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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 San Francisco |

UCSF schools lead the nation in NIH biomedical research funds

Funding reflects quality of research and enables scientists to continue pioneering efforts.
President Janet Napolitano and Photo of UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks on the Berkeley campus
UC Newsroom |

President Napolitano visits UC Berkeley

President on campus for two days of meetings with faculty, students and staff.
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UC Berkeley |

Marriage, like fine wine: better when well aged

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes baby in a baby carriage — and then what?
UC Berkeley |

Chronic stress primes brain for mental illness

Chronic stress' impact on stem cells in the brain in turn affects memory and learning. This could explain why stress leads to mental illness later in life.
Bunche Hall
UCLA Magazine |

In the footsteps of Ansel Adams

Revisit locales for the iconic photographer's 'Fiat Lux' images, and see how UCLA has changed over a half century.
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UC Newsroom |

UC alums fill Peace Corps ranks

The University of California remains a perennial leader in sending alumni to international service.
computer hacking
UC Irvine |

Hackers: Catch them if you can

Unhampered by borders and laws, cybercriminals present new security threats.
climate change projections
UC Santa Barbara |

Maps show expected redistribution of global species due to climate change

An international team of scientists tracks how fast and in which direction local climates — and species — have shifted.
UC Santa Cruz |

Single class inspires tangible change

Alums who formed a socially conscious nonprofit as a way of keeping in touch have funded more than $180,000 in projects.
UC San Francisco |

Stress is contagious: Babies can catch it from their moms

Infants not only pick up on their mother’s stress, but they also show corresponding physiological changes.
Bobsledders Cory Butner and Justin Olsen
UC Riverside |

Riverside alum pilots bobsled at Winter Olympics

Cory Butner, '05 graduate, is third Olympian in school history.
UC Santa Cruz |

If it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix it

Four decades ago, music professor Linda Burman-Hall founded the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival. It's still going strong today.