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UC San Francisco |

First UCSF Health patient to move from total artificial heart to transplant

Milestone procedure gives young father with advanced heart failure a new heart and new future with his family.
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UC San Diego, UCLA and UC Office of the President |

UC alumni make Academy Award history

UCLA Extension alum Autumn Durald Arkapaw is now the first woman, first Black nominee and first person of Asian descent to ever win the Oscar for Best Cinematography and UC Santa Barbara alum Andy Jurgensen took home Best Film Editing.
UC Office of the President |

President’s Leadership Conversation: UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive

UC President James B. Milliken welcomes UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Cynthia Larive in the second event in the President’s Leadership Conversations series
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UC and UC-AFT Begin Systemwide Contract Negotiations for Instructional Faculty

The University of California and the University Council–American Federation of Teachers have begun negotiations for a successor collective bargaining agreement covering Non-Senate Instructional faculty across the UC system.

UC-AFT Unit 18 represents more than 5,265 faculty members in titles including Lecturer, Supervisor of Teacher Education, and Coordinator of Field Work. These faculty play a significant role in delivering instruction and supporting students' academic experience across nine UC campuses.

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UC, Teamsters Local 2010 Extend Contract as Bargaining Progress Continues

As a positive sign of collaborative, good-faith bargaining, the University of California and Teamsters Local 2010 have reached a contract extension agreement. The contract for the union, which represents 18,820 clerical and allied services employees across the UC system, will now expire May 30, 2026.

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UC Newsroom |

Menopause is having a moment, and medicine is finally catching up

Dr. Rajita Patil talks about UCLA’s new, comprehensive approach to menopause care and why a generation of women missed out.
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UC Proposes 32% Total Pay Increase for AFSCME-Represented Patient Care and Service Employees

The University of California has put forward a new contract offer to AFSCME-represented employees that includes a pay raise of more than 32% over five years. Lea este comunicado de prensa en español.

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UC Irvine |

A laser focus on melanoma

Mihaela Balu and her team have developed a skin scanner that can better detect early signs of deadly cancer.
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UC Berkeley Haas |

AI promised to free up workers’ time. UC Berkeley Haas researchers found the opposite.

While conducting research on how AI was changing daily work at a U.S. technology company, a UC Berkeley Haas doctoral student noticed a pattern that raised a provocative question: What if AI is intensifying work rather than reducing it?
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UC San Diego |

From Rett and Pitt-Hopkins to ALS: 5 rare diseases UC San Diego researchers are tackling in the lab

Researchers at the Sanford Stem Cell Institute have taken the fight against rare diseases to the lab, to patients’ bedsides and even to outer space.
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University of California Opens Contract Negotiations with Federated University Police Officers’ Association

The University of California (UC) and the Federated University Police Officers’ Association (FUPOA), which represents 325 sworn non-supervisory police officers across the system, today announced the official start of successor contract negotiations. 

UC Office of the President |

Statement from UC President James B. Milliken on UCLA event with Bari Weiss

UC President Milliken released the following statement Feb. 20.
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