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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 |

Indiana Jones meets the sea

New Scripps center launches to study how marine environments influenced ancient societies. Hopefully there's no snakes.
Yosemite UC Merced
UC Merced |

How the Sierra Nevada could become a polluter

We rely on trees to process carbon. But wildfires and climate change could wreak havoc on that process.
UC Irvine first-generation grad
UC Irvine |

First-generation students the majority of Class of 2017

Over 7,500 graduates will participate in commencement ceremonies this month.
UC Class of 2017
UC Newsroom |

The Class of 2017 marches on

For proof of the transformative power of a UC education, look no further than our newest graduates.
Gabriela Danielle Abraham UCLA
UCLA |

Mother and daughter set to graduate together from UCLA

Gabriela and Danielle Abraham will be the first in their family to receive four-year degrees.
UC Berkeley dressmaker
UC Berkeley |

Dressmakers found to have needle-sharp 3-D vision

The stereoscopic vision of seamstresses is superior to that of surgeons, researchers find.
Natalie Batalha UC Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz alumna blasts into Time 100 list

Natalie Batalha's team has discovered nearly 4,000 planets in the cosmos, some of which may support life.
Calibaja UC Mexico
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego and Baja California institutions launch CaliBaja Education Consortium

Researchers and students work together in the region they share.
UCLA TMS depression therapy
UCLA |

UCLA doctors use magnetic stimulation to ‘rewire’ the brain for people with depression

FDA-approved therapy appears to be effective for some whose condition isn’t improved with medication.
Brittany Hosea-Small
UC Berkeley |

Talking science with the fluidity of Pixar

Ph.D. student Sara ElShafie works with Pixar story artists to help her fellow scientists better communicate.
UC Merced man reading
UC Merced |

How reading makes us move

A new study shows how our muscles react as we process written language, an advance in the field of embodied cognition.
UC San Diego Ricky Flahive
UC San Diego |

Commencement speaker honors common bond of setbacks and success

Ricky Flahive spent his early years missing school, living in a motel. He now shares the stage with the Dalai Lama.