University of California

Miss Israel Melanie Shiraz joins 1,000 Christian leaders in Jerusalem for Oct. 7 anniversary summit

Participants will meet released hostages, bereaved families and survivors of the Nova massacre during a week of events intended to strengthen ties between Israel and Christian communities.

Miss Israel Melanie Shiraz in Jerusalem.
The University of California, Berkeley

UC Berkeley offers Israeli dance scholar position after legal settlement over denied job

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration obtained by Reuters on March 28, 2018.

Scientists identify nearby 'super-Earth' as promising candidate in search for alien life - study

A man walks through the campus of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, US, August 11, 2025.

UCLA, student president distance themselves from student gov't that condemned former Gaza hostage


New wearable neck patch invention allows people to speak with no vocal cords

Looking forward, the research team plans to continue enlarging the vocabulary of the device through machine learning and to test it in people with speech disorders.

 Photo of person’s neck with the device – a black adhesive square attached outside the throat.

Berkeley professor: I will not leave my office until the university addresses antisemitism

“If my students feel that they cannot walk safely across campus without being bullied, then I will not cross campus either,” Hassner said.

 UC Berkeley Campus - view from Sather Tower of Memorial Glade

Do sugar-free candy, toothpaste, and gum give you gas? - study

In a new study, scientists from the University of California identify sorbitol, a chemical found in sugar-free products, as causing indigestion and stomach pain

 Amoxicillin penicillin antibiotics are seen in the pharmacy at a free medical and dental health clinic in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 27, 2016.

Can a new drug prevent hearing loss?

Mice studies in California show the way to a new drug that could prevent hearing loss from loud music and aging.

Hearing Hero

Jewish environmentalist disinvited from UC Berkeley class for pro-Israel views

"If we are to take equitable environmental action seriously," the protesting students wrote, "then one cannot dismiss the environmental apartheid occurring in Palestine."

 UC Berkeley Campus - view from Sather Tower of Memorial Glade

Oakland Hanukkiah destroyed in antisemitic act of vandalism

An investigation into the destruction of the Oakland Hanukkiah has been opened by the Oakland police department; one of a series of antisemitic attacks on the Oakland Jewish community.

 A Hanukkah menorah with lit candles.

Is too much oxygen harmful to the body?

California researchers, who studied mice, suggest that what they discovered could one day help decide whether to use supplemental oxygen as a medical treatment.

 Alan Baik is part of the team in Isha Jain's lab at Gladstone Institutes that uncovered why high levels of oxygen can cause lasting problems in humans.

Jewish groups sue UC Berkeley over 'unchecked' antisemitism

The lawsuit says UC Berkeley's "inaction" violates the plaintiffs' religious and equal protection rights under the Constitution and federal civil rights laws.

 Pro-Israel students at the University of Berkeley demonstrate next to Pro-Palestinian students.

99 orgs demand rejection of antisemitic, antizionist UC proposal

Nearly 100 organizations are demanding a proposal that would enshrine antizionism in high school curricula be rejected.

University of California Berkeley campus.

Shellfish dumped on UC Berkeley’s Jewish fraternity house

Given that the perpetrators used shellfish, forbidden under the laws of kashrut, and targeted the Jewish fraternity on the first Shabbat of the school year, AEPi considers this antisemitic.

University of California Berkeley campus.