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 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
Two women on a pickleball court. A woman in the center of the frame reaches to hit a ball overhead, and her teammate looks on
UC San Diego |

As pickleball's popularity surges, injuries are also on the rise

UC San Diego Health physical therapists offer ‘prehab’ exercises to keep players out of a pickle
A father and his teen son sit on a park bench. The father is speaking intently to the son, who appears to be listening.
UC Riverside |

Got advice? Here's how to get teens to listen

A study from UC Riverside researchers found teens will appreciate parents’ unsolicited advice, but only if the parent is supportive of their teens’ autonomy.
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.
A woman wearing a peach shirt and yellow rubber gloves uses an unmarked spray bottle to clean a kitchen counter with a rag.
UC Newsroom |

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.
An illustration of a blue face outline (made of smaller blue face outlines) facing a red face outline (made of smaller red face outlines) across a background of white stars
UC Santa Barbara |

Democracy is more fragile than you think

The rise in authoritarian attitudes is coming from the right and the left.
Great white shark baby in a green ocean
UC Riverside |

First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white

The footage may help solve a long-standing mystery in shark science.
A rainbow-hued visualization of an audio wave
UC Berkeley |

New research combats burgeoning threat of deepfake audio

New research will make it easier to determine the authenticity of an audio clip. 
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