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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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UC Santa Barbara education
UC Santa Barbara |

A new twist on educational testing

A UC Santa Barbara team believe an entrepreneurial approach can drive positive change in education.
UCLA Match Day 2016
UC Newsroom |

Thrills, tears and jubilation mark Match Day

Years of medical school build up to this one moment - when students across the country tear open their envelopes and learn where they will train as resident physicians for the next three to five years.
UC Newsroom |

UC steps up efforts to address student mental health

UC is hiring 85 clinicians to increase access to student mental health services.
NCAA march madness
UCLA |

The science behind our love for March Madness

What makes us so passionate about sports? A UCLA professor explains.
UCSF mindfulness study
UC San Francisco |

Mindful eating, meditation may lead to better metabolic health

UC San Francisco study shows mindfulness training may boost other benefits of weight-loss program.
Grad Slam Berkeley 2015
UC Berkeley |

Grad Slam brings TED style to UC Berkeley grad students’ research

You can watch ten finalists face off live on March 28 for the chance to compete in the UC-wide competition.
Anthony James UC Irvine mosquito research
UC Irvine |

Stopping malaria … one mosquito at a time

UC Irvine and UC San Diego scientists have found a way to curb mosquito-borne diseases - possibly including Zika.
UCLA robot Darwin
UCLA |

Robotopia

Robots operating out of a UCLA engineering lab can function on a soccer field and a leaking nuclear power plant.
Mrak Hall UC Davis
UC Davis |

UC Davis generates $8.1 billion in statewide economic activity

A new report also shows the university supports 72,000 jobs.
A human astrocyte grown in tissue culture. The blue stain indicates DNA inside the astrocyte’s nucleus and in other nearby cells.
UC Newsroom |

Stem cell grants to help fight rare diseases affecting children

UC researchers from four campuses receive five grants totaling more than $21 million in funding.
Karen Ross, secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, speaking at the GrowRIVERSIDE conference at UC Riverside.
UC Riverside |

A hub of food and agriculture talk

UC Riverside hosts third annual GrowRIVERSIDE conference focused on local food systems.
UC Santa Barbara families
UC Santa Barbara |

What’s in a name?

A UC Santa Barbara professor pursues a history of immigration's transformations.