Climbing the mountain
October 5, 2016
First-generation students provide a hand up to freshmen in a new peer-to-peer mentoring program.
UC partners with Boys & Girls Clubs to open college doors for California teens
October 4, 2016
New Achieve UC initiative provides a bridge for underrepresented students to pursue a UC degree.
First-generation faculty welcome UC freshmen
September 27, 2016
Professors who were once first-generation students themselves show what's possible for UC students.
Disabilities, hidden or not, bring benefits to a workplace
September 26, 2016
UC Riverside celebrates National Disability Employment Awareness Month in October by showing that '#InclusionWorks.'
Meet the mentors
September 20, 2016
Former first-generation students, now professors, form a support system to help others scale the ladder.
Meet the Class of 2020
September 20, 2016
As classes begin this week on most UC campuses, the university is welcoming its largest and most diverse class ever — and also its most accomplished.
Educational needs of ‘students we share’ go unmet
September 16, 2016
UC-Mexico symposium examines experiences of millions of students on both sides of the border, seeking solutions to improve learning opportunities.
A different way of seeing the world
September 15, 2016
All-around whiz kid and UC Santa Barbara freshman Malcolm Rashid has learned to use adversity to his advantage.
Farmworker’s daughter looks to a future in brain science
September 13, 2016
Undocumented student Lizbeth Nuñez arrives at UC Berkeley to advance neurobiology — and honor her mother's sacrifices.
New UC Santa Cruz student challenges assumptions about transgender athletes
September 12, 2016
Chloe Psyche Anderson is ready to experience what the university and Division III volleyball have to offer.