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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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Woolly mammoth
UC Santa Barbara |

A mammoth undertaking

How can de-extinction be made more ecologically responsible?
Car sharing on campuses
UC Newsroom |

Car sharing on campuses improves quality of life, takes cars off the road

A new survey by UC Berkeley and Zipcar shows how universities can relieve the crunch on campus parking.
The CalCARES report uses heat maps to show areas with higher proportions of particular cancers diagnosed at a late stage, pointing to a need for increased screening.
UC Davis |

Report shows impact of cancer screening

UC Davis report analyzes cancer screening in California over past 15 years.
UC Davis professor and marine ecologist Steven Morgan prepares to deploy yellow "robot larvae" off the coast of Bodega Bay.
UC Davis |

Robot larvae deployed at sea

"Minion"-like robots reveal surprising ways marine larvae move, and what that means for the ocean.
Breast scan
UC San Francisco |

Some breast cancer patients with low genetic risk could skip chemotherapy, study finds

Genetic test can help predict survival, guide treatment options.
Mars UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

Simulating life on Mars

UC Berkeley alumna Sheyna Gifford completes yearlong mission.
Researchers induce human pluripotent stem cells to differentiate into functional bone-building cells by feeding them adenosine, a naturally occurring molecule in the body.
UC San Diego |

Researchers use a single molecule to command stem cells to build new bone

The work could lead to treatments for patients with critical defects and injuries.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2017 Apprenticeship in Ecological Horticulture at UC Santa Cruz, now in its 50th year, the longest running university-based organic farming and gardening training program in the U.S.
UC Santa Cruz |

Organic farming and garden training program accepts applications in 50th year

UC Santa Cruz apprenticeship is longest running program of its kind in U.S.
UC Davis |

Paving the way for pathogens

Increases in coastal development and precipitation push a parasite from land to sea. 
Seized counterfeit hydrocodone tablets.
Stanford and UCSF via The Conversation |

A deadly new trend: Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids sold as counterfeits

These illicitly made substances are generally formulated to look like other drugs.
Garen Wintemute, UC Davis
UC Davis |

State-funded firearm violence research center to be established at UC Davis

Nation's first such center will also draw on the power of other UC campuses and beyond.
UC San Diego students volunteering for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
UC Newsroom |

UC tops Washington Monthly rankings

All nine undergraduate campuses named among the best in serving the public interest.