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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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UC Davis |

Can you change your personality?

It may be possible, scientists say.
Basilard CEO Brynley Lee and founder Masa Rao
UC Riverside |

Putting gene therapy in reach

A disruptive new technology could bring cellular engineering and its lifesaving potential to more people.
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UC Irvine |

Payback or pay back? Children understand revenge before reciprocity, study says

Gratitude is not innate in young children but learned (around the age of 7), researcher says.
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UCSF |

E-scooters show alarming spike in injuries

Hospital admissions quadrupled in last four years, UCSF study finds, mainly in young adults. 
Leslie the gorilla with her mom
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego doctors come together to save eyesight of 3-year-old gorilla

Mother and child receive treatment together as medical team assists in surgery to remove cataract caused by trauma.
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UC Santa Barbara |

An expert's view on Iran

Understanding the country's broader context is key to navigating the current political crisis, Kevin B. Anderson says.
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UC Davis |

Is there (still) a gender gap in politics?

More women have run in the 2020 presidential election than ever before. But is the gap in representation closing?
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UCLA |

Diet soda may be hurting your diet

Evidence suggests that artificial sweeteners are linked to chronic issues like obesity and diabetes. Should they be taxed?
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UC Berkeley |

Brain scans could flag children’s future mental health problems

The findings could pave the way for earlier, more effective diagnoses of attention deficit disorder and more.
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UC Newsroom |

Why purple sweet potatoes belong on your holiday table

Impress your friends — and Instagram — with this holiday superfood.
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UC Davis |

Zika vaccine protects fetus in pregnant monkeys

An experimental Zika vaccine shows promise for preventing mother-to-fetus transmission of the virus.
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UC Santa Barbara |

The giving season

Evolutionary anthropologist Michael Gurven explains why the holidays bring out the better angels of our nature.