Banner from the American Association for the Advancement of Science showing three headshots of the following three people: Theresa Maldonado (Latina woman with curly hair) as Newest AAAS President-Elect, Neuroscientist Morton Ann Gernsbacher (white woman with red hair) and Biologist Juan S. Ramírez Lugo Re-Elected to AAAS Board of Directors (Latino man with goatee)
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University of California leader Theresa Maldonado elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

She will lead the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of innovative research through the Science family of journals.
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University of California application totals for fall 2024 admission on the rise/Aumentan el total de solicitudes de admisión de la Universidad de California para el otoño de 2024

The University of California today (March 6) announced that it received a total of 250,436 applications (206,893 for first-year admission and 43,543 applications for transfer admission) for fall 2024 admission. Overall, application numbers increased 1.5 percent compared to the previous year. The uptick was driven by a rise in applications from transfer students, California residents, and students from historically underrepresented groups in higher education.

Jessica Watkins floats in the cupola of the International Space Station wearing a blue shirt and khakis
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UC has sent more women to space than any other school in the solar system

Since Sally Ride's history-making flight in 1983, the University of California has built a stellar roster of woman astronauts.
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University of California and Assemblymember Weber announce legislation to close nutrition disparities for vulnerable babies

Sacramento, Calif. — Today, February 26, the University of California and Assemblymember Akilah Weber, M.D., announced AB 3059, which will help eliminate disparities in accessing medically necessary pasteurized donor human milk, known as donor milk, for newborns in need.

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UC proposes 26 percent pay increase for AFSCME workers/La UC propone un aumento salarial del 26% para los trabajadores de AFSCME

Lowest-paid union members will see a 47 percent wage increase over five-year contract
Chelsea Nash wears a black and white polka dot dress and white doctor coat, smiling for a portrait outside of a medical building at UC Davis
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A medical school that looks more like California

How the UC Davis School of Medicine became the third most diverse medical school in the country without affirmative action.
A woman in jeans and a brown sweater wearing safety glasses uses a large machine in a lab lit by natural light from a large wall of windows
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UC inventions garnered more patents than any other university in the world last year

Six UC campuses also on the list of schools with most undergraduate startup founders
A group photo taken from above of ~200 young medical students in business attire, gathered in a courtyard.
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For these UC medical students, California’s health equity crisis is personal

UC medical students gathered in San Diego last month to share research and connections for their future careers at the nexus of health care and social justice.
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University of California extends commitment deadline for first-year students

The University of California announced that all nine of its undergraduate campuses will extend their Statement of Intent to Register (SIR) deadline for first-year undergraduate students to May 15.
A woman wearing a peach shirt and yellow rubber gloves uses an unmarked spray bottle to clean a kitchen counter with a rag.
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Millions of California women are exposed to cancer-causing chemicals at work. UC-funded research pinpoints risks and solutions.

The California Breast Cancer Research Program recently hosted a virtual symposium exploring critical findings on women's occupational exposures to chemicals linked with the disease.
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How three UC campuses are phasing out fossil fuels

This year every UC campus will publish a plan for eliminating carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy by 2045, and three campuses — Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz — are on track to decarbonize ahead of schedule.
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UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D. Remarks at January 25 Regents Meeting

The University of California Board of Regents today voted to suspend implementation of Regents Policy 4407 for one year. As the item has now been suspended, no further regental action will occur without a full vote of the Board of Regents.

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., made the following remarks:

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