Save water, cut carbon, protect wildlife
UC researchers have devised one simple solution to three big problems facing California: Introducing solar over-canals.
Covering as much of California’s 4,000 miles of aqueducts with solar canopies as possible could save billions of gallons of water each year and produce enough clean energy to power a city the size of Los Angeles for nine months of the year.
Back from the brink
Almost extinct in the United States in the 1970s, peregrine falcons are back, thanks in no small part to the UC Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group. Meet Annie, who is currently raising her fluffy new chicks before a global audience on the wildly popular CalFalcons livestream.
“We’re taking a whole campus and transforming it. It’s a giant project ... It’s going to work, but there are not a lot of examples of anyone else out there of doing it.”
Kira Stoll, chief sustainability and carbon solutions officer at UC Berkeley
Breaking news
UC enrolls its largest class in history
The number of undergraduates rose to a record-breaking 233,272, with California students comprising 83.4 percent. Out-of-state enrollment dipped to its lowest level since 2017.
Explore the UC story through data
See detailed metrics on student enrollment, graduation rates, alumni outcomes and more about the University.
82% of undergrads come from California
2 out of 3 California students who applied last year got in.
54% of California undergrads pay no tuition
UC has one of the strongest financial aid programs in the nation.
86% of undergrads earn a diploma
Most students complete their studies in just over four years.