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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 leaders urge high school students to aim high

'Achieve UC' presents higher education as an achievable goal for underrepresented students.
UC Berkeley |

Randy Schekman awarded 2013 Nobel Prize

Professor of molecular and cell biology won prize in physiology or medicine for work on how yeast secretes proteins.
UC Office of the President |

President Janet Napolitano visits Merced campus

University of California President Janet Napolitano today (Oct. 3) met with the chancellor, faculty, students and staff of UC Merced, the system's youngest campus.Napolitano chose to visit Merced during the first week of her tenure as UC president to get…
UC Office of the President |

President Napolitano discusses issues with students

Student regents and others relate experiences surrounding immigration, other topics.
UC Office of the President |

University of California welcomes President Napolitano

Former head of Homeland Security assumes post as university's 20th, and first woman, president.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |

Physicist named MacArthur 'genius' fellow

Physicist developed method of digitally restoring old audio recordings that are too fragile to play.
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Pre-college academy gives students a leg up

Summer programs throughout the UC system target future collegians in disadvantaged communities.
UC Office of the President |

A social way to support scholarships

Make a 'Promise for Education' and, through social networking, fund scholarships for California undergraduates.
UC San Diego |

Biologists find new method for discovering antibiotics

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a revolutionary new method for identifying and characterizing antibiotics, an advance that could lead to the discovery of new antibiotics to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
UC Newsroom |

Ban cigarette filters, urge researchers

Filtered ends are a toxic addition to litter problem.
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UC Merced |

UC Solar extends across the Pacific

Roland Winston’s work has helped take UC Merced and UC Solar global – this time, to Singapore.
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UC Newsroom |

E-cigarettes: Does smokeless mean harmless?

New research hints that these products, often targeted to young people, could cause harm.