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UC Newsroom |

Fresh faces on campus: Welcoming UC’s newest undergrads

Our new undergrads have never been more diverse or more inspiring. Here are a few of their stories.

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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA

Ruvkun obtained his B.A. in biophysics from UC Berkeley in 1973.

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UC Davis |

Assessing the real climate costs of manufacturing

A new study from UC Davis quantifies the climate costs of carbon emissions from manufacturing common materials such as steel, aluminum, plastics and cement.
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UC Riverside |

How gophers brought Mount St. Helens back to life in one day

Diggers kick-started decades of soil recovery after volcanic eruption, UC Riverside research shows.
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UC Newsroom |

UC Student Regents: It’s not too late to vote

Election Day honors the footsteps, sacrifices, and courage of those who came before us.
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UC Newsroom |

How the University of California evaluates student applications

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the application review process.
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UC San Diego |

How sustainable are typical electric vehicle batteries?

UC San Diego experts weigh in on each stage of a typical EV battery’s life cycle and share their thoughts on what the future might hold.
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UCLA |

Paranormal activity: a UCLA haunting story

Fifty years ago, two UCLA investigators tangled with the unknown — and came away haunted.
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UC San Francisco |

Why some prostate cancers shouldn't be called 'cancer'

According to a UC San Francisco urology professor, benefits of a less aggressive approach include less surgery, radiation and hormones — not to mention reduced anxiety for patients.
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UC Berkeley |

Anxious about the election? UC Berkeley psychologists explain how to cope

Step away from the screens. Reconnect with your community. And think in the long term rather than in day-to-day headlines, UC Berkeley researchers said.
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UCLA |

Meeting the challenge for student success as an AANAPISI Institution

The designation creates more opportunities to better serve Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students.
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UC Newsroom |

Should California give up on Highway 1?

The same forces that have made this one of the world's most epic roads could be what causes its obliteration, says UC Santa Cruz geologist Gary Griggs.
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UC Davis |

UC Davis achieves Hispanic-Serving Institution eligibility, serving more than 8,000 Latino students

UC Davis is now eligible to be one of the nation’s few research-intensive universities designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, after fall enrollment numbers crossed the threshold for HSI status for the first time.
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UC Santa Cruz |

A popular Humanities course is unwrapping the strange and fraught history and cultural afterlife of Egyptian mummies.

This spooky, one-of-a-kind class grew out of a years-long friendship between two professors fascinated by the connections between each other’s work.