as attacking diseased cells and boosting healthy ones.
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Man's best friend could lead the way in fighting diseases that we have in common, UC Davis study shows.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
UC Santa Barbara professor David Cleveland and his students demonstrate that turning your lawn into a vegetable garden can cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
A UC Merced researcher is developing solar-powered water heating technology that will soon be put to the test in a Southern California community.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
All nine UC undergraduate campuses made the magazine's annual Cool School rankings, with Irvine and Davis in the top 10 in the country.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
UC Davis researchers are deploying robot larvae into the oceans to better understand where marine larvae go, how they get there and more.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
The project has not only given the instruments back their voices but provided students access to them in classrooms and concerts and helped build a strong bond between UCLA and the Thai community in both Los Angeles and Thailand.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Two hundred miles above Earth, NASA has conducted the first genome sequencing in space, and researchers at UCSF helped analyze the data sent back from the International Space Station and confirm that the sequencing was a success.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The UC Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis’ Sacramento campus will draw on the power of other UC campuses and beyond to provide the scientific evidence that informs the development of effective prevention policies and programs.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
A close call with death led Morocco to a new career saving lives.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Berkeley Lab facilities director turns her problem solving skills towards mentoring staff.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
UC ranks among the nation’s best colleges in serving the public interest, with six campuses making the top 20.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
A new study by researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine suggests that the mental health of aging adults seems to consistently get better over time.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
A new UC Berkeley study shows a 21 percent drop in the drinking of soda and other sugary beverages in Berkeley’s low-income neighborhoods after the city levied a penny-per-ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
“Ironically, I’ve never really been interested in fine art, but this building itself has been a work of art for me,” said Julie Nola, project manager for the Manetti Shrem Museum at UC Davis since long before construction began in 2015.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
A UC Irvine study suggests that our fears of leaving children unsupervised have become exaggerated in recent decades – not because the practice has become more dangerous, but because it has become socially unacceptable.
Monday, August 22, 2016
UC-affiliated athletes win 18 gold medals at 2016 Summer Olympics, more than all but four nations.
Monday, August 22, 2016
New research in mice, led by a team including scientists from the UC San Diego School of Medicine, suggests that the viral risk of Zika may not be limited to pregnant women.
Friday, August 19, 2016
Brain scans of singer-songwriter Sting, combined with imaging analysis techniques developed by a UC Santa Barbara neurologist, shed light on how Sting's brain organizes music.
Friday, August 19, 2016
To see the future of our parks in the face of global warming, UC scientists are taking a walk through the past.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
A UC Santa Barbara psychologist reveals the science behind a fulfilling single life.
Friday, August 12, 2016
By 2085, only eight Northern Hemisphere cities outside of western Europe are likely to be cool enough to host the summer games, UC Berkeley scientists find.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
“I researched each of the princesses and then contemporized their looks,” said Professor Myung Hee Cho of her process for designing the set and costumes for a 17-minute musical showcase at Shanghai Disney Resort.
Friday, August 12, 2016
No one does floor exercises like the Bruins, who are renowned for their ability to paint a scene while running, jumping and somersaulting through the air. That was no less true this past season when the gymnastics team took command of the floor.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Nine UC campuses are among the best in the world, according to rankings issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Monday, August 8, 2016
President Napolitano spent time with students at the Youth Empowerment Institute, an annual summer camp for girls that merges college access topics with emerging technology, during a two-day visit to UC Santa Cruz.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
The Dean Search Committee is seeking “strong, dynamic leadership from a candidate with the vision and skills to propel UC Hastings forward.”...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Researchers are signing up for the "Write to Change the World" fellowship program, led by UC Merced, to learn how to write for mainstream media, pitch ideas and condense what they want in a concise, meaningful way.
Thursday, August 11, 2016
The stigma associated with mental illnesses is causing millions of Americans go untreated because of misconceptions and shame. UCSF researchers are among those who are pushing for changes that would help to eliminate the stigma and get people the treatments they need.
Thursday, August 4, 2016
UC Berkeley engineers have built the first dust-sized, wireless sensors that can be implanted in the body.
