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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 Davis via The Conversation |

Trump and Sessions can end immigrant family separations without Congress’ help

Current immigration laws give the executive branch considerable discretion.
Electric impulses may help brain recover from shock
UCSF |

Electrically stimulating the brain may restore movement after stroke

The findings suggest the potential for brain implants to treat stroke patients.
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UCLA |

What it means to be moved by love

There are universal sensations when we are moved by love, including goosebumps, tears and tenderness.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego |

V. Ramanathan shares $1.33M sustainable development prize with fellow climate science pioneer

The renowned researcher from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography is honored for his work.
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UC Newsroom |

How Sally Ride shattered the ultimate glass ceiling

UC astronauts like Sally Ride paved the way for women at the highest level: space.
UC Berkeley fox at night
UC Berkeley |

Mammals going nocturnal to avoid humans

Human activity is causing the planet’s mammals to flee daylight for the protection of night, according to a new study.
UC Riverside pain expectation
UC Riverside via The Conversation |

Does pain expected equal pain felt? Ask a kid

A science-backed strategy can help calm your kid before their next blood draw or shot.
Lantz Rowland poses in front of his tent outside Seattle, Washington.
UCSF via The Conversation |

The rise of California's tent cities

The extreme shortage of affordable housing is driving California's epidemic of homelessness.
UC Davis refugee backpack
UC Davis |

UC Davis launches digital tool in Lebanon to help Syrian refugees reclaim right to education

Jihad Qusanyeh, imprisoned and tortured as a student, will be among the first to assemble his virtual ‘backpack.’
Markus Kalmutzki, Farhad Fathieh and Eugene Kapustin set up the water harvester for tests on a rooftop on the UC Berkeley campus
UC Berkeley |

Water harvester delivers fresh water from air

Powered only by sunlight, a next-generation water harvester has pulled drinking water from thin, desert air.
UC Newsroom |

Meet UC’s 2018 graduates: Californians who are citizens of the world

The Class of 2018 is ready to lead, both at home and abroad.
UC Riverside lab. UC has the most patents
UC Newsroom |

The University of California leads in US patents

The UC system easily rises to the top when it comes to invention.