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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 Santa Barbara teacher classroom
UC Santa Barbara |

Teaching toward the future

Education professor receives a 2017 President’s Research Catalyst Award to lead a nine-campus consortium.
Greenland ice sheet
UCLA |

Chilling climate revelations from a previous ice age

Major changes in ice and temperatures could cause abrupt transformations elsewhere, study shows.
Stacy Philpott
UC Santa Cruz |

Grant awarded to study sustainable practices for urban agriculture

UC Santa Cruz environmental studies professor Stacy Philpott will lead the research.
Nanoletters UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

Using plants and quantum physics for potential superefficient solar cells

Physicist discovers how to make photocells mimic the way plants maximize their absorption of sunlight.
UC Berkeley Westworld
UC Berkeley |

How long does it take to tell a human from an android?

A new study suggests it's quicker than you think.
American Studies major Esperanza Campos, holding son Mauricio Ferrer, says the Cal Nourish gift cards “make a lot of difference” to student parents.
UC Berkeley |

Holiday help wanted: meals for students

Cal Nourish program helps fill need.
UC Santa Cruz Artie Konrad
UC Santa Cruz |

Fostering the well-being of billions

UC alum Artie Konrad combines psychology and tech on Facebook projects that help people connect.
Infection of developing human brain with the Zika virus (green) highlights susceptibility of radial glial cells during fetal development.
UCSF |

Zika in fetal brain tissue responds to a popular antibiotic

UCSF researchers identify crucial cells targeted by the virus.
Student adviser U Cal
UC Newsroom |

UC program helps students decipher college costs

An effort with nonprofit uAspire uses face-to-face advising and novel tools to help kids make financially savvy choices.
A group of communeros, or villagers, from Jachacachi, Peru, help excavate the site where evidence of potato domestication was found.
UC Merced |

Researchers trace roots of potato farming to Andes

High-altitude archaeology uncovers earliest evidence of potato consumption.
Exterior view of the 10-story Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health.
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego opens Jacobs Medical Center

World-class facility offers patients leading-edge cancer, stem cell and surgical therapies.
Brain activity UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

Brain's memory strategies change as you age

Activity patterns shift over time without affecting recall, new research shows.