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California freshman applications to UC continue record-breaking climb

More than 111,600 California high school seniors applied for admission to UC’s fall 2017 freshman class, a 6 percent increase over last year, according to preliminary data released on Dec. 19. In total, a record-setting


11 innovative UC researchers elected to National Academy of Inventors

UC innovators were recognized for pioneering research that improves the welfare of others in everything from cancer treatments to reproductive health.


UC research: What’s the best gift to give someone?

If you are still in a quandary about what to give a close friend, parent or an adult child for the holidays, then take a tip from a UCLA social scientist, a marketing expert


Two UC researchers named 2017 Breakthrough Prize winners

UC Santa Barbara physicist Joseph Polchinski and UC Santa Cruz molecular biologist Harry Noller have each been awarded the 2017 Breakthrough Prize, the most lucrative award in science. Polchinski won the 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental


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UC website offers important resources for those traveling abroad

UCGO is a central hub of information and resources to assist you when traveling abroad.


UC releases principles in support of UC community members

UC announced on Nov. 30 that it will vigorously protect the privacy and civil rights of the undocumented members of the UC community.


UC, CSU and CCC leaders urge President-elect Trump to continue DACA

In a letter sent Tuesday, Nov. 29, President Napolitano joined with California State University Chancellor Timothy White and Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor-designate of the California Community College System, in calling upon President-elect Donald Trump


Are you a UC entrepreneur? Tell us your story.

On Nov. 18, UC launched the “I am a UC Entrepreneur” campaign to highlight entrepreneurship across the ten-campus system. Students, faculty, staff, postdocs and alumni are invited to submit a 30-second video sharing what makes them


Now is the time to make your final Open Enrollment choices

Open Enrollment ends at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22, so time is running out to review and update your medical and other benefits for 2017. If you don’t take action, you could miss some important


Social entrepreneurs take spotlight at TEDWomen

Startups emerging from UC include a virtual reality game that helps with recovery from trauma and an exoskeleton that increases the mobility of people with disabilities.


President Napolitano rallies teens to aim for a UC education

Students at one of the East Bay’s biggest high schools learned a lot about college on Tuesday, Nov. 1, including the fact that a UC education is in reach, regardless of income, for those who