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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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A view of the galaxy from DESI
Berkeley Lab and UC Santa Cruz |

Seeing the cosmos in color for the first time

DESI, a 5,000-eyed instrument, is being used by UC researchers to explore the mystery of dark energy in color.
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UCLA |

Body image concerns are universal

A new app helps researchers understand the true extent of our insecurities.
Colorful soda bottles in a market
UCSF |

UCSF banned sugar-sweetened drink sales. Here's what happened

Nearly 70 percent of participants saw a decrease in waist size, among other positive health effects, in under a year.
Seamus alerting to lizard scat
UC Davis |

Dogs put smelling skills to use in protecting endangered lizards

Detection dogs combined with DNA identification could represent a new, noninvasive sampling technique for lizard conservation.
Doctor connected to patients by stethoscope illustration
UC Berkeley |

Racial bias found in widely used health care prediction algorithm

A new study reveals significant racial bias in a software program that affects access to care for millions of Americans.
Min Ku Choi
UC Newsroom |

In his quest to serve patients, ‘The only thing hindering me is my status’

Min Ku Choi is on the verge of finishing his degree in pharmacy at UCSF. Whether he gets to use it or not depends on DACA.
Arpanet diagram
UC Newsroom |

Lo and behold: The internet

On this day 50 years ago, the internet was born.
Two researchers in a lab
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Improving indoor air quality during wildfires

Indoor air scientists explain how to protect homes, schools, and other buildings from air pollution during wildfires.
Adriana Lopez Torres
UC Newsroom |

UC Davis grad student yearns to give back to the place she calls home

Adriana Lopez Torres has been able to expand services to her community in Marin, thanks to DACA. She hopes she won't be prevented from doing more.
Ginsburg at the Berkeley Law lecture
UC Berkeley |

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visits campus, inaugurates new lecture series

The iconic justice paid tribute to her late colleague Herma Hill Kay and reflected on the emergence of women in law.
An Impossible Burger from Burger King
UC San Diego |

Is the future alternative meats?

Plant-based and cultivated meats are popping up everywhere — even Burger King. Are they here to stay?
Man lifting weights in silhouette
UCLA |

Creatine powers T cells' fight against cancer

The popular athletic supplement is shown to help immune cells fight cancer in mice.