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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 Newsroom |

Supporters visit capitol for UC Day 2015

Representatives from all 10 UC campuses spent UC Day meeting with state lawmakers on the importance of funding and its payoff in a stronger economy and a better-educated workforce.
Among the discussions at the symposium was a presentation on earth-based food practices, such as worm composting.
UC Santa Barbara |

Native food, native wisdom

A symposium on native food ways at UC Santa Barbara emphasized the connection between indigenous Americans and their traditional staples.
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UC San Francisco |

Sugar Papers reveal industry role in 1970s dental program

Newly discovered documents reveal that the sugar industry worked closely with the National Institutes of Health to develop a federal research program focused on approaches other than sugar reduction to prevent tooth decay.
UC Newsroom |

U.S. News ranks UC graduate schools among best in nation

U.S. News' Best Graduate Schools evaluates graduate schools for business, education, engineering, law, medicine and nursing; in each discipline, all or nearly all UC graduate schools were highly ranked.
UC Newsroom |

Curing cancer, one tax return at a time

Check a box and fund two UC-administered cancer research projects — one helping young women preserve fertility and sexual health, the other creating a safer, more effective tool for early detection of lung cancer.
boy smells flower
UC San Diego |

Understanding how neurons shape memories of smells

Discovery has implications for understanding epilepsy, the cause of which also stems from the olfactory cortex.
UC Riverside |

UC-Mexico Initiative Advisory Board meets in Ensenada, Mexico

Board eyes ways to involve Mexican and American private sectors, as well as measuring success of student and faculty exchanges, research collaborations and scholarly activities.
heart-on-a-chip wafer
UC Berkeley |

Bioengineers put human hearts on a chip to aid drug screening

'Heart-on-a-chip' effectively uses human cardiac muscle cells derived from adult stem cells to model how a human heart reacts to cardiovascular medications.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Environment in the African savanna linked to human health

Community ecologist spotlights how environmental management affects disease emergence.
Ruined house, Fukushima, Japan
UCLA |

Researchers document disaster recovery in, around Fukushima

Video, photos, interviews and mapping tools capture the extent of damage four years after the 2011 quake and tsunami.
3-D structure
UC Berkeley |

First-of-its-kind 3-D-printed cement structure rises

Powder-based structure, standing 9 feet tall, is a demonstration of the architectural potential of 3-D printing.
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UC Riverside |

How healthy is genetically modified soybean oil?

UC Riverside study shows GM soybean oil is as unhealthy as conventional soybean oil, with one benefit: no resistance to insulin.