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University of California sets enrollment records

The University of California announced today (Jan. 8) a record-breaking 301,093 students enrolled for fall 2025, the largest student body in the system’s history. The total enrollment includes over ...
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UC historical fall enrollment, 1869 to present

The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 295,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.0 million ...
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Electric cars won’t fix sitting: The health costs of designing cities around cars

Walkability pioneer, UC San Diego urban planning professor Lawrence Frank revisits two decades of evidence linking car ...
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Award explorer

The University of California opened its doors in 1869 with just 10 faculty members and 40 students. Today, the UC system has more than 295,000 students and 265,000 faculty and staff, with 2.0 million ...
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Fathers’ microplastic exposure tied to their children’s metabolic problems

While MPs have already been detected in human reproductive systems, the study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...
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A new way to diagnose deadly lung infections and save lives

Researchers at UC San Francisco have devised a method to identify pneumonia — using both genetic information and AI — that ...
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Rewriting the code: The inside story of the first CRISPR cure

Victoria Gray spent 34 years battling the debilitating pain of sickle cell disease. Then she volunteered to be the world's first "prototype" for a CRISPR therapy, based on technology invented at UC ...
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Fall enrollment at a glance

California resident status for the most recent year is preliminary, and expected to increase after final determinations are made (with corresponding declines in nonresidents). Link to 1990-1999 fall ...
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On first anniversary of L.A. wildfires, health effects linger, but progress continues

UCLA Health experts say long-term threats to lung health, mental well-being and overall community wellness remain, long after ...
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Shaping your personal narrative: PIQ tips and more from UC admissions experts

Ready to tackle the narrative sections of your UC application? Students often have a lot of questions about the best way to approach them. We’ve got answers — and they come directly from UC admissions ...