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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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UC Berkeley pumice
Berkeley Lab |

Solving the mystery of floating rocks

Scientists uncover how pumice can remain buoyant for years.
UC Riverside ants
UC Riverside |

Using seaweed to kill California's least favorite ant

Hydrogel baits could help control Argentine ants, the subject of 85 percent of the state's pest control services.
UC Irvine Estrada
UC Irvine |

From first-generation to Fulbright

Daniela Estrada reflects UC Irvine’s commitment to the success of first-generation Latino students.
UC Berkeley Steve Jobs
UC Berkeley |

What kind of personalities start entrepreneurial empires?

Find out how a founder's personality powers startup growth.
UC Santa Cruz Man in the High Castle
UC Santa Cruz |

'Be so good they can’t ignore you'

Alum Kalen Egan produces Amazon’s 'The Man in the High Castle' thanks to hard work and creative drive.
VW wheel UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Researchers find computer code that Volkswagen used to cheat emissions tests

Computer scientist uncovers the smoking gun from 2015's scandal.
Church by the Side of the Road
UC Newsroom |

Awakening a social giant in the effort to fight climate change

Van Jones is perhaps best known today as a political commentator for CNN, but he hasn’t given up his green credentials. The nonprofit he founded, Green for All, works to bring environmental solutions to the people that are most directly affected:…
UC Irvine HSI
UC Irvine |

UC Irvine named a Hispanic-serving institution

Latino enrollment reaches 25.7 percent, surpassing Department of Education benchmarks.
Tomato varieties UC Davis
UC Davis |

7 challenges for achieving global food security

UC Davis’ Helene Dillard leads the charge for more sustainable, equitable food systems.
UC Riverside Dickinsonia
UC Riverside |

Study of Earth's first animals broadens understanding of early evolution

Secrets of early life hide within one of the oldest fossil animals, Dickinsonia.
space shuttle 3-D printing
UC Santa Barbara |

A leap for 3-D printing

Tresa Pollock receives a $3M fellowship to develop a platform for printing with new extreme-use materials.
UC Davis Synestia
UC Davis |

Something new in the stars

There's a new type of planetary object in town — a synestia.