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Elite Colleges Accused Of Mishandling Sexual Assaults

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.24.2013 | College

When University of Southern California student Tucker Reed was sexually assaulted in 2010, she turned to school officials. But instead of helping to b...

Matching Colors With Songs...It's Science!

Posted 05.18.2013 | Arts

New research out of UC Berkeley reveals some interesting tidbits about how the human brain reacts to music. According to a study headed by scienti...

Crises Also Fade

William Bradley | Posted 05.03.2013 | World
William Bradley

Perhaps Obama should be more careful about what he calls a "red line." Dictators are not impressed by empty threats. Would there be support for a multi-national effort to secure chemical weapons stores?

Young Immigrants Torn Between Their Futures And Their Families

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.03.2013 | College
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Student Carlos Hernandez-Martinez in the "Dream Resource Center," part of the Undocumented Student Program at UC Berkeley. Photo Credit:...

How Poor And Minority Students Are Crowded Out Of College

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 05.08.2013 | College

A growth in out-of-state residents attending public universities is crowding out poor and minority students and making it more difficult for people fr...

Law Student Faces Trial For Alleged Bird Beheading

AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 04.24.2013 | San Francisco

LAS VEGAS -- A University of California, Berkeley, law student accused of beheading an exotic bird at a Las Vegas Strip resort is headed to trial on f...

Great News For Duke University's Transgender Community

The Huffington Post | Glennisha Morgan | Posted 04.17.2013 | Gay Voices

Duke University has now joined the growing list of universities and colleges that offer health insurance coverage for gender confirmation surgery for...

What I Learned in College

Sarah Barness | Posted 04.15.2013 | Comedy
Sarah Barness

In college I double majored in Media Studies and Rhetoric. When the word "rhetoric" is mentioned, somebody inevitably says, "Oh, so you majored in bullshit."

UC Postdoctoral Researchers Deserve Equal Pay for Equal Work

Neal Sweeney | Posted 04.03.2013 | College
Neal Sweeney

Imagine the surprise of students on guest worker visas when, after arriving at UC, they are told that although the contract the union negotiated states that health care coverage is available to all postdocs, it will not be extended to them.

Secretary of State Kerry and Salvadoran President Funes: Help Find El Salvador's Missing Children

Cristian Orrego Benavente | Posted 05.15.2013 | World
Cristian Orrego Benavente

In 1982, Serapio Cristian and his sisters were captured by military personnel. They were sent away through irregular adoptions. Of the more than 900 Salvadoran children who were abducted and given up for illegal adoption during El Salvador's civil war, only 382 have been found.

Facebook Hook-Up Page Includes Some Dirty Details

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.07.2013 | College

Students at the University of California-Berkeley campus who hooked up with someone at a party and forgot to grab their name or number have a new venu...

Remembering A Broken Romance on Valentine's Day; Or How I Became A Writer

Andrew Lam | Posted 04.15.2013 | GPS for the Soul
Andrew Lam

What do you do when you graduate from Berkeley with a broken heart and a B.A. in biochemistry? You break your immigrant parents' hearts and become a w...

DREAMers: Undocumented Youth Turn Images Into Political Acts

Roberto Lovato | Posted 02.20.2013 | Latino Voices
Roberto Lovato

Forcing the country to face social issues through cultural interventions is especially critical for a grassroots U.S. immigrant rights movement, given that none of the "leaders" of the Washington-based immigrant rights groups with national media clout is an immigrant. That's right: none.

The Best Of The Best: 2012's Greatest Colleges

Posted 12.21.2012 | College

We went through the most substantive rankings of 2012, and combined them into one, epic slideshow that wraps up the year that was in college rankings....

Putting Some Distance Between You and Your Cell Phone

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.19.2013 | Technology
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Photo Credit: Yutake Tsutano/FlickrCC By Ashley Williams My grandparents' generation didn’t know the dangers of smoking cigarettes, but now w...

Could Squeezing Breast Cancer Cells Make Them Be Normal Again?

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 12.18.2012 | Healthy Living

"Squeezing" malignant breast cancer cells could help to guide them back to a normal growth pattern, according to new research from UC Berkeley and Law...

Brian Kilmeade: Undocumented Students Need 'Night Vision Videos'

The Huffington Post | Roque Planas | Posted 12.12.2012 | Latino Voices

Undocumented immigrants must present night vision videos of themselves to win a new class of scholarships offered by the University of California at B...

Social Enterprise 4.0 Is About Enlightened Self-Interest

Ben Mangan | Posted 02.11.2013 | Impact
Ben Mangan

The latest iteration of social enterprise will lead to faster rates of deep social impact, and to an increase in the ways talented people can make structured contributions to social and economic change.

UC Berkeley Makes History For Undocumented Students

Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.11.2012 | San Francisco

The University of California, Berkeley has announced the formation of a $1 million scholarship benefiting undocumented immigrant students, the largest...

Human Rights Day: How Social Video Changes the Game for Advocacy and Accountability

Camille Crittenden | Posted 02.03.2013 | Media
Camille Crittenden

As access to consumer video equipment has increased, so has the opportunity for citizen journalists and bystanders to capture violations they witness.

Student Columnist: Having Sex On Campus Is Very Doable, And Lots Of Fun

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.03.2012 | College

Last week, students at the University of California, Berkeley who picked up a copy of the campus newspaper, The Daily Californian, could have discover...

Stewarding the University of California Dream

Steve Currall | Posted 01.31.2013 | College
Steve Currall

The dream of a University of California education has been a historical driver of the upward economic mobility of California's young people. With the passage of Proposition 30, Governor Brown on Nov. 14 said the UC must think anew about how it does business.

Computer Science Majors Dropping Out For Start-Ups

www.dailycal.org | Posted 11.15.2012 | College

UC Berkeley computer science students are dropping out of school. But they’re not leaving because the classes are too difficult or school is too ...

Dear President Obama...Green Building Can Lead America's Economic Comeback!!

Rick Fedrizzi | Posted 01.12.2013 | Green
Rick Fedrizzi

This week, 40,000 people will gather at Greenbuild 2012 in San Francisco to celebrate the green building movement. And we've got a lot to cheer about.

SIC Interview With Richard "Koci" Hernandez

David Shing | Posted 10.30.2012 | Technology
David Shing

"You can never get bitten in the ass when you ride the wave of technology" -- Koci Richard is one of those professionals I admire. With over 163,000 ...