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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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UC Newsroom |

How we can recycle CO2 to make eco-friendly concrete

UCLA researchers take aim at a surprisingly large source of greenhouse gas emissions: concrete.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Call me Emoji

‘Moby Dick’ has been translated into emojis. True story. 
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UC Newsroom |

It’s your future. Have a say in it

Students could wield the influence of Baby Boomers — if they're willing to step up and vote.
UC Newsroom |

Innovative ideation challenge aims to catalyze new direction in breast cancer research

The California Breast Cancer Research Program wants your bold breast cancer prevention research ideas.
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UC Riverside |

Among body shapes, pears are healthier than apples

Obesity's effects may be different for men and women.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Sniffing out sharks

A white shark’s acute sense of smell is legendary. Now humans can sniff them out as well.
UC Irvine |

California's first ‘active learning’ building opens at UC Irvine

The rules of college are changing: Students may now be required to talk to each other, check their cellphones and trade notes. 
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UC Berkeley |

Regret is a gambler’s curse, scientists say

New science can record rapid human brain activity — including what goes on after we wager.
UC Newsroom |

What the battle over scooters gets wrong

The problem isn't what's on our streets. It's the streets themselves.
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UC Newsroom |

More than skin deep: How environment, diet and social experiences affect health

UC scientists dive into the ambient factors contributing to health crises like obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
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UCLA |

UCLA students launch project that’s out of this world

More than 250 UCLA undergrads have designed and built a small satellite that will study weather in space.
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UC Davis |

Kindness: An unsung climate change tool

The solutions to climate change are not just technological — kindness can help any community weather its harshest impacts.