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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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Get Out UCLA
UCLA |

‘Get Out’-inspired class gets students to dig into portrayals of race and fear

Jordan Peele stops by lecturer Tananarive Due's course on how depictions of blackness have shaped real-life prejudice.
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UC Riverside |

Drones to grow minds of their own

UC Riverside professors aim to embed intelligence in drones.
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University of New South Wales via The Conversation |

Hang ten (decades): Walter Munk, inventor of the surf forecast, turns 100

The UC San Diego professor emeritus might be the most underappreciated man in surfing.
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UC Berkeley |

Sex, power and the systems that enable men like Harvey Weinstein

If we want to stop the predators among us, we have to look at how power corrupts.
UC Irvine crisis
UC Irvine |

Social media can increase stress during a crisis

Official use of social media can be effective. The unverified rumor mill? Much less so.
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UCSF |

Hardcore smokers are softening over time

“Even smokers with the greatest psychological distress can be reached and helped to quit,” says UCSF's Stanton Glantz.
Whittier fire UCLA
UCLA |

UCLA research puts wildfire risk into historic context

Western U.S. precipitation extremes are closely aligned with the region’s past, a new study shows.
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UC Davis |

Shining light on the social lives of viruses

Animal behavior theories can provide a fresh look at how viruses spread, scientist says.
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UC Santa Cruz |

A new era in astronomy: First observations of merging neutron stars

A UC Santa Cruz team provides the first-ever visual evidence of the source of gravitational waves.
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UC Newsroom |

UC leaders to Congress: Protect the nation’s Dreamers

President Napolitano and the 10 chancellors press Calif. lawmakers to lead the way on bipartisan Dreamer legislation.
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UC Newsroom |

Meet UC’s 2017 MacArthur award ‘geniuses’

Four alums and one professor earn prestigious fellowships to continue their creative work.
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UC Merced |

Animations that are true to life

Animated films are about to take a leap forward, thanks to math.