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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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Illustration of DNA sequences of the Y chromosome
UC Santa Cruz |

Scientists release the first complete sequence of a human Y chromosome

Until now, it had been notoriously challenging for the genomics community to sequence due to the complexity of its structure.
Students walk on the UC Santa Barbara campus in front of the Interactive Learning Pavilion
UC Newsroom |

University of California campuses are among the nation’s best, according to student surveys

All nine UC undergraduate campuses were named top academic institutions by the Princeton Review in its Best Colleges for 2024 list and its related guidebook.
Students walking in front of the new UC Student and Policy Center
UC Newsroom |

UC Student and Policy Center opens its doors to usher in a new era of collaboration and partnership with state leaders

The building will provide an expanded educational home for students and serve as a hub where UC researchers can gather with state leaders and policymakers to develop solutions to California’s biggest challenges.
An illustration of cholesterol plaque in a human heart artery.
UC Riverside |

Could exposure to chemicals in plastics predispose you and your children to cardiovascular disease?

A $6.8M NIEHS grant will support research on how exposure to such chemicals increases atherosclerosis.
Biologist in a bumblebee research lab
UC Irvine |

The secret life of bumblebees

UC Irvine scientist uncovers surprising facts about the fuzzy insects
Asteroid surrounded by boulders
UCLA |

Planetary defense test deflected an asteroid but unleashed a boulder swarm

UCLA-led study of NASA’s DART mission determines that the strategy presents previously unanticipated risks
Head X-rays of subjects in the experiment
UC Berkeley |

Brain recordings capture musicality of speech — with help from Pink Floyd

Neuroscientists decode song from brain recordings, revealing areas dealing with rhythm and vocals
Australian football players collide over ball
UC San Francisco |

New concussion headset shows when it’s safe to return to play

UC San Francisco-patented device finds resuming sports should be delayed for several days after symptoms have resolved.
Closeup of a dog's nose
UC Santa Barbara |

Dogs can detect COVID-19 infections faster and more accurately than conventional technology

Research demonstrates readiness for mainstream medical applications
An illustration of skin care products
UCSF |

Which skin care products do we really need?

Skin care is big business — just ask the multibillion-dollar beauty industry. But does it truly take a cabinet full of pricey products to keep our skin healthy?
A tree in the shape of a DNA helix
UC Santa Cruz |

A 15-year-old childhood cancer survivor becomes a cancer researcher

This summer, young Robert McCabe helped to sequence and analyze a tumor sample in the lab of the UC Santa Cruz Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative.
Young African American man De'Marcus Robinson, smiling, in the center of a shark collage
UCLA |

What’s scarier: A 50-ton megalodon or a doctoral dissertation?

As ‘The Meg 2’ opens in theaters, we ask UCLA’s De’Marcus Robinson which he would rather face.