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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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Guggenheim fellowships go to 15 UC researchers, artists

Fifteen researchers and artists across the University of California are recipients of the 2014 Guggenheim Fellowships, announced today (April 10). They are among 178 honorees from the United States and Canada.This year's fellows bring the university's…
UC Berkeley |

A mission of nutrition, a wardrobe of fruits and veggies

She may be an introvert, but Lindy West is determined to do what it takes — including venturing out in public dressed as a snap pea — to help employees eat healthier diets.
UC San Francisco |

UCSF celebrates 150 years in health and science

The medical school that Hugh Toland founded during the Gold Rush has grown into one of the world’s leading health sciences universities.
UC Newsroom |

UC sponsors bill to close financial aid gap for undocumented students

Legislation would create an educational loan program for students who meet eligibility requirements under California state law AB 540.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
UC San Francisco |

Benioffs give hospitals $100M

Gift to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Oakland will help strengthen children's health care across the San Francisco Bay Area.
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UCLA |

Spinal cord therapy helps paraplegics move their legs

Four young men who have been paralyzed for years achieved groundbreaking progress — moving their legs — as a result of epidural electrical stimulation of the spinal cord.
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UC San Francisco |

Online registry aims to drive brain disease research

Project promises to cut time and cost of conducting clinical trials for brain diseases, while also helping scientists analyze and track brain functions.
UC Davis |

Field study shows why food quality will suffer with rising CO2

Increased levels of carbon dioxide — a hallmark of climate change — impair plants' growth and yield.
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UCLA |

Does a junk food diet make you lazy?

Data suggest that diet-induced obesity is a cause, rather than an effect, of laziness.
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |

Laser researchers revolutionize aviation industry

The flying public benefits from stronger, safer aircraft because of lab research.
Fatima Elkabti and Jorge Cuadros
UC Berkeley |

Grad student, prof and alum join forces to save diabetics from blindness in post-conflict Libya

A graduate student in optometry, one of her professors and an alumnus have joined forces to build a long-distance diagnostic project that has the potential to save sight for many.
Los Alamos CAVE virtual environment
Los Alamos National Laboratory |

A CAVE for supercomputing

In this special room, 3-D visualization allows researchers to test hypotheses, fueled by supercomputing power.