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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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UCLA |

Neurosurgeon’s accurate diagnosis restored teen’s vision

After two years of living in darkness and pain, Rhianna Wilson's future looks bright
UC Newsroom |

Celebrating the 2018 Oakland Promise Scholars

UC President Janet Napolitano has awarded college scholarships to five UC-bound Oakland students.
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UC Berkeley |

Space probe to plunge into fiery corona of the sun

Carrying instruments built by Berkeley scientists, NASA plans to launch Earth’s first spacecraft to venture inside the orbits of Venus and Mercury to touch the very edge of the sun’s fiery corona.
UC Riverside |

Information overload has been around since the 1800s

There are striking similarities between 19th and 21st century mass media consumption habits and their effects on society.
UC Santa Cruz |

Moral decision making is rife with internal conflict

New findings challenge the popular notion that we rely on our "guts" and don't think through challenging questions of right and wrong.
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UC Berkeley |

Faith in an MBA: A priest comes to Berkeley Haas

Fellow students have asked, ‘what’s a priest going to do with an MBA?’” 
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UC Newsroom |

Float away with a good book

There’s nothing better than a good book for that long flight or lazy summer afternoon.
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UC San Diego via The Conversation |

Designing a solar tarp

Engineers are working to create a foldable, packable way to generate power from the sun.
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UC Newsroom |

Cracking the code on first-gen college student success

New approaches are boosting grades and student satisfaction rates.
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UC Santa Barbara |

The last wild ocean

Only 13 percent of the ocean can still be classified as wilderness.
Trump, Merkel and another foreign leader
UCSF via The Conversation |

Reeling from the news? Train your brain to feel better with these 4 techniques

Tips from neuroscience can help you cope with events outside your control.
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UCLA |

Can you tell fake laughter from real?

People around the world know genuine laughter when they hear it. Do you? Take the test.