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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 San Diego |

Scientists design way to use harmless bacteria to detect heavy metals in drinking water

The goal is to test water at the faucets people actually drink from and catch contamination along the way.
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UC Newsroom |

Good news for students: California has made it super easy to vote in Tuesday’s election

Same-day registration, early voting and campus polling places make voting a snap.
E-cig vapor
UC Riverside |

E-cigarette users are exposed to potentially harmful levels of metal linked to DNA damage

A new study suggests metals like zinc are part of the devices’ harm.
Jane Goodall sitting with a chimp
UC Santa Barbara |

All-star lineup to honor 50th anniversary of Earth Day in ‘Forces of Nature’

Environmental leaders and thinkers to explore what it means to care for the planet and all its inhabitants.
Woman with a cochlear implant
UC Irvine |

An improved implant

Researchers have developed a breakthrough cochlear device that could enable hearing-impaired people to detect pitch.
Elvin Hsieh playing the Stradivarius violin that was already owned by UCLA
UCLA |

UCLA receives Stradivarius, Seraphin violins from Twiford Foundation

Having the instruments is a ‘dream,’ says Movses Pogossian, professor of violin.
Virus simulation
UC San Diego |

Breakthrough virus simulations tackle the flu

The new molecular models could help scientists develop more effective treatments.
Professor Eric Walle with Penelope and her mom, Jessica Mohatt, in a scene from the new Netflix docu-series "Babies."
UC Merced |

New 'Babies' series on Netflix features UC Merced professor

Eric Walle explores why babies who walk have vocabularies that are significantly larger than those who crawl.
Students in front of the Democrat and Republican mascots in papier-mâché
UC Newsroom |

Tips for tackling the ballot

Master your ballot with these quick pointers before you cast your vote on or by March 3!
Seadragon closeup
UC San Diego |

Welcome to the world, baby dragons

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, successfully breeds rare weedy seadragons for the first time.
Nadine Burke Harris speaking at UCSF
UCSF |

California surgeon general aims to cut adverse childhood experiences by half

Nadine Burke Harris, the state's first-ever surgeon general (and UC alum), is working with UCSF to realize her ambitious goal.
Men socializing over drinks
UCLA Anderson Review |

All along the pipeline, men promote men

At one bank, the cumulative effect of male bonding accounts for 39 percent of the gender pay gap.