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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 San Diego vaquita porpoise
UC San Diego |

Capturing public support for an endangered species through photography

A UC San Diego doctoral student hopes to reverse a porpoise's fate with a new camera she's developed.
Deborah Deas UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

UC Riverside appoints dean of the School of Medicine

Deborah Deas, experienced medical school administrator, researcher, psychiatrist, to start May 16.
UC Irvine America's Greatest Makers
UC Irvine |

Student inventors debut research on new reality show

A UC Irvine duo advances toward a $1 million grand prize with their innovative blood pressure tracker.
Rebecca Bork (middle) and her children, Ava and Finn, are among those who benefit from having fresh produce delivered by UCLA students to the UCLA University Village.
UCLA |

UCLA students lead projects to feed the hungry on campus

UC Global Food Initiative student fellows at UCLA are leading a multipronged project to alleviate campus hunger and food waste.
A pile of cassava at an African market. Known as manioc or yuca in South America, it is also the source of tapioca.
UC Berkeley |

Study helps map path to improved cassava production

With help of genomics, researchers hope to apply advanced breeding strategies that can improve cassava’s resistance to diseases and improve crop yields.
UCSF cancer Lawrence Fong M.D.
UC San Francisco |

UCSF cancer immunotherapy clinic offers unique studies of promising treatments

Cutting-edge therapies are helping patients keep cancer in check for years.
UC Davis scorpion
UC Davis |

Scorpion venom yields clues for developing better pharmaceuticals

UC Davis researchers see hope for new medicines in a toxin that chemically reprograms within cells.
Ants UC Riverside
UC Riverside |

All ants on deck

UC Riverside scientists find some ants exhibit memory in the way they form rafts.
UCLA |

The curiosity and controversy over GMOs: Q&A with Ted Parson

UCLA professor of environmental law will moderate a panel discussion on the environmental, social and health impacts of GMO foods.
A new study shows that the sugar part of a sugar-protein milk compound nourishes beneficial bacteria in babies' intestines.
UC Davis |

Protein-trapped sugar compounds nourish infant gut microbes

Milk is the only food that co-evolved with humans for our health.
Game of Thrones UCLA
UCLA |

'Game of Thrones' costume designer to teach UCLA students

Two-time Emmy Award-winning Michele Clapton is the 2016 Swarovski Designer in Residence.
UC President Napolitano UC Riverside Chancellor Wilcox
UC Riverside |

UC President Napolitano and UC Riverside Chancellor Wilcox inspire students to reach educational goals

Inland Empire visit supports UC initiative to enroll 10,000 more California students over the next three years.