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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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UC Newsroom |

UC inventions on display at Tech Commercialization Forum

Research discoveries make the leap to commercial products — and fuel the state's economy.
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UC Newsroom |

A thirst for knowledge

Attacking the drought from all perspectives — that’s the power of public.
Fig. 1 — bike renegades
Fig. 1 by University of California |

Renegades of bike culture

Today’s hipsters and their fixies are not the first to embody the too-cool-for-school persona of the cyclist.
UC San Diego |

Link between e-cigarettes and mental health

Persons with mental health conditions are found more likely to use nicotine-delivery devices.
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UC San Francisco |

Study debunks health claims for e-cigarettes

Researchers urge same restrictions for e-cigarettes as the tobacco variety.
Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica
UC Irvine |

West Antarctic glacier loss appears unstoppable

The volume of melted ice enough is expected to raise sea level around the globe by 4 feet.
Rebecca Peters, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley's top graduating senior makes a splash in water policy

Rebecca Peters’ IQ score measured so low in fourth grade that her school did not deem her to be college material. Today she’s a diehard clean-water-access warrior and UC Berkeley’s top graduating senior.
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Breast cancer research program offers community training

California Breast Cancer Research Program invites people to learn about what environmental factors play role in disease.
Tajeerah Mujahid
UC Newsroom |

UC looks to simplify and improve transfer experience

Board of Regents will hear recommendations for streamlining the community college transfer process.
UC President Napolitano at UC Hastings
UC Hastings College of the Law |

President Napolitano delivers UC Hastings commencement address

Address invoked influential alumni, both famous and little-known.
Shaochen Chen
UC San Diego |

Liver-like device, via 3-D printer

External device, like dialysis, emulates the liver's ability to remove toxins from the bloostream.
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UC Berkeley |

Polar bear genome gives new insight into adaptations to high-fat diet

The polar bear — recently diverged from its brown cousins — has genes involved in fat metabolism that could provide insights that will help humans deal with health problems caused by high-fat diets.