Amy Wilentz is honored by the National Book Critics Circle.

After students expressed discontent with the traditional economic model and a pervasive 'more is better' philosophy, professor Clair Brown developed a new sophomore seminar featuring Buddhist economics.

'The Simpsons' needed to know the 40,000th decimal digit of pi. David Bailey was the go-to guy.

History of commitment to gender equity in science, technology, engineering and math is showing up in increased numbers of female faculty.

Dozens of programs in business, education, engineering, law and medicine make magazine's annual rankings.

Gray2Blue system cleans up a home's gray water for reuse in irrigating the garden. It could save Californians billions of gallons of clean water every day.

Riverside native and longtime professor Susan Straight will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.

Larry Smarr's work on black holes led to championing a U.S. supercomputing revolution and Web browsers.

UC Santa Cruz's Craig Haney weighs in on the issue of solitary confinement becoming a more long-term and widely used punishment in prison.

Nobel laureate Randy Schekman is a UC Berkeley professor and a UCLA alumnus. From the pinnacle of achievement, Schekman credits public higher education as the foundation of his success. Schekman will participate in UC's Graduate Research Day, calling for more student support.

Sampling a tasty tomato set Tim Galarneau on the path to blending agriculture and food with sustainability.

Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings include Berkeley, UCLA, San Francisco, San Diego, Davis and Santa Barbara in its annual list.