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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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UCSF |

How our eye movements during sleep correspond to what we look at in our dreams

Multiple brain regions coordinate to conjure wholly imagined worlds in our sleep, study shows.
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UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center |

How we misunderstand anxiety and miss out on its benefits

How feeling anxious can give us motivation and insights about ourselves, if we respond to it the right way.
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UC Merced |

Coalition involving UC Merced awarded $65 million in Build Back Better Funds

It is the the largest federal grant ever awarded to the Central Valley, and will aid the launch of a state-of-the-art agricultural technology hub that connects farmers to industry.
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UC Santa Barbara |

A nutrition label for Earth

Researchers estimate the environmental impacts of 57,000 common store-bought food products.
Randy W. Schekman (on the right) and Martin Vetterli speak in front of masked students
UC Newsroom |

Application deadline nears for extraordinary fellowship that unites young scientists with Nobel laureates

The UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellowship is open to students and postdocs from all 10 UC campuses, as well as the three UC-affiliated National Laboratories. The deadline is October 17, 2022.
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UC Newsroom |

Good news on paying for college: Four ways UC is helping families

Prospective UC students can take heart: UC provides generous aid and is doing even more to keep a world-class education affordable.
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UC Irvine |

The sleep detectives

UCI Health’s one-stop Sleep Center treats slumber disorders of every stripe.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Political parties use gerrymandering to counteract shifting voter preferences in key battleground states

Whichever party controls the redistricting process in the state legislature engineers an 11 percentage point increase in its probability of winning a U.S. House race in the next election — and these advantages often run counter to the will of voters.
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UC Berkeley |

When work becomes your religion, nothing else matters

Religion expert Carolyn Chen examines the role that spirituality plays in productivity in Silicon Valley.
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UC San Diego |

Physical activity may have a stronger role than genes in longevity

Can you extend your lifespan by exercise, no matter what your genetics say?
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UC Newsroom |

The University of California stands out in serving its students and the nation, says Washington Monthly

Four UC campuses were among the top 25 of all universities, public and private, in the new ranking.
Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz takes a super-selfie with his wife, Dr. Zenaida Aguirre-Muñoz, and a multitude of new students at Scholars Bridge Crossing
UC Merced |

Campus community gathers to cheer on ‘magnificent’ new students

Nearly 2,400 new students of UC Merced were greeted by cheering faculty, families and staff at UC Merced's Scholars Bridge Crossing, a joyous fall semester tradition.