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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 Riverside |

A search engine tool for first responders

Real-time text, photo and video data could help first responders better allocate resources when disaster strikes.
Heat map of the world's climate
UC Merced |

Media creates false balance on climate science, study shows

About half of mainstream media visibility goes to climate-change deniers, many of whom are not climate scientists.
Bluetana phone app in the lab
UC San Diego |

New app allows inspectors to find gas pump skimmers faster

A new tool will help detect devices that criminals install in gas pumps to steal consumer credit and debit card data.
Woman jogging up grey steps outdoors
UC Irvine |

Should doctors write prescriptions for exercise?

Scientists are trying to understand whether we can know enough about exercise to prescribe it.
Nettie Hunt with daughter on steps of Supreme Court
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley to mark ‘400 Years of Resistance to Slavery and Injustice’

A yearlong observation will focus on African Americans’ extraordinary contributions to American life and the struggle for justice.
Kamata's team in the lab
UCLA |

Nanocapsule reaches cancer that has spread to central nervous system in mice

A single dose eliminated all B-cell lymphoma that had metastasized to the animals’ central nervous system.
Sabrina Strings with her book
UC Irvine |

Where does fat phobia come from?

How did we become obsessed with thinness? It has to do with race, says sociologist Sabrina Strings.
Big Boy the cat sitting outside
UC Santa Barbara |

The cat. The myth. The legend

Big Boy, the unofficial campus cat, thrives thanks to an informal but comprehensive caretaking system.
Late night office
UC Davis |

Who stalled the gender revolution?

Friendly attitudes toward gender equality increased for decades, then hit a speed bump in the '90s. The reason why might surprise you.
Breastmilk bottles in front of a mother breastfeeding
UC Merced via The Conversation |

Human breast milk may help babies tell time via circadian signals from mom

Is a bottle of morning milk at night the equivalent of turning on all the lights at bedtime?
Anza-Borrego State Park at sunset
UCLA |

UCLA to lead $10 million California conservation project

Scientists will study the DNA of endangered and threatened species and learn which are most vulnerable to climate change.
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UC Newsroom |

How UC spends the summer months

For the University of California, summer is a time to be unusually experimental, adventurous and productive.