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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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UC Newsroom |

Apply to be the next student regent

The University of California Board of Regents is searching for the 2022-23 student regent to serve on UC’s governing body.
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UC Newsroom |

How UC fought COVID-19 in 2020

A look at where we started and how far we’ve come following the unprecedented mobilization of the health and research enterprise against a devastating pandemic.
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UCSF |

Vaccination begins — a watershed moment in COVID-19 pandemic

UC medical centers begin administering the long-hoped for vaccine to essential and frontline workers.
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UC Riverside |

Another opportunity for DACA students

A federal ruling restores the program for undocumented students. Jennifer Nájera, associate professor and chair of Ethnic Studies, tells us why this matters.
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UC Merced |

Breast milk could help treat COVID-19 and protect babies

A new study suggests the breastmilk of mothers who have recovered from COVID-19 contains strong antibodies to the virus.
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UC Berkeley |

Meet Delano’s new mayor: 25-year-old UC Berkeley alum Bryan Osorio Trujillo

In his Kern County hometown, Osorio will focus on keeping workers safe from COVID-19, programs to stem gang violence and water affordability.
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UC Newsroom |

UC convenes Artificial Intelligence Working Group to harness innovative technology, establish guardrails for equitable and ethical use

The group will harness the intellectual horsepower of the university to realize the benefits of AI while establishing necessary safeguards.
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UC Riverside |

$6.3M will help UC Riverside save America’s avocado orchards

Scientists to take on the imposing threats of incurable fungus, root rot and salinity.
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UCSF |

Wearable sensor may signal you’re developing COVID-19 — even if your symptoms are subtle

A ‘smart’ ring may flag early illnesses, a UCSF and UC San Diego study shows.
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UC Berkeley |

The 16 facial expressions most common to emotional situations worldwide

At a time when nativism is on the rise, a new study reveals the universality of human emotional expression.
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UCLA |

Are millennials really as ‘post-racial’ as we think?

Maybe not — at least when it comes to roommates, a UCLA sociology study suggests.
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UC Newsroom |

Meet the 10 disruptive technologies vying to win UC’s Startup Innovation Challenge

Two winners will take home $50K and get access to a global investor network.