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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 San Diego |

Majority of Californians still believe the state is ‘Golden’

Contrary to popular narrative, the number of residents planning to leave California remains unchanged.
Young Black woman with small dog working on computer together
UC Berkeley |

Very big changes are coming very fast to the American workplace

This is a major inflection point in U.S. professional life, scholars say.
Artists in front of a banner promoting vaccination with a giraffe on it
UC Davis |

UC Davis earns national award for COVID-19 response

The Healthy Davis Together initiative has earned national acclaim for its holistic approach to addressing the COVID crisis.
Person in landfill with birds flying over
UCLA |

Holding world leaders accountable for environmental destruction

“Ecocide” is an evolving legal term — now with new international heft.
Astronaut on a spacewalk
UCSF |

Space travel weakens our immune systems — now scientists may know why

As private citizens express interest in going to space, a late UCSF astronaut may have figured out an important riddle.
Man with mask with a coronavirus illustrated next to him
UC Riverside |

How concerned should we be about the Delta variant?

Experts share their thoughts about the SARS-CoV-2 variant, which is now in nearly every state.
Abbie VanSickle
UC Berkeley School of Journalism |

UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism lecturer, students and alumni honored in 2021 Pulitzer Prizes

Their prize-winning work spans topics from George Floyd, the use of police dogs, the coronavirus pandemic, and sea rise.
An open oyster
UC Santa Barbara |

Saving native oysters

Conservation aquaculture could bring more native oysters to plates and estuaries along the west coast.
Researcher using a blow torch on a block
UC Davis |

Can we fireproof our houses?

Michele Barbato is looking in unexpected places for ways to build affordable homes that can handle disaster, including wildfires.
Troy Plunkett and Joseph Bello
UC Merced |

Award-winning UC Merced grad works to improve wheelchair accessibility

Strauss Foundation scholar Joseph Bello focuses on getting people the wheelchairs they need, faster.
A couple, one not able to sleep
UCSF |

Why can’t I sleep?

Why are some of us insomniacs and others “super sleepers”? Researchers are finding answers in our genes.
Fireworks at night
UC Irvine |

Increased use of household fireworks creates a public health hazard, study finds

The impacts are most pronounced in Southern California’s low-income communities, researchers say.