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UC Newsroom |

Fresh faces on campus: Welcoming UC’s newest undergrads

Our new undergrads have never been more diverse or more inspiring. Here are a few of their stories.

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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA

Ruvkun obtained his B.A. in biophysics from UC Berkeley in 1973.

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UC Office of the President |

President Napolitano discusses issues with students

Student regents and others relate experiences surrounding immigration, other topics.
UC Office of the President |

University of California welcomes President Napolitano

Former head of Homeland Security assumes post as university's 20th, and first woman, president.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Physicist named MacArthur 'genius' fellow

Physicist developed method of digitally restoring old audio recordings that are too fragile to play.
EAOP students sitting in classroom
UC Newsroom |

Pre-college academy gives students a leg up

Summer programs throughout the UC system target future collegians in disadvantaged communities.
UC Office of the President |

A social way to support scholarships

Make a 'Promise for Education' and, through social networking, fund scholarships for California undergraduates.
UC San Diego |

Biologists find new method for discovering antibiotics

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a revolutionary new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics, an advance that could lead to the discovery of new antibiotics to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
UC Newsroom |

Ban cigarette filters, urge researchers

Filtered ends are a toxic addition to litter problem.
Roland Winston
UC Merced |

UC Solar extends across the Pacific

Roland Winston’s work has helped take UC Merced and UC Solar global – this time, to Singapore.
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UC Newsroom |

E-cigarettes: Does smokeless mean harmless?

New research hints that these products, often targeted to young people, could cause harm.
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UC Office of the President |

Working smarter, saving millions

UC's Working Smarter initiative is on track to meet — or surpass — its five-year goal, redirecting $461 million to academics, research over three years.
UC Newsroom |

Study documents cigarette environmental hazards

UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program finds that mix of toxins in butts pollute beaches, oceans and our bodies.
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UC Merced |

Mammoth bones find a home at Merced

The youngest UC campus is now the steward of Columbian mammoth bones, dating back to the last Ice Age, which were discovered in Madera County.