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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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Pacific Research Platform
Calit2 |

Researchers building high-speed data freeway system

UC San Diego and UC Berkeley team to create Pacific Research Platform, which will transfer of scientific data 1,000 times faster than today's Internet.
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UC Berkeley |

Game of Thrones, a class unto itself

UC Berkeley summer session course explores what show may be saying about democracy, climate change and corruption of the American Dream.
Lower lake levels due to drought
UC Riverside |

UC campuses part of urban water research network

UC Riverside and UC Berkeley among 14 universities receiving a $12 million National Science Foundation grant to address water challenges around the world.
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Berkeley Wellness Center |

Are mobile devices ruining our eyes?

A UC Berkeley optometrist warns about the effects of laptop computers, tablets, cell phones on our vision.
earthquake warning system
UC Berkeley |

Earthquake early warning system moves closer to reality

U.S. Geological Survey awards $4 million grant to UC Berkeley and its research partners to ramp up ShakeAlert prototype.
Participating on a Zocalo panel to discuss the social and economic forces limiting low-income Americans' access to healthy food and exercise were Anna Gorman (from eft), UCLA's Roshan Bastani, Tracie McMillan and LaVonna Lewis.
UCLA/Zocalo |

Who can afford organic kale on minimum wage?

A panel of health experts discusses what can be done to ensure health equity.
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UC Newsroom |

UC creates five new inventions per day

In 2014, UC research led to 86 new startups and 1,769 new inventions — nearly five per day – amid a booming startup culture.
UCLA |

Non-surgical approach helps people with paralysis move their legs

UCLA study's results are believed to be the first time voluntary leg movements have ever been relearned without surgery.
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside authors book nominated for Man Booker Prize

“The Moor’s Account” by creative writing professor Laila Lalami, long-listed for prestigious international award.
UC Berkeley |

On Berkeley time? He keeps Campanile’s clocks ticking

What happens when the clocks stop on UC Berkeley landmark? The call goes to Art Simmons.
UC Davis |

Autism's costs estimated to be $500 billion, potentially $1 trillion, by 2025

UC Davis health economists have for the first time projected costs of caring for all people with the disorder.
UC Riverside |

Reshaping the solar spectrum to turn light to electricity

UC Riverside researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun’s spectrum to make solar cells more efficient.