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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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UC San Diego |

‘Gene of prejudice’ demystifies autism

A single gene could mean the difference between ‘cocktail party personality’ and social difficulties, new research suggests.
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UC Irvine |

Boosting health equity with lab-grown tissues

UC Irvine engineer named one of Popular Science’s Brilliant 10 for using lab-grown blood vessels to benefit marginalized groups.
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UC San Francisco |

How AI can help spot early risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease

Top predictors include high cholesterol and osteoporosis, the latter in women only.
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UC Newsroom |

Haven’t voted yet? Don’t be left out of the Super Tuesday excitement

Ahead of the March 5 primary election, we’ve got last-minute voter tips to help you flex your electoral power and make sense of the people and issues on the ballot.
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UC Newsroom |

Digging, diving and discovering stories untold

Once a dream of two plucky UC scholars, the Society of Black Archaeologists has become a force for change.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Stranger Things VR game directed by UCSC’s Samantha Gorman launches in partnership with Netflix, Meta

Players explore the psychological horror/action game as the villain Vecna, pursuing new and never-seen-before perspectives on the Netflix series.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Researchers develop molecules for a new class of antibiotics that can overcome drug resistant bacteria

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global problem: In 2019, an estimated 1.3 million deaths around the globe could be attributed to AMR.
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UCLA |

Life in the FAST Lane

How a feisty student IG account turned into the style arbiter of campus.
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UC Davis |

A medical school that looks more like California

How the UC Davis School of Medicine became the third most diverse medical school in the country without affirmative action.
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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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UC Newsroom |

21 UC faculty named 2024 Sloan Research fellows

Sloan Research fellowships recognize early-career scientists and scholars emerging as leaders in their fields.
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UC Berkeley |

Mitigating risks, maximizing benefits: Brandie Nonnecke bridges tech research and policy

The founding director of the CITRIS Policy Lab and UC Berkeley associate research professor demystifies emerging technology to help lawmakers create responsible policy.