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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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Alex Edgar and Skylar Betts hold up signs to encourage students to register to vote on the UC Berkeley campus
UC Newsroom |

Boggled by your ballot? Five easy ways to get informed

Here’s how to quickly get up to speed about what’s at stake in the upcoming election.
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UC San Francisco |

Small-molecule drug reverses neural effects of concussion

UCSF researchers rescue cognitive function by blocking molecular stress response.
Student therapist Jason Fly
UC Santa Barbara |

A healing space: Supporting racially-informed therapy training

A Santa Barbara Foundation grant underscores the community need for racially-informed therapy services.
A man looks over the dry Salton Sea
UC Riverside |

Why the Salton Sea is turning into toxic dust

A new study identifies the cause of the lake’s water loss.
Gorilla mom and infant in the forest. Mom is eating
UC Davis |

Chew on this: Personalized health care for mountain gorillas

Chewed plants are helping Gorilla Doctors and UC Davis veterinarians provide personalized health care to wild, endangered mountain gorillas in East Africa.
Michelle Brubaker holding up a survivor sign in Hawaii
UC San Diego |

What I’ve learned as a breast cancer survivor

During October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a breast cancer survivor and UC San Diego Health employee shares her personal experiences from the moment of diagnosis and receiving life-saving care, to the important lessons she has learned along the journey.
View of Yosemite Valley
UC Berkeley |

How old is Yosemite Valley?

The age of Yosemite Valley has been hard to pin down. UC Berkeley geologists now say it’s younger than we thought.
UC San Diego campus sidewalk lined with trees one with bright red leaves
UC Newsroom |

Alumna Katherine S. Newman appointed as provost of the University of California system

The University of California Board of Regents today (Oct. 18) approved Katherine S. Newman, a nationally renowned academic leader and scholar, as UC Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Priti Krishtel
UC Newsroom |

Six UC alums awarded 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellowships

Fellows are selected for their exceptional talent and creativity — and the promise of even greater things to come.
Young Asian man holds head in hand in front of his reflection at work
UC Berkeley Haas |

Depressed people are just more realistic, right? Not so, says UC Berkeley study

Depressive realism has held sway in science and popular culture for decades, but a rosier outlook may be overdue.
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UCLA |

There’s a lot of hate in the world. UCLA’s scholars are asking why and what can be done

The new Initiative to Study Hate kicks off with 23 diverse projects.
On a sunny day SurfUp co-founder Chris Hissom stands next to one of the four SurfUp surfboard racks currently available outdoors in San Diego
UC San Diego |

Surf’s up in San Diego, thanks to alumni-led startup

Surfing in San Diego just got a whole lot easier, thanks to a team of UC San Diego alumni bringing app-based, accessible board rental right where it’s needed.