At home and abroad, the UC system is unrivaled. That’s according to new rankings from Times Higher Education, a U.K.-based publication. The World University 2027 rankings identified UC’s nine ...

Voting is one of the most powerful ways to shape our shared future. But even though college-aged voters are the ones with the most future ahead of them, they’re the least likely to vote. In the 2024 ...

I recently sat down with UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood for the latest in my series of conversations with UC campus leaders. Watch our conversation here.

These discoveries, many of which originated in federal funding, continue to shape daily life in surprising and amazing ways.

Wildfire smoke is a growing health threat, as climate change and overgrown wildlands collide to generate more frequent and intense wildfires. Wildfire smoke is highly toxic. One UC San Diego study ...

What’s the deal with the latest stomach illness making waves across much of the United States? Cyclosporiasis isn’t new, but it doesn’t usually make the news. It’s an intestinal illness caused by the ...

The University of California is not just the best public university in the United States — it also leads the world. That’s the verdict of U.S. News & World Report’s 2026–27 Best Global Universities ...

When heat waves hit the Western United States, the risk of wildfires quickly rises. The prolonged heat dries out vegetation, but that’s only part of the cause – heat waves also play other roles in ...

The New World screwworm lays its eggs in open wounds and burrows into skin. While human infections are rare, the insect poses an existential threat to cattle farming and dairy production. And it has ...

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is outpacing the ability of many community water systems to deliver large bursts of water on the hottest days of the year to keep the ...

UC Santa Cruz humanities students graduate with a toolkit of transferable skills in high demand across fields ranging from academia to the entertainment industry and high-tech startups. They analyze, ...

Who’s leading the way for the next generation across AI, entrepreneurship, science and more? Fifty-eight members of the UC community, according to the 2026 Forbes “30 Under 30” list, which features ...