New Title IX rules barring gender discrimination could put more responsibility on colleges to protect transgender and nonbinary students. But those students say creating welcoming campuses will require more than just policy.

For CalMatters, I looked into campus advocates across California's higher education systems. These employees support and advocate for survivors, but across the state's university systems we found they're in short supply.

For CalMatters, two reporters and I collected data on student COVID-19 vaccination rates at each of the 23 Cal State campuses and looked at how the enforcement of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate differed across the system.

For the CalMatters College Journalism Network, we dug into California State University's sexual harassment scandal and answered questions readers had about what has happened and what's next for the system.

For CalMatters, I worked with a team of student journalists to cover vaccine distribution across California colleges.

This is the first installment of my profile on Fresno State student Zi Liang Lim who is finishing his final year of college in his home country, Malaysia. This collaborative project follows Lim and five other seniors as they finish university amidst a pandemic and a recession.