Gary May speaking to students at McClatchy High
UC Newsroom |

UC leaders to McClatchy High students: The University of California wants you

At Sacramento‘s McClatchy High students heard from recent McClatchy grads and university leaders about achieving a UC education.
Students Alex Edgar and Skylar Betts hold signs about voting on Sproul Plaza
UC Newsroom |

Midterms are coming! Here’s how to cast your ballot

Demontea and Tray Thompson
UCLA Magazine |

Fostering success

Demontea Thompson and his twin brother are both foster care success stories. Now, through his research at UCLA, Demontea hopes to raise graduation rates for other foster youth.
Alex Edgar and Skylar Betts hold up signs to encourage students to register to vote on the UC Berkeley campus
UC Newsroom |

Boggled by your ballot? Five easy ways to get informed

Here’s how to quickly get up to speed about what’s at stake in the upcoming election.
UC Office of the President |

Alumna Katherine S. Newman appointed as provost of the University of California system

The University of California Board of Regents today (Oct. 18) approved Katherine S. Newman, a nationally renowned academic leader and scholar, as UC Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
UC San Diego campus sidewalk lined with trees one with bright red leaves
UC Newsroom |

Alumna Katherine S. Newman appointed as provost of the University of California system

The University of California Board of Regents today (Oct. 18) approved Katherine S. Newman, a nationally renowned academic leader and scholar, as UC Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
Defend DACA signs at a rally
UC Newsroom |

California’s public higher education leaders united in their support of DACA

In a joint statement, leaders urge DACA recipients to renew their status as a federal court reviews the program’s legal standing.
UC Office of the President |

California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California issue joint statement on DACA ruling

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California Community Colleges Interim Chancellor Daisy Gonzales, Ph.D., University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., and California State University Interim Chancellor Jolene Koester, Ph.D., released the following joint statement after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision upholding the State of Texas, et al., v. United States (2021) ruling that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program is unlawful:  

Jessa Fate Bayudan, a UCLA student involved in Freedom Summer, knocks on doors to register voters in Delano
UC Newsroom |

Five minutes that could shape your future: Register now so you can vote in November.

Register online by Oct. 24 in California to take part in the upcoming 2022 election on Nov. 8.
Four young women walking around a neighborhood in Delano doing voter registration
UC Newsroom |

How UC students are unlocking the voting power of California youth

Inspired by the 1964 Freedom Summer Project to register Black voters in the South, UC Freedom Summer mobilizes young voters across California to unlock the voting power of their own communities.
Two people speak to a small crowd of students in a garden
UC Santa Cruz |

Partnership across UC campuses will prepare the next generation of leaders in organic agriculture

A grant of more than $700,000 from the USDA will support a UC collaboration to improve and expand undergraduate education in organic agriculture, with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented students.
UC Office of the President |

UC expands undergraduate admissions application filing period

In an effort to better support prospective students as they weigh their higher education options, the University of California today (Sept. 30) announced an expanded timeline for the submission of undergraduate student applications for admission to the University, moving the start of the submission window up by a month. Prospective students will now be able to submit their applications starting Saturday, Oct. 1, until the application deadline of Wednesday, Nov. 30.

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