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UC-issued documents can now reflect an employee’s accurate gender identity and lived name

This policy marks a significant step forward in fostering a more inclusive environment within the UC system.


Marisa Hamamoto and Laura Hassner will provide the keynote addresses at UCOP’s first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Conference: Changemakers.

How to participate in the 2023 UCOP Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Conference: Changemakers

All UCOP staff are invited to virtually attend the two keynote addresses.


UC announces 2023-24 recipients of the Advancing Faculty Diversity Program awards

This program, designed to transform the professoriate and knowledge workforce of the future, provides crucial support to outstanding faculty members who contribute significantly to the university’s diversity efforts.


UC Berkeley students

UC admits a record number of CA residents and underrepresented freshmen

UC admitted a record number of CA freshmen to its incoming class of undergraduate students and its largest class of underrepresented freshmen in the system’s history for fall 2023.


Ingrid Johnson, one of the founders of Council of African American Parents

The Council of African American Parents: Developing scholars of the African Diaspora

The Council of African American Parents has an extraordinary record of turning out college graduates, most of them from the University of California. 


ECAS and Pride to present stories of transgender experiences

During this important discussion, panelists will discuss LGBTQ+ issues and gender discrimination that trans employees experience in the workplace.


ECAS and Pride present transgender experiences

During this important discussion, panelists will discuss LGBTQ+ issues and gender discrimination that trans employees experience in the workplace.


Students socializing in a dorm

UC offers admission to more California students

As part of its commitment to serve California students with a world-class education and top-tier faculty, UC announced on Aug. 10 that it admitted a record 85,268 California first-year students for fall 2022.


Growing our own: Developing a faculty that reflects California

As a community college transfer student who grew up in poverty and is now pursuing his postdoctoral research, Edwin Solares hopes to show the students he mentors how far they can go.


African dance class at UC Berkeley

UC celebrates $15 million Mellon grant to support faculty diversity

The gift will support postdoctoral fellows for careers in academia while offering additional mentorship for tenure-track faculty posts at the university's six Hispanic-Serving Institutions.


New webinar: UC’s Role as a Hispanic-Serving Research Institution

Learn about UC’s unique role as a research-intensive, public Hispanic Serving Institution, and how its work has a wide-ranging impact, from leading researchers.