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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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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 |

Archive captures breadth of moving pictures

Big screen or small, UCLA's Film & Television Archive has this medium covered.
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.
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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.
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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.