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UC claims top spots in new US News and World Report rankings

The UC system boasts five of the nation’s top 10 public universities, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s 2018 rankings released on Sept. 12. The list of best American colleges and universities is


UC alum Alice Waters on free speech and the making of a counterculture cook

In her new memoir, “Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook,” Alice Waters revisits a broad range of experiences, including her activism as a student at UC Berkeley during the heyday


UC Cancer Consortium takes on California’s $14B killer

UC’s five academic cancer centers, home to some of the world’s leading scientists and physicians, have formed the UC Cancer Consortium to better address California’s most pressing cancer-related problems and opportunities, President Napolitano and Dr.


A letter from President Napolitano regarding UC’s decision to sue the Trump Administration over DACA

Napolitano on why UC has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) challenging its decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.


UC campuses among the greenest in the country

  Seven UCs are among the top 50 most sustainable universities in the U.S., according to Sierra Magazine’s newly released 2017 “Cool Schools” list. UC Irvine ranked in the top 10 for the eighth consecutive year,


UC boasts the world’s top public universities

University of California campuses are among the best in the world, according to new rankings issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities evaluated the top 1,300 universities in the world based


‘Moving in the right direction’

With the University of California continuing to expand enrollment of Californians, UC President Janet Napolitano told the California Black Chamber of Commerce that UC has seen encouraging results from its ramped-up academic outreach and community-building


UC hospitals ranked among best in the nation and state

UC runs two of the nation’s top 10 hospitals and all five of its medical centers stand among California’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2017–18 rankings. The list of “best hospitals,” released by


UC system honored for environmental, economic leadership

UC was recognized for its role in shaping environmental policies and developing technologies that fuel clean energy innovation.


San Francisco selects book from UC Press for One City One Book

The annual literary program encourages San Franciscans to read the same book and attend special events to discuss it.


Sync magazine interviews Tom Andriola: How UC uses data to help students

From the Sync magazine article, “How the University of California is Using Data to Help Students Learn”: Tom Andriola regularly says he has the best IT job in the world. With an information technology community of