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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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UC Santa Barbara plastic study
UC Santa Barbara |

8.3 billion metric tons of plastic ... and counting

How did we create more tons of plastic than there are people on Earth?
UCLA Billboard study
UCLA |

How Billboard misses out on what people actually want to hear

Major record companies push antisocial messages but consumers are open to other options.
UC Santa Cruz evolution
UC Santa Cruz |

Did life begin ... on land?

A paradigm-shifting hypothesis could reshape our idea about the origin of life.
Zero carbon conference UC Santa Barbara
UC Newsroom |

How a (nearly) zero-carbon conference can be a better conference

Borrowing a page from Netflix can help slash university emissions by as much as a third.
UC Berkeley zebrafish
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley to build a window into the brain

$21.6M awarded to create a 'brain modem' that can read and write to neurons, laying foundation for new therapies.
UC Irvine hair regulation
UC Irvine |

Fighting balding and unwanted hair growth at the same time

Understanding how hair grows in coordination across our bodies may provide the key to controlling it.
Lim Knowland UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Brain circuits that express depression successfully altered

Neuroscientists alleviate or reverse social withdrawal and helplessness behavior in a new study.
UC Santa Barbara wind turbines
UC Santa Barbara |

How to pass laws to fight climate change

Don't say climate change — 'renewable energy' is the phrase that gets things done, study finds.
UC accountability
UC Newsroom |

UC scales new heights in graduation rates, research

With 1.86 million alumni, the University of California's impact is greater than ever.
fat food UC Berkeley smell
UC Berkeley |

Does smelling food make you fat?

Fatty food made mice double their weight — unless they lacked a sense of smell.
UC San Diego smart glove
UC San Diego |

Low-cost smart glove translates American Sign Language alphabet

Next-gen virtual tool could also be used in fields from telesurgery to defense.
UCSF traumatic brain injury
UCSF |

Drug reverses memory failure caused by traumatic brain injury

Brain-injured mice perform as well as normal mice on memory tests after treatment.