As UC's newly minted grads look forward to embarking on a bright new chapter, we profile a few whose extraordinary grit and determination brought them to the place they are today.

Tech companies are funding research to find strategies to recruit and retain women and minorities in computer science majors.

McNair Program prepares underrepresented students for the rigors of graduate study.

Prep Médico will provide scholarships, mentorship and internship opportunities, intensive language training and more, to expand diversity in medicine.

More than 1,600 students from China are navigating the nuances of free speech at Berkeley.

Reza Aslan challenges the stigmas and stereotypes affecting Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

Policy takes effect for freshmen entering UCLA College this fall and transfer students entering in fall 2017.

Jerry Kang draws praise for his commitment to fairness and his leadership skills.

The country has never been so diverse — but not so in Hollywood. The numbers of nonwhite and female actors and others in the entertainment industry remain distressingly low.

Mexican Space Agency hopes partnership with UC Irvine will help develop program’s ‘human capital.’

UC San Diego is one of several U.S. and Mexican institutions of higher education to launch the CaliBaja Consortium for Higher Education with the goal of becoming a leader in cross-border education by 2020.

Girls of color are disproportionately impacted by school discipline policies and excluded from current efforts to address the school-to-prison pipeline, according to a new report co-authored by two UCLA law professors.