Editorial: Under the Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California was to be the jewel in the tripartite crown — a world-class research university system. UC has lived up to the vision. But state funding has fallen short.

Editorial: What do Californians want now from their world-famous system of public education? What do we value? Where are our priorities? This is a conversation we all need to have, and we hope UC President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown, who is also a regent, will lead it.

Napolitano: “When you look at the state disinvestment in higher ed...it is pretty darn shocking.”

UCSF researchers highlight six trends in translational science that will improve your health. Learn more in a series of podcasts.

California students are graduating with a lighter debt load — the second-lowest in the nation behind New Mexico.

While in-state tuition increased during the height of the recession, most UC families with annual incomes under $110,000 did not end up paying more, thanks to a greater availability of aid.

Among the 7.8 million U.S. undergraduates who took out federal loans last year, the average amount was $6,670, which was $320 less than the previous year and $740 lower than 2010-11.

UC San Diego students and alum design earplugs that let in desired sounds while filtering out others.

UC Cooperative Extension helped a Goleta farmer become the first grower to make a real go at harvesting coffee commercially in the continental U.S.

The presidents of Stanford and Caltech agree: The research universities of California — including UC — power an engine of innovation and economic growth, benefiting communities across California and beyond.