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UC Newsroom |

UC medical school graduates take on Central Valley’s health care crisis

More than 700 medical students are earning their M.D. from a UC medical school this spring. The vast majority of these newly minted doctors — 73 percent — will stay in California for their residency training.

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UC Newsroom |

Transfer students triumph in the Class of 2024

Meet 10 first-gen graduates who started their journey to UC at a California community college.

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preschool children at play
UC Berkeley |

Preschoolers outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos

Tots outperform college students in certain learning tasks because they are more flexible and less biased in their ideas about cause and effect.
UC Santa Cruz |

Barbie: narrowing girls' career horizons?

Girls who play with Barbie dolls tend to see fewer career options available to them, compared with the options available to boys.
college students
UCLA |

Cost concerns play bigger role in college choice

Survey of freshmen reveals they are weighing costs, financial aid more heavily in selecting a college or university.
e-cigarette
UC San Francisco |

E-cigarettes are gateway to nicotine addiction for teens

First U.S. national study strongly links e-cigarettes with smoking for many adolescents.
Sneha Jayaprakash
UC San Diego |

Coding for a cause

Student entrepreneur wins $10,000 Microsoft award to develop app for social change.
girl pumping water
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Invention removes arsenic from water

Indian company licenses Berkeley Lab technology for treating contaminated water.
staph/nanotube shape
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Scientists show which surfaces attract clingy Staph bacteria

Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley researchers are investigating how shapes and surface texture influence the adhesion of infectious Staphylococcus Aureus bacteria. Their work could lead to a more nuanced understanding of what makes a surface less inviting to…
computer hacking
UC Riverside |

Companies join forces to stop hackers

Anti-malware company co-founded by UC Riverside alumnus is bought by company valued at $1 billion.
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley’s Wikipedian-in-residence is a first

Scores of Cal undergrads are working to research and write articles for Wikipedia. Their coach is the first Wikipedian-in-residence at a U.S. college or university.
Volunteer student and patient Enrique Juarez Gonzalez
UCLA |

Students bring much-needed medical aid to Mexican community

UCLA's chapter of Flying Samaritans brings quality medical care to Tijuana's Colonia Margarita Moran.
"Frozen"
UCLA Today |

Mathematicians bring snow to life for Disney's 'Frozen'

UCLA researchers help create what are arguably the most realistic, animated snow scenes in any film.
UCLA Magazine |

Aiming for the final frontier

UCLA alumna has nailed the first big hurdle toward a one-way trip to Mars.