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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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UC Berkeley |

A mass exodus from California? Not exactly, says new UC Berkeley study

But one particular area has experienced a lot of departures, researchers say.
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UC Riverside |

Mentoring by text message

More than 1,600 mentors stepped up in four months to help their fellow students feel connected.
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UC Davis Magazine |

3 ways to cope with COVID-19 fatigue

UC Davis Health psychologist Kaye Hermanson suggests ways to alleviate daily stressors.
President Drake administers a vaccine to a woman at the community hub
UC Newsroom |

Let’s get vaccinated, for our families and communities, says UC President Drake in a new video

President Drake, who provided vaccinations on a recent Sunday at a community hub in the Mission District, delivers a PSA on why getting immunized against COVID-19 is so important.
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UC Newsroom |

UC summit will focus on student involvement in the war on global hunger

Register by March 12 to participate in the 2021 Universities Fighting World Hunger Virtual Summit to be held March 25-26, 2021.
UC San Diego 2021 Sloan recipients
UC Newsroom |

19 UC faculty awarded 2021 Sloan Research Fellowships

The prestigious award is granted to promising researchers across six campuses and Berkeley Lab.
Katia Gibson on the beach with her surfboard looking down, smiling
UC Berkeley |

COVID Stories: Fourth-year student grabs her surfboard, pursuing endless summer

Juggling chemistry with surfing, Katia Gibson says: “I’ve had an epiphany, and I want my life to be like this.”
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UC Riverside |

Are we stuck with COVID-19 forever?

Experts weigh in on whether COVID-19 is here to stay.
The goal of the UC Cures for Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative is to move research for potential treatments for the disorder into early proof-of-concept clinical trials.
UC San Diego |

Could gene therapy halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease? A first-in-human clinical trial will seek answers

Earlier animal studies suggest the restorative gene treatment may slow, prevent or reverse progression of the disorder.
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UCSF |

Is this one protein responsible for weight gain?

Diminishing a single protein in a set of mice caused them to gain only half the weight of other mice, even on a high-fat diet.
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UC Newsroom |

UC students call on federal lawmakers to increase financial aid

UC students and leaders testified to the urgent need to reinvest in Pell Grant funding that helps those from low-income families pay for college.
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UCLA |

Q&A: David Paige on the Feb. 18 Mars Perseverance landing

The UCLA planetary scientist is deputy principal investigator for one of the NASA rover’s experiments.