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University of California rejects claim it was sued for racial discrimination • Feb. 4, 2025, 9:59 PM ET (The Guardian)
University of California student group alleges racial discrimination in admissions • Feb. 4, 2025, 4:31 AM ET (The Hill)

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Date 1855 - present
Areas Of Involvement public education
Notable Alumni Katherine Amelia Towle • Saul Perlmutter • Butler W. Lampson • Owen Chamberlain • Joseph Acaba • Gary Ruvkun • John F. Hartwig • Ali Wong • Biruté Galdikas • Jaylen Brown • Judith Heumann • Kelly Marie Tran • Pablo Jarillo-Herrero • Steve Wozniak • Chris Burden • Byron Haskin • Richard Serra • Michael Milken • Ralph Bunche • Robert Penn Warren • Carol W. Greider • Eric Schmidt • Julian Seymour Schwinger • Venki Ramakrishnan • Michael Ovitz • Susan Wojcicki • Todd Gitlin • Thomas J. Sargent • Robert B. Laughlin • Thomas Robert Cech • Kary Mullis • Patty Hearst • Andrew Z. Fire • Peter Snell • Richard R. Schrock • Iva Toguri D’Aquino • Diane Johnson • Thérèse Bonney • Houston A. Baker, Jr. • Crown Prince Haakon • Lawrence R. Klein • Charles P. Thacker • E. Mavis Hetherington • Carleton Washburne • Richard F. Heck • William F. Sharpe • Yuan T. Lee • Horace Welcome Babcock • Maulana Karenga • Frances Arnold • Russell Westbrook
Related People Mario Savio • Bill Walton • I. Michael Heyman • Katherine Amelia Towle • John Wooden • Frederic Ward Putnam • Edward W. Gifford

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