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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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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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Great white shark baby in a green ocean
UC Riverside |

First-ever sighting of a live newborn great white

The footage may help solve a long-standing mystery in shark science.
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UC Irvine |

‘You Are What You Eat’: How a nutritional study made it to the Netflix screen

Researcher and dietitian Dr. Matt Landry served as first author on a study that made its way to a new documentary.
The cast of "X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X" on stage at the Metropolitan Opera, in 1950s era costuming
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego composer Anthony Davis inducted into the Opera Hall of Fame

A Pulitzer prize-winning musician who has written eight operas thus far, Davis is unafraid to spotlight some of society’s most pervasive problems in the form.
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UC Newsroom |

How three UC campuses are phasing out fossil fuels

This year every UC campus will publish a plan for eliminating carbon emissions and transitioning to renewable energy by 2045, and three campuses — Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz — are on track to decarbonize ahead of schedule.
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UC San Francisco |

Corporate strategy, national tragedy

Fudging numbers. Targeting children. Paying professors. UCSF’s industry archives expose the marketing tactics that fueled the opioid epidemic.
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UC Davis |

When some adolescent girls internalize rejection, it really is in their head

A new UC Davis study identifies visible brain activity during rejection.
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UC Newsroom |

UC enrolls a record-setting number of California students in fall 2023

In a banner year, UC boosted the diversity of its student body, while out-of-state enrollment declined.
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UC Noyce |

UC Noyce Initiative advances digital innovation

A new 5-campus consortium pursues collaborative research.
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UC Berkeley |

New research combats burgeoning threat of deepfake audio

New research will make it easier to determine the authenticity of an audio clip. 
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UC Merced |

Ph.D. student pushes for better education benefits for veterans’ dependents

Karla Seijas’ passion for identifying and removing obstacles faced by military veterans and their families has turned into a new state law.
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UC San Diego |

Forbes’ 30 Under 30’s Abby Sherlock ’19 talks gaming, mentorship and defying stereotypes

Abby Sherlock, a video game producer and a 2019 graduate of UC San Diego, recently was named to Forbes' 30 Under 30 list.
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UC San Francisco |

New CRISPR center brings hope for rare and deadly genetic diseases

CRISPR collaboration combines expertise from three UC schools to scale treatment for diseases that industry has largely passed by — until now.