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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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Meet the UC honorees of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list

Young alums with ties to nearly every campus earn recognition for their innovations.
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UCSF |

Largest-ever gift to UCSF honors philanthropist Helen Diller

$500M donation among the most generous received by any academic institution in the US.
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UC Riverside |

New technology will cut plug-in hybrid fuel consumption by one-third

Researchers look to birds flying in formation and find a way to make vehicles more efficient.
UC Merced
UC Newsroom |

A standout among standouts

UC lauded as the only university among Top 100 Global Innovators.
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UC Santa Cruz |

How a UC Santa Cruz alum became diversity’s superhero

Marvel Comics editor-in-chief wants fans of all backgrounds to see themselves on the page.
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UC Irvine |

How massive was the California storm? Download the iRain app to find out

State-of-the-art rainfall estimation in even remote counties is now freely available.
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UC Santa Barbara |

How neurons learn: The last frontier

A neuroscientist seeks to understand the brain's foundation.
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UCSF |

Search engine: How artificial intelligence techniques are aiding the hunt for new drugs

Millions of untested compounds await a new method that will help sort through them.
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UC Newsroom |

UC launches new efforts to address California’s teacher shortage

A new project focuses on improving teacher retention and effectiveness.
UC Student Regent Sadia Saiffudin of UC Berkeley, center, flanked by Vanessa Terán, left, of Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project, and Melissa Fontaine, right, of Foodbank of Santa Barbara County, were featured in a panel about food justice.
UC Newsroom |

Wanted: Students for the UC Board of Regents

If you dream of helping shape one of the best university systems in the world, now’s your chance.
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UC Newsroom |

Online toolkit offers resources to improve school nutrition

UC Global Food Initiative launches Good Food for Local Schools website.
UC Riverside Wolverine
UC Riverside |

A Wolverine-inspired material

A self-healing, transparent and stretchable material can power artificial muscles.