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After bans on affirmative action in states from California to Florida, colleges have tried a range of strategies to achieve a diverse student body

They comb through troves of legal records and video evidence to challenge wrongful convictions. They organize medical data to help personalize health treatments for better care. They scrutinize school test scores to investigate inequities. Finding safe drinking water is easier thanks to an analysis tool they created.

The UK building sector had its worst month in almost a year, but there may be signs of greater resilience in the London housing market

The UK economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.3% in January, figures from the Office for National Statistics showed today, but shares were down amid questions about the future of Silicon Valley Bank.

In an era of upheaval and protest at People’s Park and across the country, the University of California, Berkeley admitted its first significant wave of Chicano students in response to student pressure in 1969. Even then, the university had a housing shortage, prompting a successful effort to acquire a house…

Databricks placed a huge bet on the power of machine learning 10 years ago. That’s positioned the company as a rarity in the current market: a stable decacorn.

Funding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, report says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is California's most popular high-profile politician, but that could be tested by voter concerns over his ability to handle the state's estimated $22.5 billion deficit, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times.

LOS ANGELES — A credit list into the hundreds — likely thousands — helped bring Universal Studios' Super Nintendo World to life. And the details show it.