Friday, August 12, 2016
Tips on how to motivate yourself to get out of that chair and move...
Friday, August 5, 2016
Sunflowers not only pivot to face the sun as it moves across the sky during the day, but they also rotate 180 degrees during the night to greet the morning sun. UC Davis and UC Berkeley researchers have now discovered how they do it.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Douglas fir trees are consistently sensitive to drought conditions, according to a study led by a UC Davis researcher.
Friday, August 12, 2016
UCLA Engineering Dean Jayathi Murthy talks about challenges women face.
Monday, August 15, 2016
A UC Davis plant pathologist may have discovered a possible solution to a fungal disease that threatens to wipe out bananas in less than a decade.
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
UC Santa Barbara researcher finds infants learn about food preferences — what’s good, what’s bad and who will eat what — in a social context.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Read about reducing your risk of cyber attack, UC research linking emotions and health, and more.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
A UC Irvine entomologist may have found a new way to kill bedbugs on luggage that doesn't involve chemicals.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Some of our treasured resources — animals, plants and fragile ecosystems — are under siege by rising temperatures, severe drought, insect infestation, hybrid competitors and human intrusion into nature. Here's what UCLA experts are doing about it.
Friday, July 29, 2016
More than 100 athletes, coaches and staff from eight UC campuses will take part in the Summer Olympics, beginning next week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Friday, July 29, 2016
A new Berkeley Lab study identifies two more carcinogens that were not previously reported in e-cigarette vapor.
Friday, July 29, 2016
Kelsey Martin discovered her passion for medicine while she was a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire — and followed that passion to UCLA.
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Students and faculty joined five-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker and alumnus Francis Ford Coppola in an experimental workshop involving a new kind of movie-making that's performed live and viewed by an audience in real time.
Monday, July 25, 2016
It turns out that microbes in our guts are determined in part by our evolutionary history, not just external factors like diet, medicine and geography, UC Berkeley researchers say.
Friday, July 22, 2016
Ernie Hoftyzer, the campus's chief administrative officer for transportation and energy programs, completed the third leg in swimming’s ‘triple crown.’...
Friday, July 22, 2016
3D-printed, Lego-like system developed at UC Riverside can be used by researchers, students and clinicians to build lab tools easily and affordably. ...
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Berkeley Lab study assesses the employment impact of widespread conversion to solar-LED lighting in developing countries.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
UC Riverside researchers find shed skins of bed bugs emit pheromones that could help combat infestations of the insect.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Researchers at UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley show how the virus travels from a pregnant woman to her fetus and identify a drug that may be able to block it.
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
International team, including UC Santa Cruz researchers, reports the biggest haul of new worlds yet uncovered by NASA's K2 mission, including many worlds that could potentially support life.
Monday, July 18, 2016
New homes at UC Davis's zero-net-energy community intended to attract and retain employees who are otherwise priced out of the local housing market.
Friday, July 15, 2016
A newly released study in which UC Davis played a key role reveals that social interactions and opportunities to engage with their surroundings may be more important to elephants’ welfare than space.
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
A new microscopic imaging system designed and built by UCSD researchers is revealing a never-before-seen view of the underwater world. ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
In the hands of UCLA artist Judy Baca, the mural is a powerful teaching tool of L.A. history and student empowerment.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
UC Irvine researcher Douglas Granger finds health and behavior secrets inside human and animal mouths.
Monday, July 11, 2016
Spurred by three decades of momentum and fresh funding, UCSF scientists mount a major effort to finally defeat AIDS.
Friday, July 8, 2016
UC Santa Barbara scholar Alan Liu, who has worked to generate attention for the humanities outside of academia, has launched an international contest to help engage humanities students around the globe.
Thursday, July 7, 2016
UC Davis entomologists and engineers team up to solve this tricky puzzle, as they seek to understand how bumblebees respond to changes in the environment.
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
A UC Riverside study revealed that studying for the sake of learning is the norm among a group of 550 students.
