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UC changes lives



We need your help to protect UCs students, staff, faculty, and mission. Tell the world what makes our community so special and what UC means to you.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares how UCLA helped shape him as a person — and how UCLA research literally saved his life.

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Michelle Brubaker

“I am filled with deep gratitude for the extraordinary and life-saving breast cancer treatment I received at UC San Diego Health. Because of UC, I get to watch my kids grow up."

Michelle Brubaker
UC San Diego Health staff and patient

Vinh Ton

“UC shaped my life by allowing me to cultivate some of my deepest friendships along with my own personal self-growth.”

Vinh Ton
UC Davis alum

Shadoe Neri-Dewitt

“UC provided me with the experience and more importantly the support I needed to transition to an academic career after serving in the US Navy.”

Shadoe Neri-Dewitt
UC Santa Barbara alum

At stake: Education and innovation

The University of California embodies the ambition of our state and ignites the potential of people. We produce the discoveries, leaders and services that create new opportunities here in California and across the nation. Here’s what’s at stake:

  • Access to education 

  • Life-changing medical treatments for common diseases 

  • Technological innovations that grow the U.S. economy 

  • Research that protects our national security 

  • Inventions that propel leading industries

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