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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 Irvine |

You’ve been hacked

With computer ‘break-ins’ growing in sophistication and number, UC Irvine researchers work to foil future attacks.
UCLA |

Center marks half century as hub for medieval and Renaissance scholars

Center for Medieval Renaissance Studies innovates with inclusion of scholars from wide-ranging disciplines and farflung cultures beyond a Eurocentric focus.
UC Berkeley |

Researchers open door to new HIV therapy

Researchers ID new target for possible anti-AIDS drugs that would complement current cocktail of drugs used to keep HIV in check.
Irma Ortiz
UC Riverside |

One student’s rise to the top

First-generation collegian seizes opportunities to move into graduate research in agriculture.
John Fan fits child for wheelchair
UC Office of the President |

Physical therapist brings gift of mobility to China's disabled

In rural northern China, where the price of a wheelchair can be as much as a year's earnings, many disabled live without the gift of mobility or the benefit of physical therapy. Often homebound, they depend on family members to carry them from place to…
UC Berkeley |

Why state’s water woes could be just beginning

1976-77 drought could be mild in comparison: Paleoclimatologist believes we could be facing the driest water year in 500 years.
UC Davis |

Ranchers anticipate devastating impact from drought

Ranching, which depends on rain-fed systems rather than groundwater or stored water, is particularly vulnerable.
higher ed heads
UC Newsroom |

Higher ed leaders aim to reinvigorate Master Plan

UC, CSU, community college heads share strategies to improve educational access for new generation of Californians.
vernal pool
UC Natural Reserve System |

Merced Vernal Pools join Natural Reserve System

New addition to reserve system will offer research opportunities to faculty and students at adjacent UC Merced.
UC Davis |

Oysters face twin threats

Predators and ocean acidification spell doom for once-prevalent Olympia oysters.
mother and baby
UC San Francisco |

How much does it cost to have a baby in a hospital?

Expect to spend a pretty penny on that bundle of joy.
Donald Shoup
UCLA |

A chat with parking guru Donald Shoup

Donald Shoup, distinguished professor of urban planning in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, has become the nation’s oft-quoted, go-to expert on parking.