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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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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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Stephen Maxey
UC Newsroom |

From a life on the streets to one advocating for the homeless

Stephen Maxey never saw himself as college material — but the community of UC Merced saw otherwise.
Kevin Hale UCLA
UCLA |

After kicking addiction, graduating UCLA student reboots life

Native American student finds way back to help others pursue higher education.
Scrub Jay UC Natural Reserve System
UC Natural Reserve System |

Rare scrub jay helps regrow oak forests

These Johnny Appleseeds are reversing ranching damage on Santa Cruz Island, UC scientists find.
UCSF doctor end of life
UC San Francisco |

Looking for a better way to die

Several experts at UCSF offer comment on the new California end-of-life law.
UC Davis is building on its partnership with Orbis international programs.
UC Davis |

Orbis, UC Davis surgery team train on world's only Flying Eye Hospital

Hands-on simulation training reflects strong partnership UC Davis, Orbis have developed over years to improve global eye health.
UC Davis oceans
UC Davis |

9 ways UC Davis is rescuing oceans

Scientists are studying how oceans are affected by climate change to help us enjoy a better future.
UC Santa Cruz bison fossils
UC Santa Cruz |

Ice age bison fossils shed light on early human migrations in North America

Evidence analyzed by UC Santa Cruz researchers establish when an ice-free corridor opened in the Rocky Mountains.
UCLA building ancient manuscripts
UCLA |

UCLA to offer digital images of rare ancient manuscripts in Egypt

Project will preserve materials critically important to our understanding of Middle East history.
Researchers discovered that a variant of a gene called DRD2 could predispose people of Asian descent to crave certain types of food.
UCLA |

Some Asian Americans are predisposed to want more carbs

UCLA research could point toward strategy for combating rapidly increasing obesity rate among those of Asian descent.
UC Newsroom |

How star systems function in heavy traffic

A UC Santa Cruz grad student looks beyond the reach of the farthest telescopes to glean insights into what makes our own corner of the universe unique.
A West African tarantula
UC San Francisco |

Tarantula toxins offer key insights into neuroscience of pain

Extracts from venom could be used to study disorders ranging from irritable bowel syndrome to epilepsy, UCSF finds.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is developing “human-on-a-chip,” a miniature external replication of the human body
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |

‘Human-on-a-chip’ could replace animal testing

Scientists at Livermore Lab are replicating four major biological systems that are vital for life.