Friday, July 1, 2016
His conceptual design is being showcased at the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
Friday, July 1, 2016
After 52 years at UC Berkeley, Paul Licht is retiring as director of the UC Botanical Garden.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Researchers at UC Irvine have developed an approach that tackles most commonly used synthetic plastic.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
UC Santa Barbara’s Bancroft Collection features a dazzling array of minerals and gem crystals.
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
JoAnne Keatley's career at UCSF has been focused on ensuring trans people seeking health services get the care they need that best suits their gender identity.
Monday, June 27, 2016
Method developed by UCLA-led team offers new way to study how technology changes over time.
Monday, June 20, 2016
As part of Pride Month, Berkeley Lab profiles employees Deb Agarwal, Elijah Goodfriend, and Andrew Hagen.
Friday, June 24, 2016
Meet four UC Davis College of Engineering faculty who are breaking new ground in areas as diverse as using medical imaging for gene delivery to designing platforms for data collection.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
UC Santa Cruz–affiliated professors and staff are boldly going where no one has gone before by taking Star Trek into the high-culture realm of arias and recitatives.
Thursday, June 23, 2016
Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the use of race-conscious measures in college admissions will contribute to greater equity and participation in public higher education for all American students. While it is good news on a critical issue for the country, the decision does not dire...
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
UCLA researchers' new method could be useful for analyzing snowpack in other mountains.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
UC food experts offer six things you need to know.
Monday, June 20, 2016
UCSF’s pioneering Child and Adolescent Gender Center is helping a growing number of families seeking advice – and, increasingly, medical intervention – to help a son or daughter’s physiology match their gender identity.
Friday, June 17, 2016
Maury Hull and Karen Slakey Hull have given $1 million to endow a professorship in biomedical engineering.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
As new grads celebrate and look to the future, we profile a few who have dedicated time and talent to make the outlook brighter for others.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Berkeley Lab-assembled ‘ProtoDESI’ to serve as a model for planned array of 5,000 robots wielding fiber-optic cables.
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Monday, June 13, 2016
Distinction for UCLA professor honors his contributions as a teacher and researcher that elevate entire UC system.
Monday, June 13, 2016
UCSF's Esteban G. Burchard has become a leading national voice for increasing diversity in the biomedical research workforce, which he sees as deeply tied to racial inequalities in health care.
Monday, June 13, 2016
Friday, June 10, 2016
Global warming is likely to force some populations to relocate hundreds of miles from their current homes this century, according to research by UC Berkeley and Columbia University professors.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
A new method developed by UCLA scientists could improve the accuracy of doctors' predictions, using biomedical big data to achieve precision medicine.
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
A new study by a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and UC Berkeley research team is further burnishing copper’s reputation as an essential nutrient for human physiology. ...
Monday, June 6, 2016
In her UC Riverside lab, Associate Professor Seema Tiwari-Woodruff studies multiple sclerosis "from not just one angle, but from all directions so we get an overall picture of what is affected and what we need to treat."
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
What happens when teenagers see their photos get a lot of likes? UCLA researchers studied 32 teenagers to find out.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Thanks to a transparent solar panel developed at UC Santa Cruz, greenhouses are enjoying a new moment in the sun.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
As UC Merced's recycling coordinator, Matthew Hirota's job and greatest challenge is convincing people to change their behavior in a way that protects the planet.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
UC Berkeley researchers find different negative health outcomes, whether you raise your voice or keep a stiff upper lip.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Neuroscience study from UC San Diego identifies brain chemicals and neural pathway involved in switching between habitual behavior and deliberate decision-making.
Friday, May 27, 2016
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
The Chem-Phys patch, developed at UC San Diego, monitors both biochemical and electric signals in the human body at the same time — a first.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Did someone spoil the next episode of "Game of Thrones"? They might have done you a favor.
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
What if checking the state of your arterial health were as simple as monitoring your blood pressure? New Berkeley Lab technology could soon make detecting the process of plaque buildup a routine part of a visit to the doctor and, perhaps, home healthcare settings.
Friday, May 20, 2016
A UC Irvine writer looks back at how the Walkman changed the world – and uncovers lessons about the fear of technology.
