UC Davis' first black female student body president advocates for minority issues while uniting students around shared concerns.

As new grads look to their futures, we profile a few already engaged in making a difference for others.

Students competing at the UC Carbon Slam event showed they have what it takes to tackle the biggest issue of the day.

The classics carried one young man from incarceration to academia.

Fourth-year med student is also pursuing master's in public health, plans to work as a doctor with the Veterans Health Administration.

Student-written book, 'Dreams Deported,' is a project of a UCLA labor studies minor class and third in a series on immigration and the immigrant youth movement.

Participants journey with the Olive Tree Initiative, a UC-based organization that promotes understanding through immersion in the history, culture and complexities of the conflict.

UC Santa Cruz anthropology student traces java's route from Central America to California for senior thesis.

Scholarship endowment has already raised more than $4 million for students pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering and math fields.

McNair Program prepares underrepresented students for the rigors of graduate study.

With her gardening kit startup, senior Stella Liu hopes to motivate people to grow their own food.

On March 20, more than 650 UC medical students were among the nearly 17,000 seniors at traditional U.S. medical schools who learned where they were matched for their residencies.