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UC Newsroom |

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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Sorghum field
UC Berkeley |

Sorghum is focus of $12.3M study of crop drought tolerance

Study will examine the role of epigenetics in allowing plants to survive in drought conditions.
Kern National Wildlife Refuge
UC Merced |

UC Merced researchers to tackle water crisis on multiple fronts

In the Central Valley, the Sierra and beyond, multicampus research initiative dives into state's drought issues.
treating an Ebola patient
UC Santa Cruz |

Chip-based technology enables reliable direct detection of Ebola virus

System can be integrated into simple, portable instrument for use in field situations where rapid, accurate detection of the virus is needed to control outbreaks.
State Sen. Kevin de León
UC Riverside |

School of Public Policy will equip future leaders to solve 21st century challenges

Senate president pro tem exhorts students to be creative and passionate in seeking solutions.
man in Indonesian fish market
UC Davis |

A quarter of fish sold at markets contain man-made debris

A quarter of the fish sampled at markets in California and Indonesia has consumed plastic or man-made fiber material.
brain-computer interface enables paralyzed man to walk
UC Irvine |

Paralyzed man walks with help of brain-computer interface

Mind-controlled technology bypasses spine and creates gateway to a host of medical possibilities.
Honeybee hovers near a tower of jewels flower in a California garden
UC Newsroom |

Are Argentine ants a threat to honeybees?

California sits atop a super-colony of meddlesome Argentine ants, and new research suggests they may be doing more harm than previously suspected.
UC Newsroom |

Napolitano: Public research universities are the engines of innovation

University of California President Janet Napolitano addressed the Association for Women in Science at the 2015 National Summit on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
mother and baby
UC San Diego |

Babies time their smiles to make their moms smile back

A toddler-like robot allows researchers to confirm their findings — and to help study non-verbal children and adults.
UC Riverside |

Botanist to study responses of trees, shrubs to extreme drought

UC Riverside professor receives National Science Foundation grant for research into survival mechanisms of plant species in California.
drought help save water
UC Merced |

UC Merced humanities center aims to bring depth to water issues

Research center's interdiscipolinary projects will focus on water for the next two years.
medical residents at UCSF Fresno
UC San Francisco |

UCSF Fresno marks 40 years of serving Central Valley

The campus is established as the largest provider of graduate medical education in the valley, where the population has grown faster than the number of doctors available.