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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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UCLA ice sheet
UCLA |

Antarctica could be headed for major meltdown

UCLA geochemist finds striking similarities between climate change patterns today and millions of years ago.
This Southern Burkina Faso farmer holds a handful of shea nuts, an orphan crop in Africa.
UC Davis |

Forgotten crops may hold key to nutritional security

UC Davis is partnering in a global plant-breeding consortium that is fighting malnutrition and poverty in Africa by improving the traditional crops of the continent.
UC Santa Cruz oceans study
UC Santa Cruz |

The wild, wild West Coast

Unexpected phenomena and El Niño leave UC Santa Cruz researchers wondering what the future holds for West Coast ecosystems.
UC Newsroom |

UC pledges to boost pipeline of STEM educators

UC joins the national movement to recruit and prepare the science and math teachers of tomorrow.
8 with UC ties nominated for Academy Awards
UC Newsroom |

And the Oscar goes to...

Eight nominees with UC ties vie for Academy Awards this year.
Juvenile salmon feast on bugs in enclosed areas of the Yolo Bypass during a 2014 experiment in a flooded rice field. The experiment in 2016 is in its fifth year.
UC Davis |

Sushi project mixes salmon and rice fields on floodplain

Experiment, in fifth year, points to water policy solutions to support both salmon recovery and agriculture.
UCLA Casanova
UCLA |

Casanova was more than a good lover, says UCLA professor

A fuller view of a man who lived life as a writer, gambler, mathematician, and of course, seducer.
UC Newsroom |

Sloan fellowships awarded to UC faculty ‘rising stars’

Honor goes to 19 early-career scholars deemed likely to become the next generation of scientific leaders.
Harper Lee UCLA recording
UCLA |

UCLA Library releases audio of rare Harper Lee radio interview

The only known recording of the famous novelist discussing "To Kill a Mockingbird" reaches the public.
UC Global Food Initiative student fellow Hoaithi Dang (right of mascot) is one of three UC Merced students selected to speak at the upcoming session of Clinton Global Initiative University.
UC Merced |

Three students chosen for Clinton Global Initiative University

Three of UC Merced’s student sustainability stars will share ideas about the future and network with international students and dignitaries at the upcoming session of Clinton Global Initiative University at UC Berkeley.
Crab fishing UC Davis
UC Davis |

UC Davis pioneers unique cleanup program in partnership with fishermen

Amid Dungeness crab season delays, a collaboration to help oceans recover by retrieving lost gear has blossomed.
Santa Cruz 3-D printing
UC Santa Cruz |

UC Santa Cruz graduate student makes 'powerful' 3-D printing breakthrough

Collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory could lead to more efficient energy storage.