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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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UC Santa Barbara |

The brain game

A team of researchers provides new insight into what occurs in the brain during the learning process.
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UC San Diego |

What is it about yoga?

Researchers are examining yoga's physiological effects to see if they provide health benefits beyond what can be achieved with non-movement-based mindfulness practices.
UC San Francisco |

Researchers identify calorie-burning beige fat in humans

It appears to be the trigger for converting energy-storing white fat into energy-burning brown fat.
Michael Pollan makes a point about the amount of oil it takes to produce a hamburger during an Edible Education lecture at UC Berkeley.
UC Food Observer |

Q&A with Michael Pollan

The award-winning journalist, author and UC Berkeley professor talks about California's drought, food politics and what institutions can do to encourage change.
Bay Area fault map
UC Berkeley |

Calaveras-Hayward fault link means potentially larger quakes

Seismologists have proven that the Hayward and Calaveras faults are essentially the same system, meaning that a rupture on one could trigger a rupture on the other, producing considerably larger quakes than once thought.
UC Merced cell phone users can report water leaks
UC Merced |

New system can help save water with a couple of clicks

Software allows anyone at UC Merced with a smartphone to report water leaks in a couple of easy steps.
UCLA scientists California NanoSystems Institute
UCLA |

UCLA scientists create quick-charging hybrid supercapacitors

Charge storage device created at California NanoSystems Institute is vast improvement over existing models.
Berkeley Food Institute panel discussion
UC Newsroom |

Food justice takes center stage

Forum focuses on labor, power, policy and other issues around food.
UCLA Magazine |

The compassion effect: How social activism is changing everything

Doing well by doing good is increasingly the go-to strategy for everything from marketing to entertainment — driven by millennials, the world’s first digital generation.
David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay
UCLA Magazine |

True colors: Hollywood’s diversity dilemma

The country has never been so diverse — but not so in Hollywood. The numbers of nonwhite and female actors and others in the entertainment industry remain distressingly low.
Students who use the SmartMeal app to pre-order nutritious meals will be able to pick up food at an express location.
ANR |

Improving school nutrition with 21st century strategies

UC researchers to use a nearly $2 million grant for childhood obesity prevention in San Francisco Unified School District.
Jerry Kang
UCLA |

Law professor named UCLA’s first vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion

Jerry Kang draws praise for his commitment to fairness and his leadership skills.