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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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Big ideas in health and science for 2016
UC San Francisco |

Big ideas in health and science for 2016

UC San Francisco experts predict areas that will see major advances, and where basic science will be translating into real treatments.
UCSB scientists collaborate with researchers, wildlife agencies, San Francisco, Oakland zoos to save endangered California species of frog
UC Santa Barbara |

Rescue and recovery effort for endangered frog

UC Santa Barbara scientists collaborate with wildlife agencies, and San Francisco and Oakland zoos to save native California species.
CRISPR named Science's Breakthrough of 2015
UC Berkeley |

Science magazine names CRISPR ‘Breakthrough of the Year’

Genome-editing technology invented at UC Berkeley is year’s top innovation.
UC Newsroom |

UC's top 10 stories of 2015

From expanding enrollment to tackling climate change, 2015 was a big year for the University of California.
Winning team, Ag for Hire, brainstorms its app at the Apps for Ag Hackathon with the UC Davis World Food Center.
UC Davis |

Hackers compete for best ag app

Ag for Hire team wins the hackathon, which, in partnership with the World Food Center at UC Davis, was one of a series of events at the Food, Ag and Health Solution Summit.
UC campuses among top 'best values' in 2016 Kiplinger rankings
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses among top 'best values' in 2016 Kiplinger rankings

Eight ranked in top 100 for public universities.
Roger Beachy, UC Davis
UC Davis |

UC Davis World Food Center recruits permanent director

Roger Beachy’s term as founding director comes to an end Jan. 31, after which he will stay on as a senior fellow and continue his work on partnerships in China.
UC Santa Barbara's John Bowers (left) is among 12 UC innovators elected to the National Academy of Inventors.
UC Newsroom |

13 UC innovators elected to the National Academy of Inventors

The newest members of the NAI come from across the UC system, with fellows from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UCLA, UC San Diego, UC San Francisco and UC Santa Barbara among the 2015 honorees.
Cool Campus Challenge
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Cool Campus Challenge crowns a winner

UC Irvine emerged victorious after a tight race to the finish in the first Cool Campus Challenge.
Sea lions exposed to algal toxin show impaired spatial memory
UC Santa Cruz |

Sea lions exposed to algal toxin show impaired spatial memory

Permanent damage caused by domoic acid may affect their ability to survive in the wild, UC Santa Cruz-led study suggests.
Sarah Woodruff is a UC Santa Cruz student and the intern coordinator for effot. Each week, students help every week at the garden to talk about food justice and teach the children about nutrition and growing fruits and vegetables.
UC Santa Cruz |

Cultivating a garden -- and food security -- in Watsonville

UC Santa Cruz students gain valuable experience in campus-community partnership.
Scientists Devise an Algorithm That Detects Sarcasm Better Than Humans Can
California Magazine |

Scientists devise algorithm that detects sarcasm better than humans

Computers show an accuracy rate of 75 percent — notably better than the humans, according to research co-led by UC Berkeley.