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Former Google executive chairman got it right about UC

The UC Berkeley alum pointed out in a recent op-ed that the university educates 90,000 more students than it did in the year 2000, but with the same level of state funding.


8 fantastic reasons for UC’s newest alums to celebrate

UC’s Class of 2018 graduates are poised for great things, as these surprising facts show.


UC athletes look for gold in Pyeongchang

Two UC athletes hope to make their mark at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang this month: Bobsledder Carlo Valdes, a UCLA alum, and UC Davis freestyle skier Brita Sigourney. Sigourney comes into the games on


UCPath Center named a Top Workplace for 2017

The UCPath Center (UCPC) has been named one of 2017’s Top Workplaces on a list of public, private, nonprofit or governmental organizations throughout Riverside and San Bernardino counties. UCPC was ranked no. 2 in the category


UC supported hundreds of new startups and products in 2017

A $22 million investment from the state of California to accelerate innovation and entrepreneurship across the UC system has supported more than 500 new startups and existing companies, helped launch at least 47 new


How tax reform could price students out of graduate school

Taxes could increase by more than 30 percent for many UC graduate students – and some could see their liability soar by a whopping 400 percent.


UC named national leader in clean energy

UC was one of only eight organizations nationwide to receive an Excellence in Green Power Use Award from the EPA, announced on Oct. 23.


UC’s Systemwide Talent Management honored for excellence in employee learning and development

The award recognized UC for transformational work in organizational learning and development.


ICYMI: New Cal students break world record

In case you missed it, here’s a fun story from the start of this fall semester. Watch the time-lapse video above to see the entire event compressed into 44 seconds! Give me a C! No,


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