A row of students in graduate robes, caps and stoles wave hands excitedly in front of a library

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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.

Four graduates in robes and stoles hold their caps and smile at the camera

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UC Newsroom |

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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“I wanted to open an interesting place where people want to be,” says 2008 UC Irvine graduate Brandon Fender, who co-owns The Good Beer Co. and created Anteater Ale. “Beer, community and a beautiful building – this is the embodiment of my passions.”
UC Irvine |

A golden example

UC Irvine homecoming festival will feature special Anteater Ale, created by alum, in celebration of the campus’s 50th anniversary.
UC Student Regent Sadia Saiffudin of UC Berkeley, center, flanked by Vanessa Terán, left, of Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project, and Melissa Fontaine, right, of Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, were featured in a panel about food justice.
UC Santa Barbara and UC Newsroom |

Food justice at the forefront

UC Santa Barbara hosts inaugural California Higher Education Food Summit on food insecurity.
Sagehen natural reserve
UC Berkeley |

Warmer, drier climate alters forests statewide

Botanists have compared tree survey data from the 1920s and ’30s with forest service data today. They find a decline in large trees and an increase in the density of small trees in forests throughout the state.
UC Newsroom |

UC takes aim at reducing the time to earn a degree

Campuses are evaluating undergraduate degree requirements and increasing participation in summer session to help more students finish in four years.
UC Newsroom |

UC making big moves toward carbon neutrality

Greenhouse gases emissions down to 1990 levels and major steps are initiated to ramp up renewable energy use.
UCSF 'die-in'
UC San Francisco |

Life after the die-in

UCSF medical students sparked a national movement when they launched #whitecoats4blacklives to bring attention to racial health care disparities. They also inspired campus leaders to address racism head-on.
UC Santa Barbara |

Oceans face wildlife loss

The same patterns that led to extinctions on land are now taking place in the sea.
Alan Alda at UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

A blind date with science

'M*A*S*H' actor Alan Alda shows scientists a better way to communicate with the public.
Food served at Pacific Chef Net 2015
UC Santa Barbara |

A gathering of top chefs

University chefs cook up a storm at Pacific Chef Net 2015.
glucose testing tattoo
UC San Diego |

Temporary tattoo measures glucose without a needle

Stick-on device takes the pain out of diabetic testing.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Berkeley Lab’s Top 50 game-changing technologies for defeating poverty

Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies produces first-of-its-kind blueprint for sustainable global development.
UC Berkeley |

Helicopter parenting better for pets than for kids, study suggests

Overprotectiveness is an advantage when rearing dogs and cats, according to study from UC Berkeley and California State University, East Bay.