UC Newsroom |

The University of California has joined SEA Change, accelerating efforts to diversify its faculty

The SEA Change initiative focuses on eliminating systemic barriers to participation in the STEMM fields, and fostering engagement with communities underrepresented in — and historically excluded from — those fields.
UC Office of the President |

UC strengthens efforts to remove barriers to STEMM, works to accelerate progress in diversifying professoriate by becoming first charter University system in SEA Change

The University of California today (May 24) announced that its 10 campuses have joined the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) STEMM Equity Achievement (SEA) Change program, making UC the first institution of higher learning to sign on at a systemwide level. Three University campuses, UC Davis, UC Irvine and UC Santa Cruz, are established charter members of the program.
UC San Diego |

Student startup ‘Limber’ makes 3D-printed prostheses affordable and accessible

Student startup Limber is working to provide prosthetics to some of the millions of amputees worldwide lacking access.
UC Berkeley |

In top graduating senior, East Coast grit meets Berkeley utopianism

Environmental sciences major and music minor Anjika Pai wins this year’s UC Berkeley University Medal.
Las Cumbres Observatory and UC Santa Barbara |

The first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, revealed

The image is a long-anticipated look at the massive object that sits at the very center of our galaxy.
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Have a say in your future: register to vote

Register by May 23. Get started now on the UC Votes website.
UC Office of the President |

Promising young scholars to represent UC at Nobel conference in Germany

The University of California today (May 11) announced its third class of UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows, outstanding young scientists and economists from UC campuses and affiliated national laboratories who will join dozens of Nobel laureates from around the world at this year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany.
UC Newsroom |

Growing our own: Developing a faculty that reflects California

A new UC effort, called “Growing Our Own,” aims to create mentors, teachers, and ultimately, a new generation of faculty that more closely reflect the diversity of California itself.
UC Newsroom |

For its 7th year, Grad Slam delivers promising research you can remember (and explain)

UC graduate students amazed and delighted at the annual Grad Slam contest, with Justin Lee of UC Berkeley taking home the grand prize for his work on stopping COVID with just a breath.
UCLA |

Only 10 vaquita porpoises survive, but species may not be doomed, scientists say

If they can escape death in poachers’ nets, the endangered marine mammal is well poised to rebound despite inbreeding.
UCLA |

Affirmative action bans had ‘devastating impact’ on diversity in medical schools, UCLA-led study finds

Researchers examined enrollment data from 1985 through 2019 for 53 medical schools.
UC Newsroom |

6 UC professors earn 2022 Carnegie fellowships

Prestigious award advances important projects in humanities and social sciences with $200,000 stipend.