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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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UC President Michael V. Drake, President Emerita Janet S. Napolitano, Chancellor Gary S. May and President Emeritus Mark G. Yudof
UC Davis |

3 UC Presidents: Challenges, legacies

Chancellor May hosts UC Presidents Drake, Napolitano and Yudof at a colloquium on higher education.
Farmworkers in the field
UCLA |

UCLA Law students work to help protect outdoor laborers from heat and pollution

Research produced by those in the California Environmental Legislation and Policy Clinic has influenced proposed legislation.
Elephant seal pup next to its mother on the beach
UC Santa Cruz |

Elephant seals’ map sense tells them when to head ‘home’

Researchers found that female elephant seals know their distance from the breeding beach and allocate extra time to get back if they have farther to travel.
Brain illustration on blue background
UC Irvine Magazine |

Stemming the next public health crisis — this time, in mental health

Researchers help illuminate the complexities of the mind and find solutions to prevent a twin pandemic.
A microscopic image of KRAS-driven lung cancer (purple) in a mouse model
UCSF |

Treating tough tumors by exploiting their iron ‘addiction’

UCSF researchers tame notorious KRAS-mutated cancers without harming healthy cells.
Image of an ovary from a diapausing fruit fly showing arrested egg development.
UC Santa Barbara |

Putting stem cells on pause

Researchers describe a process for extending the longevity of stem cells.
Desert landscape with an old wooden sign reading, San Andreas fault
Columbia and UC Santa Cruz |

A slow-motion section of the San Andreas Fault may not be so harmless after all

A study suggests that the central section of the San Andreas fault has hosted many major earthquakes.
Crop field being irrigated
UC Merced |

Last year’s drought cost the ag industry more than $1 billion, thousands of jobs, new analysis shows

Crops most affected by increased fallowing include rice, cotton, grain and field crops.
Origami crane and bee face each other
UCSF Magazine |

What you didn’t learn in school about sexual health

UCSF experts share the kind of science-based, judgment-free intel missing from a lot of sexual health stories.
Student walks on wide pavement area of UC Irvine campus
UC Newsroom |

UC a top producer of Fulbright students

Students from eight UC campuses and scholars from six have received Fulbright awards to advance their studies and promote international exchange for the 2021-22 academic year.
A cyclist goes by the UCOP building in Oakland, Calif.
UC Newsroom |

UC Regents Vice Chair Richard Leib takes on duties of the chair of the Board of Regents

University of California Regent Richard Leib, who is vice chair of the Board of Regents, will assume the duties and responsibilities of the Chair of the Board, effective immediately.
UC Regent Richard Blum at a UC podium
UC Newsroom |

UC leaders mourn the passing of longtime Regent Richard Blum

University of California leaders on Monday (Feb. 28) mourned the loss of Richard Blum, a UC alum, benefactor and longtime member of the Board of Regents.