Ten thousand college-bound high school and transfer students greeted former first lady Michelle Obama with cheers of excitement as she took the stage during this year’s College Signing Day event, co-hosted by the University of California and Reach Higher. Celebrities such as Conan O’Brien and John Legend joined Mrs. Obama at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion to celebrate the pursuit of higher education.

The University of California is continuing to expand its innovative online tool to help students better track their progress toward college eligibility. Hundreds of Morse High School students are among the latest to have access to UC’s Transcript Evaluation Service (TES), UC President Janet Napolitano announced today (April 18) during a rally at the school.

A first-gen student who grew up in Saudi Arabia, Fatemah Alharbi followed an unexpected path to becoming a white hat hacker.

The University of California will hold in-state undergraduate tuition steady for the 2019-20 academic year, UC President Janet Napolitano announced today (March 6) at a Sacramento hearing on education finance. This marks the seventh time in eight years that the university has kept tuition flat for California residents, despite rising costs and growing enrollment across all UC campuses.

First College Signing Day event hosted by Reach Higher on the West Coast; festivities to be held at UC’s nine undergraduate campuses with marquee event at UCLA.

UC leads the list of the nation's 10 best transfer schools.

Irma Eréndira Sandoval, who earned a Ph.D. in politics in 2006, is now on the front lines of Mexico's war on corruption.

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Lisa Ranran Hu’s movie, “Escape,” has challenged the status quo in her home country of China.

Students have created a website that shines a light on the modern scourge of bogus “news”

Marshall was the first African American cheerleader at UC Berkeley and the first in her family to graduate from college.

UC President Janet Napolitano has awarded college scholarships to five UC-bound Oakland students.