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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 LEADS UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

Leading the way to an advanced degree

Undergrads from across the UC system show their research chops at the 18th annual UC LEADS symposium.
UCSF microscope HIV
UC Newsroom |

How UC faced down a global pandemic

UCLA and UCSF doctors fought HIV from its earliest beginnings. Now, they are beginning to speak of a cure.
No More Silence UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Student changemakers fight human trafficking

The student leaders will be featured on CNN for work combating modern slavery.
UC Santa Cruz moms science
UC Santa Cruz |

Scientists are parents, too

Two UC academics have come up with guidelines to solve the conference-childcare conundrum.
UC Davis spring
UC Davis |

Has spring sprung too soon?

Spring is arriving sooner than it did 10 years ago, sometimes significantly so, researchers find.
Muir shelter
UC Berkeley |

Uncovering the mystery of John Muir’s Sierra Nevada hut

A remarkable hike sent Doug Harnsberger on a quest to make the shelter become a National Historic Landmark.
UC Newsroom |

UC and its national labs invest in California climate change research

Three new, large-scale projects receive over $11M in funding to study the impacts of climate change on California.
UC Janet Napolitano Commonwealth Club
UC Newsroom |

UC President Napolitano lays out a vision for expanding college access

New policies proposed by Napolitano would reduce costs and graduate more students.
drunk fruit fly
UC Merced |

A fruit fly walks into a bar ...

Fruit flies have a drinking culture, too — and it may help us understand addiction.
hormonal UCLA
UCLA |

Feeling hormonal? Be glad

From puberty to menopause, women's hormones serve them well, and in ways that run counter to common belief.
UCLA reels
UC Newsroom |

How UCLA created a treasure trove for film and TV lovers

Much of Hollywood's Golden Age would have been consigned to the dustbin of history if it weren't for film lovers at UCLA.
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University of California |

The University of California: A leader in science for national security

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