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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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Cassie Nguyen
UC Riverside |

Diagnosed with brain cancer at 16, she didn't let her illness rule her life

Graduation is always joyful, but for UC Riverside’s Cassie Nguyen, it marks a milestone achieved with an especially large measure of persistence and hope. Nguyen, who will receive her bachelor’s degree in public policy from UC Riverside on June 14…
Andre Theus
UC Newsroom |

Former foster youth finds family, purpose on UC campus

Andre Theus will don his cap and gown June 13 at UC Santa Barbara with a list of accomplishments that includes lobbying in Washington and Sacramento, leadership in student government, and numerous honors and awards. Perhaps best of all, he graduates with a…
3-D-printed rocket test
UC San Diego |

3-D printed rocket engine aims for flight record

Student engineering team is shooting for a 10,000-foot flight at upcoming rocket competition.
dwarf planet Ceres
UCLA |

UCLA-led NASA mission eyes dwarf planet Ceres

First images from Dawn spacecraft produce up-close, 3-D model of the ‘mysterious’ terrain of the orb between Mars and Jupiter.
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UC Davis |

Fidgeting may help children with ADHD perform better in school

Study: Children who moved more intensely exhibited substantially better cognitive performance.
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UC San Diego |

Common antibiotic kills many multidrug-resistant bacteria

Azithromycin — commonly used to treat strep throat and sinusitis — is now thought to be effective against 'superbugs.'
Juan Felipe Herrera
UC Riverside |

Juan Felipe Herrera named U.S. poet laureate

Former California poet laureate will embrace hope as a theme during his term.
Graduating senior Rachel Rouse, also a UC Global Food Initiative Fellow at UC Santa Barbara, has been studying food insecurity and access among the student population.
UC Santa Barbara |

An appetite for food reform

First group of UC Global Food Initiative fellows at UC Santa Barbara is studying food waste on campus, food insecurity among students.
THOR robot turns a valve
UCLA |

Humanoid robot flexes its muscles at international competition

Robotics expert's team seeks to build a robot that can go places where humans cannot.
UCLA Intramural Field
UCLA |

UCLA doing its part to save millions of gallons of water per year

Replacing the 8 acres of turf on the IM Field is a key part of the university’s response to California’s historic drought.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Our forests are dying

Drought, heat and insects are responsible for the death of more than 12 million trees in California.
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UC Newsroom |

UC children’s hospitals rank among best in nation

U.S. News' rankings highlight the nation's top pediatric facilities in 10 specialties.