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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 Berkeley Westworld
UC Berkeley |

How long does it take to tell a human from an android?

A new study suggests it's quicker than you think.
American Studies major Esperanza Campos, holding son Mauricio Ferrer, says the Cal Nourish gift cards “make a lot of difference” to student parents.
UC Berkeley |

Holiday help wanted: meals for students

Cal Nourish program helps fill need.
UC Santa Cruz Artie Konrad
UC Santa Cruz |

Fostering the well-being of billions

UC alum Artie Konrad combines psychology and tech on Facebook projects that help people connect.
Infection of developing human brain with the Zika virus (green) highlights susceptibility of radial glial cells during fetal development.
UCSF |

Zika in fetal brain tissue responds to a popular antibiotic

UCSF researchers identify crucial cells targeted by the virus.
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UC Newsroom |

UC program helps students decipher college costs

An effort with nonprofit uAspire uses face-to-face advising and novel tools to help kids make financially savvy choices.
A group of communeros, or villagers, from Jachacachi, Peru, help excavate the site where evidence of potato domestication was found.
UC Merced |

Researchers trace roots of potato farming to Andes

High-altitude archaeology uncovers earliest evidence of potato consumption.
Exterior view of the 10-story Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health.
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego opens Jacobs Medical Center

World-class facility offers patients leading-edge cancer, stem cell and surgical therapies.
Brain activity UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

Brain's memory strategies change as you age

Activity patterns shift over time without affecting recall, new research shows.
UC Riverside sing you back
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside poet featured on PBS NewsHour

Allison Hedge Coke and her poem 'America, I Sing You Back' featured on public television website.
UCSF mouse embryos
UCSF |

Researchers put mouse embryos in suspended animation

Development has potential implications for assisted reproduction, aging and even cancer.
Korean War veterans saluting the American flag.
UC Riverside |

Improving veterans' overall health and academic success

Peer-led services could help connect student veterans to resources and health care services.
Sophie Egan is the author of “Devoured: From Chicken Wings to Kale Smoothies – How What We Eat Defines Who We Are.”
UC Newsroom |

A nation of snackers

Author Sophie Egan, a UC Berkeley alum, explores American food culture.