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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 system Class of 2020
UC Newsroom |

Meet the Class of 2020

As classes begin this week on most UC campuses, the university is welcoming its largest and most diverse class ever — and also its most accomplished.
Entrepreneurs UC Berkeley
UC Newsroom |

Grooming the entrepreneurial engineer

Why Silicon Valley backs UC Berkeley's new M.E.T. program.
Australian eucalypts are under threat from climate change
UC Newsroom |

Tree of life faces deep cuts from climate change

A new study finds rarer, older lineages may go first when climate change leads some species to extinction.
UC Davis |

NIH renews Knockout Mouse Project

$29M award will help to better understand the genetic basis for diseases in humans and animals.
UC Mexico students we share
UC San Diego |

Educational needs of ‘students we share’ go unmet

UC-Mexico symposium examines experiences of millions of students on both sides of the border, seeking solutions to improve learning opportunities.
The Benioff Ocean Initiative based at and led by UC Santa Barbara aims to research the root causes of pervasive ocean issues and use science to solve them.
UC Santa Barbara |

Crowdsourcing sea change

Marc and Lynne Benioff's $10M gift establishes initiative at UC Santa Barbara to study and solve ocean issues.
Stanford UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley is No. 1 in global entrepreneurship

Report shows 881 companies were founded by campus undergraduates, more than any other university.
UC Davis grand canyon
UC Davis |

From classroom to canyon

Join students in a journey of science and discovery as they raft down the Grand Canyon in this immersive web experience.
UC Irvine selfies photo camera
UC Irvine |

Study links selfies and happiness

Smartphones aren't always negative — for stressed-out college students, sharing photos boosts positive feelings.
UCLA greenhouse gases drought
UCLA |

Pacific Ocean’s response to greenhouse gases could extend California drought for centuries

New study finds similarities between natural forces that warmed California for millennia and greenhouse gases.
UC Santa Barbara Rashid
UC Newsroom |

A different way of seeing the world

All-around whiz kid and UC Santa Barbara freshman Malcolm Rashid has learned to use adversity to his advantage.
Atom tickets UC San Diego
UC San Diego |

Defining the future of movies with new mobile ticketing platform

A UC San Diego alum counts Disney and 20th Century Fox among investors in his first-of-its-kind startup.