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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Capturing the Cosmos

Physicist Tony Tyson discusses the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the world's largest digital camera, dark matter and the historic 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

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SELF & SOCIETY

How the Brain Helps Us Navigate

New research is taking a leap forward in understanding how the brain — down to the individual neuron — navigates us through the world to find what we need.

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ARTS & HUMANITIES

Beatriz Cortez Named Joan Mitchell Fellow

The multidisciplinary artist and professor of Chicana/o/x studies at UC Davis will receive five years of research support.

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NEWS & NOTEWORTHY

A Letter From the UC President

Research investment can lead to new treatments and cures, strengthen wildfire and climate resilience and advance emerging technologies.