Drought, fire and flood
Explore how the the nature of highly seasonal rainfall cycles and periodic fires create conditions that have shaped Mediterranean climate ecosystems.
New SAT to bring back 1600-point scale
Revisions — including essay as an optional feature — reflect changes in U.S. educational philosophy.
Huffington Post
Studies show big advance in HIV prevention
A shot every one to three months may someday provide an alternative to the daily pills that some people take now to cut their risk of getting HIV.
Huffington Post
Math: your secret weapon against Wall Street and the NSA
UC Berkeley's Edward Frenkel wants you to understand mathematics so economists, bankers, corporations, and intelligence agencies can't manipulate you anymore.
Mother Jones
12 Years - a special read
"Twelve Years a Slave" has won the Best Picture Academy Award. UCLA has a prized first edition of Solomon Northup's 1853 memoir. Check out a gallery of this and other first editions that have come to the silver screen.
UCLA
Making colleges more diverse without affirmative action
Outreach programs, such as UC's Early Academic Outreach Program, have taken on renewed importance as a way to build a student body that reflects the state's diverse population.
The Atlantic
Mexicans are the most successful immigrants
"Tiger Mom" may be off base: UC Irvine/UCLA study of Los Angeles immigrants finds that when we measure success as progress from generation to generation, Mexican-Americans come out ahead.
Time
Learning to cut the sugar
UC San Francisco's Dr. Robert Lustig is often called "the anti-sugar guy." But he says "the anti-processed-food guy" might be more accurate.
New York Times
Hot debate over e-cigarettes
Are they a path to tobacco, or from it? UCSF's Stanton Glantz and others weigh in.
New York Times
UCOP announces student video contest
The University of California Office of the President teams up with Directing Change, a contest that encourages students to submit videos that will positively impact campus life.