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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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Peace Corps volunteer
UC Newsroom |

UC alums fill Peace Corps ranks

The University of California remains a perennial leader in sending alumni to international service.
computer hacking
UC Irvine |

Hackers: Catch them if you can

Unhampered by borders and laws, cybercriminals present new security threats.
climate change projections
UC Santa Barbara |

Maps show expected redistribution of global species due to climate change

An international team of scientists tracks how fast and in which direction local climates — and species — have shifted.
UC Santa Cruz |

Single class inspires tangible change

Alums who formed a socially conscious nonprofit as a way of keeping in touch have funded more than $180,000 in projects.
UC San Francisco |

Stress is contagious: Babies can catch it from their moms

Infants not only pick up on their mother’s stress, but they also show corresponding physiological changes.
Bobsledders Cory Butner and Justin Olsen
UC Riverside |

Riverside alum pilots bobsled at Winter Olympics

Cory Butner, '05 graduate, is third Olympian in school history.
UC Santa Cruz |

If it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it

Four decades ago, music professor Linda Burman-Hall founded the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. It's still going strong today.
APOLLO moon laser
UC San Diego |

Source of ‘moon curse’ revealed by eclipse

When signals bounced off the lunar surface returned surprisingly faint echoes on full moon nights, scientists sought an explanation in reason rather than superstition.
Steve Yannone, Sylvain Costes and Jonathan Tang
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

Startup wants to know how damaged your DNA is

Berkeley Lab scientist has devised a method of automating the screening process; through his startup, he hopes to make it as commonplace as a cholesterol test.
Micah Perks
UC Santa Cruz |

Professor’s e-book featured on startup site for women

Micah Perks' memoir, 'Alone in the Woods,' explores women and the wilderness.
UCLA |

More pesticides linked to Parkinson's

A person's genetic makeup could increase his or her chance of developing the debilitating disease two- to six-fold after pesticide exposure.
UC San Francisco |

Immunotherapy: the last hope

Patricia Hollowell gets a hug from her grandson Cody, 3, at her daughter's home in San Rafael, Calif.Credit: Cindy Chew Patricia Hollowell, 80, was diagnosed with melanoma in April 2012.She had three surgeries in quick succession in her hometown of Grand…