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For two decades Students Rising Above has been helping young people like Veronica Toscano get into college and find careers. At a recent panel discussion hosted by Autodesk, Toscano took to the stage and told a story from her childhood that shocked the room.
A group of San Jose State University students set up tents and slept outside Thursday night to bring awareness to the homeless crisis they said thousands of them face every year.
An East Bay school is looking for a new instructor with big shoes to fill for a program that gives their students real-world professional skills.
The University of California, Berkeley has agreed to consider changes to its policy on major campus events as part of a settlement in a lawsuit over student access to conservative speakers.
Sharing a simple, yet important family tradition reminds a San Jose college student that she takes nothing for granted as she achieves scholarly success.
Schools around Northern California that had to close because of unhealthy air quality resulting from wildfires in the state can apply for a waiver to ensure they do not lose funding as a result of the closures.
The unhealthy air caused by the smoke coming from the Camp Fire in Butte County has led San Francisco State, San Jose State and other schools to cancel classes for the rest of the week Wednesday night.
The University of California, Davis announced Tuesday evening that it will resume classes despite severely poor air quality engulfing the area as a result of the Camp Fire in Butte County.
California State University will accommodate applicants affected by the California wildfires, university officials announced Tuesday.
A Bay Area college student's recent internship at Stanford's Canary Center cancer research facility holds special appeal.
U.S. colleges and universities have received more than $350 million from the Saudi government this decade, yet some are rethinking their arrangements in the wake of the killing of a journalist that has ignited a global uproar against the oil-rich nation.
Kindergartners in a Tennessee elementary school learned "Happy Birthday" in sign language to surprise their hard of hearing custodian on his 60th birthday.
A Bay Area man has taken his experiences as a young immigrant to help him excel as a first-generation college student.
Students Rising Above scholar David Padilla's concern about violence as a public health issue, especially among young people, gave him a clear vision for his future.
While the ideas were preliminary, the district said it needs to find a way to retain teachers and schools may need to be moved.
