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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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UC San Francisco |

Does healthier food help low-income people control their diabetes?

Researchers find better management of diabetes through nutrition food and education supplied by food pantries.
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UCLA |

West Nile virus killing millions more birds than previously thought

The findings are particularly alarming for birds with smaller populations, which can’t rebound like a large population can.
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UC Berkeley |

Scientists map source of Northwest’s next big quake

Ocean-bottom seismometers help explain the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate that causes megathrust earthquakes.
Clinton Terrell
UC Berkeley |

Touched by Shakespeare in solitary confinement

The classics carried one young man from incarceration to academia.
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UC Berkeley |

UC campuses to co-lead regional data science ‘brain trust’

NSF establishes four regional innovation hubs — including one led by UC Berkeley, UC San Diego and the University of Washington — to accelerate advances in data science.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Bat disease fungus widespread in northeast China

Discovery greatly expands the known distribution of the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome, which has decimated bat populations in North America.
NOAA Fisheries researcher on Scripps boat
UC San Diego |

California’s fish populations are declining

Two independent data sets show changing ocean conditions adversely impact fish off California.
Gretchen Hofmann, UCSB
UC Newsroom |

UC announces first Faculty Climate Action Champions

Select instructors at each campus will work with students on projects aimed at building community engagement and awareness.
UC Merced
UC Merced |

National rankings point to growing recognition for young campus

UC's newest campus is drawing accolades for diversity, sustainability and preparing students for the workforce.
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UCR Magazine |

Seven myths about e-cigarettes busted

Cell biologist Prue Talbot clears the air regarding the latest take on an old vice.
UC Berkeley |

Student team aims for app to help diabetes patients dining out

UC Berkeley team heading to round 2 of the Diabetes Design Challenge.
The UC Berkeley Food Pantry will benefit from the campus’s new relationship with Bank of the West.
UC Berkeley |

Agreement with Bank of the West to benefit student programs

The agreement will help support programs like Bears for Financial Success and the UC Berkeley Food Pantry.