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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 Santa Cruz |

Racial bias taints neighborhoods — and residents, research reveals

The health and well-being of residents is jeopardized by bias about where they live.
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UC Berkeley |

Hang in there. As couples age, humor replaces bickering

A study of longtime married pairs finds less rancor and more tenderness as time goes by.
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UCLA |

Can space help us understand our cells?

A UCLA scientist looks to space for possible treatment of some neurological diseases.
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UC Riverside |

So cute you could crush it?

If you've ever wanted to pinch a baby's cheeks, you've suffered from cute aggression. Here's what that means.
UCSF
UCSF |

Brain signature of depressed mood unveiled in new study

Direct recordings of the brain link memory, emotion and anxiety during low moods.
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UCLA via The Conversation |

The one low-tech fix for teens' sleep problems

Sleep helps brains develop — no surprise. Unexpected was the importance of one aspect of where teens slept.
Alejandro Quiñones
UC Riverside |

Tiny desk, huge accomplishments — and his own bed

Undergrad Alejandro Quiñones is the first in his family to go to college — but already has his first author credit under his belt.
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UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz receives significant Hunter S. Thompson collection

An 800-volume collection has been donated to Special Collections Archives at UC Santa Cruz.
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UCLA |

UCLA cell study reveals how head injuries lead to serious brain diseases

The first cell “atlas” of a hippocampus affected by traumatic brain injury is made.
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UC San Diego |

How to develop your profound voice

Acclaimed artist and alum Carrie Mae Weems ’84 delivers a ‘great challenge’ to students across campus.
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UC Newsroom |

How to avoid a Thanksgiving battle over politics

Don't want to get into it with your in-laws? Here's three tips to keep things civil over the holidays.
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UC Newsroom |

How to make the best pie ever using science

What's going on in Grandma's recipe at a molecular level.