Press releases and statements

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

UC statement on the tragic killing of Daunte Wright

University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., issued the following statement today (April 13): Sunday’s killing of Daunte Wright is yet another senseless tragedy that tears at our hearts and reopens deep wounds. Even as Americans follow the…

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

University of California Health’s schools achieve high marks in latest national rankings, including diversity of medical school enrollment

University of California Health (UCH) medical, nursing and public health schools achieved national recognition in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of Best Graduate Schools for 2022. The rankings are one measure of a school’s quality, and…

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

UC secures landmark open access deal with world’s largest scientific publisher

The University of California today (March 16) announced a pioneering open access agreement with the world’s largest scientific publisher, Elsevier, making significantly more of the University’s research available to people worldwide — immediately and at…

Monday, March 15, 2021

UC welcomes new era of climate-action partnership with Biden administration

As the nation’s premier public research institution and California’s third-largest employer, the University of California has taken bold steps to confront the existential threat of climate change and to harness the power of science to create solutions. While…

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