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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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Four UC faculty awarded National Medal of Science

Professors from UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco receive nation's highest honor for contributions in science.
UCLA |

Soon to become a minority in the U.S., whites express declining support for diversity

Many white Americans are becoming less enthusiastic about diversity and multiculturalism as the U.S. moves toward becoming a minority-majority nation.
UCLA |

Memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s reversed for first time

In a small-scale study, nine of 10 people with the disease displayed subjective or objective improvement in their memories beginning within three to six months.
Jaime Sepulveda, UCSF
UC San Francisco |

UCSF emerges as a global health powerhouse

Just a decade after UCSF Global Sciences was founded, it has become a powerful research enterprise, attracting leading minds to come solve some of the world's toughest health problems.
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UC Berkeley |

Why we can’t tell a Hollywood heartthrob from his stunt double

Scientists have pinpointed the brain mechanism by which we latch on to a particular face, even when it changes.
UC Santa Cruz |

Astronomer Claire Max appointed interim director of UC Observatories

She succeeds Sandra Faber, whose two-year appointment as interim director ended in June.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Ebola genome browser now online

UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute releases bioinformatic tool to assist vaccine efforts.
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UC Davis |

Curiosity helps learning and memory

Curiosity, while perhaps still dangerous for cats, serves as motivation for humans to acquire and retain information.
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses earn high rankings among world universities

Berkeley, UCLA in top 20 of Times Higher Education rankings, which also included Santa Barbara, San Diego, Davis, Irvine, Santa Cruz and Riverside.
UC Merced |

Students battle for sustainability supremacy

The 2014 Water Battle — to see which residence hall can save the most water, by making just a few simple changes — runs from Oct. 1-31.
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UCLA |

Grapes may help with acne

Resveratrol, an antioxidant, may lead to a clearer complexion when used with old standby benzoyl peroxide.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Rating the planet's oceans

UC Santa Barbara's National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis helped produce the first Ocean Health Index that includes all the Earth’s oceans.