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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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Douglas Haynes
UC Irvine |

Professor/provost's take on ‘Downton Abbey’ and diversity

Professor, administrator is a scholar of British history, fan of the TV series and award-winning champion of equity in faculty hiring
UC Davis |

New technique makes "biogasoline" from plant waste

One day, you may fill up your tank with gasoline-like fuels made from cellulosic materials such as farm and forestry waste, using a new process invented by chemists at UC Davis.
dining couple
UCLA |

Are you really going to eat that?

New book by UCLA psychologists shows couples how to team up to lose weight, get healthier.
Brita Sigourney
UC Davis |

Skier is Sochi bound

Brita Sigourney gave up UC Davis' Hickey Pool for the snow and a shot at the Olympics.
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses are best value

Princeton Review ranks eight UC campuses among its best values in public universities.
UC San Francisco |

How the brain recognizes speech

The shaping of sound by our mouths leaves an acoustic trail the brain can follow.
tobacco smoke
UC Riverside |

Case against third-hand smoke gets stronger

Third-hand smoke — residue left on household, other surfaces — is linked to hyperactivity, significant damage in liver, lung, and slower healing of wounds.
mature man
UCLA |

Testosterone therapy linked to heart attacks in mature men

For men under 65, 'low-T' may pose less of a problem than the popular treatment. Men over 65 appear to be at greater risk, too.
Sunveer Bajwa, Nadia Duenas and Westley Blacklock
UC Davis |

Students learn engineering through coffee

From green bean to your cup of joe, the process of making coffee is all engineering.
bar graph showing that 40% of UC students come from low-income households, in comparison with other selective public, private, and ivy league schools, which each enroll less than 24% low-income students
UC Newsroom |

How UC serves low-income students

UC educates more low-income and first-generation college-going students than any other top caliber research university.
UC Newsroom |

New site, new look

Website redesign aims to better serve users, tell UC's story.
Jacopo Annese
UC San Diego |

Amnesiac's brain adds insight into memory

Henry G. Molaison was possibly the most-studied patient of modern neuroscience.