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UC Newsroom |

UC medical school graduates take on Central Valley’s health care crisis

More than 700 medical students are earning their M.D. from a UC medical school this spring. The vast majority of these newly minted doctors — 73 percent — will stay in California for their residency training.

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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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UCOP job tips
UC Newsroom |

6 tips for landing that first post-college job

How a UC education can help you forge a path in your new career.
UC Merced commencement
UC Merced |

Perseverance, leadership key themes of campus’ spring commencement

It's a day of celebration captured at UC Merced.
UC Berkeley undocumented students and supporters demonstrate outside of Sather Gate.
UC Newsroom |

UC to defend DACA at U.S. Court of Appeals

An injunction against ending the program has enabled thousands to renew their DACA status.
Alfredo Figueroa at the border wall
UC Berkeley |

To support deported vets, Alfredo Figueroa ‘leads with his heart’

The Army vet and graduating senior will use a $25,000 prize to raise awareness about a community living in limbo.
UC Irvine fashionista Aditi Mayer
UC Irvine |

Aditi Mayer: The future of ethical fashion

The fourth-year undergrad leverages social media to shake up the fashion status quo.
UCSF girl on scooter
UCSF |

Living in better neighborhood may protect health of kids in poverty

Less stress hormone is found in children with access to green spaces, clean air and quality grocery stores.
UC Merced students
UC Newsroom |

The next Silicon Valley?

How UC Merced undergrads are solving real-life problems, from BART escalators to the disappearing monarch butterfly.
UC Newsroom |

Words of wisdom from commencement speeches

9 of UC's most compelling speakers, from Alfred Hitchcock to Michelle Obama.
Picture of drinks being poured
UCLA via The Conversation |

A hangover pill? Tests on drunk mice show promise

A new pill may lower blood alcohol levels, helping a hangover and preventing alcohol overdose deaths.
Dalena Ngo after Prince conference
UC Merced |

Grad student's passion for Prince fuels research

Dig if you will, a picture: the chance to study the legendary musician as a subject of academic research.
Joseph Charbonnet UC Berkeley
UC Newsroom |

UC grad students bring ingenuity to the fore at Grad Slam

10 campus finalists thrill by distilling years of research into three-minute talks on topics from synesthesia to ‘mansand.’
UC San Diego hippos zoo
UC San Diego |

A drug lord and the world’s largest invasive animal

A zoo built by Pablo Escobar gives biologists a rare chance to study the impact of hippos gone rogue.