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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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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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Irma Ortiz
UC Riverside |

One student’s rise to the top

First-generation collegian seizes opportunities to move into graduate research in agriculture.
John Fan fits child for wheelchair
UC Office of the President |

Physical therapist brings gift of mobility to China's disabled

In rural northern China, where the price of a wheelchair can be as much as a year's earnings, many disabled live without the gift of mobility or the benefit of physical therapy. Often homebound, they depend on family members to carry them from place to…
UC Berkeley |

Why state’s water woes could be just beginning

1976-77 drought could be mild in comparison: Paleoclimatologist believes we could be facing the driest water year in 500 years.
UC Davis |

Ranchers anticipate devastating impact from drought

Ranching, which depends on rain-fed systems rather than groundwater or stored water, is particularly vulnerable.
higher ed heads
UC Newsroom |

Higher ed leaders aim to reinvigorate Master Plan

UC, CSU, community college heads share strategies to improve educational access for new generation of Californians.
vernal pool
UC Natural Reserve System |

Merced Vernal Pools join Natural Reserve System

New addition to reserve system will offer research opportunities to faculty and students at adjacent UC Merced.
UC Davis |

Oysters face twin threats

Predators and ocean acidification spell doom for once-prevalent Olympia oysters.
mother and baby
UC San Francisco |

How much does it cost to have a baby in a hospital?

Expect to spend a pretty penny on that bundle of joy.
Donald Shoup
UCLA |

A chat with parking guru Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup, distinguished professor of urban planning in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, has become the nation’s oft-quoted, go-to expert on parking.
President Obama and students
UC Newsroom |

UC leaders join President Obama at higher ed summit

President Napolitano, chancellors from Berkeley, Merced and San Diego join university leaders from across the nation to brainstorm ways how higher education can better serve less-advantaged students.
UC Santa Barbara |

More than meets the eye

When it comes to vision, the brain can perform more than one function without sacrificing time or accuracy.
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UCLA |

Oscar bait or pandering to the audience?

Researchers reveal the logic behind the tough decisions studios make about what films to make.