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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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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.
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UC San Diego |

Qualcomm Institute launches industry innovation space on UC San Diego campus

Qualcomm Institute launches facility where qualified faculty startups, industry partners or national laboratories can lease office or lab space.
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UC Riverside |

Lecture series to address the science of food and health

Free public lectures at UC Riverside will cover cowpea research, sustainable food and nutrition's impact on health; first talk to focus on feeding Botswana.
UC Berkeley |

Stereotypes persist that class, privilege determine intellect, success

Despite egalitarian efforts to downplay class as a forecaster for intelligence and achievement, many people still believe their destiny is tied to their station in life.
Chancellor Howard Gillman
UC Irvine |

Gillman invested as UC Irvine’s sixth chancellor

He sees innovation, expansion and partnerships as key to further enhancing campus’s excellence, impact and global preeminence.
California Magazine |

First-gen students torn between college and home

First-gen university students may find themselves torn between college and home.
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UC Davis |

Ten percent of San Joaquin Valley's ozone pollution comes from outside California

Ten percent of San Joaquin Valley's ozone pollution comes from outside California, particularly from Asia.
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UCLA |

Stop blaming the moon

Busy night in the maternity ward or the emergency room? Contrary to folk belief, it's not the fault of a full moon.
Sarah Moffitt
UC Davis |

Sea change: What took decades to destroy in oceans took millennia to recover

Ocean ecosystems that experience rapid upheaval because of climate change can take thousands of years to recover.
UC Newsroom |

UC awarded stem cell grants

UC researchers received three grants totaling more than $12 million in funding from the state’s stem cell agency to develop stem cell treatments for Huntington’s disease, spina bifida and chronic diabetic wounds.