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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 |

Link between e-cigarettes and mental health

Persons with mental health conditions are found more likely to use nicotine-delivery devices.
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UC San Francisco |

Study debunks health claims for e-cigarettes

Researchers urge same restrictions for e-cigarettes as the tobacco variety.
Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica
UC Irvine |

West Antarctic glacier loss appears unstoppable

The volume of melted ice enough is expected to raise sea level around the globe by 4 feet.
Rebecca Peters, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley's top graduating senior makes a splash in water policy

Rebecca Peters’ IQ score measured so low in fourth grade that her school did not deem her to be college material. Today she’s a diehard clean-water-access warrior and UC Berkeley’s top graduating senior.
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Breast cancer research program offers community training

California Breast Cancer Research Program invites people to learn about what environmental factors play role in disease.
Tajeerah Mujahid
UC Newsroom |

UC looks to simplify and improve transfer experience

Board of Regents will hear recommendations for streamlining the community college transfer process.
UC President Napolitano at UC Hastings
UC Hastings College of the Law |

President Napolitano delivers UC Hastings commencement address

Address invoked influential alumni, both famous and little-known.
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UC Berkeley |

Polar bear genome gives new insight into adaptations to high-fat diet

The polar bear — recently diverged from its brown cousins — has genes involved in fat metabolism that could provide insights that will help humans deal with health problems caused by high-fat diets.
Shaochen Chen
UC San Diego |

Liver-like device, via 3-D printer

External device, like dialysis, emulates the liver's ability to remove toxins from the bloostream.
UC San Francisco |

Smarts and long life, thanks to this gene

A common form of a gene already associated with longevity also improves learning and memory.
Rebecca Smith-Bindman
UC Newsroom |

Innovation propels UC Health

Annual colloquium addresses need for heightened collaboration to increase quality, lower costs across the system.
UC San Diego |

For GoPro founder, UC San Diego was catalyst for creativity

Entrepreneur Nick Woodman: “You wake up one morning and the company you started with your college friends is the fastest growing digital capture company in the world.”