Former first-generation students, now professors, form a support system to help others scale the ladder.

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.

All-around whiz kid and UC Santa Barbara freshman Malcolm Rashid has learned to use adversity to his advantage.

Of the nearly 8,000 more Californians committed to the university, 38 percent are from underrepresented minorities.

Undocumented student Lizbeth Nuñez arrives at UC Berkeley to advance neurobiology — and honor her mother's sacrifices.

Chloe Psyche Anderson is ready to experience what the university and Division III volleyball have to offer.

The campus director of admissions strives to create a path forward for individuals and the Central Valley.

Within the next five years, it's estimated that there will be over two million job openings in STEM careers, but nearly 90% of high school grads surveyed are not interested in these fields.

Low-income students are more prepared than ever thanks to UC summer academies that provide the chance to experience college life.

UC Berkeley's Tansel Pope on how to make the two million job openings in STEM more accessible to underrepresented students.

The UC-HBCU Initiative is a faculty grants program that seeks to improve the participation of African Americans in UC graduate programs.

The UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program launches new careers.