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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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Darryl Wong, a UC Santa Cruz farm manager, works with undergraduate interns in agroecology as they plant potatoes on the UCSC farm.
UC Santa Cruz |

Internships support new concentration in agroecology and sustainable food systems

UC Santa Cruz environmental studies majors gain hands-on experience working on the campus farm and garden.
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UCSF |

$20M grant funds amfAR Institute for HIV Cure Research

UCSF and the Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology among research groups partnering in effort to eliminarte virus.
Breeding of diverse varieties like these peppers, bred at the Student Farm at UC Davis, is increasingly important for organic growers.
UC Davis |

New organic plant breeding effort sprouting at UC Davis

Effort will provide California growers with seeds for tomato, bean, pepper and other crop varieties.
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UC Davis |

Food, ag and health summit to feature app hackathon

UC Davis will host a series of events Dec. 1-3.
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UCLA |

UCLA–USC team to develop tech to predict kids' asthma attacks

Platform will enable smart devices to alert children based on their unique risk factors and environmental conditions.
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UC Merced via The Conversation |

Locavore or vegetarian? What's the best way to reduce climate impact of food?

An enlightened consumer can help achieve meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, particularly for the case of food.
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UC Newsroom |

A sweeter, more satisfying holiday dinner from UC scientists

From pies to potatoes, sugar to soil, UC scientists are gaining insights across the food spectrum.
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UC Newsroom |

UC brings California’s climate change message to Paris

All eyes will be on Paris next week as the nations of the world come together to negotiate the future of the planet at the 2015 UN Climate Conference (COP-21), and California will be at the table.
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UC Berkeley |

Mars will lose its largest moon, but gain a ring

Phobos will likely slowly lose orbit and be shredded into pieces that will surround the red planet.
David Jablons, chief of thoracic surgery at UCSF Medical Center, sells his cheeses at the San Francisco Ferry Building farmers market on weekends.
UC San Francisco |

Physician-farmer finds niche making cheese

UCSF Dr. David Jablons builds cheese-making business with wife.
UC Davis |

GMO food animals should be judged by product, not process, scientists say

Paper makes the case for a new approach to regulating food products from animals developed using modern biotechnologies.
UCLA nanoscientists develop safer, faster way to remove pollutants from water
UCLA |

UCLA nanoscientists develop safer, faster way to remove pollutants from water

The advance could be an important new step in the effort to satisfy the world’s need for clean water.