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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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Kirsten Goijvaerts, left, and Nienke Kramer, both seniors from Wageningen University, have studied at UC Davis during winter quarter.
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UC Davis and Europe's leading agricultural university join forces on food

UC Davis and Wageningen University sign food research and academic exchange pact; UC President Janet Napolitano to sign a separate UC-wide agreement on student exchanges with the Netherlands delegation.
UC Santa Cruz student David Robles has worked at the Center for Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems and is a UC Global Food Initiative student fellow.
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Learning from the ground up

From well-established farms to a crop of new gardens, courses and programs, UC offers experiential learning opportunities to students at all levels.
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UCLA |

Jackie Robinson's number 42 lives on at UCLA

Campus dedicates a monument to the groundbreaking alum, whose number has been retired in all sports.
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UC Santa Barbara |

Shinto tradition to reach a new set of readers

UC Santa Barbara scholar creates the world's first book series outside of Japan on the Shinto tradition.
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UC Irvine |

UC Irvine launches institute on anti-poverty effectiveness

Studies will explore long-term success of policies promoting economic self-sufficiency.
Students taking a new course on food justice at UCLA learn about the topic from the ground up. The course is part of a new food studies minor, one of a growing number of interdisciplinary programs that have become popular to take.
UCLA |

Interdisciplinary minors energize learning and enhance job prospects

The list of such minors as food studies is growing in popularity at UCLA.
UC San Diego Black Academic Excellence Initiative
UC San Diego |

UC San Diego launches Black Academic Excellence Initiative

Chancellor dedicates additional scholarship funds and support to encourage more collegebound students to enroll.
UC Santa Barbara empathy study
UC Santa Barbara |

Caring, not just understanding, makes for a responsive partner

Pyschologists at UC Santa Barbara find that cognitive empathy alone is not enough when it comes to providing support in relationships.
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UC Berkeley |

Scientists tap the smarts of mice, capture problem-solving in action

UC Berkeley researchers provide the first live images of how learning rewires the brain.
Can lasers make the internet faster?
UC Newsroom |

Lasers could make the Internet faster – and cleaner

Tiny lasers could overcome the current speed limits on the Internet and lower the information revolution's carbon footprint, UC San Diego researchers say.
UC ANR |

Californians encouraged to check citrus trees for Asian citrus psyllid

The pests can spread huanglongbing disease, a serious threat to the citrus industry and backyard citrus trees.
UCLA Grad Slam winner Gary Li
UCLA |

Engineer wins 2016 UCLA Grad Slam to move onto UC-wide finals

Graduate student will represent the campus at systemwide competition of three-minute, TED-talks style presentations of research.