A freshman seminar series on prejudice aims to teach tolerance and encourage activism.
Battling bias
Former street kid fulfills educational promise with Ph.D.
Marcus Shaw turns his troubled past into an area of study and fuel for his own academic achievement.
Partnership with Umoja program helps community college students achieve, succeed at UC
Students from across the state find and nurture support networks for academic success.
Stress and resilience among Mexican-origin families in California
New research hopes to improve the health of more than 40 percent of the state's population.
UC Riverside celebrates grand opening of Veterans Resource Center
The center will help former and current soldiers build community and a network of support for one another.
Late researcher Sharon Gray's wish fulfilled
Budding Ethiopian scientist Sara Gebremeskel interns at UC Davis, thanks to an outpouring of support for her late mentor.
Lack of black TV showrunners, writers continues to perpetuate stereotypes
Ninety percent of showrunners are white and two-thirds of all TV shows lack even one black writer, Darnell Hunt finds.
Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes
A new study highlights major health problems affecting historically ignored racial groups.
UC Berkeley’s first campuswide tech club for women
Student-powered FEMTech runs workshops, provides tutoring, even builds robots — all to make women feel at home in STEM.
Chancellor May backs Dream Act
Campus leader visits DC to advocate on behalf of undocumented students.
‘Get Out’-inspired class gets students to dig into portrayals of race and fear
Jordan Peele stops by lecturer Tananarive Due's course on how depictions of blackness have shaped real-life prejudice.
UC leaders deliver a message of access to California students and schools
UC leaders are bringing a preview of the college experience to underrepresented high schools across the state.