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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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UC Newsroom |

UC enrolls a record-setting number of California students in fall 2023

In a banner year, UC boosted the diversity of its student body, while out-of-state enrollment declined.
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UC Noyce |

UC Noyce Initiative advances digital innovation

A new 5-campus consortium pursues collaborative research.
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UC Berkeley |

New research combats burgeoning threat of deepfake audio

New research will make it easier to determine the authenticity of an audio clip. 
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UC Merced |

Ph.D. student pushes for better education benefits for veterans’ dependents

Karla Seijas’ passion for identifying and removing obstacles faced by military veterans and their families has turned into a new state law.
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UC San Diego |

Forbes’ 30 Under 30’s Abby Sherlock ’19 talks gaming, mentorship and defying stereotypes

Abby Sherlock, a video game producer and a 2019 graduate of UC San Diego, recently was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.
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UC San Francisco |

New CRISPR center brings hope for rare and deadly genetic diseases

CRISPR collaboration combines expertise from three UC schools to scale treatment for diseases that industry has largely passed by — until now.
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UCLA Magazine |

The time traveler: Eddie Cole on affirmative action and this moment in history

With affirmative action under attack, historian Eddie Cole ponders the past — his own, and the country’s — as American higher education barrels toward an uncertain future.
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UC Riverside |

Keys to aging hidden in the leaves

Researchers at UC Riverside have pinpointed the part of a plant's cell that governs the speed of aging. By tinkering with these organelle, they've been able to bring nearly-dead plants back to vigorous health.
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UC Berkeley |

Small solar sails could be the next ‘giant leap’ for interplanetary space exploration

Researcher from UC Berkeley aims to create a fleet of low-cost, autonomous spacecraft propelled by light particles.
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UC San Diego |

We need a staph vaccine: here’s why we don’t have one

Research from UC San Diego explains the clinical failure of dozens of candidate vaccines for one of the most common human infections; it also suggests a way to fix the problem.
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UC Newsroom |

Need money for college? Help is out there — but only if you fill out the FAFSA!

College students miss on out billions in grants and scholarships each year by not filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
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UC Newsroom |

Make your voice heard — vote!

Here’s all you need to know to register and vote in the March 5 presidential primary.