UC Irvine |

Med students have iPad, will travel

UC Irvine medical students are showing the world how technology can improve health care.
UC Natural Reserve System |

Engineering aid for reserves

UC Berke­ley engi­neer­ing stu­dents have devel­oped two com­pact, remote-controlled air­craft to keep tabs on UC Nat­ural Reserves.
UCLA |

Stewart named to Canada's Olympic team

Bruin women's soccer player is the second youngest player on the squad.
UC Berkeley |

UC Berkeley takes the plastic-waste challenge

Stepping up to the global challenge of trying to keep plastic waste from clogging waterways, coastlines and landfills, UC Berkeley is the first university in the world to embrace the Plastic Disclosure Project.
Magnolia Project
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley students help New Orleans kids

Memorial Day camp organized by UC Berkeley students broadens horizons for youngsters from New Orleans.
UC Office of the President |

UC Haiti Initiative wins leadership award

UC president honors student group that has spent years helping Caribbean nation recover from devastating 2010 earthquake.
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Grads turn senior project into game design company

A new iPad game called Syz EG, now available from Apple's App Store, showcases the professional quality of the work done by UC Santa Cruz students in the computer game design program.
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Dream comes true for 17-year-old student

Despite a diagnosis of recurrent pleomorphic adenomas, 17-year-old Caroline Roy is determined to pursue her dream of becoming a scientist.
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A year of protest, progress and a very special prize

Just as Time magazine named the Protester as its person of the year, so did unrest shape much of 2011 for the University of California.

Reverberations from January and February's anti-Mubarek protests in Egypt were felt halfway around the world, as UC took emergency measures to evacuate 30 students, faculty and staff enrolled in a study abroad program and taking part in an archaeological dig.

UC Office of the President |

Business school program targets underrepresented students

Talented minority college students need access to great career-building opportunities, and California needs those students. That was the message University of California representatives, elected officials and African American community leaders delivered Tuesday (Jan. 24) as they unveiled a landmark partnership between UC and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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UC president addresses Roosevelt High students

University of California President Mark G. Yudof brought a message of access and aspiration to more than 1,000 students in a rally at Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Boyle Heights section of Los Angeles.
UC Newsroom |

UC medical schools increase underrepresented minority students

Crystal Denmon was raised by a single parent in South Los Angeles, where gangs were common and graduating from high school was not.

Crystal Denmon

Starting in second grade, she woke up at 5:30 a.m. to catch the bus that took her an hour across town to school, where she was often the only African-American student in her class.

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