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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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Rendering of the NASA Perseverance rover on Mars
UCLA |

Q&A: David Paige on the Feb. 18 Mars Perseverance landing

The UCLA planetary scientist is deputy principal investigator for one of the NASA rover’s experiments.
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UC Berkeley |

6 ways to manage coronavirus depression

Knowing what depression looks like and how to manage it can help prevent you from slipping into dark moods.
Wearable patch prototype on skin
UC San Diego |

New skin patch brings us closer to wearable, all-in-one health monitor

The tool could be a boon to people who need to monitor underlying conditions, like diabetes or high blood pressure.
Apple, blackboard, mask
UC Irvine |

Two UC Irvine alums are California Teachers of the Year

Both earned their teaching credentials at the UC Irvine School of Education.
A young man and a woman wearing masks, woman reaching out to man with arm
UC Riverside |

Partners help us feel more connected during pandemic

But a pair of UC Riverside studies finds that kids and pets don't offset isolation from social distancing, nor do video chats.
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UC Newsroom |

Research security symposium focuses on protecting America’s intellectual capital

Security experts, higher education leaders convene in late Jan. to address the rise of foreign threats.
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UC Irvine |

Happy Lunar New Year

Reflections on the holiday and its global celebrations from scholars at UC Irvine.
Kids at a school with COVID-19 plastic guards around desks
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego and San Diego County test COVID-19 early alert system in schools

A new pilot program uses wastewater and surface monitoring to detect the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in TK-8 schools and child care centers.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Humanity’s best friend, even in a pandemic

Dogs’ highly evolved noses can rapidly detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, research finds.
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UC Riverside |

Professor launches Center for Athletes’ Rights and Equity

New research center is the brainchild of Eddie Comeaux, a higher education professor and former Division I athlete.
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UCLA |

Evidence mounts that eco-friendly wine tastes better

Certified organic French wines rated higher by experts, UCLA-led study finds.
Bruce Willis and cast of Armageddon walking in spacesuits
UC Newsroom |

What Hollywood gets wrong (and right!) about protecting the Earth from asteroids

Meet Kirsten Howley, the real-life Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory astrophysicist working to prevent “Armageddon,” as UC celebrates the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Feb. 11).