Stories of triumph abound as UC confers diplomas on roughly 62,000 new graduates this year — many of whom will be the first in their family to go to college.

Students develop coating that removes up to 97 percent of smog-causing nitrogen oxides.

Self-professed football fanatic is studying the science of making the sport safer.

A trio of students serves as excellent representatives of the Class of 2014.

Estimated 20,000 attend memorial for victims in Isla Vista tragedy.

Bioengineers were among first members of UC San Diego Howard Partnership for Graduate Student Success.

Prototype solar-powered device has potential applications for security cameras and wildlife monitoring in remote areas.

Rebecca Peters’ IQ score measured so low in fourth grade that her school did not deem her to be college material. Today she’s a diehard clean-water-access warrior and UC Berkeley’s top graduating senior.

Entrepreneur Nick Woodman: “You wake up one morning and the company you started with your college friends is the fastest growing digital capture company in the world.”

Berkeley Connect is Cal’s plan to shrink a big, impersonal campus and reintroduce elements of the small liberal arts college experience.

Students in Fiat Lux class taught by Kal Penn meet with President Obama at LAX

Graduate student works with Motor Trend magazine to create fuel economy ratings for vehicles based on real-world driving, not lab tests.