by Virginia O'Connor | Sep 14, 2026 | Local Living
Studying abroad in the fall typically promises changing colors, chilly or steamy mornings (depending on your hemisphere), and this year, a midterm election. While being in a different country guarantees a whirlwind of new people, places, and foods each day, you can...
by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 26, 2026 | Academics, Europe, UC Riverside
By Wayne Dewing (UC Riverside) Just two years ago, if you told me I would soon be nearly fluent in German and living in Berlin for a year, I wouldn’t have given it a second thought. I study neuroscience. I want to be a research scientist. I don’t have a...
by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 19, 2026 | Personal Growth, UCLA
By Stacey Valentin (UC Los Angeles), winner of the 2025 Blog Writing Contest Editor’s Note: Did you know you can study abroad before your very first quarter or semester on a UC campus? Stacey participated in a special UCEAP pre-freshman Global Start program in...
by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 17, 2026 | News and Announcements
We have some exciting news to share with the UC community! The University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2026 PIEoneer Awards. Often referred to as the “Oscars of international education,” the...
by Virginia O'Connor | Aug 12, 2026 | Europe, Personal Growth, UC Santa Cruz
By Terra Alvarez (UC Santa Cruz), winner of the 2025 Blog Writing Contest Growing up in East Los Angeles, traveling beyond Mexico was considered a dream. For most people around me, Mexico was the furthest place our families’ stories reached. Anything beyond that felt...