Friday, May 20, 2016
Lina Galtieri retired a decade ago, but still comes to the Lab to work on the ATLAS project. In her off time, she runs and hikes and has done Mt. Everest and Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Thursday, May 19, 2016
The Board of Regents will vote on the special committee's recommendation of UC Berkeley law student Paul Monge as student regent in July.
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Bill Dickinson, who spent his childhood in an orphanage and foster care, started the Smith Renaissance Society as a living memorial to the couple who helped him when he came to UC Santa Cruz in 1965. ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
A UC Berkeley psychologist sheds some light on the power and influence that each of us wields, and how it affects our behavior.
Friday, May 13, 2016
Thursday, May 12, 2016
UC's Nutritional Policy Institute is part of an alliance that is striving to make drinking water the easy, appealing substitute for sugary beverages in an effort to combat diabetes and pre-diabetes.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
UC Berkeley researchers tracked 22 foraging fox squirrels on campus to better understand the tell-tail signs of frustration.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016
What can we do about climate change? UC San Diego researchers show in a new study that the way you frame the issue in a discussion matters.
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
A nearly two-decade analysis by researchers from UCLA and Denmark shows that the "treatment as prevention" approach could be effective in wiping out the disease.
Monday, May 9, 2016
Richard Gomez strives to give his students at UC Merced a unique learning experience, including creating community murals and building art from trash collected at Yosemite National Park. Through art, he aims to make a social statement or contribute to the region’s culture.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
An international team of astronomers, including UC San Diego astrophysicists, has discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting near the “habitable zone” of an ultracool dwarf star.
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Research conducted in part by Berkeley Lab scientists shows a surprising link between rain and airborne particles.
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
If you piled up all the perfectly edible food that Americans throw away each day, it would fill the Rose Bowl, twice. On University of California campuses, the Global Food Initiative has spurred collaborations that are uniting staff, faculty and students across the entire system.
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
A team of researchers, including UC Riverside professor Rebekah Richert, found that children are more likely to learn from educational television if they believe the character in the program is knowledgeable.
Monday, May 2, 2016
For the second year in a row, the University of California ranked highest among universities worldwide in incorporating climate change risks in its investment decision-making, according to the findings released May 2, 2016, by an independent organization.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Politics and media experts from UCLA and Vanderbilt University will provide a data-backed understanding of commercials’ persuasiveness and effectiveness with SpotCheck, a new approach to rating political ads.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Read about the new look of the UC retirement benefits website, Medicare Part B and more.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
Before you place any bets on the next NBA playoff games, take a look at UC Merced professor Harish Bhat’s Twitter account.
Thursday, April 28, 2016
What if a map of the brain could help us decode people’s inner thoughts? UC Berkeley scientists have built a “semantic atlas” that shows in vivid colors and multiple dimensions how the human brain organizes language.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Biology professor Rachel Dutton has turned to fromage in an innovative effort to understand microbial communities.
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
A remote mountain peak now bears the name of UC Santa Barbara professor emeritus Bruce Luyendyk as a tribute for his research there.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Grab your walking shoes and a colleague, and head outside May 18 when UC Walks returns for its seventh year.
Monday, April 25, 2016
Fructose can alter hundreds of your brain genes, which can lead to diseases like Alzheimer's. But UCLA experts say it's not all bad news. There is a way to reverse the damage.
Monday, April 25, 2016
UC Riverside professor Louis Santiago talks about his research into how changes in the plant community may threaten water resources and the environment, the biggest myth about his research and his advice to students who will soon graduate.
Friday, April 22, 2016
A team of researchers, including Greg Niemeyer, director of the Berkeley Center for New Media, has recreated the sound of the biggest bell in the world, a bell that has never been rung.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Thursday, April 21, 2016
NASA has tapped Jonathan Fortney to support the final act of its Cassini mission and serve on a science team starting to plan for a potential future mission to Uranus or Neptune.
