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Ingrid Johnson, founder of CAAP, talks to a student taking a test in a classroom

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UC Newsroom |

‘Developing scholars of the African Diaspora’: Meet the parents creating a pipeline of academic excellence

Run by a dedicated and long-standing community of Southern California volunteers, the Council of African American Parents has an extraordinary record of turning out college graduates, most of them from the University of California.

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UC Newsroom |

The doctor is in: Meet California’s next wave of dedicated physicians

Educated during a global pandemic, they are passionate about addressing health inequities and leading a new era in medicine.

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UC's 150th
UC Newsroom |

The University of California is born

The university began more than 150 years ago on a simple, but revolutionary idea: That college should be available to…
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UC San Francisco |

California’s anti-smoking push spurs big savings on health costs

For every dollar the state spent on smoking control, health care costs fell by $231.
The Murray River in Australia as seen from the air
UC Riverside |

Capturing heavier rains in an era of drought

Professor Kurt Schwabe’s Fulbright fellowship will help Australia and California meet water needs.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Chasing one of biology's biggest goals: Filming proteins in motion

A UC Santa Barbara team has made strides in addressing one of the grand challenges of modern science: recording…
Honey bees in a hive viewed from above
UC San Diego |

Bees don't just wiggle wiggle, they learn — the newly discovered complex social behavior behind the ‘waggle dance’

Watch out TikTok: The honey bee's groove, one of the most intricate forms of communication known outside humans, relies…
Study author Jun Wu in a brush-filled field
UC Irvine |

Exposure to green space linked to reduced risk of postpartum depression

Tree coverage and physical activity intensify the effect, a UC Irvine-led study finds.
Someone walks by the SVB bank with one door boarded up
UC Berkeley Haas School of Business |

After the Silicon Valley Bank failure, Berkeley Haas faculty raise concerns about systemic weaknesses in banking

The problems of SVB were “banking 101,” experts say, but also possibly influenced by its close ties to one industry.
Image of the Supreme Court building, the left side with a blue overlay, the right side with a red overlay
UC Berkeley |

Voting, race and religion: Is the U.S. Supreme Court a threat to democracy?

Scholars say the court may be helping to assemble a legal framework in which a shrinking base of white conservatives…
Meera Varma, at her UCLA graduation
UCLA |

Healing words: How Meera Varma learned the language of mental health

Varma has found a way to advocate for mental health across cultures and all the way to the White House.
A yellow weedy seadragon in a dark tank
UC San Diego |

Birch Aquarium welcomes baby weedy seadragons

The conservation program scores a massive success with the arrival of more than 70 tiny newborn weedy seadragons.
Two doctors talking to each other at UCSF
UC San Francisco |

An allergy drug showed promise for MS. Could they prove it?

Years of scientific sleuthing leads to breakthroughs in multiple sclerosis.
Solar system and moons of Jupiter
UC Riverside |

The planet that could end life on Earth

A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out…