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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 researchers among the most influential in the world, according to Clarivate’s 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list

UC’s 317 faculty and scientists across all 10 campuses and the labs make the university the most highly cited institution in the world.
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UC Newsroom |

Health is finally a priority at COP28. Will it spur faster climate action?

Dozens of UC experts are in Dubai this week, making sure global leaders have the scientific information they need to chart a course forward on climate change.
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UC Newsroom |

University of California announces 2023-24 recipients of the Advancing Faculty Diversity Program awards

These awards, totaling approximately $2.6 million, provide crucial support to outstanding faculty members who contribute significantly to the university’s diversity efforts.
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UC Santa Barbara |

A ‘Paris Agreement for plastic’ could slash plastic pollution to almost zero

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley have launched an AI-powered tool that provides unprecedented insight into how the nations of the world can combine policies to end plastic pollution.
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UC Berkeley |

Indigenous anthropologist and new UC Berkeley professor finds family, hope in basket weaving

Carolyn Smith is a new assistant professor of anthropology at UC Berkeley and an enrolled descendant of the Karuk tribe. Her life’s work forever changed years ago after a trip to the Klamath River.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Worldwide leaders convene to protect, advance global biodiversity

UC Santa Cruz hosted the APEC University Leaders' Forum with UC Davis and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities
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UC Newsroom |

President Drake's gratitude playlist

Groove into the holiday season with UC President Michael V. Drake.
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UC San Diego |

This wireless, handheld, non-invasive device detects Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s biomarkers

“This portable diagnostic system would allow testing at-home and at point of care, like clinics and nursing homes, for neurodegenerative diseases globally,” said Ratnesh Lal, a bioengineering, mechanical engineering and materials science professor at the UC…
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UC Newsroom |

5 UC faculty awarded Packard fellowships

Recipients of this prestigious award go on to earn Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, and other accolades.
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UC Riverside |

Scientists tame biological trigger of deadly Huntington’s disease

Research from UC Riverside scientists also offers new hope for other nervous system disorders like ALS.
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UC Santa Cruz |

When humanists met technologists

UC Santa Cruz’s new Humanizing Technology Certificate Program is helping students confront the moral and social implications of technology, harnessing the power of the humanities to envision a more just and responsible future.
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UC San Diego |

Psychedelic revolution

After decades on the fringe, UC San Diego psychedelic research goes mainstream — and tackles chronic pain.