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Official handle for the University of California system. For UCOP press releases and campus breaking news, follow @UC_Newsroom.
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The current wildfires continue to have a devastating effect on LA County. With thousands displaced and many having lost homes and businesses, @UCLA and local organizations have mobilized to support the campus community and the broader public. Learn more ⬇️
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Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones (@brotherjones_) called on @GoldmanSchool #Classof2023 grads to disrupt oppressive systems, dismantle unjust laws and policies, and discover new ways of living in which all people in a multicultural society can thrive.
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BREAKING NEWS: University of California sues Trump administration on unlawful repeal of DACA program #DefendDACA.
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BREAKING: @UCBerkeley announces partnership with @NASA to build the Berkeley Space Center, a 36-acre site in Silicon Valley that will house companies, labs and students working to generate futuristic innovations in aviation and space exploration.
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Breaking: UC plans to file suit against the federal government for violating the rights of the University and its students following new ICE regulations. Full statement:
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A warm welcome to UC’s next president, Michael V. Drake, M.D.! Prior to his six years at @OhioState, @OSUPrezDrake’s entire academic career has been at UC, including as faculty at @UCSF, systemwide VP for health affairs and chancellor of @UCIrvine. Fiat Lux!.
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As a leader in the global movement toward open access to publicly funded research, the University of California is taking a firm stand by deciding not to renew its subscriptions with Elsevier.
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It’s been 5 years since Obergefell and gay marriage! Here’s a look at heroes in research who made this and other victories possible. 🌈 #Pride #Pride2020 #PrideMonth
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A big congrats to @ucirvine, @ucla, @ucberkeley, @ucdavis, @ucsantabarbara and @ucsandiego! All have been named best value among the public universities nationwide by @forbes 🎊🎊🎊
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HAPPY PRIDE 🏳️🌈 This #PrideMonth we celebrate UC's beautiful, diverse and dynamic LGBTQ+ community. We are so proud of the work you continue to do to make the world a more inclusive and accepting place for everyone #Pride #Pride2023 ❤️ 💛 🧡 💚 💙 💜 🖤 🤎
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This just in: All 10 UC campuses will phase out single-use plastic bottles, bags and food containers. The move is part of a new commitment to help UC achieve its zero waste goals.
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On Saturday, thousands of @CalAthletics fans flooded @UCBerkeley’s Memorial Glade for @espn College GameDay. The campus and its students charmed the nation with spirit, humorous signs and a $100k field goal kick!
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Today’s SCOTUS ruling barring consideration of race in college admissions is disappointing. UC has worked to address inequity in #HigherEd without #AffirmativeAction for decades and we remain committed and prepared to support our peer institutions in expanding student diversity.
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Congrats to @UCLA and @UCBerkeley for both being in top 10 of graduate employability rankings. It's an international list and @UCLA beat out Harvard, just FYI 👏 🎉
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This just in: Five UCs stand among the 10 best public universities in the country and all nine undergraduate campuses rank among the top 40 in the 2021 Best Colleges rankings, by @usnews. 🌟 🌟
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Despite months of contract negotiations, Elsevier was unwilling to meet UC’s key goal: securing universal open access to UC research while containing the rapidly escalating costs associated with for-profit journals.
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This just in: The UC Board of Regents have unanimously endorsed Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 (#ACA5) as well as the repeal of Proposition 209, which banned the consideration of race & gender in admissions decisions twenty-five years ago. Read more:
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We want members of our UC community to be as safe as possible when protesting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some important tips: .-Wear a face covering.-Bring hand sanitizer.-Maintain 6 ft from others.-Don't go alone; stick to a small group.-Make informed decisions.
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UC is temporarily suspending the letter grade requirement for A-G courses completed in winter/spring/summer 2020 for all students, including UC’s most recently admitted freshmen. (1/4).
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY UC! Boldly serving the people of California for 155 years 🎂🥳 . Learn more about UC's first 150 years here:
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This just in: The UC Board of Regents has unanimously approved the suspension of the standardized test requirement (ACT/SAT) for freshman applicants until fall 2024. For more, visit:
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Congrats to @UCBerkeley alum @CarolynBertozzi on winning the @NobelPrize in chemistry! Bertozzi launched her career @UCSF @BerkeleyLab and @UCBerkeley, where she developed the field of bioorthogonal chemistry and influenced countless young chemists.🥇
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UC is taking its fight to protect #DACA recipients all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. These young people are members of our community and this is their home. Will you stand with us? #SCOTUS #UCDACA #HomeIsHere #UC4DACA #IStandWithImmigrants
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The University of California began 150 years ago on a simple, but revolutionary idea: That college should be available to everyone. #UC150
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UC President Napolitano denounces decision to end #DACA program, calls on Congress to make protections permanent
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Nearly half of UC undergraduates will be the first generation in their families to earn a college degree. #FirstGen
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Due to the recent California wildfires, the University of California will extend its undergraduate application deadline and grant fee waivers to affected students who are applying this fall. More info at #CampFire #WoosleyFire #CaliforniaWildfires.
