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UC Newsroom |

UC medical school graduates take on Central Valley’s health care crisis

More than 700 medical students are earning their M.D. from a UC medical school this spring. The vast majority of these newly minted doctors — 73 percent — will stay in California for their residency training.

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UC Newsroom |

A UC degree launched Miguel Tamayo’s life as an aerospace engineer. Here’s how he paid for college.

Hear how one student paid for a UC education. 

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3 UC scholars win Breakthrough Prizes

UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab's Jennifer Doudna and Saul Perlmutter, and UCLA mathematician Terence Tao share $3 million awards.
UC San Francisco |

UCSF launches sugar science initiative

Research and education project is designed to highlight the impact of added sugar on health.
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UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara |

Coexist or perish, wildfire analysis says

UC scientists take part in research that advocates changing from fighting fire to coexisting with it as a natural process.
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UC Davis |

Newly found fossil fills evolutionary gap

A fossilized amphibious ichthyosaur — bearing both flippers and flexible wrists, descended from terrestrial creatures — has been discovered in China.
UC Riverside |

UC Riversides Solar Array From Zero to Sixty

Campus is lauded for its 3 megawatt solar farm, currently the largest in the University of California system.
Lick Observatory
UC Santa Cruz |

UC confirms continued support of Lick Observatory

Decision reverses mandate that Lick become self-supporting, requiring funding to come from alternative sources.
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine boosts on-site solar power production fourfold

Campus will add 11,700 panels to three parking structure roofs.
UC Berkeley |

How important is long-distance travel in the spread of epidemics?

The current Ebola outbreak shows how quickly diseases can spread with global jet travel.
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UC Irvine |

Irvine historian publishes book on Chinese food's role in American culture

'Chop Suey, USA' explores how the popular ethnic cuisine altered our gastronomic landscape.
UC Merced |

Programs join to prevent obesity in families

Campus-nonprofit partnership gets a funding boost from the National Institutes of Health.
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Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Toxic airborne pollutants linger long after tobacco smoke clears

Berkeley Lab researchers assess the health impacts of inhalable constituents of thirdhand smoke.
Joshua Bloom
UCLA |

Doctoral candidate wins American Book Award

Prize goes to Joshua Bloom and co-author Waldo Martin of UC Berkeley for 'Black Against Empire,' acclaimed history of the Black Panthers.