President James B. Milliken reflects on his first year at the University of California with admiration for the creative, innovative and resilient people that make UC the greatest public university in the world.
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- UC President James B. Milliken recently spent the day at @UCBerkeley, where he met Nobel Prize-winners, viewed library special collections, learned about bioengineering breakthroughs, and found time to take in the panoramic view atop the Campanile. Read President Milliken's reflection on the visit:
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UCAdvocacy@UCAdvocacy.@CAGovernor Newsom has signed SB 895, the California Science and Health Research Bond Act, into law. Nearly 17,000 emails to lawmakers helped make California research a statewide priority. Thank you to our @UofCalifornia advocate community.
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- Congratulations to 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Anne Carson, who served as a Roberta C. Holloway Lecturer in the Practice of Poetry at @UCBerkeleyThe Nobel Prize @NobelPrizeBREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”18281.6K
BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”
34711.5K24.9K2.4M- Congratulations to Francis Halzen, 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics winner for his leadership of the IceCube collaboration, an experiment in the deep ice of Antarctica designed to detect evidence of high-energy neutrinos. Learn how @UCBerkeley and @BerkeleyLab scientists have contributed to this groundbreaking workThe Nobel Prize @NobelPrizeBREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”0512979
- BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 #NobelPrize in Physics to Francis Halzen “for decisive contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.”
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