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UC Newsroom |

Notable UC books of 2024

Featuring New York Times bestsellers, Pulitzer Prize winners and some of the most talked about books of the year, catch up on some of the great reads you may have missed from UC authors.

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UC Newsroom |

12 amazing UC discoveries of 2024

Explore new ways of understanding ourselves, our planet and our place in the universe.

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UCLA |

Team wins grant to tackle concussions among football players

New ‘microlattice’ helmet material would reduce head injuries, track collision impacts.
UC Berkeley |

Students Feeding Forward fights hunger, food waste

Web platform connects organizations that have surplus perishable food with social agencies that feed the hungry.
UC Davis |

Fresh idea brings campus produce to UC Davis pantry

New Fresh Focus program offers surplus, blemished or odd-shaped produce from the Student Farm to students in need.
UC Newsroom |

Military veterans find a place and a purpose on UC campuses

An increasing array of services helps UC students who are returning service-members capitalize on their unique experiences and skills.
UC Newsroom |

3 UC scholars win Breakthrough Prizes

UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab's Jennifer Doudna and Saul Perlmutter, and UCLA mathematician Terence Tao share $3 million awards.
UC San Francisco |

UCSF launches sugar science initiative

Research and education project is designed to highlight the impact of added sugar on health.
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UC Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara |

Coexist or perish, wildfire analysis says

UC scientists take part in research that advocates changing from fighting fire to coexisting with it as a natural process.
amphibious ichthyosaur fossil
UC Davis |

Newly found fossil fills evolutionary gap

A fossilized amphibious ichthyosaur — bearing both flippers and flexible wrists, descended from terrestrial creatures — has been discovered in China.
UC Riverside |

UC Riversides Solar Array From Zero to Sixty

Campus is lauded for its 3 megawatt solar farm, currently the largest in the University of California system.
Lick Observatory
UC Santa Cruz |

UC confirms continued support of Lick Observatory

Decision reverses mandate that Lick become self-supporting, requiring funding to come from alternative sources.
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine boosts on-site solar power production fourfold

Campus will add 11,700 panels to three parking structure roofs.
UC Berkeley |

How important is long-distance travel in the spread of epidemics?

The current Ebola outbreak shows how quickly diseases can spread with global jet travel.