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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA

Ruvkun obtained his B.A. in biophysics from UC Berkeley in 1973.

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UC Newsroom |

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UC Berkeley |

Defying negative stereotypes, humanities majors are booming at UC Berkeley

The number of first-year enrolled students declaring majors in the arts and humanities is up 121 percent over last year.
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UC Riverside |

The unintended consequences of using a ventilator

Breakthrough research addresses a long-standing question in pulmonary medicine about whether modern ventilators overstretch lung tissue: They do.
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UC Newsroom |

At global climate summit, UC leaders share expertise in education, health care and the world’s oceans

Nearly 200 countries will participate in the United Nations’ climate change conference, known as COP27 (short for the 27th Conference of the Parties) from Nov. 6-18.
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UC Davis |

Looking for romance? That first impression matters

First impressions of compatibility and popularity stick with us, study suggests.
Students Alex Edgar and Skylar Betts hold signs about voting on Sproul Plaza
UC Newsroom |

Midterms are coming! Here’s how to cast your ballot

Two separate headshots in one collage image: Sunil Ghandi, pictured here with study co-author Carey Huh on the left
UC Irvine |

Eye-opening discovery about adult brain’s ability to recover vision

UC Irvine team demonstrates the adult brain has the potential to partially recover from inherited blindness.
Demontea and Tray Thompson
UCLA Magazine |

Fostering success

Demontea Thompson and his twin brother are both foster care success stories. Now, through his research at UCLA, Demontea hopes to raise graduation rates for other foster youth.
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UC Santa Barbara |

The environmental footprint of food

Researchers map the environmental pressures of global production for all foods on land and ocean.
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UC San Diego |

UC San Diego launches new Human Milk Institute

Scientists hope to create a global hub for understanding and accelerating knowledge and application of human milk.
Middle-aged Black woman and middle-aged Asian woman look at a younger man in the office who is closer to the camera
UC Berkeley Haas |

Study: Stereotypes of middle-aged women as less ‘nice’ can hold them back at work

Even as they achieve more power and capability on the job, middle-aged women can be held back by a perceived lack of “niceness,” new research finds.
Alex Edgar and Skylar Betts hold up signs to encourage students to register to vote on the UC Berkeley campus
UC Newsroom |

Boggled by your ballot? Five easy ways to get informed

Here’s how to quickly get up to speed about what’s at stake in the upcoming election.
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UC San Francisco |

Small-molecule drug reverses neural effects of concussion

UCSF researchers rescue cognitive function by blocking molecular stress response.