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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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The goal of the UC Cures for Alzheimer’s Disease Initiative is to move research for potential treatments for the disorder into early proof-of-concept clinical trials.
UC Newsroom |

UC initiative to spur Alzheimer's disease research

Grants to UC scientists will fund early proof-of-concept clinical trials for potential treatments for disorder.
Tracy Kahn, curator of UC Riverside's Citrus Variety Collection
UC Riverside |

Citrus curator given endowed chair

Endowed chair will support and maintain UC Riverside's Citrus Variety Collection in perpetuity.
UC Berkeley |

Goodbye jobs, hello ‘gigs’: Nunberg’s Word of the Year

The word that's re-emerged with the decline of the traditional American job.
UC San Francisco |

UC San Francisco Global Food Initiative fellows tackle food insecurity’s impact on infectious diseases

Grants support research by three doctors to better understand the impact of food insecurity and to design interventions.
UCLA |

UCLA researchers make progress toward healing scarred hearts

Findings suggest stem cells may one day be used to regenerate damaged tissue after heart attack.
An enzyme appears to enable Xyllela fastidiosa bacteria to infect grapevines with Pierce's disease, causing serious leaf damage as pictured here.
UC Davis |

Newly identified enzyme may be culprit in Pierce's disease grapevine damage

UC Davis researchers hope that the discovery, which runs counter to existing theories, will lead to new diagnostics and potential treatments for Pierce’s disease.
Christopher Costello
UC Santa Barbara |

Winning an "Ocean Oscar"

UC Santa Barbara professor receives a prestigious Peter Benchley Ocean Award for his work on sustainable fisheries.
UC Irvine nursing
UC Irvine |

Sue and Bill Gross commit $40 million to establish nursing school at UC Irvine

Largest single gift ever to campus will help address critical health care needs.
Asimo, the Honda robot
UC Berkeley |

Will computers ever truly understand what we’re saying?

Machines may never be able to take into account the context of a conversation the way people do, says a UC Berkeley researcher.
Conley measures methane emissions in Southern California
UC Davis Newsroom |

Aliso Canyon methane leak emissions sky-high, finds UC Davis pilot scientist

Leak that prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to declare a state of emergency is doubling the emission rate for the entire Los Angeles Basin.
Dalmatian UCLA research
UCLA |

Modern genetic problems in dogs may be traced to domestication

UCLA study finds that 15,000 years of artificial selection may have led to a rise in the number of harmful genetic changes in canines.
UC Riverside backyard chicken
UC Riverside |

Backyard chickens - less healthy than you think?

A new UC Riverside study finds parasites more common than in commercially raised birds.