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Next up for UC’s Class of 2025? Building California’s brilliant future

From jobs to graduate school to giving back to the communities they came from, UC’s latest crop of graduates has big plans to make a difference.

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Is college worth it? For University of California grads, the data offers an undeniable ‘Yes!’

Not only do large percentages of UC alums enter the workforce with no student debt, but their degrees deliver an array of economic and social benefits both for themselves and their communities.

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UC Merced |

‘My Merced’ captures UC Merced’s spirit in song

Award-winning composer Jimmy Dunne composes campus’ official alma mater.
The California report found that the state’s port activity in September was at a historically high level.
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Job growth, wage increases to push real GDP growth past 3%

UCLA Anderson Forecast expects steady employment gains in California through 2017.
Amy Rowat in her UCLA laboratory.
UCLA |

Scientists design a new method for screening cancer cells

Parallel microfiltration could lead to better treatments for a number of diseases, UCLA-led study says.
Jennifer Doudna
UC Berkeley |

CRISPR inventor calls for pause in editing heritable genes

Idea for summit on ethics comes from Jennifer Doudna, the UC Berkeley professor who developed technology that makes it easier to manipulate the human genome.
Darryl Wong, a UC Santa Cruz farm manager, works with undergraduate interns in agroecology as they plant potatoes on the UCSC farm.
UC Santa Cruz |

Internships support new concentration in agroecology and sustainable food systems

UC Santa Cruz environmental studies majors gain hands-on experience working on the campus farm and garden.
UCSF McCune lab
UCSF |

$20M grant funds amfAR Institute for HIV Cure Research

UCSF and the Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology among research groups partnering in effort to eliminarte virus.
Breeding of diverse varieties like these peppers, bred at the Student Farm at UC Davis, is increasingly important for organic growers.
UC Davis |

New organic plant breeding effort sprouting at UC Davis

Effort will provide California growers with seeds for tomato, bean, pepper and other crop varieties.
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UC Davis |

Food, ag and health summit to feature app hackathon

UC Davis will host a series of events Dec. 1-3.
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UCLA |

UCLA–USC team to develop tech to predict kids' asthma attacks

Platform will enable smart devices to alert children based on their unique risk factors and environmental conditions.
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UC Merced via The Conversation |

Locavore or vegetarian? What's the best way to reduce climate impact of food?

An enlightened consumer can help achieve meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly for the case of food.
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UC Newsroom |

A sweeter, more satisfying holiday dinner from UC scientists

From pies to potatoes, sugar to soil, UC scientists are gaining insights across the food spectrum.
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UC Newsroom |

UC brings California’s climate change message to Paris

All eyes will be on Paris next week as the nations of the world come together to negotiate the future of the planet at the 2015 UN Climate Conference (COP-21), and California will be at the table.