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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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Micah Perks
UC Santa Cruz |

Professor’s e-book featured on startup site for women

Micah Perks' memoir, 'Alone in the Woods,' explores women and the wilderness.
UCLA |

More pesticides linked to Parkinson's

A person's genetic makeup could increase his or her chance of developing the debilitating disease two- to six-fold after pesticide exposure.
UC San Francisco |

Immunotherapy: the last hope

Patricia Hollowell gets a hug from her grandson Cody, 3, at her daughter's home in San Rafael, Calif.Credit: Cindy Chew Patricia Hollowell, 80, was diagnosed with melanoma in April 2012.She had three surgeries in quick succession in her hometown of Grand…
UC San Francisco |

The ultimate betrayal

Robert Bruce meets with Adil Daud, MD, at UCSF Medical Center to discuss the progress of his immunotherapy treatments as part of Daud's clinical trial of the PD-1 antibody. Credit: Cindy Chew When Robert Bruce, of El Dorado, Calif., was diagnosed in March…
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UC San Francisco |

Killing cancer through the immune system

What if the body could heal itself of even the most aggressive and deadly tumors? In the span of a few years, the idea has gone from New Age notion to medical reality.
UC Berkeley |

Intellectual migration from fascist Europe to Berkeley

Exhibition at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life traces the journeys of artists, writers and scholars who eventually made their way to safety and intellectual prominence at UC Berkeley.
Douglas Haynes
UC Irvine |

Professor/provost's take on ‘Downton Abbey’ and diversity

Professor, administrator is a scholar of British history, fan of the TV series and award-winning champion of equity in faculty hiring
UC Davis |

New technique makes "biogasoline" from plant waste

One day, you may fill up your tank with gasoline-like fuels made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste, using a new process invented by chemists at UC Davis.
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UCLA |

Are you really going to eat that?

New book by UCLA psychologists shows couples how to team up to lose weight, get healthier.
Brita Sigourney
UC Davis |

Skier is Sochi bound

Brita Sigourney gave up UC Davis' Hickey Pool for the snow and a shot at the Olympics.
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses are best value

Princeton Review ranks eight UC campuses among its best values in public universities.
UC San Francisco |

How the brain recognizes speech

The shaping of sound by our mouths leaves an acoustic trail the brain can follow.