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Critical research hangs in the balance as UC faces unprecedented federal threats

Explore some of the research happening at UC that’s poised to deliver transformative benefits to the American people.

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12 foods you couldn’t live without — brought to you by the University of California

Across university farms and labs, and in partnership with growers and ranchers around the state, research from the University of California is at the root of the nation’s abundance.

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Susan Desmond-Hellmann
UC Newsroom |

UCSF chancellor to step down in March

Susan Desmond-Hellmann, chancellor since 2009, will become CEO of the Gates Foundation.
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UC Riverside |

Can a glass of wine a day keep the doctor away?

Drinking in moderation — but not to excess — can help boost your immune response to vaccination.
UC Santa Cruz |

Game designer among top ten game developers of 2013

Brenda Romero, program director for gaming master's program, is recognized by industry site.
UCLA |

Student paves way for new medical clinic in Uganda

When a young Ugandan shared his dream of starting the first hospital in his district to provide free health care services, a UCLA undergraduate student chose to help make it a reality.
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UC Office of the President |

UC goes tobacco free

Sales, ads and use of cigarettes, chewing tobacco and more will go away in January 2014.
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UC Riverside |

How Mosquitoes Are Drawn to Human Skin and Breath

Mosquitoes love the smell of our breath and skin. Researchers are devising compounds that they'll love a bit more.
UC Santa Cruz |

Slippery fault triggered monster quake, tsunami

Unprecedented 50-meter fault slip in temblor that devastated coastal Japan and caused damage an ocean away generated surprisingly little friction.
Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles mayor
UCLA |

Assignment: assembling a portrait of Los Angeles

City project allows photographer to take an unorthodox view of Los Angeles.
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California Magazine |

Quake alert? There'll soon be an app for that

Smartphone technology will make it easier to expand early-warning networks.
UC Berkeley |

Anthropologist honored for organ trafficking research

When Nancy Scheper-Hughes began monitoring the transnational organ-transplant trade, some may have thought she was off-the-mark. But a new award recognizes the positive public-policy impacts of this self-proclaimed “agent provocateur.”
UC Riverside |

Prenatal exposure to alcohol disrupts brain circuitry

These babies may suffer from increased anxiety and poor motor function, conditions typical of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
precision medicine
UC San Francisco |

Searching genes for drug reactions

UCSF School of Pharmacy is one of the first pharmacy schools in the nation to offer its students genetic testing for drug response.