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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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Acne
UCLA |

Why some get pimples, others don't

Two strains of acne bacteria are linked to pimples, while another's linked to healthy skin.
UCLA Today |

Professor helps save endangered languages

David Delgado Shorter set up a wiki where speakers of languages at risk of extinction can post audio, chat or create a dictionary.
UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz alumna is acting head of NOAA

Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan '73 will oversee National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
UC Office of the President |

Proof of Concept grants

Proof of Concept grants move research to market.
UC Davis |

Lake Tahoe water clarity the best in 10 years

Winter clarity of the aquatic jewel surpasses 75 feet; summer clarity shows progress, but work still needed.
UC Office of the President |

New breast cancer screening strategies

With the help of donations from state tax filers, the California Breast Cancer Research Program funds innovative research. Studies have led to simple tests that guide treatment by distinguishing non-invasive forms of the cancer from aggressive types.
UC San Francisco |

Secrets of human speech uncovered

The brain works like a symphony, controlling the vocal tract during the act of speaking.
UC Office of the President |

UC researchers win new Breakthrough Prize

Napoleone Ferrara of UC San Diego and Shinya Yamanaka of the UCSF Gladstone Institutes among inaugural recipients.
UC Office of the President |

Developing lung cancer lab tests

UC researchers are developing tests to detect lunch cancer in its early and treatable stages.
Mugs of beer
UCLA |

Possible cure for the common hangover

Pill mimics the action of the human liver, helping speed up the elimination of alcohol from the body.
UC Office of the President |

Screening smokers for lung cancer

State tax filers can help fund cancer research, including studies to screen underserved smokers for lung cancer.
UC Office of the President |

Love is in the lab

Valentine's Day comes just once a year, but love is in the air year-round on our campuses. Research on the psychological and physical aspects of l'amour is no mere flirtation.Take the work of UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. Unlike Paul…