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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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UCLA homeless veteran
UCLA |

Leading homeless veterans back into the mainstream of life

UCLA scientists are on a quest to discover the brain-based obstacles hindering vets even after they find homes.
stretchable electronics
UC Newsroom |

UC’s climate of innovation pays off for California

UC is increasingly playing a pivotal role in the California economy as a driving force behind successful startups.
Genome sequencing reveals how carrots have become good at accumulating carotenoids, the pigment compounds that give them their characteristic colors and nutritional richness.
UC Davis |

Carrot genome paints colorful picture of domestication

Study reveals how the carrot has been touched by breeding practices as well as influenced by environmental change.
UC President Janet Napolitano delivers the Global Food Summit's keynote address at the UC Irvine Beckman Center.
UC Irvine |

Five takeaways from UC's Global Food Summit

Event is first opportunity for UC Blum Federation to come together since it was formally announced in February.
UC Riverside Global Food Security Week will take place May 9-15.
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside to host Global Food Security Week with slate of events

Scheduled activities include informative lectures and discussions, a documentary screening, a farm tour, a dance party and more.
UC San Diego Maker's Row
UC San Diego |

Democratizing manufacturing, thanks to UC San Diego alumna

Maker's Row helps DIY artists realize their visions in U.S. factories.
Bolt threads UC
UC Newsroom |

10 game-changing grad student startups

Young enterprises disrupt everything from health care to agriculture.
Mussels
UC Santa Cruz |

Shellfish response to ocean acidification depends on other stressors

Vulnerability of mussels to harmful effects from acidic seawater varies among different West Coast locations, study finds.
UC Newsroom |

A baby blanket that helps preemies breathe

A UC Merced startup has a new idea for stopping infections among these vulnerable patients.
A video game that teaches you how to code
UC Newsroom |

Turning kids into computer wizards

Is it possible to make computer class as fun as recess? A UC San Diego startup thinks so.
UC Riverside mosquitoes
UC Newsroom |

UC startup lets you smell good to friends, gross to mosquitoes

Bloodsucking insects have met their match thanks to new research relying on FDA-approved compounds.
Gregory Barton and Meghan Koch identified antibodies in mouse milk.
UC Berkeley |

Breastfeeding is good for yet another reason, researchers discover

Breast milk antibodies interact with the just-forming immune system of a newborn to shape lifelong responses.