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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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UCSF McCune lab
UCSF |

$20M grant funds amfAR Institute for HIV Cure Research

UCSF and the Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology among research groups partnering in effort to eliminarte virus.
Breeding of diverse varieties like these peppers, bred at the Student Farm at UC Davis, is increasingly important for organic growers.
UC Davis |

New organic plant breeding effort sprouting at UC Davis

Effort will provide California growers with seeds for tomato, bean, pepper and other crop varieties.
Farm at sunset
UC Davis |

Food, ag and health summit to feature app hackathon

UC Davis will host a series of events Dec. 1-3.
Girl with a dandelion
UCLA |

UCLA–USC team to develop tech to predict kids' asthma attacks

Platform will enable smart devices to alert children based on their unique risk factors and environmental conditions.
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UC Merced via The Conversation |

Locavore or vegetarian? What's the best way to reduce climate impact of food?

An enlightened consumer can help achieve meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly for the case of food.
Olives
UC Newsroom |

A sweeter, more satisfying holiday dinner from UC scientists

From pies to potatoes, sugar to soil, UC scientists are gaining insights across the food spectrum.
View over Paris at sunset
UC Newsroom |

UC brings California’s climate change message to Paris

All eyes will be on Paris next week as the nations of the world come together to negotiate the future of the planet at the 2015 UN Climate Conference (COP-21), and California will be at the table.
Mars ring
UC Berkeley |

Mars will lose its largest moon, but gain a ring

Phobos will likely slowly lose orbit and be shredded into pieces that will surround the red planet.
David Jablons, chief of thoracic surgery at UCSF Medical Center, sells his cheeses at the San Francisco Ferry Building farmers market on weekends.
UC San Francisco |

Physician-farmer finds niche making cheese

UCSF Dr. David Jablons builds cheese-making business with wife.
UC Davis |

GMO food animals should be judged by product, not process, scientists say

Paper makes the case for a new approach to regulating food products from animals developed using modern biotechnologies.
UCLA nanoscientists develop safer, faster way to remove pollutants from water
UCLA |

UCLA nanoscientists develop safer, faster way to remove pollutants from water

The advance could be an important new step in the effort to satisfy the world’s need for clean water.
An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis. A known malarial vector, the species can found from Egypt all the way to China.
UC Irvine and UC San Diego |

UC scientists create malaria-blocking mosquitoes

New insect model may help eradicate disease that sickens millions annually.