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Nanowire-based battery material can be recharged hundreds of thousands of times, moving us closer to a battery that would never require replacement.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
UC Merced has been chosen to house the newly formed Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Safety.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Daryl Fitzgerald wanted to be a businessman when he grew up. Now, as associate director for corporate relations for UC Merced's Center for Career and Professional Advancement, he helps students and alumni take care of business.
Friday, April 15, 2016
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have a prescription for cutting your home's energy use.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Across the United States, online vendors of e-liquids are failing to take proper precautions in preventing sales to minors, according to a study by the UC Irvine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Researchers at UC Berkeley and Carnegie Mellon University have taken a fresh look at words for snow, taking on an urban legend referred to by some as “the great Eskimo vocabulary hoax.”...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
UCLA and UCSF have joined forces with four of the nation’s other leading cancer centers and The Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy to maximize the potential of cancer immunotherapy research. ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Hearing other people laugh together, even for just one second, can be enough information to gauge whether or not those people are friends, according to a UCLA study.
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
A new study on smoking and unemployment, supported by the UC-administered Tobacco Related Disease Research Program, has found that not only are the unemployed more likely to be smokers, but that tobacco use itself could make job prospects go up in smoke.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Founded through a partnership between the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program and the Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida, the Million Cat Challenge is halfway to its goal of saving the lives of 1 million cats in five years. ...
Friday, April 8, 2016
Consortium including UC San Diego aims to transform current understanding of the human immune system and expedite development of vaccines and biologics to prevent and treat many global diseases.
Friday, April 8, 2016
Researchers from UC Berkeley and Stanford University report that door-to-door canvassing by volunteers — both transgender and not — reduced voters’ prejudice against transgender people.
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Recent UC San Diego hires find experienced mentors, online programs, faculty 'boot camp' and other resources to ensure success.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
U.S. election fever is running hotter than ever, and each side is selling a vision of a happier, brighter future. Researchers at UC Irvine have been examining whether one ideology or another is more likely to make people happy, and whether that should translate into how people vote.
Monday, April 4, 2016
For the third year in a row, UC San Francisco received the most federal biomedical research funding of any public university, and second most overall. Behind each grant and contract are researchers working to advance scientific discovery and push toward better treatments and cures for patients.
Monday, April 4, 2016
UC Santa Cruz art instructor Noah Buchanan is bringing the exacting study of anatomy and classic technique into the 21st century.
Monday, April 4, 2016
Results from the study conducted by UC San Diego Health researchers show people in activity-friendly neighborhoods get up to 90 more minutes of exercise weekly.
Thursday, April 7, 2016
UC Human Resources wants to know what you think about your university-sponsored medical plan and is sending its annual medical plan satisfaction survey to 35,000 faculty, staff and retirees.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
UC San Diego researchers are teaming up with experts at the University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in a remote village on Italy's coast.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
To see biochemist Ee-Been Goh in the lab today, figuring out how to rewire bacteria to produce biofuels, one would never guess she was once so uninterested in school that she barely made it through junior high.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Rights-based approaches could double fish biomass and make 77 percent of world’s fisheries biologically healthy within a decade, say UC Santa Barbara researchers.
Monday, March 28, 2016
A charge nurse at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Vandegrift oversees an ongoing stream of patients and the doctors and nurses who care for them.
Monday, March 28, 2016
NASA's New Horizons mission, which features UC Santa Cruz researchers, reveals active glaciers of frozen nitrogen feeding into a vast basin, huge mountains of ice and possible evidence of a subsurface ocean.
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Our brains put us in the shoes of athletes as they compete and also help us form communities with other fans, says Marco Iacoboni, professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Photo: Scott McIntyre/Naples Daily News via AP...
Monday, March 21, 2016
Scientists at UC's division of Agriculture and Natural Resources have developed 20 simple questions about family eating habits that can help health professionals predict the likelihood that young children will become overweight or obese in the future.
Monday, March 21, 2016
Berkeley Lab's nanoscience user facility has served thousands of scientists from all over the world over the last decade. View a timeline of the facility’s most notable scientific achievements.
Monday, March 21, 2016
In honor of Women's History Month this March, three Berkeley Lab women employees reflect on the expectations, challenges and support that helped shape their career paths. Learn more about them and their efforts to encourage more women to pursue science and public service in this story.
