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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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From left, farmers Pak Ry and Brap Yart carry a bin of sponge gourd and banana leaves into a CoolBot-equipped cold room in Cambodia, to keep the produce fresh before sale.
UC Davis/UC ANR |

How one farmer's invention is reducing postharvest losses around the world

UC helps test CoolBot.
eSports UC Irvine
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine launches first-of-its-kind eSports initiative

Campus is a destination for gaming talent with teams, arenas, and scholarships.
Killer whale UC Davis
UC Davis |

Wild killer whales to get personal health records

UC Davis scientists are driving an effort to provide improved, possibly hands-off, checkups.
Berkeley Lab Ee-Been Goh
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

From near-dropout to doctorate, scientist now a leader in biofuels

Berkeley Lab biochemist thrives on re-engineering bacteria and mentoring students.
UC Santa Barbara |

Reforms could restore wild fisheries to health in just a decade

A UC Santa Barbara professor shows how quickly ocean sustainability can be achieved.
Forbes Best Value UC system
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses stand out among Forbes’ ‘best value’ colleges

Students win big on education quality and price, according to magazine's ranking of 300 schools.
UCLA engineer flight study
UCLA |

UCLA engineer studies avian flight

This government-funded research will help design unmanned aircraft with shapeshifting wings.
UC Office of the President |

UC report strongly disputes assertions in state audit, demonstrates how it puts California students first

The University of California released "Straight Talk on Hot-Button Issues: UC Admissions, Finances, and Transparency," a new report.
Kent Bradford, left, and Alfred Huo, seen here with a flowering lettuce plant, found that lettuce could be prevented from flowering by increasing the expression of a specific microRNA in the plants. The high levels of this microRNA prevent the plant from
UC Davis |

Gene blocking lettuce germination also regulates flowering time

Discovery could be crucial for adapting to climate change.
New UC admits celebrate on social media
UC Newsroom |

Students celebrate admission to UC on social media

Newly selected applicants expressed their joy after getting the happy news.
UC Merced methane testing
UC Merced |

NASA, UC Merced successfully test miniature methane sensor

New drones can more accurately pinpoint methane leaks and enhance safety in rural areas.
UCSF new neuroscience building
UC San Francisco |

New UC San Francisco neuroscience building meets approval

UC regents sign off on a plan to construct additional facility for UCSF's world-class program.