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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 Santa Cruz virtual reality
UC Santa Cruz |

Experiencing the 6-by-9 world of solitary confinement

The Guardian's virtual reality project with a UC Santa Cruz professor puts viewers inside a concrete cell.
Senior technician Eduardo Garcia, left, and lab manager Charlotte Acharya, both of the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, prepare to place young strawberry plants in this field at UC Davis.
UC Davis |

Industry upbeat about new UC Davis strawberry breeding research

'Setting the benchmark' for quality, yield and sustainability.
UCLA poverty health study
UCLA |

Inadequate financial savings tied to childhood health risks

UCLA study finds wealth is a greater predictor than income for obesity and illness in kids.
Sesame Riverside
UC Riverside |

Children trust ‘smart’ characters on television

New UC Riverside study finds that figures viewed as clever help preschoolers model problem-solving behavior.
Prince Super Bowl UCLA
UCLA |

Prince’s first manager reflects on the early days

"We were a family," says UCLA Extension’s Owen Husney.
Rebecca Bork (middle) and her children, Ava and Finn, are among those who benefit from having fresh produce delivered by UCLA students to the UCLA University Village.
UC Newsroom |

College campuses take on food waste

On UC campuses, the Global Food Initiative has spurred collaborations that unite students across the system.
Tea in its many forms will be explored at a UC Davis colloquium.
UC Davis |

International colloquium launches Global Tea Initiative

UC Davis positions itself to be research leader on yet another beverage.
UC president visits Arcata High School
UC Newsroom |

UC president urges Arcata students to consider UC

In visiting California's far north, President Napolitano hopes to draw more students from the region.
UC San Diego space red
The Conversation |

‘Ultracool’ dwarf star hosts three potentially habitable planets

A UC San Diego physicist has broken new ground in the search for life beyond Earth.
UCSF Stephen Hauser
UC San Francisco |

Wrapping up multiple sclerosis at UCSF

With one drug to shut down its progression and another to undo its damage, MS doesn’t stand a chance.
The Man in the Iron Mask UC Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara |

Mystery unmasked

UC Santa Barbara historian solves 17th-century case of The Man in the Iron Mask.
Wildfire UC
UC Cooperative Extension |

Not just climate change: Study finds human activity is a major factor driving wildfires

People are responsible for more than 90 percent of California fires, says a UC Berkeley scientist.