UC Merced |

Record-breaking class pushes UC Merced enrollment near 8,000

The young campus is now the fastest-growing university in the nation.

UC Newsroom |

UC first-generation faculty to students: You’ve got this and we’re here to help

Mentorship program connects students who are the first in the family to college with faculty who have walked in their shoes.

UC Berkeley |

More education linked to better cognitive functioning later in life

Higher levels of education may help stave off age-related cognitive decline, researchers find.

UC Irvine |

... got the T-shirt

Professor (and alum) Glenda Flores wants her first-generation students to know that she’s been there and done that.

UC Berkeley |

A ‘fast friendship’ that took 16 years — and admission to Berkeley — to happen

Two freshmen realize they have a connection that goes back a generation.

UC Merced |

Summer school for Buddhist monks

Researchers engage in the scientific method at Indian monasteries.

UC Newsroom |

'Moving in the right direction'

President Napolitano reflects on facilitating diversity at the Women’s Symposium of the Ron Brown Business and Economic Summit in Oakland.

UC Berkeley |

Give me a C! New students break world record

School spirit has never been this impressive — just ask the Guinness Book of World Records.

UC Newsroom |

UC ‘eclipse addicts’ are ready for the big day

“This is something you will not forget to your dying day.”

UCSF |

Want to learn a new skill? Get some sleep

Faced with a new task, your brain adapts by rewiring itself as you snooze.

UC Irvine |

Opening the doors of the humanities to the public

Doctoral students share their expertise with the community in a new fellowship program.

UC Santa Barbara |

‘The At-Promise population’

Victor Rios develops a uniquely personal enrichment program for underserved students.