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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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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
UC San Francisco |

Children’s hospitals launch global initiative on preterm birth

$100 million from Lynne and Marc Benioff, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund 10-year program to reduce childhood death from prematurity.
UC Davis |

Faculty, regent join American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Class of 2014 honorees bring UC's membership in the academy to 489.
UCLA |

Treating stroke improves during golden hour

Patients who receive clot-busting drug within first hour of symptoms are more likely to survive, preserve brain function and reduce disability.
San Francisco skyline
UC Berkeley |

Planning professor-turned-entrepreneur to help SF tackle urban problems with Big Data

From the classroom to the city, a UC Berkeley planning professor/entrepreneur is using Big Data to make a difference in urban life.
Daniela Kaufer and colleague
UC Berkeley |

Commonly available blood-pressure drug prevents epilepsy after brain injury

Study in rats shows that a common hypertension drug can nearly eliminate the epilepsy that often follows severe head injury. Nearly one in five cases of epilepsy is the result of head trauma.
UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside to hold investiture ceremony for chancellor

Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox will be formally invested by UC President Janet Napolitano.
vaccines
UC Newsroom |

UC's history in vaccine development

UC has played a significant role in the development of vaccines that have saved countless lives.
elephant seals
UC Newsroom |

Elephant seal data points to climate change

High-tech tracking of how and where these ocean creatures live is painting a picture of how ecosystems are influenced.
Eliot Crafton
UC Newsroom |

Grad student's tool averts invasive species

UC grad student’s tool maps where non-native species are likely to take hold.
UC Newsroom |

UC wins higher education sustainability awards

Annual awards highlight achievements from UC and California State University campuses that are models for sustainable operations.
UC Riverside |

Mantis shrimp stronger than airplanes

Inspired by tiny crustacean, researchers design composite material stronger than standard used in airplane frames.
UC San Francisco |

Codeine still prescribed for children

Despite its potentially harmful effects in children, codeine continues to be prescribed in U.S. emergency rooms.