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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 Irvine |

Yes, people who are blind can be software engineers

UC Irvine’s Accessibility Research Collective works to shatter assumptions and empower people with disabilities.
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UCSF |

New Black baby equity clinic helps infants and moms flourish

UCSF Benioff Oakland launches newborn services to improve health with culturally responsive care.
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UC San Diego |

UC San Diego Health among first in nation to perform regenerative brain cell procedure for epilepsy

The new stem cell experimental therapy is part of a national clinical trial aimed at eliminating seizures.
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UCLA |

Often, consumers inadvertently give too much credit to products’ ‘scientifically studied’ claims

UCLA psychologists find people tend to remember vague assertions in more definitive terms.
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UC Santa Barbara via The Conversation |

Just about anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to the internet — and one determined preacher

A professor unpacks why many couples now prefer to hand-pick loved ones to perform their ceremonies.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Climate science is catching up to climate change with predictions that could improve proactive response

The Climate Hazard Center's long-lead climate predictions in the Eastern Horn of Africa allows humanitarian agencies to carry out proactive measures in the region to avoid famine.
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UC San Francisco |

Why don’t some people get sick from COVID-19? A gene mutation may be at work

The cells of ‘super dodgers’ know SARS-CoV-2 as the enemy thanks to seasonal colds.
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UC Newsroom |

University of California students recognized for their leadership and community contributions

University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and the UC Board of Regents today (July 20) honored two UC students for their exceptional leadership and a dozen UC foster youth from across the University for their immense contributions to the…
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UC Newsroom |

The University of California adopts new, stronger climate action goals

The new goals prioritize direct emission reductions, limit the use of carbon offsets and align UC’s climate goals with those of the state of California.
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UC Newsroom |

‘Stop-outs’ get a fresh start: How UC is helping students return to complete their degrees

The UC Reengagement Consortium is making strides in helping students who left school without getting their degrees return to finish what they started.
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UC Riverside |

UC Riverside releases a new avocado tree to the world marketplace

The “Luna UCR™” variety is the result of more than a half century of tree breeding.
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UC San Diego |

Gulf War Illness caused by mitochondrial dysfunction, not inflammation

UC San Diego scientists contest longstanding hypothesis about mysterious illness affecting Gulf War veterans, providing first direct evidence that symptoms are driven by impaired mitochondria.