Four UC-affiliated scientists found their sleep disturbed in the early morning hours this week by a memorable phone call — the news of a Nobel Prize award from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the honor of a lifetime.

David Cards work challenged orthodoxy and dramatically shifted our understanding of inequality and the social and economic forces that impact low-wage workers.

The 2021 Nobel Prizes are announced starting this week. Try our quiz and find out how much you know about this prestigious award and the scores of University of California faculty, staff and alumni who have received it.

Watch a recently recorded conversation between UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., UC Board of Regents Chair John A. Perez and UC’s newest Nobel laureates.

Andrea Ghez and Reinhard Genzel will share half the 2020 Nobel in Physics for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy.