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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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UCLA chai app
UCLA |

UCLA study helps Californians save electricity — and money — this summer

To participate in the study, download a free app, which transmits real-time updates to help you tweak your usage.
UCSF Esserman WISDOM study
UC Davis |

Massive study launched to test personalized approach to breast cancer screening

UC Health study aims to resolve ambiguity about the importance of annual mammograms.
Ban the Box
UC Newsroom |

UC is changing its hiring policy to remove barriers to opportunity

In 'banning the box,' UC makes a change to avoid discouraging qualified previously incarcerated job applicants.
Chris Kelly UC Irvine
UC Irvine |

From UC Irvine to 'Saturday Night Live'

'SNL' head writer Chris Kelly fell in love with improv as one of the campus' 'Live Nude People.'
UCSF sleep sheep
UCSF |

The science of sleep: A Q&A with neurology professor Ying-Hui Fu

From identifying how your genes want you to sleep to warding off Alzheimer's, learn the latest on shut-eye.
UCLA Majorana particle
UCLA |

UCLA-led research offers clearest evidence yet of long-sought Majorana particle

Finding could provide the vehicle for carrying ‘qubits’ of data in quantum computing.
dog UC Davis
UC Davis |

4 great ways to keep your dog safe this summer

Follow these tips from the School of Veterinary Medicine and enjoy the great oudoors worry-free.
UC Santa Barbara plastic study
UC Santa Barbara |

8.3 billion metric tons of plastic ... and counting

How did we create more tons of plastic than there are people on Earth?
UCLA Billboard study
UCLA |

How Billboard misses out on what people actually want to hear

Major record companies push antisocial messages but consumers are open to other options.
UC Santa Cruz evolution
UC Santa Cruz |

Did life begin ... on land?

A paradigm-shifting hypothesis could reshape our idea about the origin of life.
Zero carbon conference UC Santa Barbara
UC Newsroom |

How a (nearly) zero-carbon conference can be a better conference

Borrowing a page from Netflix can help slash university emissions by as much as a third.
UC Berkeley zebrafish
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley to build a window into the brain

$21.6M awarded to create a 'brain modem' that can read and write to neurons, laying foundation for new therapies.