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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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Sequoia Thompson UCLA
UCLA |

Bus driver turned UCLA graduate steers life in new direction

Sequoia Thompson follows her dream of becoming a clinical psychologist and working with queer black youth.
Lucero Camarena UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Speak your truth

Transgender grad Lucero Camarena will bring a message of authenticity to the commencement stage.
UC Berkeley racial resentment study
UC Berkeley |

Welfare backlash tied to white fear of declining status

Racial resentment is found to fuel opposition to government anti-poverty programs.
hot car study UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Hot cars can hit life-threatening levels in only an hour

Interior temperatures can rise to 116 degrees Fahrenheit, potentially causing fatal injuries to children trapped inside.
Pride parade flag
UC Newsroom |

Think you know your LGBTQ history? Take our quiz

Celebrate the incredible legacy of a trailblazing UC community.
Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo with her mother
UC Newsroom |

A Cinderella story 16 years in the making

With her graduation from UC Davis med school, Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo realized a dream that once seemed impossible.
Oakland Promise scholars
UC Newsroom |

Oakland Promise scholars bound for UC

More than 100 Oakland high schoolers will receive scholarships to study at a UC.
UCSF transplant in utero
UCSF |

Baby born in world’s first in utero stem cell transplant trial

The fetal treatment may one day cure disorders months before birth.
Graduating students seated
UC Newsroom |

The bright future ahead for UC’s newest alums

Eight fantastic reasons for the Class of 2018 to celebrate.
Judgment of Paris wine banner
UC Newsroom |

The day California wine beat France

How two blind taste tests stunned the experts and changed the way the world drinks (and thinks about) wine.
UC Riverside atmosphere map
UC Riverside |

Could atmospheric seasons signal alien life?

Seasonal changes in the Earth’s atmosphere are guiding researchers in their search for extraterrestrial life.
UC Berkeley Michael Pollan
UC Berkeley |

Michael Pollan, on science, psychedelics and the human mind

The UC Berkeley professor talks his ‘trip’ through a whole new world on a new podcast.