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University of California is the best public university in the country, Forbes finds

The 2026 America’s Top Colleges list features an all-UC top 3 and eight campuses in the top 30 for producing successful, low-debt graduates.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues

Teens who have depressive symptoms and social issues are more likely to get stuck in a cycle of problematic gaming.
UC Office of the President |

UC admission of first-year California students tops 100,000, a new record

The University of California announced today (July 28) that it admitted 100,947 California first-year students, its largest class to date.
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What will that UC degree get you? 25 years of data show UC alums in high-growth careers across industry sectors

UC’s new Alumni Career Pathways dashboard shows where UC alums are working and how they’re helping fuel innovation and economic growth in California and nationwide.
UC Office of the President |

Dr. Dennis Assanis appointed as UC Santa Barbara’s next chancellor

The University of California Board of Regents today approved Dr. Dennis Assanis as UC Santa Barbara’s sixth chancellor. He will assume his role on September 1, 2025.
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The University of California is the country’s best value in education, new rankings show

Princeton Review and Money agree: UC campuses offer a stellar mix of academics, affordability and student outcomes, according to their newly issued annual lists.
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UC leads American public research universities in global impact, new rankings show

All 10 UC campuses are among the best universities in the world in research impact, with eight among the top 25 public universities in the United States, according to the 2025-26 Best Global Universities ranking from U.S. News & World Report.
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UC Santa Barbara |

How to become a more curious person, according to new research

With a curiosity-building app, researchers Madeleine Gross and Jonathan Schooler explore how personality can shift through small daily actions.
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UC Santa Barbara |

The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

New research from UC Santa Barbara reveals that the atmosphere’s drying capacity is outpacing increases to rainfall.
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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 Santa Barbara |

Bear ecologist offers insight on recent sightings on and around campus

Bren School ecologist Rae Wynn-Grant is a bear expert, and she has some thoughts on the recent sightings on campus and surrounding community.
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UC awards $18 million to scale up the ambition and impact of AI in science

Together with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Labs, the University of California is funding research to develop new AI approaches in genomics, quantum materials discovery and geothermal energy.
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