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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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Transfer students triumph in the Class of 2024

Meet 10 first-gen graduates who started their journey to UC at a California community college.

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UC Berkeley |

First study to measure toxic metals in tampons shows arsenic and lead, among other contaminants

A new UC Berkeley study finds that tampons used during menstruation can contain toxic metals, including lead, arsenic and cadmium.
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UC San Francisco |

The power of deep rest

A truly restorative state that alters our bodies at the cellular level can counter deterioration of our mental and physical health, according to researchers at UC San Francisco.
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UC Merced |

UC Merced researcher dives with the big sharks on Shark Week

Shark expert Sora Kim kicked off Shark Week by exploring Leviathan, the enormous, legendary sea creature that takes on different forms in different cultures but has a basis in science.
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UC Davis |

Winning formula: Aggies blend baseball and data science

Three Aggie alums hold leadership roles in Major League Baseball this season.
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UC Newsroom |

Stop microwaving plastic — here's why

UC experts are tackling our big plastic problem from every imaginable angle, from chemistry to engineering, policy to art, medicine to oceanography.
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UC Newsroom |

University of California President Drake awards UC Presidential Medal to UC Santa Cruz alum Julie Packard, co-founder of the Monterey Bay Aquarium

President Michael V. Drake, M.D., has awarded the UC Presidential Medal to UC Santa Cruz alum Julie Packard in recognition of her work to safeguard the world’s marine ecosystems and her steadfast support of the University and its ocean conservation leadership.
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UC Newsroom |

How the dangers of heat waves sneak up on people

UC San Diego environmental epidemiologist Tarik Benmarhnia explains why we feel sluggish on hot days.
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UC San Francisco |

Scientists discover how to make ordinary fat cells burn calories

Switching off a protein in white fat cells could open the door to developing a new class of weight-loss drugs.
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UC Santa Cruz |

New public archives will share wisdom, artifacts from Dolores Huerta’s lifetime of successful social change leadership

UC Santa Cruz will hire a project archivist and two new postdoctoral scholars to support development of Huerta’s archives.
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UC Davis |

Report: Roadkill a 'preventable' natural disaster

As deer and newt populations plummet, support for wildlife crossings increases.
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UC Berkeley |

Dance prepared him for the NFL. It began with a Berkeley summer camp.

The warm, yet demanding, instructors of Cal Performances' Berkeley/Oakland AileyCamp gave Camilo Eifler an early foundation to thrive in dance — and later, as a pro athlete.
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UC Newsroom |

Why California's beaches are shrinking, and what we can do to save them

UC research is helping preserve the Golden State's iconic coast.