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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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Neeraj Senthil high-fives a laughing baby at the children's hospital
UC Davis |

Top UC Davis graduate earns provisional patent, cuddles babies, teaches in schools

Neeraj Senthil makes the extraordinary look easy.
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UCLA |

New drug delays progression of glioma, a deadly brain cancer

Study is first clinical trial analyzing a targeted therapy specifically developed to treat brain tumors
A team of students and a professor stands around a young man in a wheelchair underneath a workout machine
UC Santa Barbara |

An innovative, student-designed weight machine makes working out more accessible to people who use wheelchairs

Working with a well-known para-athlete, UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineering undergrads redesign a weight lifting machine to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
A gloved hand collecting water outside
UC San Francisco |

Makers of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ covered up the dangers

Widely used in clothing, household products and food, they resist breaking down in the environment.
Flowers and plants that are in pride colors
UC Newsroom |

UC’s queer climate scientists on making science as diverse as the natural world

We asked 7 scientists about the challenges and joys of working in climate science as members of the LGBTQ community.
A group photo of SIEML 2023 on the UC Irvine campus, with everyone in UCI sweatshirts
UC Newsroom |

UC earns national recognition for its Summer Institute for Emerging Managers and Leaders

The lauded program offers an all-expenses-paid leadership experience to underrepresented students who are considering attending graduate business school.
Compostable wind turbine in the lab
UC Davis |

Making wind power even greener

Blades made from bamboo and mycelium could keep a growing number of wind blades out of landfills.
Person reading on the beach, photographed from the back with the ocean in front
UC Irvine via The Conversation |

Summer reading: 5 books that explore LGBTQ teen and young adult life

A scholar of young adult fiction presents a fresh list of LGBTQ ‘must-reads’ for the summer of 2023.
A still from an animation of fists from people of color fist-bumping with a cartoonish explosion and coins flying out
UCLA Magazine |

The Starship (Social) Enterprise

An award-winning UCLA academy is training the next generation of impact investors and nonprofit leaders.
Two Black women wearing masks cross the street
UC San Francisco |

A new COVID-19 variant on the rise: Expert tips for masking

How to protect yourself against the new, fast-spreading omicron subvariant known as ‘Arcturus.’
UC Riverside UCR sign and bell tower
UC Newsroom |

UC Riverside invited to join the AAU

Membership is by invitation only and represents reaching the pinnacle of U.S. research universities
Neural signals
UC San Francisco |

Has science cracked the code on chronic pain?

In a first, UCSF researchers have identified chronic pain states in individuals directly from their neural activity.