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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.
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UC medical school graduates take on Central Valley’s health care crisis
More than 700 medical students are earning their M.D. from a UC medical school this spring. The vast majority of these newly minted doctors — 73 percent — will stay in California for their residency training.
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Three federal policies that matter to UC students right now
UC students traveled to DC to give lawmakers a primer on what policy changes students need.
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The UC experience
Campus by campus, dive into clubs, classes and experiences you can only get here.
UC Santa Barbara |
Cargo ship monitor Whale Safe heads east to help a new endangered whale
There are only about 350 North Atlantic right whales left on Earth — but they are about to get some much-needed help from UC Santa Barbara scientists.
UC Santa Barbara |
Why do kids outperform their parents in this rural California town? A sociologist looks for answers.
Why do kids outperform their parents in this rural California town? A UC Santa Barbara sociologist looks for answers.