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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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UC Newsroom |

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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human brain
UC San Diego |

Brain 'dimmer switch' influences mood disorders

Researchers pinpoint control mechanism for an area of the brain that processes sensory and emotive information that humans experience as “disappointment.”
Dr. Greg Maynard, UC San Diego
UC Newsroom |

UC innovation grants reap healthy returns

The University of California’s investment in its Center for Health Quality and Innovation is paying off, with a return on investment of more than 5 to 1.
UC Davis |

UC Davis and Mars, Inc. to create specialized food institute

Innovation Institute for Food and Health will advance new discoveries in sustainable food, agriculture and health.
Santa Cruz Island, 1980 (left) and 2008
Natural Reserve System |

Clear out invaders, and let nature take its course

UC undergrads find native vegetation rebounding on Santa Cruz Island decades after eradicating imported grazers.
faces
UC Berkeley |

Human faces are so variable because we evolved to look unique

The amazing variety of human faces – far greater than that of most other animals – is the result of evolutionary pressure to make each of us easily recognizable.
aerial view, El Zotz, Guatemala
UC San Diego |

Capturing ancient Maya sites from both a rat’s and a ‘bat’s' eye view’

Drones and lasers help archaeologists study ruins hidden in Guatemalan jungle.
male students, UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside joins other universities, foundations to improve student success rates

Funding from six foundations will help the University Innovation Alliance share programs around the nation.
Serpent still from "Frontera!" animated film
UC Santa Cruz |

Film professor’s original animation debuts on PBS.org

Unconventional short film uses humor, hip hop and comic book-style animation to tell fascinating story of revolt in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
scarlet macaws
UC Berkeley |

Changes in farming practices can save evolutionary diversity

A new study by biologists at UC Berkeley and Stanford University highlights the dramatic hit on evolutionary diversity when forests are transformed into agricultural lands.
Sadia Saifuddin and Avi Oved
California Magazine |

UC’s two student regents seek common ground

For the first time, two students, one Muslim and one Jewish, will sit together as the two student members of the University of California’s Board of Regents.
UC Santa Cruz |

Teaching computers the nuances of human conversation

Computer scientist wants to make spoken dialogue systems more responsive to the user.
bollworm caterpillar
UC Davis |

Evolutionary biology key to tackling diverse global problems

Drug-resistant diseases, pesticide-resistant bugs and animals threatened by climate change are signs of human-driven evolution getting out of control. A multi-university team calls for solutions.