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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 Newsroom |

Public college leaders united in effort to graduate more students

UC President Napolitano joins CSU, community college leaders in pledging to streamline transfers and call on state to reinvest in higher education.
G. Cristina Mora
UC Berkeley |

I say Hispanic. You say Latino. How did the whole thing start?

Sociologist traces the commercial, political and cultural interests that colluded in the 1970s to create a national Hispanic identity.
UC Newsroom |

UC drought summit dives deep in state Capitol

UC experts discuss how California can respond to droughts.
UC President Napolitano and UC Riverside Chancellor Kim Wilcox
UC Riverside |

Chancellor: 300 new faculty, ramped up campus growth

Chancellor Wilcox calls for increased globalization, review of campus planning for future growth, and creation of new facilities.
UCLA |

Today's statin users consume more calories and fat, and weigh more, than their predecessors

People who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs appear to have developed a false sense of security that could lead to heart disease and other obesity-related illnesses.
Kathryn Sullivan
UC Santa Cruz |

Alumna Kathryn Sullivan on Time's '100 Most Influential People' list

Former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan '73 now leads NOAA as under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere.
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UC Newsroom |

Archive captures breadth of moving pictures

Big screen or small, UCLA's Film & Television Archive has this medium covered.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
UC San Francisco |

Children’s hospitals launch global initiative on preterm birth

$100 million from Lynne and Marc Benioff, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund 10-year program to reduce childhood death from prematurity.
UC Davis |

Faculty, regent join American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Class of 2014 honorees bring UC's membership in the academy to 489.
UCLA |

Treating stroke improves during golden hour

Patients who receive clot-busting drug within first hour of symptoms are more likely to survive, preserve brain function and reduce disability.
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UC Berkeley |

Planning professor-turned-entrepreneur to help SF tackle urban problems with Big Data

From the classroom to the city, a UC Berkeley planning professor/entrepreneur is using Big Data to make a difference in urban life.
Daniela Kaufer and colleague
UC Berkeley |

Commonly available blood-pressure drug prevents epilepsy after brain injury

Study in rats shows that a common hypertension drug can nearly eliminate the epilepsy that often follows severe head injury. Nearly one in five cases of epilepsy is the result of head trauma.