Friday, March 18, 2016
A team of biologists has found the switch that triggers the power kick sperm use to penetrate and fertilize a human egg, which could be used to better understand male infertility and also to develop a new contraceptive. ...
Friday, March 18, 2016
A UC Riverside analysis found that from 2007 to 2012, the number of women-owned businesses grew 27 percent in California, compared to the 5 percent growth rate of ‘all businesses' in the state. Read more about the analysis and its findings.
Friday, March 18, 2016
The fishing industry is a far greater contributor to climate change than previously thought in part due to its use of diesel fuel, which emits carbon dioxide that persists in the atmosphere for hundreds of years, a UC Merced study shows.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
UCLA researchers are developing a new building material that could transform polluting emissions into a valuable resource.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Since 1966, Wayne Dollase has been keeping track of UCLA's 550 plant species. Today, he keeps the data updated by surveying the campus on foot every two weeks.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
University of California graduate schools rank among the nation’s top programs in a survey released March 16 by U.S. News and World Report.
Thursday, March 17, 2016
Christopher Ramirez, who teaches screenwriting and more at UC Merced, reflects on his journey from the film industry to a career in teaching.
Monday, March 14, 2016
Up to 30 percent of people with prediabetes will develop type 2 diabetes within five years, and as many as 70 percent of them will develop the disease in their lifetime, a UCLA study shows.
Monday, March 14, 2016
The new approach, developed by researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, may have broad therapeutic implications on tissue and organ repair.
Friday, March 11, 2016
New Arts + Design Initiative launched at Berkeley emphasizes the key role creativity plays in higher education.
Friday, March 11, 2016
UCSF oncologist Trever Bivona is working to tackle cancer both in the lab and in the clinic.
As part of a broader effort to maintain UC’s excellence and sustain its long-term financial health, President Napolitano is proposing a new retirement program for employees hired on or after July 1, 2016.
Thursday, March 10, 2016
New program seeks to ensure the success of black students, faculty and staff at the campus.
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Even a short break from certain kinds of makeup, shampoos and lotions can lead to a significant drop in levels of hormone-disrupting chemicals in the body, according to a new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley.
Monday, March 7, 2016
A preventable ‘revolving door of re-hospitalizations’ puts hospitals at risk of penalties, according to a new study from UCSF.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Male friendships could have healthful effects similar to those seen in romantic relationships, according to new research from UC Berkeley.
Friday, March 4, 2016
UC Santa Cruz astronomer Garth Illingworth and his collaborators have been pushing the limits of current telescopes to study the most distant galaxies, breaking the record twice within a year.
Monday, March 7, 2016
Thursday, March 3, 2016
You think you're being green by buying a hybrid car, but are you? Two UC Santa Barbara researchers explore this question and suggest there's no such thing as a green product.
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Quality mentorships is one of eight key recommendations in a new UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation report about strategies for increasing diversity and retaining women in high-tech careers.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
A new professor in UCLA's African American Studies department plans to teach his students about art and justice by holding class at a women's prison next quarter.
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
UC Riverside researchers may have found an effective and environmentally friendly alternative to insecticides that successfully reduced ant activity by 74 percent in their studies.
Monday, February 29, 2016
The team has identified a genetic activation common to one-fifth of melanoma patients and demonstrated that a drug known to inhibit that gene could help suppress tumor generation.
Monday, February 29, 2016
“It’s awe inspiring, and it’s beautiful; I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity,” said theater professor Greg Mitchell, who has been making trips to Nepal to help complete the project.
Friday, February 26, 2016
Thursday, February 25, 2016
UC Irvine mouse study finds dramatic increase in brain plaques when key cells are lacking.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Experiments by UC Santa Barbara researchers show shame allows humans to anticipate social devaluation and adjust intensity of shame proportionately.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Some symptoms of stress and anxiety are obvious, but others are less so. UC San Diego Health provides a list of common but less recognized signs of chronic stress and anxiety.
