Eighty-eight professors have self-identifed as first-generation so far, as a new campaign takes off on campus.
Remembrance of things past
Being able to reflect on our own memories improves through adolescence, boosting learning ability and IQ.
Predicting the future with the wisdom of crowds
A training that makes people 'superforecasters' yields surprisingly effective results.
A matter of rights
Professor helps refugees reclaim one of their basic human rights — an education.
Students of all races feel safer in ethnically diverse middle schools, new report says
Groundbreaking study shows diversity's wide range of benefits in education.
UC San Diego and Baja California institutions launch CaliBaja Education Consortium
Researchers and students work together in the region they share.
Talking science with the fluidity of Pixar
Ph.D. student Sara ElShafie works with Pixar story artists to help her fellow scientists better communicate.
From student to modern-day abolitionist
UC Santa Cruz organization founded and run by students helps free slave laborers.
UC Riverside’s first student cohort of Mellon Mays fellows to graduate
Program helps diversify faculty and research by mentoring undergrads.
Science shows for the first time how puberty makes learning harder
Parents who think a switch is flipped: read this.
UC Santa Cruz to launch first-generation faculty campaign
College access must expand beyond the elite in order to reach the country's potential, remarks campus leader.
UC San Diego opens first virtual reality lab for undergrads
Campus makes tomorrow's economy more accessible with new teaching lab.