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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 |

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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Santa Cruz Sentinel |

DACA community braces for a Supreme Court ruling

Anxiety goes off the charts for the DACA community when the Supreme Court announces decisions. There are more humane ways to handle this, writes Regina Day Langhout.
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UC Newsroom |

How glow-in-the-dark jellyfish inspired a scientific revolution

What makes a jellyfish glow? For scientists, asking that simple question led to a powerful new tool that’s completely transformed medicine — and won the Nobel!
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UCSF |

The promise and uncertainties of antibody testing for coronavirus

UCSF experts explain how antibody testing works, who it can be most useful for and why we should be cautious.
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UC Riverside |

The science-backed answer to how to be happy in quarantine

A study reveals the one thing people can do to be just as happy during quarantine.
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UC San Diego |

Coronavirus global slowdown is cleaning the skies. How long will it last?

Scripps Oceanography climate scientists ponder what episode tells us about global warming.
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UC Newsroom |

UC's online high school opens its doors to students stuck at home

For college prep course provider UC Scout, remote instruction is just business as usual — which is what makes it such a valuable tool in this crisis.
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UC Newsroom |

Put your best (digital) foot forward!

How to practice professionalism in a socially distanced world.
Graduate student in the lab
UC Newsroom |

UC graduate programs among best of the best in new rankings

The 2021 U.S. News & World Report list of best graduate schools finds UC campuses excel across a dazzling variety of fields.
Yvonne Hao with the hand sanitizer she helped produce
UC Berkeley |

‘Liquid gold’: UC Berkeley lab makes free hand sanitizer for the needy

A biochemistry lab pivots to hand sanitizers for people experiencing homelessness, jail populations and others among society's most vulnerable.
UCSF health workers at the airport, en route to New York City
UC San Francisco |

UCSF health care workers to serve in New York City

A heatlh care team has volunteered to provide urgently needed support for patients in the NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) hospital system.
A face shield printed by UC Santa Barbara researchers
UC Santa Barbara |

Researchers mobilize to print protective gear for local medical facilities

California NanoSystems Institute launches 3-D printed face shield and mask effort.
Robb Davis and teen boy organizing food boxes outside
UC Davis |

UC Davis delivers helpers to food bank

As county residents continue to shelter in place, the Yolo Food Bank is running a new delivery service with the help of UC Davis staff and students.