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.
3 green cell culture agar plates show differing amounts of bacterial growth
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.
2-photo collage. Photo on left is of 2 young women looking at camera with cool looks on their faces. Woman on left wears Hello Kitty top and black necktie over a white blouse and a brown plaid skirt. Woman on right wears chunky necklace, teal crop tanktop, white shorts, pink tights, small purse. Photo on right: 2 young people pose for camera. Person on left leans against wall, wearing black leather jacket, leopard print shirt, knee-length jeans. Person on right wears hat, fishnet shirt, skirt, arm warmers
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.
A smiling young man standing on a bridge surrounded by redwood trees
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. 
African American man with head poking out of the water, smiling, in scuba gear
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.
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
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.
A player in UCLA blue and gold carries the ball and runs by players in white uniforms
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.
A diagram showing enveloped viruses budding from a cell wall
UC Berkeley |

Highly targeted CRISPR delivery advances gene editing in living animals

A young woman wearing a black t-shirt and a pink face mask gesticulates with her hands standing in front of a trailer
UC San Francisco |

Can native speakers change health care in the Navajo Nation?

A new generation of UC San Francisco fellows is leading the way on health disparities, culturally appropriate care and provider shortages.
UC Office of the President |

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.
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