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While most of us stay home, farmworkers continue to go out in the fields as “essential workers.” On #CesarChavezDay, we honor them for working tirelessly to keep our food system going. We also honor those in the UC system working to protect them | Photo credit: Los Angeles Times
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A huge congrats to UC's newest grads! You are amazing and we're so proud of you! Here's a special message from @CAgovernor Gavin Newsom and First Partner @JenSiebelNewsom. 🎉🎉🎉 @ucberkeley @ucmerced #CalGrad #UCM2020 #NewUCGrad #Classof2020
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Congrats to @UCBerkeley, @UCLA, @ucdavis, @ucsantabarbara, @UCSanDiego and @UCSF for placing in the @timeshighered World Reputation Rankings! 👏
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UC is disappointed that Prop. 16, which would have repealed Proposition 209, didn't pass in this election. “We will continue our unwavering efforts to expand underrepresented groups’ access to a UC education”—@UCPrezDrake. Read more:
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University of California announces a pioneering open access agreement with the world’s largest scientific publisher, Elsevier, making significantly more of the University’s research available to people worldwide — immediately and at no cost. Read more. ⬇️
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Today's SCOTUS decision rejecting President Biden's #StudentLoan relief plan is disheartening. College affordability is a top priority at UC. Here's what we're doing to help students access a UC education ⬇️.
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"The Court’s decision is antithetical to the University of California’s mission and values. This is a sobering moment for many of us at the University of California and throughout the nation." -@UCPrezDrake. Read the full statement ⬇️
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This year, the UC system is celebrating 150 years! Stay tuned over the next few months as we reflect on our history and origins, and commemorate the contributions our campuses have made to California and the world.
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Congratulations 🎉 to the UC campuses that made the top 50 of the @forbes America's Top Colleges of 2022. Can we get a round of likes for @ucberkeley, @ucla, @ucsandiego, @ucdavis, @ucirvine and @ucsantabarbara! UC are the top 4 public schools in the US.
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In 1966, @berkeleylaw professor Herma Hill Kay co-drafted the California no-fault divorce law, the first of its kind, making “irreconcilable differences” sufficient ground for divorce. She later became the first female dean of a law school in the US. #WomensHistoryMonth #UCWomen
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Congrats to Jennifer A. Doudna, @UCBerkeley and @UCSF professor and @BerkeleyLab faculty scientist, for winning the #NobelPrize for chemistry! The discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 as a tool for making targeted changes to the genome can change the world! 🏅🧬✂️🌎.
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This #BlackHistoryMonth, @UCPrezDrake reflects on the Black workers, scholars, artists and activists who have propelled the University of California—and the world—forward and the work that remains to achieve our ideals of equality, inclusion and justice.
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Congrats to @UCLA and @UCBerkeley for both being in top 10 of graduate employability rankings. It's an international list and @UCLA beat out Harvard, just FYI 👏 🎉
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All 10 UC campuses are among the best universities in the world, according to the 2019 Academic Ranking of World Universities 🌟🌟🌟
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A big congrats to @ucla sophomore, Lisa Ranran Hu, who has been named among @teenvogue’s “21 Under 21” Class of 2018, nominated by @emmawatson! Hu’s film, ‘Escape,’ has challenged the status quo in her home country of China. 🎥🎥🎥
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Shout-out to the eight UC campuses that placed in the top 50 on @forbes new Best Value Colleges list! @ucirvine @ucla @ucberkeley @ucdavis @ucsantabarbara @ucsandiego @ucriverside @ucsc 🌠📚
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“My time at UC has been deeply gratifying & rewarding.”—UC President Janet Napolitano announced today that she will step down in August 2020 after seven years of leading California's preeminent public university system.
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BIG NEWS! Minutes ago, UC Pres. Janet Napolitano announced that UC will not raise in-state tuition in the 2019-20 academic year. This is huge – it means that we’re keeping UC accessible for California students. Join .@UCAdvocacy and make your voice heard!
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Stay safe. Get vaccinated. We all have a role in bringing the COVID-19 pandemic to an end.
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Whoa: 1. Alumni see their earnings double between two and 10 years after graduation. 2. A third of low-income students move from the bottom 20 percent of incomes into the top 20 percent.
