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Stop microwaving plastic — here’s why

UC experts are tackling our big plastic problem from every imaginable angle, from chemistry to engineering, policy to art, medicine to oceanography.
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Exploring UC’s summer offerings

Looking for things to do this summer? From camps to galleries, Shakespeare to stargazing, here's a taste of what’s on offer to the wider world across the UC universe.
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Why California's beaches are shrinking, and what we can do to save them

UC research is helping preserve the Golden State's iconic coast.
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California’s campus: Discover a trove of UC experiences that are open to the public

Whether you're on a road trip, checking out colleges or just visiting town, here's how to dip your toes in the UC experience.
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From Juneteenth to reparations: The ongoing journey for racial justice

Professor and historian Giuliana Perrone discusses her latest research in the context of Juneteenth and the latest from California's reparations task force.
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University of California campuses rise to the top in Money’s 2024 Best Colleges

All nine UC undergraduate campuses earned either 4.5 or 5 stars in Money’s 2024 list of Best Colleges, placing them among the top tier of the nation’s universities for educational quality, affordability and student outcomes.
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UC leads the nation’s universities in patents for second year running

The U.S. Patent and Trade Office granted UC inventors 546 utility patents in 2023.
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Transfer students triumph in the Class of 2024

Meet 10 first-gen graduates who started their journey to UC at a California community college.
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How the romantic institution props up a racialized dating landscape

UC Santa Barbara professor Sabrina Strings’ new book addresses the growing trend of “situationships” and why it hurts Black women and other non-elite and non-white women most.
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Three new Grad Slam winners crowned in a battle for brevity

Contestants from UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and UC Riverside take home big wins and cash prizes.
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How reggae came to Hawai‘i

A UC Davis scholar explores how a sound that arose from Jamaica’s postcolonial political struggle found a new home on airwaves in the Pacific.
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UC’s rich and thriving poetic tradition goes back 100 years — and will keep you reading all year long

From poet laureates to Nobel Prize winners, UC has been a major influence on American poetry.