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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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UCSF |

Blood test ‘biopsy’ for kids with brain tumors is simple, safe way to see if treatment Is working

Mutation revelation is a boon in era of targeted therapies, say oncologists at UCSF.
Southern Ocean storm
UC San Diego |

Oceans have absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought

Scripps researchers use oxygen, carbon dioxide measurements to infer ocean temperature increase.
Soldier walks across a campus holding books
UC Newsroom |

A life of service beyond the battlefield

Long after they exit the military, UC student veterans continue to live by the credo “leave no man behind.”
Lisa Ranran Hu
UCLA |

Sophomore named to Teen Vogue’s ‘21 Under 21’ for trailblazing film about gender identity

Lisa Ranran Hu’s movie, “Escape,” has challenged the status quo in her home country of China.
Sleep deprived woman
UC Berkeley |

Chronically anxious? Deep sleep may take the edge off

Extreme angst is on the rise, especially among teens and millennials. Deep restorative sleep can help.
Viridiana Chabolla stands in a courtroom, smiles
UC Irvine Magazine |

Her dream? To call the US home

Viridiana Chabolla, DACA recipient and law student, felt defeated by the 2017 rescission of the program — until she joined the lawsuit challenging it.
Alan Castel reads his book
UCLA |

How to stay healthy and happy through the decades

UCLA’s Alan Castel explains the psychology of successful aging in his new book, “Better with Age.”
Janet Napolitano lectures a political science class
UC Irvine |

Political science personified

UC President Janet Napolitano pops into a class to promote student voting.
Election posters featuring Putin
UC San Diego |

Can Americans trust elections?

Study looks at how foreign interference in American elections produces the warning signs of a failing democracy.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg in SCOTUS robe
UC Santa Barbara |

Ruth is Truth

The first full-life biography of pioneering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hits the shelves.
Outraged man typing on computer
UC Davis |

How rants on social media can come back to haunt you

Negativity tends to boomerang back on those who start it — and persists much longer than positive comments do.
Row of voting booths
UC San Diego |

Will changing how we vote change who votes?

As California counties begin to implement Voter’s Choice Act, researchers assess effects on turnout and representation.