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UC Newsroom |

Coming of age in a warming world: How UC students are turning climate anxiety into action

How do UC students think about their futures, knowing that the climate they were born into will probably look a whole lot different than the one they grow old in?

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A UC degree launched Miguel Tamayo’s life as an aerospace engineer. Here’s how he paid for college.

Hear how one student paid for a UC education. 

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UC Irvine poverty
UC Irvine |

The secret to making it out of poverty

UC Irvine's Martín Burt finds families that overcome poverty have one thing in common — and it isn't income.
UC Riverside advocacy
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside grad students explain why their research matters

Jesus Rivera and Donovan Argueta made the case for more state investment by sharing their work with lawmakers.
Atacama UCSF
UCSF |

Once-mysterious ‘Atacama Skeleton’ illuminates genetics of bone disease

UCSF researchers sequence the genome of the ‘Atacama skeleton’ and discover new mutations.
UC Berkeley cyber threat
UC Berkeley |

Facebook fallout: Americans' privacy at risk across entire tech, information industry

It wasn't a breach that let Cambridge Analytica access Facebook users' data. It was the platform working as intended.
Katia Vega UC Davis
UC Davis |

The tech declared ‘coolest’ at SXSW

Katia Vega's tattoos, in which biosensors replace ink, earn the “Sci-fi No Longer” award.
UC grad school
UC Newsroom |

UC grad schools stand out in 2019 US News rankings

Nearly all UC graduate programs rank among the best in the nation.
Hellier Grad Research Day
UC Newsroom |

The firepower that fuels UC research

UC graduate students are in Sacramento to showcase how the state's investment in education pays off.
UC Santa Barbara Stephen Hawking
UC Santa Barbara |

Remembering Stephen Hawking

UC Santa Barbara physicists reminisce about collaborating on many projects with the Cambridge legend.
UC Berkeley Saru Jayaraman
UC Newsroom |

The problem with tips

Ninety percent of women in tipped service jobs experience sexual harassment. Can Saru Jayaraman change it?
UC San Diego heart disease
UC San Diego |

New test can diagnose a heart attack within an hour

The improved diagnostic tool can detect heart attacks faster, and has already saved lives.
UC Santa Barbara robot hero
UC Santa Barbara |

The singing robot (and what it tells us about ourselves)

Hannah Wolfe wants to make us more comfortable with the robots that are increasingly part of our lives.
UC Riverside tap water
UC Riverside |

Toilet-to-tap water gets its first blind taste test

The results will definitely surprise you.