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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 Santa Barbara |

UC Santa Barbara and Tuskegee University launch pilot program to advance Black cultural perspectives in TV writing

A unique pilot program focuses on writing for diverse voices, creating a new kind of space between a Hispanic Serving Institution and an HBCU.
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UC Newsroom |

California has problems. AI can help solve them.

As AI gets more powerful and easier to use, UC researchers are finding ways to integrate these emerging technologies into their work, shortening the distance to solutions that benefit every Californian.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Researchers run high-performing large language model on the energy needed to power a lightbulb

By eliminating the most computationally expensive element of a large language model, engineers at UC Santa Cruz drastically improve energy efficiency while maintaining performance.
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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.
Woman with long white hair (Julie Packard) in silvery dress at a podium; woman in blue dress with short gray hair, Chancellor Larive, holding an award, stands behind
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.
Calorie-storing white fat cells
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.