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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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UCSF Stephen Hauser
UC San Francisco |

Wrapping up multiple sclerosis at UCSF

With one drug to shut down its progression and another to undo its damage, MS doesn’t stand a chance.
The Man in the Iron Mask UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

Mystery unmasked

UC Santa Barbara historian solves 17th-century case of The Man in the Iron Mask.
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UC Cooperative Extension |

Not just climate change: Study finds human activity is a major factor driving wildfires

People are responsible for more than 90 percent of California fires, says a UC Berkeley scientist.
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UC Riverside |

Cheaters never win, finds new study

A UC Riverside sociologist's experiment shows that selfish behavior lowers levels of happiness.
Tom K. Wong UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

From Riverside’s Casa Blanca to the White House

A UC San Diego professor discusses his journey from undocumented to White House policy adviser on immigration.
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UC Merced |

Researchers dive into big data to predict NBA winners

A UC Merced professor and his students run simulations of playoff games — with startling accuracy.
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UC San Diego |

Biofluorescent catsharks, glowing in the deep

UC San Diego study uses "shark-eye" vision to reveal how species may communicate underwater.
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UC San Diego |

UC San Diego's iconic Geisel Library to open new cafe

Audrey's, named for Audrey Geisel, the library’s long-time friend and generous benefactor, will open May 3.
UC Berkeley word atlas
UC Berkeley |

How your brain files away words

View a colorful "semantic atlas" built by UC Berkeley scientists that illustrates how we process language.
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UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz student entrepreneurs headed for major international trade show

Robotic camera developers will join the UC delegation to the world's biggest industrial fair, Hannover Messe.
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UC Newsroom |

High-tech sandbox puts research in the palm of your hands

Campus innovations, such as an augmented reality sandbox from UC Davis, featured at an NSF exhibition on Capitol Hill.
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UC Health |

UC researchers join largest autism study ever in U.S.

Effort seeks to analyze DNA from 50,000 people with autism and their families.