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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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Martin Vela-Sanchez and Danny Murillo
UC Berkeley |

Underground scholars reverse school-to-prison pipeline

Those who have done time in jail or prison face unique challenges as college scholars at UC Berkeley. Through their campus organization ‘Underground Scholars,’ formerly incarcerated students work to beat the odds and change the system.
Sistine Chapel
UC Berkeley |

Add nature, art and religion to life’s best anti-inflammatories

Taking in such spine-tingling wonders as the Grand Canyon, Sistine Chapel ceiling or Schubert’s “Ave Maria” may give a boost to the body’s defense system.
Hopkins' rose nudibranch
UC Santa Barbara and UC Santa Cruz |

Roses bloom in tide pools

Bright pink, inch-long sea slugs have shown up in the highest numbers and northernmost locations reported since the El Niños of 1998 and 1983.
UC Davis |

Student-athletes share scrambler recipes in dining commons

UC Davis women's soccer and men's golf teams square off in friendly competition Feb. 4 that promotes good nutrition.
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UCLA |

The heat's rising in cities

Geographer warns that for the past four decades, global warming — in the guise of heat waves — has been amplified in cities.
UC San Diego |

Cancer cell mapping initiative launches

Researchers from UC San Diego and UC San Francisco join forces to determine how all of the components of a cancer cell interact.
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses excel at community engagement

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recognizes UC Davis, UCLA and UC Merced for their 'institutional focus' on engagement.
UC Natural Reserve System |

Natural reserves 'supercourse' takes students out of class to the field

California Ecology and Conservation — open to students at UC's nine general campuses — offers a pivotal experience in their academic and professional careers.
UC San Diego |

Forecasting the flu better

Combo of ‘big’ and traditional data improves power of prediction.
UC San Diego |

‘Frontiers of Innovation’ program seeds multidisciplinary projects

Program will help launch seven major projects focused on advancing strategic research goals.
UC Irvine |

Students step up to address food issues

UC Global Food Initiative student fellows discuss projects at UC Irvine open house.
Kids learning about healthy eating
ANR |

Comprehensive program helps improve children's eating habits

Obesity has decreased among Sacramento County school children since Shaping Healthy Choices implemented.