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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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Xavier Becerra UCDC
UC Newsroom |

UC selects its first class of Presidential Public Service fellows

Twenty-seven undergraduates will participate in public service internships in Washington, D.C., and Sacramento this fall.
Cheetah UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

Will science find a way to save Earth’s top predators?

A UC Santa Barbara researcher wants to help slow-to-recover species flourish again.
Raul Carranza UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego grad with muscular dystrophy shows incredible strength to achieve his dreams

Raul Carranza pursues a future in politics, guided by a sense of justice and determination.
Berkeley Lab galaxy-seeking robots
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Galaxy-seeking robots ready for a test run

Berkeley Lab prepares to hone in on deep space with the help of its futuristic fleet.
UC Davis vineyard
UC Davis |

Local microbes can predict wine’s chemical profile

A wine's "fingerprint" could help with quality control, UC Davis finds.
UCSF Oliver Bishop
UCSF |

Free to be he, she, they

UCSF’s pioneering Child and Adolescent Gender Center is helping a growing number of families with gender identity.
Yi Xing breast cancer
UCLA |

Scientists find biomarkers that could drive better cancer survival estimates

UCLA research may also help scientists suppress dangerous genetic sequences.
Sugarcane UCSF
UC Newsroom |

A low-tech way to protect sugar cane workers

UCSF global health student's effort helps Central American communities facing epidemic of early deaths.
UC Santa Cruz blackboard
UC Santa Cruz |

Why don't we say what we mean?

These two UC Santa Cruz professors think it's time to have a talk with Siri.
UC Davis mobile apps
UC Davis |

UC Davis: In an app store near you

These entrepreneurial graduates mix mobile innovation with public service.
UC Merced campus
UC Merced |

Dedicated student breaks ground with Ph.D., autism research

UC Merced's first African American doctoral graduate balances research with parenting two autistic sons.
UC graduation
UC Newsroom |

New UC grads are already changing the world for the better

As new grads look to their futures, we profile a few already engaged in making a difference for others.