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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 San Francisco |

Smarts and long life, thanks to this gene

A common form of a gene already associated with longevity also improves learning and memory.
Rebecca Smith-Bindman
UC Newsroom |

Innovation propels UC Health

Annual colloquium addresses need for heightened collaboration to increase quality, lower costs across the system.
UC San Diego |

For GoPro founder, UC San Diego was catalyst for creativity

Entrepreneur Nick Woodman: “You wake up one morning and the company you started with your college friends is the fastest growing digital capture company in the world.”
Sam Hawgood, UCSF interim chancellor
UC Newsroom |

Moving toward one UC Health

UC's five academic medical centers are at an inflection point, according to Dr. Sam Hawgood, UC San Francisco interim chancellor and medical school dean.
UC Berkeley
California Magazine |

Cal’s plan to shrink a big, impersonal campus

Berkeley Connect is Cal’s plan to shrink a big, impersonal campus and reintroduce elements of the small liberal arts college experience.
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UC Santa Cruz |

GPS collar tracks puma's travels to suburbs

Young cat's efforts to establish his own territory took him into the heart of downtown Mountain View.
UC Newsroom |

Scientists look for pathogen that's killing sea stars

UC Santa Cruz monitoring program is helping to pinpoint what's causing decimation of key coastal species.
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Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

No ocean-borne radiation from Fukushima found

Kelp Watch 2014, a project that tests kelp along the western U.S. coast for signs of radioactive seawater, has found none from the 2011 disaster.
UC Newsroom |

Early career awards go to 12 UC scientists

Energy Department honor is among the most prestigious in the country for young researchers.
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UC Riverside |

A new miles per gallon rating system

Graduate student works with Motor Trend magazine to create fuel economy ratings for vehicles based on real-world driving, not lab tests.
President Obama and UCLA students at LAX
UCLA |

'Harold and Kumar' star offers peek into the West Wing

Students in Fiat Lux class taught by Kal Penn meet with President Obama at LAX
march against racial profiling
UCLA |

Can big data transform social justice?

The mass availability of information can be used for more than just an invasion of privacy.