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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 Berkeley plastic
UC Berkeley |

Learning to live without plastic

A professor challenges the ease with which we turn to synthetic materials.
UC San Diego endangered sea turtles
UC San Diego |

Signs of hope for endangered sea turtles in new study

New research will help scientists put together a more effective conservation plan.
Dave Lieberman, a field mechanic at Scoot Networks, fills his water bottle at a water bottle refilling station in Millberry Union on UCSF’s Parnassus campus.
UC San Francisco |

Access to free drinking water in SF neighborhoods driven by new partnership

Over next year, 19 new public water stations will be installed across San Francisco.
Dark brown to black in color, Asian shot hole borers are minuscule in size.
UC Santa Barbara |

Holy guacamole

After finding invasive Asian beetles in native Montecito trees, UC Santa Barbara researchers are trying to determine how widespread they are.
Coffea arabica
UC Davis |

Arabica coffee genome sequenced

Coincides with birth of California-grown specialty coffee industry.
UC Merced bio bots
UC Merced |

Students build living machines out of engineered tissues

Bio-bots do what robots do — in fields like medicine and national defense — even better.
DNA differences UCSF
UCSF |

Cultural differences may leave their mark on DNA

Groundbreaking new study shows how deeply ethnicity combines genetics and environment.
UCLA sushi fraud
UCLA |

Bait and switch? Study finds fish fraud runs rampant

Half the time what’s on the menu at LA sushi restaurants is not what’s on your plate.
UC San Diego exercise mins
UC San Diego |

Exercise does a body good: 20 minutes can act as anti-inflammatory

Just one moderate session creates a cellular response that can boost our immune system.
Pre-Health Dreamers
UC Newsroom |

Meet the UC honorees of Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list

Young alums with ties to nearly every campus earn recognition for their innovations.
Helen Diller
UCSF |

Largest-ever gift to UCSF honors philanthropist Helen Diller

$500M donation among the most generous received by any academic institution in the US.
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
UC Riverside |

New technology will cut plug-in hybrid fuel consumption by one-third

Researchers look to birds flying in formation and find a way to make vehicles more efficient.