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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 takes lead in defining privacy, creating framework

The university is the first major U.S. higher education institution clearly define privacy both for individuals and the institution as a whole.
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UC Davis |

Unintended result from curbing invaders

What to do when eradicating invasive species threatens endangered ones? Proceed with a careful balancing act.
Richard Martinez
UC Santa Barbara |

‘We remember' Santa Barbara's slain students

Estimated 20,000 attend memorial for victims in Isla Vista tragedy.
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Fig. 1 by University of California |

The squishiness of cancer cells

How squishy are your cells? Cells are tiny, but what they can reveal about human health is profound.
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UC San Francisco |

Treat mental illness by healing brain circuitry

Project seeks permanent cures for anxiety disorders, depression, addiction.
UC Newsroom |

UC leaders to speak at Health for Tomorrow conference

Event, focused on changing landscape of health care, will be webcast live.
Eitaro Ishigaki
UC Merced |

Bringing attention to overlooked artists

Art history professor is on a detective mission to find works produced by Asian-American artists from the early 20th century.
UC Santa Barbara |

UCSB chancellor's statement on Isla Vista shootings

Chancellor Yang's comments address events in wake of deadly rampage.
UC San Francisco |

UCSF Global Health Sciences receives $6M for neglected diseases

Funding from Gates Foundation and Carlos Slim Health Institute will target Chagas’ disease, dengue and onchocerciasis.
Nailah Seale and Daril Brown
UC San Diego |

Faculty inspire Howard grads to pursue Ph.D. at UC San Diego

Bioengineers were among first members of UC San Diego Howard Partnership for Graduate Student Success.
UC Berkeley |

Discovery of how Taxol works could lead to better anticancer drugs

Subtle cell disruption is key to widely-used drug's effectiveness.
UC Riverside |

Author wins major literary award

Nalo Hopkinson receives the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy.