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UC Newsroom |
Coming of age in a warming world: How UC students are turning climate anxiety into action
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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.
UC Newsroom |
Drying Sierra meadows could worsen California drought
Weather-related changes threaten key natural regulator of the region's water flow.
UC San Diego |
Virtual reality guides those whose memory is failing
Navigation system helps diagnose, monitor and train patients with cognitive decline.
Greater Good Science Center |
What makes a happy parent?
Are parents really less happy than non-parents, as many recent books and studies suggest? New research finds that the truth is surprising and complicated.
UC Davis and UC Merced |
California has given away rights to far more water than it has
Researchers reveal state is overextended and is using complicated and outdated water policies.
UC San Francisco |
Antibacterial soap poses hormone risk to health workers
High levels of triclosan — a hormone disruptor — in antibacterial soap may pose a hazard to hospital workers, who must wash hands often.
UC Santa Cruz |
Grad student unites personal passion, programming skills to help others
Undaunted by her own impaired vision, Lourdes Morales is developing computer software to help blind people format documents.
UC Newsroom |
Alum keeps Berkeley pantry churning to feed student parents
As a single mom and undergrad student, Koko Mulder founded UC Berkeley's pantry to help non-traditional students like herself stretch their food dollars. Now a campus staffer, she's still at the pantry's helm.
UC Berkeley |
‘Getting-by girls’ straddle gap between academic winners, losers
A new study spotlights a high school subculture that has made an art of slacking, and may be destined to perpetuate the nation’s struggling lower-middle class.
UC Newsroom |
9 UC campuses ranked among world’s best universities
UC places highly in Academic Ranking of World Universities, which focuses on faculty and research quality.
UC Newsroom |
UC summit brings hope for help
Researchers from across UC convened for a first-ever summit on autism — an initial step toward collaborating systemwide to address urgent need for treatments.
UC San Francisco |
Do gut bacteria rule our minds?
In an ecosystem within us, microbes evolved to sway our food choices.
UC Newsroom |
UC president awards scholarships to Oakland teens
Six Oakland teens, all UC bound, receive scholarships from UC Office of the President.