UC's impact — public investment at work 
Week of April 14, 2008
Enriching culture and community
UC is involved in an array of programs that benefit the community and improve California’s quality of life, while UC’s libraries, museums, performing arts and science centers provide the public places to learn and discover.
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Serving the community
Beyond the classroom, UC programs and partnerships help serve the community at large, from the 4-H Youth Development Program to arts programs. See video of how AileyCamp, administered by UC Berkeley’s Cal Performances, teaches dance and life lessons to Berkeley/Oakland middle school students.
“Calisphere embodies the university's ongoing commitment to enriching the cultural lives of all Californians, and to enhancing lifelong educational opportunities. Its innovative approach emphasizing technology, unbounded access to educational and cultural resources, and partnerships with educators is a model for the future. In Calisphere, we see how the university can bring education to students wherever they are, whatever their needs, and whatever phase of life they are in.”
-- UC Provost Wyatt R. Hume
Enlightening and entertaining visitors
Looking for something to do? Visit a UC aquarium or observatory. See exhibits from artists such as Botero, Wayne Thiebaud and Kara Walker or performances from headliners B.B. King, Yo-Yo Ma and Eddie Vedder.
Making library materials accessible
UC libraries collectively represent the largest research/academic library in the world, and the university is expanding its online offerings through the California Digital Library and Calisphere, a free Web site that offers the public access to more than 150,000 images, documents and other materials from UC campuses and cultural heritage organizations across California.
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Find out more about UC's involvement in the arts and community.
- Read more about how UC is improving California’s quality of life
- Learn more about UC’s botanical gardens, museums and performing arts centers
- UC Press is among the six largest university presses in the U.S.
- UC libraries share the wealth
- UC’s eScholarship Repository exceeds 5 million downloads
- New UC Davis policy means more Mondavi seats for students
- UCLA offers summer youth program in performing, media arts
- High school students visit UC Riverside for Gluck Day of the Arts
- ‘In the Beginning’ reopens UC San Diego art gallery
- UC Santa Cruz’s Shakespeare to Go
Latest budget news
- UC Regents approve plans to trim enrollment, freeze senior management pay as part of response to state budget challenge
- Summary of governor's 2009-10 budget proposal for UC (pdf)
- UC President Mark G. Yudof statement on governor's 2009-10 state budget proposal
- UC President Mark G. Yudof: Our future: human capital
- Making the case for UC
- UC Office of the President cuts budget more than $60 million
- Governor's mid-year cuts include new reduction for UC
- UC Regents approve final budget for 2008-09
Did you know?
- UC operates the 4-H program, which serves more than 140,000 California youth, and sponsors many other community activities, youth and recreational sports programs.
- UC has more than 100 libraries with more than 34 million volumes in their holdings. Members of the general public comprise more than 70% of UC library users.
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)
- 2009-10 governor's proposed state budget
- Archived budget information
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