Anonymous $500,000 donation, matched by UC president’s new fund, will establish $1 million endowment to provide leadership and vision for UC Merced research.

Funds will go toward general expenses, augmenting the $1.5 million the UC Office of the President provides annually for operation.

UC President Napolitano spoke Monday at the U.S. Department of Energy's ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit to highlight the university’s investments in sustainability and its groundbreaking research enterprise.

With venture capital for clean energy investments drying up, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is nurturing entrepreneurs.

Janet Napolitano and Mark Yudof discuss the challenges facing America’s higher education system and, in particular, the University of California.

Grants will go to a diverse array of projects, from developing an implantable device that could correct memory impairment to an effort to help California better manage its water resources.

Incoming students will be screened for TB and vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, meningococcus, tetanus and whooping cough, under a plan set to take effect in 2017.

Rankings celebrate institutions that are working to be affordable to students with need.

Among them: impacting college access at scale. Example: More than 40 percent of UC undergrads receive Pell grants, and 78 percent of these students graduate in four years. UC has made this possible by increasing the amount of time faculty spend teaching classes and advising students.

Labs, academia, government agencies and nonprofits are joining forces to to develop a pipeline to help service members and vets develop highly specialized skills.

UC, like many California colleges, does not require students to receive measles and many other immunizations before enrolling. But that policy may soon change.

Budget request focuses on higher education access and strategic investments in student financial aid, basic research, precision medicine and other concerns.