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
UCSF commemorates Black History Month by spotlighting some of the experiences of African-American faculty, staff and students in its community.
Friday, February 19, 2016
A UCLA scientist discusses the increasing importance of citizen science and what kind of "natural weirdness" people should be on the look out for.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
For Joseph Pierre, the appeal of practicing Shinkendo, the modern martial art of Japanese Samurai swordsmanship, lies in its meditative component and its use of blades.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
UC Berkeley professor Karen Chapple, who won UC Center Sacramento's Bacon Public Lectureship and White Paper Competition, will speak about aligning California's tax policy with the state’s efforts to combat climate change at a Feb. 24 lecture and panel discussion.
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Friday, February 12, 2016
Researchers compared six ethnic and racial groups within the same geographic population in a joint UCSF-Kaiser Permanente study, and found significant variation in dementia incidence among them. Read about which group has the highest and lowest risk.
Friday, February 12, 2016
UC Santa Barbara director of sex and gender research looks at eighth grade boys' and girls' aspirations in different countries as she attempts to better understand the disparity.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
The robot being developed at UC Berkeley could assist search-and-rescue efforts in rubble resulting from tornados, earthquakes and explosions.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
In honor Black History Month, Berkeley Lab profiles employees Jackie Scroggins, Matt Rice and Thierry Nouidui who tell their personal stories and reflect on Martin Luther King Jr.'s influence, growing up in rough neighborhoods and how to increase diversity in the sciences.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
“The question of creative license versus historical accuracy dates all the way back to the silent era,” said Joshua Moss, a visiting assistant professor of film and media studies at UC Santa Barbara.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
Researchers now have a better understanding of how the brain triggers sighing, which is vital to lung function. The discovery could help patients with breathing disorders.
Monday, February 8, 2016
“When you get less sleep, you’re more prone to distraction,” said lead researcher Gloria Mark, a UC Irvine informatics professor.
Thursday, February 4, 2016
A new organization at UC Merced brings together professors, staff members, students and postdoctoral researchers to work towards closing the gender gap by engaging, supporting and mentoring women in fields traditionally dominated by men.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
New UCSF Police Chief Mike Denson has spent decades in some of law enforcement’s most challenging positions. Now he's excited by a different challenge: building a strong community that partners in its own safety.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
A new type of underwater adhesive being developed at UC Santa Barbara was inspired by the super sticky sandcastle worm.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
A UC San Diego School of Medicine study finds that diets high in healthy oils lower lipids and cholesterol.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Companies advertise BPA-free plastic as a safer version of products ranging from water bottles to sippy cups to toys. But new research from UCLA Health finds that BPA alternatives do not necessarily make products safer.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Read about the new look of the UC retirement benefits website, Medicare Part B and more.
Friday, January 29, 2016
A new study by a UC Riverside psychology professor has found that increasing your attention comes from using newly acquired knowledge of individual items to group them into categories.
Friday, January 29, 2016
UCLA geochemists helped recreate the massive crash, which occurred 4.5 billion years ago.
Friday, January 29, 2016
One hundred sixty-five UC faculty were among the most influential scientists in their fields in 2015, a number unmatched by any other university in the world, according to an analysis by Thomson Reuters.
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Sweat provides a wealth of information about our bodies and health. UC Berkeley engineers have developed wearable sensors to monitor what your sweat says about you. ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Forty people with ties to the University of California are among “America’s most important young entrepreneurs, creative leaders and brightest stars” on this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Sensors, scanners and surveillance cameras have been installed at one UC Irvine building as part of grant-funded study to test the limits of individual privacy in our data-rich, networked world.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
The robot, which was formerly used in a car assembly plant in Detroit, is able to simulate the extreme forces athletes' joints endure to help shed light on how to repair knees when they're injured.
Friday, January 22, 2016
As the number of women interested in majoring in physics increases, three new physics professors at UC San Diego hope to open doors for those seeking to pursue research careers.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The staff at UC Merced’s Students First Center pride themselves on providing excellent customer service to all undergraduate and graduate students.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
UC Irvine anthropologist Bill Maurer shares a trove of fun facts ab