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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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clouds
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |

New technique allows study of clouds in 3-D

Stereophotogrammetry provides a unique window into clouds, thus improving climate models.
beekeeper and bees
UC San Diego |

Tiny parasite may have big impact on honey bees

Pathogen found to infect larvae as well as adult bees — another factor implicated in colony collapse disorder.
youth
UC San Francisco via The Conversation |

We trust kids to know what gender they are

That is, until they go against the norm: addressing transgender issues in children.
Boaz Arzi and son Jonathan
UC Davis |

Surfing surgeon stoked on work-life balance

Passionate about his sport and his profession, assistant professor Boaz Arzi finds the waves to be good medicine for the rigors of the operating room.
Sample particleboard pieces created by team along with raw rice husks.
UC Riverside |

From husks to homes

UC Riverside engineering students win awards at international competition for creating less-costly, more environmentally friendly and termite-resistant alternative to particleboard using rice husks and dry milk.
Tracks at the bottom of Cachuma Reservoir in Santa Barbara County suggest a deer became mired in the mud while being pursued by a mountain lion.
UC Santa Barbara |

The heat is on

Study by UC Santa Barbara-led research team shows how record-high temperatures in California are worsening the already historic drought and could impact the state's water resource that supports the multibillion-dollar agriculture industry.
boat ramp at shallow lake (iStock)
UC Irvine |

Dealing with drought Down Under

Melbourne, Australia, cut its water use by half during its worst-ever drought without rate hikes.
New UC Davis-China research projects are taking innovative approaches to food safety science.
UC Davis |

Food safety agreement sets framework for World Food Center-China

Officials from the city of Zhuhai, China, and UC Davis signed a memorandum of understanding to establish the World Food Center-China.
UC Merced students
UC Newsroom |

UC hosts national summit on undocumented students

At national summit, experts look to find ways to help students overcome financial and legal hurdles.
Through The Heart of Delight, Ian Daelucian ’12 serves meals to the needy with a theatrical flair. Daelucian, shown backstage at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor Theatre, began the nonprofit while pursuing a master’s in stage management at UCI.
UC Irvine |

A moveable feast for the homeless

UC Irvine alumnus Ian Daelucian launches The Heart of Delight to nurture those in need.
lush lawn, UC Riverside
UC Riverside via The Conversation |

Universities have ideas on how cities will meet water-rationing mandates

California's college campuses are like mini-cities, and are on the leading edge of water conservation.
UC Newsroom |

President bestows awards for student leadership

Honors go to a Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego and UC Riverside students operating a free health clinic.