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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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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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UC Merced |

Depression due to politics? The quiet danger to democracy

In a new book, UC Merced professor Christopher Ojeda draws from the latest data and years of studying the intersection of politics and mental health to find fresh insights into both.
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UC San Francisco Magazine |

Can we train our brain to unlearn chronic pain?

Scientists are working to rewire the brain’s pain pathways and unlock lasting relief.
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UC Berkeley |

This class traces the evolution of American friendship

From heartfelt 19th-century letters to Swiftie bracelets, a UC Berkeley American studies course looks at the ways we’ve found connection with each other throughout history and examines the role of social media in modern friendships.
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UC Newsroom |

The University of California is the country’s best value in education, new rankings show

Princeton Review and Money agree: UC campuses offer a stellar mix of academics, affordability and student outcomes, according to their newly issued annual lists.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Twenty-five years after the human genome project, a new era is dawning

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and open science that the Human Genome Project helped promote.
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UC San Diego |

Engineers shake tallest steel-framed building ever tested on an earthquake simulator

The primary goal of the tests is to determine if height limits for cold-formed steel-framed buildings can be increased.
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UC San Diego |

Take that cancer, you big jerk: How clinical trials saved me 

A patient shares how an event about clinical trials at Moores Cancer Center brought a community together to educate and provide encouragement and hope.
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UC San Francisco |

How much can you safely drink? Here’s what to know

Cardiologist Gregory Marcus answers questions about how much alcohol consumption is actually harmful to us.
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UC Santa Cruz |

A fresh look at TikTok: Short food videos encourage long-term healthy eating habits in teens

Research from UC Santa Cruz human-computer interactions scholars is revealing how online habits translate into offline actions.
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UC Irvine |

A surgical procedure without the surgery

UC Irvine professor of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering Tibor Juhasz spent 25 years perfecting a laser treatment for glaucoma. Now it’s ready to change how the world sees.
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UCLA |

Scientists create first mini-lungs with built-in blood vessels, unlocking new insights for pulmonary vascular disease

The UCLA advance opens the door to growing other vascularized organ models, including intestines and colons, providing unprecedented tools for studying diseases, testing drugs and developing personalized treatments.
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UC Berkeley |

When warnings never cease, can we still trust our instincts?

UC Berkeley political scientist Marika Landau-Wells says there are ways to help us avoid overreacting to false alarms without missing real threats.