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UC Newsroom |

Transfer student Alexis Acosta followed her curiosity to UC. Here’s how she paid for college.

Transfer student Alexis Acosta was worried about the cost of UC but found the resources and support she needed. “It’s been an experience that I wouldn’t trade for the world.”
An abstract illustration of a person whose brain is visible through their head, signifying intelligence and thought
UC San Francisco |

How AI can help spot early risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease

Top predictors include high cholesterol and osteoporosis, the latter in women only.
Jessica Watkins floats in the cupola of the International Space Station wearing a blue shirt and khakis
UC Newsroom |

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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UC Santa Barbara |

Researchers develop molecules for a new class of antibiotics that can overcome drug resistant bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem: In 2019, an estimated 1.3 million deaths around the globe could be attributed to AMR.
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UCLA |

Life in the FAST Lane

How a feisty student IG account turned into the style arbiter of campus.
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
UC Davis |

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.
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UC Newsroom |

A UC degree launched Miguel Tamayo’s life as an aerospace engineer. Here’s how he paid for college.

Hear how one student paid for a UC education. 
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UC Newsroom |

Digging, diving and discovering stories untold

Once a dream of two plucky UC scholars, the Society of Black Archaeologists has become a force for change.
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UC Newsroom |

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.
UC Newsroom |

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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UC Newsroom |

UC is Super Bowl-bound again!

UC has a world-class reputation even on the gridiron. Find out which UC alums have chased immortality at the Super Bowl and who to watch this Sunday.
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UC Berkeley |

Highly targeted CRISPR delivery advances gene editing in living animals

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