Student helps establish center for fellow undocumented students
September 30, 2014
Junior Ana Maciel played a role in establishing the new AB540 and Undocumented Student Center to help others like herself through their obstacles to a university education.
UC Riverside joins other universities, foundations to improve student success rates
September 16, 2014
Funding from six foundations will help the University Innovation Alliance share programs around the nation.
Film professor’s original animation debuts on PBS.org
September 15, 2014
Unconventional short film uses humor, hip hop and comic book-style animation to tell fascinating story of revolt in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.
Paleontologist entices diverse students to dig her field
July 31, 2014
We love to see giant dinosaur fossils in museums, but microfossils are everywhere, geoscientist Lisa White tells school kids. An African-American woman in one of the least diverse scientific fields, White directs education and public programs at the Museum of Paleontology.
Latino profiles defy stereotypes
July 15, 2014
A book by UC Santa Barbara professor Mario García offers young Latinos a new narrative.
Science fiction through lens of racial inclusiveness
July 14, 2014
Prestigious grant will fund a yearlong exploration of ethnic futurisms.
Physics Girl wins national competition
June 5, 2014
Outreach coordinator creates YouTube videos that encourage girls to pursue science.
Professor edits new encyclopedia on multiculturalism in America
June 4, 2014
Carlos Cortés, professor emeritus of history, worked as lead editor for "Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia."
Life stories of early black faculty offer window onto history
June 4, 2014
Eighteen African American faculty and senior administrators, hired before the advent of affirmative-action policies in the 1970s, recount their stories in an oral-history series.
Rare documentary about early Japanese immigrants resurfaces
June 2, 2014
After 30 years, film about first-generation Issei in California reaches new audiences.