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UC announces record-breaking admissions for fall 2024

The University of California admitted the largest and most diverse class in its history for fall 2024, including big jumps in admission offers to California students, community college transfers and students historically underrepresented.

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Your ultimate guide to the 100+ UC athletes set to shine at the Paris Olympics

103 UC athletes, supported by 13 UC-affiliated coaches and staff, will be going for gold in the Summer Games, competing in 27 sports and representing 31 different nations and five UC campuses.

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UC San Diego jellyfish noise oceans
UC San Diego |

The talkative ocean: sounds of deep-water animal migration recorded

UC San Diego researchers find shrimp, jellies and squid may communicate underwater, much like dolphins and whales.
UCLA’s Bunche Center - Darnell Hunt
UCLA |

Mounting evidence that more diverse movie casts help the bottom line

UCLA Bunche center report finds that earnings and social media traffic are higher for content with more women and minority actors.
UCSF sleep research
UC San Francisco |

Gene linking sleep and seasonal affective disorder found

Novel gene mutation discovered at UCSF could help explain why shorter days can trigger depression.
UCLA ice sheet
UCLA |

Antarctica could be headed for major meltdown

UCLA geochemist finds striking similarities between climate change patterns today and millions of years ago.
This Southern Burkina Faso farmer holds a handful of shea nuts, an orphan crop in Africa.
UC Davis |

Forgotten crops may hold key to nutritional security

UC Davis is partnering in a global plant-breeding consortium that is fighting malnutrition and poverty in Africa by improving the traditional crops of the continent.
UC Santa Cruz oceans study
UC Santa Cruz |

The wild, wild West Coast

Unexpected phenomena and El Niño leave UC Santa Cruz researchers wondering what the future holds for West Coast ecosystems.
UC Newsroom |

UC pledges to boost pipeline of STEM educators

UC joins the national movement to recruit and prepare the science and math teachers of tomorrow.
8 with UC ties nominated for Academy Awards
UC Newsroom |

And the Oscar goes to...

Eight nominees with UC ties vie for Academy Awards this year.
Juvenile salmon feast on bugs in enclosed areas of the Yolo Bypass during a 2014 experiment in a flooded rice field. The experiment in 2016 is in its fifth year.
UC Davis |

Sushi project mixes salmon and rice fields on floodplain

Experiment, in fifth year, points to water policy solutions to support both salmon recovery and agriculture.
UCLA Casanova
UCLA |

Casanova was more than a good lover, says UCLA professor

A fuller view of a man who lived life as a writer, gambler, mathematician, and of course, seducer.
UC Newsroom |

Sloan fellowships awarded to UC faculty ‘rising stars’

Honor goes to 19 early-career scholars deemed likely to become the next generation of scientific leaders.
Harper Lee UCLA recording
UCLA |

UCLA Library releases audio of rare Harper Lee radio interview

The only known recording of the famous novelist discussing "To Kill a Mockingbird" reaches the public.