UC's impact — public investment at work 
Achieving through athletics
UC student athletes have distinguished themselves in the classroom and on the playing field, winning national titles and Olympic medals, gaining experiences to last a lifetime.
Going for gold
A total of 102 Olympians with University of California ties took part in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, representing six campuses and 25 countries, winning 43 medals.
“Yes, I was an athlete, but I was there for the classroom and the scholarship. My parents never asked me what was going on on the ballfield, but they always asked me – they wanted to know – what was going on in the classroom.”
-- Gary Beban, UCLA alum, Heisman Trophy winner, CB Richard Ellis senior executive managing director
Training champions
UC teams won four NCAA championships this year, including three by UCLA, which has won a record 103 NCAA titles. See videos of UCLA student athletes who became doctors, teachers, writers and more.
Gathering places
From UCLA’s hallowed Pauley Pavilion to UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium, site of “The Play,” UC athletic facilities host entertaining events. UC Davis’ Aggie Stadium, which opened in 2007, is in the process of becoming a zero-waste stadium.
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Find out more about UC athletics.
Latest budget news
Did you know?
- Athletes who attended UC campuses include Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (UCLA), Billy Beane (UC San Diego), Natalie Coughlin (UC Berkeley), Jason Lezak (UC Santa Barbara), Greg Louganis (UC Irvine), J.T. O’Sullivan (UC Davis), Troy Percival (UC Riverside), Jackie Robinson (UCLA), Todd Rogers (UC Santa Barbara) and Helen Wills Moody (UC Berkeley).
Resources
- UC's impact: key points (pdf)
- 2009-10 budget process for UC (pdf)
- Discussion of 2009-10 budget issues (pdf)
- Funding higher education: An investment in California's economy (pdf)
- Campaign for College Opportunity issues report on impact of higher education cuts to California
- UC, CSU, CCC leaders: Invest in public higher education (pdf)
- UC Academic Senate’s report on impact of proposed budget cuts (pdf)
- Student fee fact sheet (pdf)
- 2008-09 state budget
- Archived budget information
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