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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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Compostable wind turbine in the lab
UC Davis |

Making wind power even greener

Blades made from bamboo and mycelium could keep a growing number of wind blades out of landfills.
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UC Irvine via The Conversation |

Summer reading: 5 books that explore LGBTQ teen and young adult life

A scholar of young adult fiction presents a fresh list of LGBTQ ‘must-reads’ for the summer of 2023.
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UCLA Magazine |

The Starship (Social) Enterprise

An award-winning UCLA academy is training the next generation of impact investors and nonprofit leaders.
Two Black women wearing masks cross the street
UC San Francisco |

A new COVID-19 variant on the rise: Expert tips for masking

How to protect yourself against the new, fast-spreading omicron subvariant known as ‘Arcturus.’
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UC Newsroom |

UC Riverside invited to join the AAU

Membership is by invitation only and represents reaching the pinnacle of U.S. research universities
Neural signals
UC San Francisco |

Has science cracked the code on chronic pain?

In a first, UCSF researchers have identified chronic pain states in individuals directly from their neural activity.
Bonnie Garmus portrait
UC Santa Cruz Magazine |

Bonnie Garmus: Chemical reaction

Alumna Bonnie Garmus, author of the smash-hit novel “Lessons in Chemistry,” drew on many lessons learned at UC Santa Cruz on her way to finding the formula for success.
A burger made of lab-grown meat
UC Davis |

Lab-grown meat’s carbon footprint potentially worse than retail beef

A new study finds scaling up production using existing processes is highly energy-intensive.
A white-bellied pangolin
UCLA |

How genomic research could help save the white-bellied pangolin

Genomics is explaining how remarkable the little mammals are — and could help identify which species are the sources for derived products on the black market.
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UC Newsroom |

UC system a global leader in academic excellence, per new rankings

Seven UC campuses also rank among the top 30 of all public universities in the United States, with four in the top 10 and UC Berkeley at No. 1.
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UC San Diego |

Why you can stop feeling guilty about binge-watching your favorite shows

You’re not a wanton couch potato: UC San Diego research reveals people actually ‘binge-watch’ TV with a lot of self-control.
A photo of Hormiphora californensis, a comb jelly called the California sea gooseberry
UC Santa Cruz |

Meet your long-lost cousin, the comb jelly

Found in oceans around the globe, invertebrate comb jellies have been proven to be the sibling group to all other animals.