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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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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 |

Aspirations on hold, UC students await court ruling on DACA

Scholars blazing trails in fields from law to science find their dreams may no longer be within reach.
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UC Riverside |

Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes

A new study highlights major health problems affecting historically ignored racial groups.
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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley’s first campuswide tech club for women

Student-powered FEMTech runs workshops, provides tutoring, even builds robots — all to make women feel at home in STEM.
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UC Davis |

Chancellor May backs Dream Act

Campus leader visits DC to advocate on behalf of undocumented students.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Dance your Ph.D.

Using aerial dance to explain her research, Nancy Scherich wins a Science magazine competition.
UC Newsroom |

Is it really possible to live a zero-waste life?

Picture all of the trash you’ve thrown away this week. How much do you think you could reduce that amount if you really tried? By half?
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UC ANR |

More Latinos are joining 4-H

The 100-year-old organization is catching up to the state's diversity.
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UC Newsroom |

UC and national lab scientists team up to accelerate new cancer therapies

UC’s $3M investment aims to expand the frontiers of precision medicine through strategic partnership.
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UC Merced |

Is biology behind your political views?

How your body processes its fight or flight response may affect your opinion, a new study finds.
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UCSF |

Boo! Scary findings about imported candy

More health alerts have been issued for lead in candy than for salmonella, E.coli or botulism.
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UCLA |

UCLA neuroscientists give memory a jolt with weak electrical signal

Researchers discover where and how to tickle the brain for better recall.
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UC Merced |

UC Merced joins effort to help make research accessible to all

Campus becomes only one of five universities leading the way for open access.