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Journey to UC: An immersive, multicampus program changes the game for prospective transfer students

Journey to UC, a three-day, all-expenses-paid residential program jointly hosted by UC Davis and UC Berkeley, brings the transfer process to students from the farthest reaches of the state.

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More than half of UC transfer students pay no tuition: 8 little-known facts about paying for UC

The cost of transferring to UC shouldn’t keep you up at night. Here are 8 encouraging facts about affordability at UC.

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UC San Francisco |

Two daughters, a rare blood disorder and a fairytale cure

UCSF Benioff Oakland helps 90% of kids with beta thalassemia end transfusions.
Shelley Taylor, white woman with blonde hair cut in a bob, wearing a pink sweater, smiles at the camera sitting at her desk, with a monitor and a potted planted in the background.
UC Newsroom |

Three extraordinary UC faculty awarded National Medals at White House ceremony

They received the nation’s highest honor for their scientific and technological achievements.
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UC Newsroom |

New UC-backed research is helping California communities respond to the climate crisis

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UC San Francisco |

Could the neurons that make you scratch be the solution for your itch?

Scientists discover a role for the nervous system in keeping itch and allergy under control.
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UC San Diego |

Nanoparticle vaccine could curb cancer metastasis to lungs by targeting a protein

Fashioned from bacterial viruses, these nanoparticles have been engineered to target a protein known to play a central…
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UC Davis |

Why do men and women respond to stress differently? New research suggests answer is found in puberty

Women are nearly twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, but among boys and girls the…
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UC Berkeley |

Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames to become innovation hub for new aviation, space technology

UC Berkeley will develop a 36-acre site to house companies, labs and students in heart of Silicon Valley.
A group of community college students on a campus tour
UC Newsroom |

Journey to UC: An immersive, multicampus program changes the game for prospective transfer students

Journey to UC, a three-day, all-expenses-paid residential program jointly hosted by UC Davis and UC Berkeley, brings…
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UC Davis / California Department of Fish and Wildlife |

UC Davis to safeguard spring-run Chinook salmon broodstock

UC Davis joins state and federal fisheries agencies to conserve threatened spring-run Chinook salmon, housing captive…
An artist's concept of early human children living and playing on the margins of a wetland is what is today New Mexico.
UC Berkeley |

Tests confirm humans tramped around North America more than 20,000 years ago

A new study coauthored by a UC Berkeley professor provides "seemingly incontrovertible proof" that humans arrived in…
A man in a straw hat uses a wooden stick to start a fire in a brush pile while 6 people watch.
UC Santa Barbara |

A Chumash cultural burn reignites ancient practice for wildland conservation

“We're active in cultural revitalization, language revitalization, and doing this burn is one of those missing puzzle…
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UC Merced |

UC Regent and astronaut José Hernández shows students their dreams aren’t ‘A Million Miles Away’

José Hernández is the subject of the new feature film "A Million Miles Away," a story of resilience and achievement…