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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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Berkeley Science review brain cancer treatment
Berkeley Science Review |

Developing a new treatment system for brain cancer

A UC Berkeley grad student on UC-driven innovations to fight the disease.
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UC San Diego |

Mapping out what manta rays call home

UC San Diego-led study will help protect the iconic, threatened animals.
UC Newsroom |

How to read the new nutrition label: 6 things you need to know

UC experts weigh in on what displaying added sugars, among other changes, could mean.
UC Newsroom |

UC children's hospitals rank among nation's best

The system's three pediatric hospitals, and two affiliated with UC, earn high marks from U.S. News.
UC Santa Cruz Nimoy Shatner Star Trek
UC Santa Cruz |

Star Trek opera: Sci-fi meets soprano

UC Santa Cruz boldy goes where no adaptation has gone before.
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UCLA |

UCLA co-founded nonprofit to form national manufacturing institute

$70 million awarded to support improving efficiency via network that includes UC Berkeley and UC Irvine.
UC Irvine plastic waste
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine chemists help find way to recycle plastic waste into fuel

New method could see trash inexpensively recycled into other commodities.
UC Davis gender gap video games
UC Davis |

Study takes on gender performance gap in online video games

Fewer women are gamers than men, but does that mean there's a difference in ability? UC Davis finds out.
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UC Newsroom |

From the test tank to the open ocean: Wave energy’s make-or-break moment

CalWave’s carpet-like technology, incubated by Berkeley Lab, vies for coveted Wave Energy Prize.
UC Riverside wasp
UC Riverside |

Rediscovering a wasp after 101 years

An animal that helps defend one of America's most unique trees has been captured by UC Riverside and partners.
UC Santa Barbara reef underwater
UC Santa Barbara |

Good news (and bad news) for coral reefs

UC Santa Barbara scientists have helped identify where reefs are flourishing, despite all odds. So why are others left behind?
Children at Ygnacio Elementary School in Concord pick up lunch from a new serving counter.
UC ANR |

School kitchen grants enable kids to make healthy food choices

New equipment helping schools around the country to serve fresher, healthier and more appealing food to students.