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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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UC Newsroom |

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 |

UC Irvine-led study profiles undocumented students’ experiences in state public universities

A first-of-its-kind, multicampus report provides deep insights into successes and struggles in California.
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UC Santa Cruz |

What dolphins can teach us about surviving COVID-19

Unlike humans, marine mammals have adaptations that allow them to thrive with low oxygen levels.
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UC Davis |

The frightening uncertainty of long-haul COVID-19

UC Davis Health recently launched the region’s first Post-COVID-19 Clinic to give care and counsel to the most long-suffering patients.
Kristen Choi
UCLA |

UCLA nursing professor shares her experience as a subject in COVID-19 vaccine trial

Kristen Choi says it is important for doctors and nurses to discuss side effects with patients and reassure them about the vaccine’s safety.
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UC Berkeley |

New CRISPR-based COVID-19 test uses smartphone cameras to spot virus RNA

The low-cost diagnostic tool can provide accurate results in under 30 minutes and is simple enough to be made available in the home.
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UCLA |

Scientists discover how COVID-19 virus causes multiple organ failure in mice

Researchers study the disease’s systemic effects in the heart, kidneys, spleen and other organs.
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UC Newsroom |

University of California to lead state’s rollout of CA Notify

The state has asked UC to lead an expansion of a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system recently tested at seven UC campuses.
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UC Newsroom |

The UCDC experience reimagined from your computer

They're not physically in Washington, D.C., but the undergraduates in the University of California Washington Program are still experiencing the benefits and networks of Capitol Hill life.
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UC Newsroom |

California’s Institutes for Science and Innovation celebrate 20 years of research and discovery

Twenty years on, the four UC-based California Institutes of Science and Innovation are integral to addressing California's most pressing issues with research-driven innovation.
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UC Berkeley |

California farmworkers hit hard by COVID-19, study finds

UC Berkeley researchers are conducting the first long-term study into the risk factors for, and prevalence of, COVID-19 in farmworker communities.
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UCLA Magazine |

Anatomy of a vaccine: What it takes to create a safe, effective COVID shot

No challenge has gripped the world this year like the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine. Inside the unprecedented effort to deliver one, quickly.
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UC Davis |

Can eating mangoes reduce women’s facial wrinkles?

A pilot study shows eating mangoes — but not too many mangoes — may have promising results.