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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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UC Newsroom |

New York Times calls UC an ‘upward-mobility machine’

Six campuses in top seven spots of College Access Index, which ranks economic diversity.
Michael O'Gorman (left) and Matthew Raiford at Farm to Fork.
UC Santa Cruz |

Annual Farm to Fork event honors past and future farmers

UC Santa Cruz event has supported more than 150 ecological horticulture apprentices through scholarships and subsidized meal plans.
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UC Newsroom |

UC campuses, programs recognized for diversity

Higher Education Excellence in Diversity award, 'Bright Spot' in Hispanic education highlight UC's commitment to supporting diversity on campuses and in society.
UC San Diego |

Hearts build new muscle with this simple protein patch

Successful in mice and pigs, researchers hope to test the patch in human clinical trials as early as 2017.
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UC Newsroom |

UC ranked among top innovative universities

Reuters places UC system 13th in its top 100 list of most innovative universities around the globe.
UC Davis |

Invention helps California growers optimize water use

Technology developed at UC Davis is giving growers tools to help irrigate more effectively during the California drought and beyond.
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UC Santa Cruz |

Genomics institute partners with Microsoft to accelerate biomedical research

Partnership provides the institute with access to new computing, data storage and analysis capabilities.
Japanese American draft resisters at Tule Lake camp
UCLA |

Center shatters myth of 'quiet' Japanese Americans imprisoned in camps

Asian American Studies Center project collects evidence of resistance during the war years.
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UC Berkeley |

Virus in cattle linked to human breast cancer

Odds of breast cancer are greater when the easily transmitted bovine leukemia virus is present.
The Science Behind Hollywood Explosions
Fig. 1 by University of California |

The science behind Hollywood explosions

Nobody blows things up like Hollywood. Now, with the help of a tool called Wavelet Turbulence, filmmakers can generate realistic swirling smoke and fiery explosions that are more detailed, easier to control and faster to create.
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UCLA |

Management alums turn fitness inside out

Riding the fitness craze, two classmates developed a business using DXA scanners that analyze the amount of fat and lean tissue one has.
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UC Irvine via The Conversation |

Stem cells could help mend a broken heart, but they've got to mature

UC Grad Slam winner's stem cell work aims to conquer heart disease.