California institutions have in many ways been in the vanguard of progressive policies to promote energy efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint. Now, in the grip of a severe drought and facing mandatory water restrictions, the state's colleges are under intensified pressure to reduce consumption and ramp up other conservation measures.

NASA's quest to search for life on planets outside our solar system will be guided by experts from UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, among others.

Academy's Class of 2015 includes 22 members from across the UC system.

Program provides California public high school students with transcripts to help them plan and prepare for college.

Napolitano: State budget cuts are the culprit.

UC president asks Riverside business leadership to support state budget augmentation for higher education.

UC president emeritus and UC Irvine chancellor emeritus Jack Peltason's death came as some in California's higher education circles again are talking about ways to increase the capacity — and number — of public universities to enroll more students.

Students in California are letting nearly $400 million in aid go unclaimed. Nationwide, the total nears $3 billion. UC Riverside Chancellor Wilcox weighs in on the dilemma.

Governor, UC president describe talks as 'positive, productive' at UC Regents meeting.

UC Irvine Chancellor Gillman: What followed short-lived ban was far worse: the Internet rage machine.

Op-ed: UC Merced Chancellor Dorothy Leland makes case for expanding newest UC campus, to accommodate growing number of students.

Two of the nation’s highest-profile nontraditional university presidents — Mitchell Daniels Jr. of Purdue, and UC's Janet Napolitano — express frustration with the slow pace of change in academe and lament faltering public support for higher education.