Urban University Blog

​ ​​​Calling All USU Innovation and Maker Spaces! ​​Our friends at dpict—a design and facilitation firm— and The Value Web network would...

Not all Americans have the same opportunities to live in good health.  Evidence shows that individuals identifying as minorities suffer...

More than 60 million Americans live in areas without enough health care providers to meet demand – primarily in minority and low-income...

On a bright Wednesday morning, eighty of my colleagues and I walked into a performance hall warmed up and ready to sing. Not an odd thing...

In Canoga Park, a community in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, many students at Canoga Park High School aren’t planning to attend for...

At UC Riverside, we’ve always had many of our students engaged in service-learning and other volunteer opportunities in the community....

Adult college students who have made significant progress in their careers don’t have time to go back and start all over from the...

The influential 2012 report A Crucible Moment called on higher education to infuse support for civic learning and democratic engagement...

One of the first things students ask when they walk into my office is: “What can I do with a kinesiology major?” When I flip the question...