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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 San Diego |

Brain scans hint at autistic toddlers' language development

Why do some children's language skills progress, and others' falter? Differences in brain activation may explain why.
Martin Casado
Lawrence Livermore Lab |

The accidental entrepreneur

Martin Casado goes from Lawrence Livermore Lab researcher to billionaire security software developer.
Leonard Irving-Thomas
UC Berkeley |

Oakland teen debates his way from the streets to Cal

A national debate champion from Oakland is slated to attend UC Berkeley in the fall. But he wasn't always at the top of his game.
aging woman: young, middle aged, old
UCLA |

The stranger within: Connecting with our future selves

Social psychologist studies the emotional disconnect between who we are now, and who we will be years from now.
Rita Nguyen, MD, and student Jacob Mirsky show off the future food pantry in the Community Wellness Center of San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. Mirsky received a grant to support the project from the UC Global Food Initiative.
UC San Francisco |

Student projects get creative to encourage healthy eating

Two UCSF students join UC Global Food Initiative's mission to feed the world nutritiously, sustainably.
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UC Newsroom |

Healthy elders may hold key to fighting cancer

'Wellderly' may have unknowingly fought — and beaten — cancer; their immune systems may hint at how.
UC San Francisco |

‘Wasabi receptor’ points to pain drug development

‘Wasabi receptor’ — why your sinuses tingle when you taste it — points to future pain drug development.
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California Magazine |

Cleanly electrifying the world

Decentralized transmission networks, cheap photovoltaics, sophisticated low-energy appliances, mobile phones and 'virtual' financial services are all merging to create an alternative power grid.
Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe
UC Davis |

Lake Tahoe water clarity in 2014 the best in more than a decade

Water clarity in 2014 at the lake was the best in more than a decade.
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UCLA |

Retired NFL players who suffered concussions show pattern of protein deposits

New test may lead to better identification of brain disorders linked to contact sports.
Stella Liu
UC Irvine |

Sowing the seeds of change

With her gardening kit startup, senior Stella Liu hopes to motivate people to grow their own food.
human brain
UC Santa Barbara |

The brain game

A team of researchers provides new insight into what occurs in the brain during the learning process.