UC Santa Cruz |
UC Santa Cruz to offer sustainability minor beginning in fall
Curriculum's strong engineering component gives students extensive hands-on experience for jobs in a "green economy."
Sacramento Bee |
Viewpoints: ‘Dreamers,’ those brought illegally to U.S., deserve same loans as other students
UC President Napolitano writes in support of Senate Bill 1210 — the California Dream Loan Program — which would help these students finance their education.
The Guardian |
Rehabilitating hospital food: aiming for healthy, sustainable and savory
UC San Francisco is working to transform hospital food — and getting rave reviews.
UC Irvine |
Samueli School of Engineering receives $9.5 million gift
Donation from Opus Foundation will establish a $2 million endowed deanship, fund scholarships and fellowships, and support outreach programs.
UC Office of the President |
UC forms task force to fight sexual assault
UC President Napolitano announces the formation of a systemwide task force to oversee efforts to prevent sexual violence.
UC Newsroom |
Online program gives all students access to a college prep curriculum
By creating free, state-of-the-art online courses, program offers students new options for completing a curriculum that will make them eligible and competitive for college.
UC Newsroom |
Napolitano lays out vision for climate advisory council
Group of experts to help guide UC's effort to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.
UC Newsroom |
UC takes lead in defining privacy, creating framework
The university is the first major U.S. higher education institution clearly define privacy both for individuals and the institution as a whole.
UC Irvine |
Irvine chancellor receives UC Presidential Medal
Departing leader is lauded for upholding the highest ideals of a university education.
UC San Diego |
Faculty inspire Howard grads to pursue Ph.D. at UC San Diego
Bioengineers were among first members of UC San Diego Howard Partnership for Graduate Student Success.
Los Angeles Times |
Public university tuition is up, and the numbers zero in on why
In the 1980s, states contributed most of the funds that public universities needed for higher education. But it's dropped by an average of 26 percent from 1990 to 2009.
UC Newsroom |
UC aims to better serve community college transfers
Proposals seek to simplify and strengthen the pathway through which one in three undergraduates get to UC.