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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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Whetter baby UCLA
UCLA |

New app tells hearing-impaired parents when and why their baby is crying

Chatterbaby uses artificial intelligence to help determine if baby is hungry, fussy or in pain.
Yanny Laurel UCSF
UCSF |

Yanny vs. Laurel: The science is in

How the perception twisting audio clip was able to set the internet aflame.
David Glanzman with marine snail
UCLA |

Biologists ‘transfer’ a memory between snails

Research could lead to new treatments to restore memories and alter traumatic ones.
UC San Diego Bradford Young
UC San Diego |

‘Star Wars’ cinematographer talks race and Hollywood

How Academy Award nominee Bradford Young found his way as a black filmmaker.
Edison record label
UC Santa Barbara |

Digitizing Thomas Edison's record label

Recordings of Teddy Roosevelt and Morse code are among early audio experiments.
UC Davis soda can
UC Davis |

Soda found to be uniquely harmful

Compared to equal amounts of starch, sugar sweetened calories present cardiometabolic risk.
UCOP job tips
UC Newsroom |

6 tips for landing that first post-college job

How a UC education can help you forge a path in your new career.
UC Merced commencement
UC Merced |

Perseverance, leadership key themes of campus’ spring commencement

It's a day of celebration captured at UC Merced.
UC Berkeley undocumented students and supporters demonstrate outside of Sather Gate.
UC Newsroom |

UC to defend DACA at U.S. Court of Appeals

An injunction against ending the program has enabled thousands to renew their DACA status.
Alfredo Figueroa at the border wall
UC Berkeley |

To support deported vets, Alfredo Figueroa ‘leads with his heart’

The Army vet and graduating senior will use a $25,000 prize to raise awareness about a community living in limbo.
UC Irvine fashionista Aditi Mayer
UC Irvine |

Aditi Mayer: The future of ethical fashion

The fourth-year undergrad leverages social media to shake up the fashion status quo.
UCSF girl on scooter
UCSF |

Living in better neighborhood may protect health of kids in poverty

Less stress hormone is found in children with access to green spaces, clean air and quality grocery stores.