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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 Berkeley |

Discovery paves way for homebrewed drugs, prompts call for regulation

Sugar-fed yeast — long used for homebrewed alcohol — can yield drugs ranging from antibiotics to morphine. That may be where the government draws the line.
Oscar Wilde
UCLA |

Oscar Wilde was not a plagiarist

Joseph Bristow delves into Wilde’s obsession with obscure poet Thomas Chatterton, deems 'notebook' his original work.
LLNL biologists James Thissen and Crystal Jaing along with researchers from Kansas State University found that the Microbial Detection Array could help identify diseases in the commercial swine industry.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |

Lawrence Livermore Lab technology could help detect diseases in commercial swine industry

The biological detection system also could be useful for cattle and poultry diagnostic tests, as well as for pets such as dogs and cats.
UC Santa Cruz |

Astronomers baffled by discovery of rare quasar quartet

Four quasars, each one a rare object in its own right, have been found in close physical proximity to each other.
students serving food
UC Newsroom |

UC focuses on student food security

UC campuses this spring are surveying students to assess the scope of food security issues, implementing short-term relief where needed and exploring long-term solutions that address student nutrition — UC regents to discuss food security May 21.
UC Berkeley |

Grocery shopping app for at-risk Oakland residents wins campus challenge

Snapily takes first place in CITRIS Mobile App Challenge at UC Berkeley, where students develop mobile apps for social impact.
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UCLA |

Which is most valuable: gold, cocaine or rhino horn?

The answer is devastating news for Earth’s largest animals.
UC San Diego |

Biology students join hundreds of undergrads to co-author paper

Fruit fly genomics project included more than 900 students nationwide doing original research.
Cheryl Anderson, UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Recipe for wellness

UC San Diego nutrition expert helps define national prescription for healthy diet.
Executive chef Vaughn Vargus, with assistance from UC San Diego chefs Dave Gardinier of Café Ventanas and Tiago Battastini of 64 Degrees, donated his time and culinary talents at the 3rd Annual Foodtasia Gala at the San Diego Food Bank, held Saturday, May
UC San Diego |

Serving up support for the hungry

UC San Diego Executive Chef Vaughn Vargus featured at 'Hail to the Chefs' food bank gala.
How nutrition impacts immunity and health is the focus of a May 21 public talk at UC Riverside.
UC Riverside |

What you eat is how you feel

Free public talk at UC Riverside on May 21 to address nutrition's impact on immunity and health.
Harris Lewin, UC Davis
UC Davis |

UC Davis plans joint research with Brazil

FAPESP, the São Paulo Research Foundation and UC Davis announced launch of new program to strengthen collaborative research in physical sciences, engineering, biomedical sciences and agriculture.