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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 Davis |

UC Davis saves 61 million gallons of water a year

New process in campus cooling system will result in a 9 percent cut in the amount of potable water used.
Kevin Njabo and Tom Smith
UCLA |

Congo Basin Institute partnership is a ‘game-changer’ for environmental protection

Institute targets deforestation and disease control in the world's second largest rainforest.
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UC Berkeley |

How to grow back the back

Engineered cartilage surfaces hold promise for treating damaged spinal discs.
UC Newsroom |

13 UC projects win statewide sustainability awards

California Higher Education Sustainability Conference Best Practice Awards recognize innovations made by campuses.
human spine and pelvis
UCLA |

Bone-building protein stimulates bone stem cells

Study results could mean good news for people with osteoporosis or those with traumatic bone injuries.
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UC San Diego |

Exit dinosaurs, enter fishes

The mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs gave rise to the modern ‘Age of Fishes.’
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Greater Good Science Center |

Why are some children more giving than others?

A new study finds the answer may lie with family income.
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UCLA |

Prison sentencing: politics vs. results

Public policy scholar chronicles shift to smarter approaches to crime and punishment.
ANR |

UC Berkeley honors Barbara Allen-Diaz

Campus's highest honor presented to retiring vice president of UC's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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UC Riverside |

Why have the seabirds gone?

Warming waters and fishing pressure are driving nesting seabirds away from their ancestral breeding ground in the Gulf of California into northern harbors.
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UCLA |

Williams Institute research played role in same-sex marriage decision

U.S. Supreme Court cites research by senior researcher.
Tom Stutz
UCLA |

Turning the tables on cancer

A new class of immunotherapies is enlisting the body's own immune system to fight cancer.