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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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UC Newsroom |

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 Office of the President |

UC dominates Washington Monthly college rankings

UC San Diego tops list for third straight year, five other UC campuses in the top 20.
UC Merced |

River project promises clarity, security for state water resources

Researchers with the Sierra Nevada Research Institute are taking mountain water monitoring to the next level with sensor network in the American River Basin.
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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 |

UCs rated highly in academic world rankings

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