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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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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 Santa Barbara tea
UC Santa Barbara |

How tea shaped the modern world

Historian traces tea’s journey across the globe as a commodity and a tool of the British Empire.
UC Irvine first-gen
UC Irvine |

... got the T-shirt

Professor (and alum) Glenda Flores wants her first-generation students to know that she’s been there and done that.
UC Davis carbs
UC Davis |

Eat fats, live longer?

Mouse study shows forgoing carbs increases longevity, strength.
Rose smell UC
UC San Diego |

How love leads us by the nose, explained

Neuroscientists ID the roots of attraction.
UC Berkeley roommates
UC Berkeley |

A ‘fast friendship’ that took 16 years — and admission to Berkeley — to happen

Two freshmen realize they have a connection that goes back a generation.
Latina health cultural context
UC Irvine |

Seeing health in a cultural context

Belinda Campos' studies find the Latino approach to relationships reduces anxiety, among other benefits.
UCLA virtual reality memory
UCLA |

Fighting memory loss with virtual reality

As featured by Mashable, a UCLA neuroscientist opens the door into an entirely new realm of brain research.
UC rankings graduation
UC Newsroom |

UC excels at serving the public interest, new rankings say

Six campuses make the top 25 in a Washington Monthly list that highlights social mobility, research and service.
Buddhist monks UC Merced
UC Merced |

Summer school for Buddhist monks

Researchers engage in the scientific method at Indian monasteries.
Bulldog surgery
UC Davis |

Puppies benefit from stem cell treatment for children with spina bifida

A UC Davis-developed therapy that shows great promise helps two pups in need.
UC fellowships no smoking
UC Newsroom |

UC appoints new class of Smoke- and Tobacco-Free Student Fellows

Awardees from each of the 10 campuses will work to promote healthier communities via tobacco control.
UCLA sleeping teenager
UCLA |

Why one teenager may need more — or less — sleep than another

New study finds the sweet spot for adolescent rest.