UC Santa Cruz |

Astronomer to receive National Medal of Science

Sandra Faber, interim director of UC Observatories, is among 12 recipients of the national award.
UC Office of the President |

UC campuses deemed top value among public colleges

Kiplinger ranks eight campuses in 2013's annual assessment of academic quality and affordability.
UCLA |

Learning to give

UCLA students distribute five-figure grants to 4 local nonprofits.
UCLA Today |

What traditional societies can teach us

Author and professor Jared Diamond discusses what modern societies, such as ours, can learn from small-scale cultures.
UCLA |

UCLA emeritus professor accepts Nobel prize in Economics

Professor emeritus Lloyd Shapley received his Nobel diploma and medal at a ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall.
UCLA |

UCLA to go tobacco-free in April

Dump your cigarettes, cigars and chew. Come April, they'll be prohibited on campus as part of a UC-wide push to promote health and end tobacco use.
UC Office of the President |

UC faculty receive Nobel prizes

UCSF, UCLA researchers honored for work in stem cells, stable allocations theory in economics.
UC Newsroom |

UC to conduct nation’s largest campus climate survey

In the nation's most extensive such survey, UC will ask students, faculty and staff about their experiences with diversity and inclusion at work and on campus.
UC Berkeley |

A campus voice for the undocumented

Meng So's life experiences inform his work as UC Berkeley’s Undocumented Student Program coordinator, the only position of its kind at any university in the country.
UC Berkeley |

Berkeley helps workers retool for new careers

Laid-off workers are getting hands-on training in microfabrication at Berkeley’s Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center through a collaborative technical-education initiative with Oakland’s Laney College.
UC Irvine |

Researcher is spokesman for medicinal use of cannabis

Daniele Piomelli's work with endocannabinoids put him in the medical cannabis spotlight.
UCLA |

Documentary chronicles football player's recovery

An intensive muscle retraining protocol developed by a UCLA professor provides the foundation for the remarkable progress of former college football player who was paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident.