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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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UCLA |

Recipe for starting a family: Add walnuts

Eating about two handfuls of the nuts a day appears to improve sperm quality.
UC Berkeley |

Why are people overconfident

People who believe they are better than others, even when they aren’t, are given a higher place in the social ladder.
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley helps workers retool for new careers

Laid-off workers are getting hands-on training in microfabrication at Berkeley’s Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center through a collaborative technical-education initiative with Oakland’s Laney College.
UC Davis |

Antibacterial chemical may impair muscle function

Triclosan, found in hand soaps and other products, is shown to hinder muscle contraction in animal models.
UC Office of the President |

UC Davis tops Sierra magazine's green rankings

UC Irvine was ninth, UC San Diego 17th, UC Berkeley 20th, UC Merced 25th and UC Riverside 58th in annual survey.
UC Office of the President |

UCs rated highly in academic world rankings

Academic Ranking of World Universities includes nine campuses among its top-rated schools.
UCLA |

Woman gets new heart, kidney despite the odds

Doctors push the medical boundaries to get "unacceptable" candidate back on the transplant list and offer her a new chance at life.
UCLA |

Curbing tobacco use by growing less

One way to reduce the deaths and disease from smoking is to show farmers how to change their choice of crops. A UCLA researcher has initiated successful crop substitution project in tobacco-rich China.
UC Davis |

Climate impacts Lake Tahoe clarity and health

Despite an extreme weather year, overall clarity at Lake Tahoe improved in 2011.
UC Irvine |

Med students have iPad, will travel

UC Irvine medical students are showing the world how technology can improve health care.
UC Berkeley |

Despite global amphibian decline, number of known species soars

Publicity over the past 25 years about the decline of amphibians worldwide has led to an explosion of research on the causes and exploration to find new species.
UC Irvine |

Brains in people with super memory are different

Study finds structural variations in the brain and mental processes among those who recall their lives perfectly.