As a high school student, Lupe Paniagua didn’t think computer science was for her. Coding classes were mostly taken by male students, many with prior experience in the subject, which she found intimidating.
“Anytime someone mentioned computer science, I compared myself to them and I never quite felt like I had the ability to do what they were doing,” Paniagua said. “All my misconceptions of computer science made me believe that the field wasn’t meant for me.”
Dear Campus Community,
Today the University of California will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court to argue that the Trump administration acted unlawfully when it decided to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy.
We want each member of our community to know that regardless of immigration status, you are an essential part of this university, and we will continue to be unequivocal in our support of you and work towards providing a safe and supportive environment for you.
Dear friends and colleagues,
Over the course of the last year, in a series of messages to campus, I have described the values, objectives, and aspirations that are guiding our work to increase the diversity of our campus community. The excellence of the University depends on our ability to foster, embrace, and embody diversity of every kind, in the full sense of the word.
Dear friends and colleagues,
As the academic year begins, I want to provide you with an update on the progress we are making with key campus initiatives. Thanks to strengthened financial foundations and extraordinary preparatory work by faculty, staff, and students, we are putting the pieces in place for a new era of excellence.
In an effort to increase the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students in science, engineering and mathematics, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is partnering with UC Berkeley and UC San Diego to expand a successful program that has operated for 30 years at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).