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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 Newsroom |

Research collaboration will focus on immigration in California

Project involving five UC campuses will complement the systemwide efforts of the UC-Mexico Initiative.
UC Santa Cruz |

Want to teach about organic farming and gardening? Updated manual now available

UC Santa Cruz manual, now in its third edition, addresses practical aspects of organic farming and gardening, applied soil science, and social and environmental issues in agriculture.
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ANR |

Artisan cheese: Milking a movement

UC Agriculture and Natural Resources has published a bestselling manual designed for the beginning cheesemaker, "Farmstead and Artisan Cheeses: A Guide to Building a Business."
UCLA |

New method to genetically identify disease markers

Key step toward personalized medicine holds promise for treating many diseases.
UC Davis |

Scientists describe novel drug mechanism that fights brain cancer

Molecule interferes with the internal regulation of cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct.
UC Santa Barbara |

Perfect storm of drought and unrest

A growing body of research suggests that extreme weather — using Syria as an example — increases the chances of violence, from individual attacks to full-scale wars.
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UC San Diego |

Pens filled with high-tech inks for DIY sensors

A new simple tool developed by nanoengineers at UC San Diego is opening the door to an era when anyone will be able to build sensors, anywhere.
UC Newsroom |

New UC projects target greenhouse gas emissions

Research and outreach efforts will help UC become first major university to achieve carbon neutrality.
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UC Riverside |

How were fossil tracks so well preserved?

Tracks by swimming reptiles benefited from delayed ecologic recovery during the Early Triassic.
UC Merced |

UC Merced forges partnership with Kathmandu University

Memorandum of understanding signed in Nepal lays groundwork for faculty and student exchanges, research collaborations and other academic activities.
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UC San Francisco and UC Newsroom |

UC leads nation in NIH biomedical research funds

The UC system received more than $1.8 billion in 2014 contract and grant funding from NIH, supporting high-caliber biomedical research that is driving advances in science and breakthroughs in health.
UC San Diego |

Transcending borders through education

UC San Diego is one of several U.S. and Mexican institutions of higher education to launch the CaliBaja Consortium for Higher Education with the goal of becoming a leader in cross-border education by 2020.