News

Looking for media contacts?

View Press Releases

Vanessa Mora in a white coat in front of UCSF Health sign

Featured Story

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.

A smiling young man standing on a bridge surrounded by redwood trees

Featured Story

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. 

List Grid
Community
Campuses & Locations
Categories
chest X-ray
UCSF |

Surprising new role for lungs: Making blood

UCSF scientists discover our breathing organ is a veritable factory of blood and immune stem cells.
Dream Revolution
UCLA |

Healthy Campus Initiative brings music, theater, food to UCLA's new living amphitheater

Guests inclue Grammy Award-nominated singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc and L.A. Laker Metta World Peace.
UC Riverside glass greener
UC Riverside |

Making batteries from waste glass bottles

New, low-cost process creates batteries with a lifespan four times better than what's currently sold.
The team that created Tabla, a device that detects pneumonia using sound waves and a stethoscope, received seed funding from Big Ideas@Berkeley to support its project.
UC Berkeley |

Big Ideas pitch day: seeding the future

Student innovation competition inspires big ideas from across the UC system and beyond.
UC Grad Slam Leah Foltz
UC Santa Barbara |

The elevator pitch perfected

Leah Foltz wins UC Santa Barbara's competition with a presentation on fixing blindness with your own cells.
Food label
UCLA |

What does 'healthy' mean when it comes to food?

UCLA dietitian Dana Hunnes gives her expert opinion on this tricky question.
UCR researchers are uncovering hidden histories to help California Citrus State Historic Park tell a more inclusive story of the region’s citrus industry and use creative means to draw attention to it. This image is from “Manos, Espaldas y Blossoms (2017)
UC Riverside |

Sweet and sour stories of citrus

May 6 festival will unveil progress to cultivate inclusive histories at Riverside's California State Citrus Historic Park.
Sabertooth UCLA
UCLA |

Hunting with saber-toothed cats in California

An injury pattern in fossils gives an intimate look at how the animal brought down its prey.
Female cancer patient
UC Davis |

Second cancers deadlier in young patients

Findings may account for relatively poor outcomes.
UC Irvine rocket
UC Irvine |

The first university to launch a rocket into space

UC Irvine aims to reach the stars with a $1M gift.
UC San Diego Jade pendant
UC San Diego |

A pendant fit for a king

One of the largest Mayan jades found to date, containing a historical text, is discovered.
UC Riverside |

Study to explore HIV and aging

UC Riverside's Brandon Brown will lead two-year project funded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.