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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 |

Applying to UC? Help is here.

From tips for filling out the application to finding help with college costs, we’ve got resources that can help.

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Fauci, a young peregrin falcon, takes flight
UC Berkeley |

Three in a row: Falcon brothers are learning to fly

All three of the campus’s newest peregrine falcons — male triplets born in April — are in flight school.
Illustration shows a Super Venus planet on the left and a Super Earth on the right.
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside joins forces with NASA on missions to Venus

The trips hope to illuminate how Earth’s evil twin became uninhabitable.
UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman and UC President Michael V. Drake at the June 4 ceremony christening Michael Drake Drive
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine christens Michael Drake Drive to honor former chancellor

Drake, the current UC president, led campus during era of unprecedented growth.
Firefighters battling the August Complex
UC Newsroom |

UC experts convene to discuss innovative solutions to California’s wildfires

The research symposium focused on enhancing the state’s resiliency to wildfire, extreme drought, and climate change.
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UC Irvine |

Aging with vitality

New class examines how and why physical activity can work better than pills.
COVID app on a smartphone
UCLA |

Research aims for best ways to treat COVID-19 at home

10,000 participants sought for online, app-based surveys designed by UCLA, UC Merced and Illinois.
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UC Berkeley via The Conversation |

A new way to remove salts and toxic metals from water

Desalination can help meet growing water needs globally, but current techniques are limited. A new approach holds promise.
Nurse operating dialysis machine next to a woman
UC Riverside |

Prolonging life for those on dialysis

A $3M National Institutes of Health grant to three UC campuses will seek to improve survival rates for patients on dialysis.
A worker receives a shot from a nurse
UC San Diego |

Cross-border effort to vaccinate 10,000 maquiladora workers

UC San Diego Health is vaccinating about 1,500 workers daily at a mobile clinic in Baja California.
Colorful illustration of a head outline with a brain inside and COVID-19 virus floating outside
UCSF |

Feeling post-lockdown anxiety? We’ve got you covered.

Experts provide advice on navigating COVID-19 reopenings and webinars to boost your resiliency.
The NFT for Jim Allison’s Nobel Prize-winning invention
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley will auction NFTs of Nobel Prize-winning inventions to fund research

Nonfungible tokens are all the rage, and now UC Berkeley is minting its own to raise money for research and education.
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UC Santa Barbara |

The write stuff

A writing workshop for student veterans offers an opportunity to tell their stories and connect with peers.