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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 San Diego |

Cancer cell mapping initiative launches

Researchers from UC San Diego and UC San Francisco join forces to determine how all of the components of a cancer cell interact.
UC Newsroom |

UC campuses excel at community engagement

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching recognizes UC Davis, UCLA and UC Merced for their 'institutional focus' on engagement.
UC Natural Reserve System |

Natural reserves 'supercourse' takes students out of class to the field

California Ecology and Conservation — open to students at UC's nine general campuses — offers a pivotal experience in their academic and professional careers.
UC San Diego |

Forecasting the flu better

Combo of ‘big’ and traditional data improves power of prediction.
UC San Diego |

‘Frontiers of Innovation’ program seeds multidisciplinary projects

Program will help launch seven major projects focused on advancing strategic research goals.
UC Irvine |

Students step up to address food issues

UC Global Food Initiative student fellows discuss projects at UC Irvine open house.
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ANR |

Comprehensive program helps improve children's eating habits

Obesity has decreased among Sacramento County school children since Shaping Healthy Choices implemented.
UC Santa Barbara
UC Newsroom |

UC leads nation’s top universities in serving Latino students

UC Santa Barbara is the fourth UC campus designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution; it's the first AAU member to be so named.
(From left) Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan and Garrison Sposito talk at the kickoff of the Edible Education course at UC Berkeley.
UC Newsroom |

Food education streams into the spotlight

The Edible Education 101 course at UC Berkeley kicked off Monday (Jan. 26) with a lecture by Michael Pollan not only for students but also live-streamed for the public.
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UC Berkeley |

Lentils, a mighty force for improving the food system

'Lentil Underground,' a new book by a recent Ph.D. and ongoing researcher at UC Berkeley, makes the case that lentils could help restore American farmland and farmers whose soil and profits have been depleted by decades of industrial agriculture.
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Q-and-A with Rose Hayden-Smith, UC Food Observer

UC has launched UC Food Observer, featuring must-read news on food policy, nutrition, agriculture and more. Find out more in this Q&A with UC Food Observer curator Rose Hayden-Smith, a UC academic, author and historian.
Eko entrepreneurs Jason Bellet, Connor Landgraf and Tyler Crouch
California Magazine |

SkyDeck incubator sends young entrepreneurs to Forbes list

After just two years, the Berkeley business accelerator boasts six up-and-comers on Forbes' '30 Under 30' lists — and has prepared dozens of teams to launch their projects.