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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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Sierra cool schools ranking
UC Newsroom |

Sierra magazine names UC campuses among the nation’s greenest

All nine UC undergraduate campuses made the annual rankings, with Irvine and Davis in the top 10 in the country.
UC Santa Barbara professor David Cleveland in his home garden.
UC Santa Barbara |

How does your garden grow?

Professor, students model the effect of household gardens on greenhouse gas emissions.
Dr. Christopher Giza examines Kennedy Dierk, 14, at the UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSport Clinic. A new survey shows most parents rely on outdated advice when caring for kids with concussions.
UCLA |

Most parents likely to follow outdated concussion advice

UCLA survey shows majority of parents are apt to heed advice that could worsen symptoms for kids with concussions.
Former NFL defensive end Kalimba Edwards traded a mansion for a tent cabin on the UC Santa Cruz Farm where he is an apprentice in the ecologial horticulture program.
UC Santa Cruz |

Football, farming and food security

Former NFL player and current UC Santa Cruz farm apprentice tackles new cause: how to feed the world sustainably.
Aerial image showing farming in California's Imperial Valley.
UC Riverside |

Helping farmers improve air quality

Researchers receive grant to study ways of reducing fertilizer use in high temperature agricultural regions.
Cafe 3
UC Berkeley |

Cal Dining opens doors to more inclusive cafe

Cafe 3 is first dining station in the UC system that is certified kosher.
Woolly mammoth
UC Santa Barbara |

A mammoth undertaking

How can de-extinction be made more ecologically responsible?
Car sharing on campuses
UC Newsroom |

Car sharing on campuses improves quality of life, takes cars off the road

A new survey by UC Berkeley and Zipcar shows how universities can relieve the crunch on campus parking.
The CalCARES report uses heat maps to show areas with higher proportions of particular cancers diagnosed at a late stage, pointing to a need for increased screening.
UC Davis |

Report shows impact of cancer screening

UC Davis report analyzes cancer screening in California over past 15 years.
UC Davis professor and marine ecologist Steven Morgan prepares to deploy yellow "robot larvae" off the coast of Bodega Bay.
UC Davis |

Robot larvae deployed at sea

"Minion"-like robots reveal surprising ways marine larvae move, and what that means for the ocean.
Breast scan
UC San Francisco |

Some breast cancer patients with low genetic risk could skip chemotherapy, study finds

Genetic test can help predict survival, guide treatment options.
Mars UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

Simulating life on Mars

UC Berkeley alumna Sheyna Gifford completes yearlong mission.