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University of California leaders call on Congress to support the BASIC Act
Proposed federal legislation would create a $1B competitive grant program to help colleges and universities address food, housing and other basic needs among students.
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Stop microwaving plastic — here’s why
UC experts are tackling our big plastic problem from every imaginable angle, from chemistry to engineering, policy to art, medicine to oceanography.
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Exploring UC’s summer offerings
Looking for things to do this summer? From camps to galleries, Shakespeare to stargazing, here's a taste of what’s on offer to the wider world across the UC universe.
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UC leads the nation’s universities in patents for second year running
The U.S. Patent and Trade Office granted UC inventors 546 utility patents in 2023.
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The Northern Lights came to California — but will it happen again?
Aurora Borealis made a surprise trip down to the continental United States last week. Three experts weigh in on why it happened and whether it will happen again.
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First results from DESI make the most precise measurement of our expanding universe
UC Santa Cruz, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab contribute to Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument collaboration.
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Young UC scientists selected as fellows to prestigious Nobel laureate meeting
27 highly accomplished young scientists were awarded the opportunity to join Nobel laureates from around the globe at the 2024 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany.
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‘The UC Effect’: Shaping the future of AI
UC’s first systemwide Congress on AI delved into the technology’s promise and perils — and the unique role the university can play in leading the way forward.
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Equitably decarbonizing California: A multi-campus collaboration will help the Golden State reach its energy goals
Faculty and researchers at UC campuses and affiliated national labs are teaming up to ensure that disadvantaged communities are fully integrated into California’s decarbonization efforts.
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12 ingenious discoveries from a year of UC research
In 2023, every campus, lab and medical center came through with findings that benefit our health, happiness and the very fate of our planet.
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UC researchers among the most influential in the world, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list
UC’s 317 faculty and scientists across all 10 campuses and the labs make the university the most highly cited institution in the world.
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Three extraordinary UC faculty awarded National Medals at White House ceremony
They received the nation’s highest honor for their scientific and technological achievements.