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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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UC Newsroom |

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 Davis John Lewis
UC Davis |

Rep. John Lewis highlights UC Davis School of Law commencement

The iconic civil rights leader delivered a rousing address on public service.
UC Santa Barbara |

Across the universe

A UC Santa Barbara scientist sends new signals using light to find extraterrestrial life.
UC Merced cancer and brain cells
UC Merced |

Cancer cell growth linked to nervous system in UC Merced study

Research shows cells with damaged DNA proliferate more in upper areas of the body and near brain tissue in flatworms.
UC Berkeley power Paradox
UC Berkeley |

Why does power make us lose our way?

What makes us steal candy and cut people off in our Priuses, explained by UC Berkeley's Dacher Keltner.
UCLA yoga seniors pre-Alzheimer's
UCLA |

To reduce pre-Alzheimer’s cognitive impairment, get to the yoga mat

UCLA study finds yoga, meditation more effective than memory-boosting exercises.
UC Berkeley shark proton conductors
UC Santa Cruz |

Sharks are incredibly powerful proton conductors, UC Santa Cruz finds

Scientists discover an important clue to how sharks detect prey.
UC Berkeley Sheryl Sandberg
UC Berkeley |

Sheryl Sandberg speaks from the heart at UC Berkeley commencement

Facebook COO and author of "Lean In" reflects on recent tragedy and offers lessons on resiliency to graduates.
UC Davis fire
UC Davis |

Burning questions about what forest fires actually do

Wildfires at two UC Davis natural reserves spark scientific exploration into their ecology.
UC Irvine Mya Le Thai
UC Irvine |

Making better batteries a reality: A battery you can charge hundreds of thousands of times

By happy accident, UC Irvine researchers found a gel that enables hundreds of thousands of charges.
UC Berkeley Dajanaye Sheri Adrow-Hubbard
UC Berkeley |

Student parent graduates, her son by her side

Dajanaye Adrow-Hubbard wants to inspire others to pursue higher education, just as she did at UC Berkeley with her family.
UC San Diego microbiome
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego key participant in White House National Microbiome Initiative

New effort to advance studies of microbial communities that live within and around us.
An aerial view of orange groves near Covina during World War II.
UC ANR |

New book traces Los Angeles' transformation from cows to concrete

In the first half of the 20th century, LA was the top farm county in the U.S.