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UC Newsroom |

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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Sponge Suit
UC Riverside |

Cleaning water one stroke at a time

Engineering team wins an international design competition for creating a swimsuit that cleans water as people swim.
'window to the brain' graphic
UC Riverside |

‘Window to the brain’ research ramps up

Partnership with three Mexican universities receives nearly $5 million to further study method that could make it easier to treat brain conditions.
Alice Yu
UC San Diego |

A pediatric cancer drug three decades in the making

Experimental immunotherapy treatment first successfully used in the 1990s is finally available for commercial use.
A new study finds that Berkeley’s soda tax led to higher retail prices of sugary drinks sold in the city.
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley's soda tax boosts retail prices of sugary drinks, study confirms

UC Berkeley findings come nearly a year after Berkeley voters approved an excise tax of one cent per ounce on sugary drinks.
instructor and students
UC Newsroom |

A classroom without walls

Course on ecology and conservation takes students from across UC out in the natural landscape.
four name tags
UCLA |

‘Black’-sounding name conjures a larger, more dangerous person

People envision an unknown ‘black’-named character in similar ways to an unknown ‘white’-named male convicted of assault.
LAPD officers
UCLA |

Predictive policing test substantially reduces crime

Results of months-long project in Los Angeles suggest method could succeed in cities worldwide.
artist's rendering, EXPLORER PET scanner
UC Davis |

Researchers awarded $15.5M to build first total-body PET scanner

New technology could fundamentally change the way cancers are tracked and treated.
Students
UC Newsroom |

U.S. News ranks nine UC campuses among world’s best

Magazine's world rankings focus on strength of research activities and reputation.
mobile health monitor illustration
UCLA |

Patient, test thyself

Wireless mobile devices have been developed to monitor everything from eating to stress levels.
student climbs outdoor stairs
UC Newsroom |

UC launches Cool Campus Challenge in a push toward carbon neutrality

'We’re on our way to becoming the very first university system to wipe out our carbon footprint for good.'
ship sailing through polar ice
UC San Diego |

Leading thinkers address polar region changes

Global climate change’s impact on the poles will be focus of an upcoming meeting hosted by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the American Polar Society.