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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 Berkeley |

3D-printed ‘smart cap’ uses electronics to detect spoiled food

Consumers soon may be able to hit “print” to create an electronic circuit or wireless sensor in the comfort of their homes.
UC Newsroom |

Getting to the root of food issues

Jacqueline Chang grew up in a Southern California suburb and never went camping as a child. So when she toured the Masumoto family’s 80-acre organic farm near Fresno in April with other UC Global Food Initiative student fellows, she was thrilled.…
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UC Berkeley |

Investor joins in $100M search for extraterrestrial intelligence

Breakthrough Prize founder Yuri Milner joins 10-year commitment to ramp up SETI.
UC medical centers are collaborating to increase efficiencies in supply chain, revenue cycle, clinical laboratories and information technology.
UC Newsroom |

UC Health initiative cuts costs, improves quality

Program saved $70 million in first year, aims to save at least $150 million a year in coming years.
UC Berkeley |

Ultra-low-cost solution to a big water problem

Blum Center contest winner aims to remove excess fluoride from drinking water.
UC President Janet Napolitano listens to UC Global Food Initiative student fellows discuss their projects April 20 at Masumoto Family Farm in Del Rey.
UC Newsroom |

Student fellows to unite at symposium

Several dozen student fellows representing two of UC President Janet Napolitano’s initiatives — carbon neutrality and global food — will join together at a symposium July 20 in San Francisco.
Olive Tree Initiative group
UCLA |

Students head for frontlines of Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Participants journey with the Olive Tree Initiative, a UC-based organization that promotes understanding through immersion in the history, culture and complexities of the conflict.
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UC Davis |

Mountain lions' mortal enemy: man

In Southern California, the biggest single threat to the animals' survival is Homo sapiens.
The UC Global Food Initiative is off to a fast start.
UC Newsroom |

UC Global Food Initiative marks first year

The initiative is off to a fast start as faculty, students and staff from across the 10-campus UC system focus their collective power on food issues.
UC San Francisco |

Blood cell research turns personal

When Min Cho started researching protein translational mechanisms in blood cancers, it was just an abstract concept. His perspective changed when he was diagnosed with a rare blood disease.
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Berkeley Lab |

Coffee pest relies on bacteria in gut to survive its caffeine craving

Berkeley Lab and USDA research could lead to new ways to fight beetle that devastates coffee crops worldwide.
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UC Newsroom |

Money ranks 8 UC campuses as best college values

Eight UC undergraduate locations are top colleges in magazine's rankings.