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Celebrating UC changemakers: Meet 10 Latino leaders creating a more equitable future for us all
Across disciplines as diverse as education, science, medicine, engineering, law, business and politics, Latino leaders from the University of California are helping to create a more equitable future for all.
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Seismologists use deep learning to forecast earthquakes
Existing models of earthquake aftershocks struggle with the volume of contemporary data, but a new team uses deep learning to improve forecasting.
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Scientists release the first complete sequence of a human Y chromosome
Until now, it had been notoriously challenging for the genomics community to sequence due to the complexity of its structure.
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University of California campuses are among the nation’s best, according to student surveys
All nine UC undergraduate campuses were named top academic institutions by the Princeton Review in its Best Colleges for 2024 list and its related guidebook.
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A 15-year-old childhood cancer survivor becomes a cancer researcher
This summer, young Robert McCabe helped to sequence and analyze a tumor sample in the lab of the UC Santa Cruz Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative.
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UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Coastal Climate Resilience awards over $4.6 million to support California coastal projects
The projects will support efforts to fight climate change in coastal communities across California and beyond. Funds for these grant programs came from the California State Budget Act of 2022-23.
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UC campuses best in nation for combining quality and affordability, Money says
Money magazine’s 2023 Best Colleges in America list finds all nine UC undergraduate campuses offer exceptional value.
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Bonnie Garmus: Chemical reaction
Alumna Bonnie Garmus, author of the smash-hit novel “Lessons in Chemistry,” drew on many lessons learned at UC Santa Cruz on her way to finding the formula for success.
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Meet your long-lost cousin, the comb jelly
Found in oceans around the globe, invertebrate comb jellies have been proven to be the sibling group to all other animals.
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UC graduate programs and schools among nation’s best in the 2023-24 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools rankings
UC offers some of the most highly-ranked schools and programs across nearly every field imaginable.
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Human pangenome reference will enable more complete and equitable understanding of genomic diversity
UC Santa Cruz scientists, along with a consortium of researchers, have released a draft of the first human pangenome — a new, usable reference for genomics that combines the genetic material of 47 individuals from different ancestral backgrounds to allow for a deeper, more accurate understanding of worldwide genomic diversity.
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How UC research is ensuring a future for 10 iconic animals
Bringing species back — and keeping them away — from the brink.