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“As leaders of the largest public research university in the United States, we feel that silence is complicity: We must put an end to these incidents now.”—UC Pres. Janet Napolitano and Regents Chair @JohnAPerez on protests following George Floyd’s death.
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UC campuses once again dominate @usnews 2023-24 Best Colleges rankings, with @UCBerkeley and @UCLA tied for the best public university in the country, six campuses among the top 20 and all nine in the top 40 🏆
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Shout-out to @UCLA, @UCBerkeley, @ucsantabarbara, @UCIrvine, @UCSanDiego, @ucdavis, @ucsc, @UCRiverside & @ucmerced on being named among the Top Public Schools by @USNewsEducation! 🎉🎉🎉.
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All 10 UC campuses rank in the top 4.1% in the world, with @UCBerkeley and @UCLA among the top 20, according to the 2023 report from the Center for World University Rankings 🏆 💙 💛
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“Large-scale immigration raids are designed to strike fear in our immigrant communities, and the University of California will not be a willing participant in them.”—UC President Janet Napolitano. Read the full statement here:
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"We knew we were creating an important new technology that we expected would be of use to a segment of the population, but we had no idea how truly momentous an event it was”—@ucla's Leonard Kleinrock on the birth of the internet. #InternetDay #Internet50
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Congrats to @UCIrvine @ucsantabarbara @ucdavis @UCSanDiego and @UCLA for being #1 - #5! And @UCBerkeley for being #9! From @nytimes list.
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🏆 Gymnast @katelyn_ohashi, @UCLA, ’19, created a buzz when she scored a perfect 10 at the 2019 Collegiate Challenge. Now, she’s getting big points as a UC advocate — and you can too! 🌟 Click here to join ➡️ .#UCAdvocate #KatelynOhashi #JoinUCAN
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“Current forecasts give us hope that in the fall our students can enjoy a more normal on-campus experience.”—UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D. on UC's plans for a return to primarily in-person instruction systemwide starting fall 2021. Read more.
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Shout-out to @ucla, @ucberkeley, @ucdavis, @ucsandiego, @ucsantabarbara & @ucirvine on being named among the top 10 public schools in the West, according to the @wsj/@timeshighered College Rankings!💯🌟💯
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All nine UC undergrad campuses placed in the top 100 nationally by @washmonthly. Six campuses—@ucsandiego, @ucla, @ucdavis, @ucberkeley, @ucirvine & @ucriverside—were in the top 30, and @ucmerced was 39th 🎉🎉🎉
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Happy #Juneteenth to the UC community! This year we also celebrate that Juneteenth was named an official federal holiday, an important milestone in U.S. history. UC will observe the holiday on June 28 this year & on the federally designated day thereafter.
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#ThrowbackThursday #Oppenheimer: In 1945, @UCBerkeley physics professor J. Robert Oppenheimer was named director of Los Alamos National Lab and ran the scientific side of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb. @OppenheimerFilm
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All nine UC undergrad campuses placed in the top 100 nationally by @washmonthly. Six campuses—@ucsandiego, @ucla, @ucdavis, @ucberkeley, @ucirvine & @ucriverside—were in the top 30, and @ucmerced was 39th 🎉🎉🎉
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"I look forward to learning and listening about the opportunities we face and collaborating with all of you as we move the University forward". Welcome back to UC, President Drake! 🌟
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Our thoughts are with everyone who is suffering in the wake of violence in Israel and Palestine this weekend. We have confirmed that University of California students who are studying in Jerusalem are safe, and we will continue to monitor the situation closely.
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The lawsuit will seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctive relief to bar ICE from enforcing an order that UC President Janet Napolitano called “mean-spirited, arbitrary and damaging to America.”.
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“Each person will leave a mark on the team’s culture and will influence the future of the culture and the success of the team.”—@UCLA sophomore Frida Esparza on @uclagymnastics ✨
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UC is thrilled to welcome Dr. Julio Frenk, who makes history as the first Latino chancellor of @UCLA!.
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“If I could have told my 14-year-old self where I would be now, I don’t think I would have believed it”—@ucirvine graduate Monica Mary Xu English. 350 members of UC’s Class of 2019 were formerly in the foster care system & have transcended monumental odds.
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.@ucberkeley Chancellor Carol Christ was formally inaugurated yesterday. Christ is the first woman to lead the university in its 149-year history.
