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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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Half of new UC students are first-generation college students

New data in UC's annual Accountability Report show the university’s widespread impact as an engine of social mobility, innovation.
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UC Berkeley |

Genome analysis pinpoints arrival, spread of first Americans

Siberians moved into North America in a single wave less than 23,000 years ago.
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UCLA |

Make it rain: Check out augmented reality teaching sandbox

Augmented Reality Sandbox lets users sculpt mountains, canyons and rivers, then fill them with water or even create erupting volcanoes.
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UC Newsroom |

UC medical centers among nation's best

U.S. News includes all five centers in its annual rankings; UCLA and UCSF make the magazine's honor roll.
UC Newsroom |

Regents to discuss UC Health governance

Trustees to consider recommendation for a UC Health oversight board.
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UC Irvine |

Declawing the tiger mom

Sociologists debunk idea that Asian American academic achievement is due to unique cultural traits or values.
UC Santa Cruz |

Gift funds new chair in water resources and food sustainability

Endowed chair named for professor emeritus Steve Gliessman, holder of campus's first endowed chair and a pioneer in agroecology.
UC Newsroom |

Finding opportunities through experiential learning

When Kate Kaplan enrolled at UC Berkeley, she wanted to be involved with sustainability but didn’t know where to start. After stumbling into the Student Organic Garden Association, she found a place to both grow food and pursue a career path. Kate Kaplan
Ian Davies and Ankita Raturi
UC Newsroom |

From classrooms to fields, students dig into food fellowships

Global Food Initiative fellows represent a broad cross-section of students.
UC Newsroom |

Budding neuroscientist building app

As undergraduates, identical twins Jon and Stan Schor teamed together at Caltech, serving as co-editors of the student newspaper and participating in the same three sports — track, fencing and cross country. Jon Schor
Sanna Alas and other GFI fellows
UC Newsroom |

Inspiring healthy habits

Every week for the past four years, Sanna Alas has volunteered at Jordan High, an underserved school in Watts, as part of UCLA’s Mentors for Academic and Peer Support program. Sanna Alas
Ian Davies and Ankita Raturi
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Modeling environmental impacts of agriculture

Ankita Raturi is a model student for the UC Global Food Initiative. Ankita Raturi Credit: Roger J. Wyan The UC Irvine graduate student in informatics has a different take on applying technology to agriculture: Her Global Food Initiative fellowship project…