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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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Huolin Xin, UC Irvine professor of physics & astronomy, holds up a small battery
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine scientists create long-lasting, cobalt-free, lithium-ion batteries

The finding promises to help manufacturers move beyond the controversial metal cobalt.
man with hands on hips wearing graduation gown and sashes on UC Riverside campus
UC Newsroom |

The Class of 2023: A social mobility success story

Large numbers of first-generation, transfer students and Pell Grant recipients graduating this spring highlight UC’s role as an engine of personal transformation and economic growth.
Three UC Merced graduates hold their diplomas as they leave the stage of graduation, smiling
UC Newsroom |

First-gen students lead the way in the Class of 2023

More than 40 percent of this year’s graduating class are the first in their families to earn a college degree. Meet a few of our newest grads as they celebrate taking their next step.
On the right, a young man of Asian descent, Mark Lin, looks at small bottles; on the left, Mark Lin pulls the goopy substance he has created all the way up to his height in a garage; cute splatters are designed on top of the photo
UCLA |

Feeling Sliimey

A UCLA freshman conquers Shark Tank with an ooey, gooey invention.
Olmec statue in close-up
UC Riverside via The Conversation |

Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names — but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica

The return of an important monument to Mexico puts a spotlight on a culture whose influence is still felt in the Americas today.
Neeraj Senthil high-fives a laughing baby at the children's hospital
UC Davis |

Top UC Davis graduate earns provisional patent, cuddles babies, teaches in schools

Neeraj Senthil makes the extraordinary look easy.
Brain scan images with a pen pointing
UCLA |

New drug delays progression of glioma, a deadly brain cancer

Study is first clinical trial analyzing a targeted therapy specifically developed to treat brain tumors
A team of students and a professor stands around a young man in a wheelchair underneath a workout machine
UC Santa Barbara |

An innovative, student-designed weight machine makes working out more accessible to people who use wheelchairs

Working with a well-known para-athlete, UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineering undergrads redesign a weight lifting machine to improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
A gloved hand collecting water outside
UC San Francisco |

Makers of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ covered up the dangers

Widely used in clothing, household products and food, they resist breaking down in the environment.
Flowers and plants that are in pride colors
UC Newsroom |

UC’s queer climate scientists on making science as diverse as the natural world

We asked 7 scientists about the challenges and joys of working in climate science as members of the LGBTQ community.
A group photo of SIEML 2023 on the UC Irvine campus, with everyone in UCI sweatshirts
UC Newsroom |

UC earns national recognition for its Summer Institute for Emerging Managers and Leaders

The lauded program offers an all-expenses-paid leadership experience to underrepresented students who are considering attending graduate business school.
Compostable wind turbine in the lab
UC Davis |

Making wind power even greener

Blades made from bamboo and mycelium could keep a growing number of wind blades out of landfills.