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Ready for the ultimate throwback? UC is turning 150 years old! Check out our rich history with this interactive timeline and stay tuned over the next few months for more. #UC150
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.@ucberkeley’s Commencement 2020 will take place tomorrow at Blockeley University, a mind-blowing model of the university built by some 100 students and alumni using Minecraft, a popular video game. #CalGrad #NewUCGrad #Classof2020
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What does it mean to be boldly Californian? Explore a snapshot of our history with this video featuring UC’s 150 bold years and stay tuned for more over the next few months. #UC150
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"No human being gets to tell me what I’m supposed to do (or not supposed to do) with my life. I am what a scientist looks like. And so are you."—@ucirvine professor Aomawa Shields. Via @teenvogue 🌟 #WomenInSTEM.
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Congratulations to @UCLA and @UCBerkeley, both ranked in the top 20 universities in the world 🌍!.
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#ThrowbackThursday: In 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an antiwar speech at @UCBerkeley. He told the crowd gathered in front of Sproul Hall that “You, in a real sense, have been the conscience of the academic community and our nation.” #MLKJr #MartinLutherKingJrDay
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ICYMI: The University of California has announced a full divestment from all fossil fuels. Via @latimes
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We're thrilled to partner with @BetterMakeRoom & @MichelleObama for this year's #CollegeSigningDay! On May 1, the former first lady will be at @UCLA celebrating students who have committed to attend college & supporting them as they embark on the next chapter of their lives. 📚🎉.
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4 UCs (Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Riverside) each enroll more low-income students than all the Ivy Leagues combined. Support #YearRoundPell.
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Shout-out to @UCLA, @UCBerkeley, @ucsantabarbara, @UCIrvine, @UCSanDiego, @ucdavis, @ucsc, @UCRiverside & @ucmerced on being named among the Top Public Schools by @USNewsEducation! ✨
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“Being a member of the LGBTQ+ in STEM community has made me a better researcher because it has connected me to scientists from all different fields & see where my research fits into the big picture”—@ucla Ph.D. student @robertnulrich @queersinstem. Courtesy of @500QueerSci #Pride
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UC and @CalCommColleges announced they have signed a joint agreement aimed at increasing the number of academically prepared community college students who transfer to UC and earn a bachelor’s degree.
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UC is taking its fight to protect the nation’s Dreamers to the U.S. Supreme Court this November. RT and stand with us! #SCOTUS #DACA #UCDreamers
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In 1870, UC began admitting women two years after the university’s founding. Eight women attend classes during the first year. The first woman graduate, Rosa L. Scrivner, received her Bachelor of Philosophy in Agriculture in 1874. #WomensHistoryMonth #UCFirsts
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To our UC community planning to protest: Tips for protesting safely amidst COVID19.-Wear a face covering .-Bring hand sanitizer .-Maintain 6 ft from others .-Don't go alone; stick to a small group .-Make informed decisions.
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“Justice and the rule of law won the day”—UC President Janet Napolitano on #SCOTUS decision to uphold UC’s challenge against the Trump Administration’s attempt to arbitrarily end DACA. #UCDACA #HomeisHere
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We're UC, of course we have the most influential researchers in the world — Huge thanks to @CAgovernor for the recognition 🫶💙💛 Learn more about #UCImpact here:
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“As the first person of color to serve as UC president, Dr. Drake returns to UC at an important point in the University’s journey. This is a homecoming UC is very excited to be celebrating early.”—@JohnAPerez, UC Board of Regents chair on @OSUPrezDrake
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If UC received the same per-student funding as it did in 2000, our state funding would be twice as much. Join us in asking state lawmakers to invest in UC. Text UC to 52886 or visit to join the @UCAdvocacy.
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1978: Barbara Christian, pioneering scholar of Afr. American literary feminism, is the 1st black woman to be granted tenure at @ucberkeley. She later becomes the 1st black woman in the UC system to be promoted to full professor. #UC150 #BlackHistoryMonth
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🎉 Congrats to @UCDavis on being crowned the "Collegeiest" college town in California! (via @washingtonpost)
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.@ucsandiego biology and chemistry students have created the world’s first algae-based, sustainable versions of your fave summer items.
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.@ucberkeley alumnus & @nasa_johnson astronaut @astro_rex is taking over our Instagram stories & answering your questions! Follow along on IG at @UofCalifornia or visit:
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Congrats to @ucdavis, @ucberkeley, @ucsf and @ucsandiego for being ranked among the Best Global Universities by @usnews! 🎉🎉🎉.
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You probably know @JForsett from his record-setting time with @CalAthletics and his 9 seasons in the @NFL—now, he's sharing why we need Congress to #DoublePell. Hear directly from him about how you can get involved! #UC4Pell @UCBerkeley @Cal @_UCSA @UCAdvocacy
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