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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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Charging Renault Zoe electric car on a parking place in the city of Zwolle, The Netherlands.
UC Riverside |

Can the Salton Sea geothermal field prevent the coming lithium shortage?

UC Riverside and Berkeley Lab join exploration of California’s resources.
Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Lori Kletzer, John R. Lewis College Provost Flora Lu, and Dean of the Arts Division Celine Parreñas Shimizu
UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz tops ranking of women in leadership at R1 universities

When it comes to women leading universities, UC Santa Cruz is first in the nation for racial and gender diversity in leadership.
A man in scrubs, a hairnet and a face mask leans against a window
UC Berkeley |

Burnout: What we’re feeling and how to use it to make positive change

Americans are burned out after two years of COVID-19’s surges and dips upending life as we know it.
Aminta Kouyate, a UC Prime medical student, smiling outside UCSF
UC Newsroom |

A doctor who’s trying to fix what’s broken

A bad hospital experience led Aminta Kouyate to pursue a career in medicine.
Screenshot of the redesigned University of California website featuring a young Black medical student
UC Newsroom |

New University of California website shows impact of 10-campus system

The redesigned website streamlines the digital experience to help visitors find information about the 10-campus system.
A parched Nevada landscape showing dry cracked earth
UCLA |

Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years

The drought that has enveloped southwestern North America for the past 22 years is the region’s driest “megadrought” — defined as a drought lasting two decades or longer — since at least the year 800, according to a new UCLA-led study in the journal…
A smart watch on a wrist with cortisol reading displayed
UCLA |

Sweating the small stuff: Smartwatch developed at UCLA measures key stress hormone

Device opens new possibilities for personal health monitoring.
Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz in front of chalkboard
UC Santa Cruz |

White House honors astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz with mentoring award

The acknowledgment represents the highest honor bestowed upon mentors who work to expand STEM talent.
Cover of book about John Wesley Gilbert, entitled The First Black Archaeologist
UC Santa Barbara |

The extraordinary life of John Wesley Gilbert, the first Black archaeologist

Born into slavery, Gilbert became one of America’s great scholars — a classicist, a linguist, an archaeologist and an educator.
Boy looking up in a classroom, pencil in workbook
UC San Francisco |

UCSF dyslexia researchers develop tool to flag early reading challenges

A $10M state budget proposal would enable digital assessment in California schools.
Brita Sigourney holds the U.S. flag after a medal-winning run in 2018
UC Davis and UCLA |

Two athletes with UC ties head to Beijing for the Winter Olympics

Find out how to root on bobsledder Carlo Valdes and freestyle skier Brita Sigourney as they seek gold for Team USA.
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UC Santa Cruz |

How climate action planning misses equity opportunities in many California cities

A new study analyzed 170 climate action plans across California to find out how cities are incorporating equity into their efforts.