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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 San Diego stress study
UC San Diego |

Researchers discover new pathway for handling stress

Newly detected resistance mechanism helps protect cells from threats such as heat shock.
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UC Newsroom |

Presidential Public Service fellows embrace life in the public sector

Twenty-seven undergrads take on the challenges of public service in Sacramento and Washington DC.
UCLA |

Veterans gain vital legal aid through new UCLA Law clinic

Students help veterans gain access to benefits and address criminal justice issues.
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UC Berkeley |

Battling the bots Twitter won't

Two undergrads launch a browsing tool to help people check if they're communicating with a fake account.
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UC Newsroom |

Aspirations on hold, UC students await court ruling on DACA

Scholars blazing trails in fields from law to science find their dreams may no longer be within reach.
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UC Riverside |

Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes

A new study highlights major health problems affecting historically ignored racial groups.
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UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley’s first campuswide tech club for women

Student-powered FEMTech runs workshops, provides tutoring, even builds robots — all to make women feel at home in STEM.
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UC Davis |

Chancellor May backs Dream Act

Campus leader visits DC to advocate on behalf of undocumented students.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Dance your Ph.D.

Using aerial dance to explain her research, Nancy Scherich wins a Science magazine competition.
UC Newsroom |

Is it really possible to live a zero-waste life?

Picture all of the trash you’ve thrown away this week. How much do you think you could reduce that amount if you really tried? By half?
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UC ANR |

More Latinos are joining 4-H

The 100-year-old organization is catching up to the state's diversity.
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UC Newsroom |

UC and national lab scientists team up to accelerate new cancer therapies

UC’s $3M investment aims to expand the frontiers of precision medicine through strategic partnership.