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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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UCLA women in tech
UCLA |

A road map for advancing women in tech

New report by UCLA Luskin Center provides strategies for reducing inequality.
UC ANR |

Invasive superweed is target of new nationwide research effort

UC Cooperative Extension's Jeff Dahlberg part of team finding new ways to combat Johnsongrass.
Handel discovery UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

Handel scholar discovers new cantata by a Baroque master

A UC Berkeley professor investigates an old manuscript and finds a new composition, to be conducted this spring.
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UC Newsroom |

Five things you should know about the new SAT

The class of 2017 will include the first high-schoolers to take the revised college entrance exam.
Scripps aircraft UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Aircraft cruise atmospheric rivers to improve West Coast storm predictions

UC San Diego scientists take to the skies with a new method to make weather forecasts more accurate.
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UC Berkeley |

Bromances may be good for men’s health

UC Berkeley study of rats shows that stress can bring males together, findings that also have implications for post-traumatic stress disorder.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Do we have free will?

A study by UC Santa Barbara psychologists explores how a compromised belief in free will corrupts intuitive cooperation.
Amy Rowat teaches a popular UCLA course called “The Physical and Molecular Origins of What We Eat.”
UCLA |

Explore the future of food

UCLA's popular 'Science and Food' events return for fourth year, starting March 8.
The GrowRIVERSIDE conference will feature a tour of UC Riverside’s R’Garden.
UC Riverside |

Food policy conference planned at UC Riverside

Third annual event will feature speakers including the secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the vice president of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Thirdhand smoke UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

Thirdhand smoke linked to Type 2 diabetes

UC Riverside and UCSF study has health implications for nonsmokers living in homes that have (or had) smokers.
California sieve Berkeley
California Magazine |

California’s water system leaks like a sieve — how to save millions of gallons

Quantifying, much less preventing, H2O loss is almost impossible. UC Berkeley's John Gage wants to solve the problem.
UC Santa Barbara Nepal
UC Santa Barbara |

Life imitates art

UC Santa Barbara theater professor works in Nepal to help produce the first-ever opera to debut in the country.