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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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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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A human astrocyte grown in tissue culture. The blue stain indicates DNA inside the astrocyte’s nucleus and in other nearby cells.
UC Newsroom |

Stem cell grants to help fight rare diseases affecting children

UC researchers from four campuses receive five grants totaling more than $21 million in funding.
Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, speaking at the GrowRIVERSIDE conference at UC Riverside.
UC Riverside |

A hub of food and agriculture talk

UC Riverside hosts third annual GrowRIVERSIDE conference focused on local food systems.
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UC Santa Barbara |

What’s in a name?

A UC Santa Barbara professor pursues a history of immigration's transformations.
UCLA water treatment Cohen
UCLA |

UCLA participates in today's White House Water Summit

Expert on sustainability represents campus as part of United Nations World Water Day.
If the current trend of warmer winters continues in Yolo County, chill hours may be insufficient for many walnut varieties by the year 2100.
UC ANR |

How is climate change affecting agriculture?

Of 12 crops examined in Yolo County, walnuts are most vulnerable, while processing tomatoes and alfalfa acreage may increase due to warmer winters.
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UC San Francisco |

Alice Wong wins national disabilities organization award

UC San Francisco staff research associate and creator of the Disability Visibility Project receives a prestigious award for her advocacy.
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UCLA |

Your brain might be hard-wired for altruism

UCLA neuroscience research suggests an avenue for treating the empathically challenged.
UC Riverside sediment cores
UC Riverside |

More carbon released today than anytime in past 66 million years

The Earth has broken a record set 56 million years ago, according to UC Riverside and UC Santa Cruz researchers.
UC Berkeley gifted students
The Conversation |

A nation at risk – how gifted, low-income kids are left behind

A UC Berkeley professor argues early support for students in underserved communities can have a major payoff.
UC San Diego monarch butterfly
UC San Diego |

Eastern monarch butterflies at risk of extinction unless numbers increase

A study led by UC San Diego draws worrisome conclusions about the health of the iconic creature.
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UC Newsroom |

How Big Data is helping students graduate on time

UC campuses are using the power of analytics to help students succeed.
UC Berkeley contraception
UC Berkeley |

Preventing sperm’s ‘power kick’ could be key to unisex contraceptive

UC Berkeley and UCSF biologists discover a new birth control target during a first-of-its-kind study of fertilization.