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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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UC Newsroom |

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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Britta Hansen, left, and Elise Brockett plant okra and other vegetables at the UC Davis Horticulture Innovation Lab Demonstration Center, in advance of its Oct. 16 grand opening.
UC Davis |

From 'Healthy Soils' talk to a garden's grand opening

UC Davis hosts a variety of events in October to celebrate World Food Day and National Food Day.
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UCLA |

UCLA puts issue of food waste on front burner

Campus community invited to attend free evening program on Oct. 21 as part of Food Day 2015.
Sponge Suit
UC Riverside |

Cleaning water one stroke at a time

Engineering team wins an international design competition for creating a swimsuit that cleans water as people swim.
'window to the brain' graphic
UC Riverside |

‘Window to the brain’ research ramps up

Partnership with three Mexican universities receives nearly $5 million to further study method that could make it easier to treat brain conditions.
Alice Yu
UC San Diego |

A pediatric cancer drug three decades in the making

Experimental immunotherapy treatment first successfully used in the 1990s is finally available for commercial use.
A new study finds that Berkeley’s soda tax led to higher retail prices of sugary drinks sold in the city.
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley's soda tax boosts retail prices of sugary drinks, study confirms

UC Berkeley findings come nearly a year after Berkeley voters approved an excise tax of one cent per ounce on sugary drinks.
instructor and students
UC Newsroom |

A classroom without walls

Course on ecology and conservation takes students from across UC out in the natural landscape.
four name tags
UCLA |

‘Black’-sounding name conjures a larger, more dangerous person

People envision an unknown ‘black’-named character in similar ways to an unknown ‘white’-named male convicted of assault.
LAPD officers
UCLA |

Predictive policing test substantially reduces crime

Results of months-long project in Los Angeles suggest method could succeed in cities worldwide.
artist's rendering, EXPLORER PET scanner
UC Davis |

Researchers awarded $15.5M to build first total-body PET scanner

New technology could fundamentally change the way cancers are tracked and treated.
Students
UC Newsroom |

U.S. News ranks nine UC campuses among world’s best

Magazine's world rankings focus on strength of research activities and reputation.
mobile health monitor illustration
UCLA |

Patient, test thyself

Wireless mobile devices have been developed to monitor everything from eating to stress levels.