Two bench desks with prisoners writing in a classroom
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside to offer bachelor’s degree to students in the Norco state prison

UC Riverside will offer a Bachelor of Arts program within the confines of the Norco California Rehabilitation Center, a prison about 50 east of Los Angeles.
UC Office of the President |

University of California application totals for fall 2024 admission on the rise/Aumentan el total de solicitudes de admisión de la Universidad de California para el otoño de 2024

The University of California today (March 6) announced that it received a total of 250,436 applications (206,893 for first-year admission and 43,543 applications for transfer admission) for fall 2024 admission. Overall, application numbers increased 1.5 percent compared to the previous year. The uptick was driven by a rise in applications from transfer students, California residents, and students from historically underrepresented groups in higher education.

Jessica Watkins floats in the cupola of the International Space Station wearing a blue shirt and khakis
UC Newsroom |

UC has sent more women to space than any other school in the solar system

Since Sally Ride's history-making flight in 1983, the University of California has built a stellar roster of woman astronauts.
2-photo collage. Photo on left is of 2 young women looking at camera with cool looks on their faces. Woman on left wears Hello Kitty top and black necktie over a white blouse and a brown plaid skirt. Woman on right wears chunky necklace, teal crop tanktop, white shorts, pink tights, small purse. Photo on right: 2 young people pose for camera. Person on left leans against wall, wearing black leather jacket, leopard print shirt, knee-length jeans. Person on right wears hat, fishnet shirt, skirt, arm warmers
UCLA |

Life in the FAST Lane

How a feisty student IG account turned into the style arbiter of campus.
Chelsea Nash wears a black and white polka dot dress and white doctor coat, smiling for a portrait outside of a medical building at UC Davis
UC Davis |

A medical school that looks more like California

How the UC Davis School of Medicine became the third most diverse medical school in the country without affirmative action.
A smiling young man standing on a bridge surrounded by redwood trees
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. 
A woman in jeans and a brown sweater wearing safety glasses uses a large machine in a lab lit by natural light from a large wall of windows
UC Newsroom |

UC inventions garnered more patents than any other university in the world last year

Six UC campuses also on the list of schools with most undergraduate startup founders
A group photo taken from above of ~200 young medical students in business attire, gathered in a courtyard.
UC Newsroom |

For these UC medical students, California’s health equity crisis is personal

UC medical students gathered in San Diego last month to share research and connections for their future careers at the nexus of health care and social justice.
UC Office of the President |

University of California extends commitment deadline for first-year students

The University of California announced that all nine of its undergraduate campuses will extend their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) deadline for first-year undergraduate students to May 15.
UC Office of the President |

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D. Remarks at January 25 Regents Meeting

The University of California Board of Regents today voted to suspend implementation of Regents Policy 4407 for one year. As the item has now been suspended, no further regental action will occur without a full vote of the Board of Regents.

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., made the following remarks:

a group of students linking arms
UC Newsroom |

UC enrolls a record-setting number of California students in fall 2023

In a banner year, UC boosted the diversity of its student body, while out-of-state enrollment declined.
A rainbow-hued visualization of an audio wave
UC Berkeley |

New research combats burgeoning threat of deepfake audio

New research will make it easier to determine the authenticity of an audio clip. 
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