UC's president still has her “ear on the ground” when it comes to politics.

In reviews of two new books on higher education, President Napolitano proposes that as knowledge expands, societies change and new technologies are introduced —but there should be no comfort taken in maintaining the status quo.

Creative-writing professor, religious scholar and best-selling author Reza Aslan is slated to host 'Believer,' a 'spiritual adventure series' scheduled to debut next year.

President Napolitano will receive a National Peacemaker Award for demonstrating "an unwavering commitment to collaboration, diversity and inclusiveness in education."

Of the roughly 70 Native languages still spoken in the region, many are down to their last speakers. A UC Santa Cruz linguist is helping to preserve aspects of these languages.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has a new collection of fact sheets showing how tuition hikes have accompanied post-recession slashes to public college funding. See the state-by-state results.

Rising temperatures and declining snowpack in the mountains mean that the drought across the western U.S. is about to get even worse.

While public perception is currently not in the UC president's favor, she should remain steadfast in her current approach to effectively bargain with Gov. Brown for additional funding and to change UC's perception in the minds of California voters.

Hobbes the terrier mix can do a lot, for a dog with three legs. Even so, his owner and a few of her fellow UC Davis graduate students are determined to give him a fourth leg.