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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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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 |

Chili peppers: born in Mexico

The world's most widely grown spice crop likely was first domesticated in central-east Mexico, according to a new study by UC Davis plant scientists and other researchers.
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UC San Diego |

Library gets digital archive of farm worker movement

Rich collection documents the work of Cesar Chavez and others in the labor struggles in Central California.
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UC Newsroom |

Pet care for the needy

Veterinary clinic provides free services — and holiday gift baskets — for animals whose humans are down on their luck.
UC Merced |

Researchers melt snow to see climate change impacts

The timing of snowmelt has implications for soil quality and, in turn, how things grow.
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UC Newsroom |

President Napolitano tours California agriculture

UC President Janet Napolitano witnessed firsthand the effects of the drought and learned about the university’s efforts to help farmers increase water efficiency and improve crop yields.
UC Riverside |

Remembering lives lost

California poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera's poems honor victims of bus crash, Kansas City shootings
UC San Diego |

Computer software accurately predicts student test performance

Study shows automatic recognition of facial expressions can track student engagement in real time.
UC Davis |

Historian wins Pulitzer Prize for second time

"The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia: 1771-1832" nets award for two-time winner Alan Taylor, expert on early American history.
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UC Newsroom |

Bringing power and light to the Third World

UC Santa Barbara's John Bowers is helping bring low-cost solar lighting to Third World communities through Unite to Light.
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UC Irvine |

Roy Fielding stands on protocol

Alumnus Roy Fielding helped develop the now-familiar HTTP that guides the flow of Internet information.
UC Newsroom |

Admissions application to open Aug. 1

Earlier start will afford more flexibility, especially to students in summer outreach programs.
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UC San Francisco |

Neuroscape Lab puts brain activity on vivid display

Neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley's new high-tech lab records the brain and body in action.