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A study conducted by researchers at UC Berkeley School of Public Health, UCSF and Kaiser Permanente Northern California, or KPNC, has found a strong association between early onset puberty and young women born into neighborhoods of less racial and economic privilege. 

At a virtual UC system-wide town hall meeting Friday, staff advisors had the opportunity to ask university president Michael V. Drake questions on varied topics such as hybridity after COVID-19, the university’s role in climate change and police accountability.

UC academic student employees and graduate student researchers reached a tentative agreement with the UC Office of the President on Friday.

Researchers at UC Berkeley and UCSF’s  Innovative Genomics Institute, or IGI, have found the diversity of CRISPR gene editors in viruses goes far beyond what they expected, possibly leading to new ways of editing genomes. 

On Monday, the UC Berkeley Emeriti Academy and Belmont Village Senior Living hosted a virtual webinar called “Navigating the Challenges of Aging.”

Madhavi Dandu, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, was named the director of the UC Global Health Institute, or UCGHI. 

UC Berkeley and UCSF scientists have found ways to improve communication to people who cannot speak due to paralysis.

Lee Riley, UC Berkeley School of Public Health professor and chair of the infectious disease and vaccinology division, died at age 73 on Oct. 19. 

Rachel Morello-Frosch, a professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and School of Public Health was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, or NAM, according to an announcement released by the organization on Monday. 

Researchers at UC Berkeley, Irvine and San Francisco have been awarded $4.7 million over five years to evaluate a project that supports the mental health needs of Latino patients with limited English proficiency.