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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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Mark Gold and Jonathan Gold
UCLA |

Solid Golds: Sustainable seafood is the goal

UCLA alumni and brothers Mark and Jonathan Gold on how to achieve it.
UC Berkeley Pac-Man
UC Berkeley |

Pac-Man-like CRISPR enzymes have potential for disease diagnostics

Jennifer Doudna's lab discovers an application that could identify viruses like Zika cheaply and quickly.
UC Grad Slam
UC Newsroom |

Students wow with brilliance — and brevity — at Grad Slam

Lose the lingo and win — grad students put their research in layman's terms in this year's final.
UCLA women college
UCLA |

Survey reveals stark gender gap in political views among college freshmen

Report also finds difference between men and women in concerns over cost of tuition.
UC Riverside baby learning
UC Riverside |

What infants can teach adults about learning

A new theory suggests how adults can never stop learning.
UCLA Terence Tao
UCLA |

Math professor keeps good company in National Geographic ‘Genius’ issue

Terence Tao credits ‘hard work, directed by intuition, literature and a bit of luck.’
UC Santa Barbara single people
UC Santa Barbara via The Conversation |

More people than ever before are single — and that’s a good thing

Single people are often thought of as self-centered. But science says they're a boon to communities across the country.
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UC Newsroom |

9 UC scholars elected to National Academy of Sciences

New members from seven campuses are recognized for their achievements in original research.
UC Berkeley silk road
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley to open first university center for Silk Road study in North America

$5M gift from the Tang family launches new interdisciplinary hub.
UC Berkeley's Team Greenscape members: Adrian Lu, Ali Ticker, Michael Fleischmann, Olga Ballard, M.B.A. 18; and Ryan Peterson.
UC Berkeley |

Graduate students compete to make food more sustainable

Patagonia Case Competition held at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.
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UCSF |

First clear-cut risk genes for Tourette syndrome revealed

Results point to a 'bright future' for understanding the disorder.
UC Santa Barbara cosmic web
UC Santa Barbara |

UC astronomers measure the 'cosmic web'

The data validates preexisting theories about how cosmic structures form.