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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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President Obama and students
UC Newsroom |

UC leaders join President Obama at higher ed summit

President Napolitano, chancellors from Berkeley, Merced and San Diego join university leaders from across the nation to brainstorm ways how higher education can better serve less-advantaged students.
UC Santa Barbara |

More than meets the eye

When it comes to vision, the brain can perform more than one function without sacrificing time or accuracy.
movie theater
UCLA |

Oscar bait or pandering to the audience?

Researchers reveal the logic behind the tough decisions studios make about what films to make.
kelp with fish
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

'Kelp Watch" monitors Fukushima nuclear contamination

Berkeley Lab collaborates on program to track nuclear contamination from quake-damaged power plant in Japan.
Golden Globe winners
UC Santa Cruz |

UCSC alumni glow in TV spotlight

Andy Samberg, Cary Fukunaga bring home Golden Globes for TV work.
UC Irvine |

Caffeine consumption enhances memory

A cup of coffee's good not just for waking up, but also for boosting long-term memory.
UC Newsroom |

Why UC is participating in Covered California

UC is helping to increase access to affordable health care.
UC Santa Cruz |

UCSC astronomers find bright young galaxies

The four galaxies are among the earliest and most distant ever discovered.
Arizona meteorite
UCLA |

Space rocks hit UCLA

California's largest meteorite museum opens on campus.
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UC Berkeley |

Suburban sprawl cancels carbon-footprint savings of dense urban cores

Reliance on cars and trucks generates much greater greenhouse-gas emissions outside urban core areas.
argentine ants
UC Riverside |

Battling ants with alluring pheromones

Pheromone draws pesky, invasive Argentine ants to insecticide, eliminating need for indiscriminate spraying that can harm the environment.
Denisova Cave excavation
UC Berkeley |

Neanderthal genome shows cozy relationship between early humans

Population geneticists find more evidence of in- and interbreeding between Neanderthals, Denisovans, other human groups.