Chronicle of Higher Education |

How to make the case for graduate education

UC President Napolitano tells Council of Graduate Schools conference that universities need to better explain how graduate students benefit the public good.
UC Newsroom |

UC participates in second white house summit

At White House summit, UC officials unveil new efforts to help kids succeed, particularly those from low-income families.
National Journal |

Meet the first undocumented med school student at UCSF

'It's surreal and crazy that I'm here even,' says Jirayut Latthivongskorn, who is finishing up his first semester at UCSF.
UC San Diego |

Making an ‘IMPACT’ on childhood obesity

UC San Diego and San Diego Unified School District partner to get kids active.
UC Newsroom |

Playing with food pays off for UC Produce Collage Contest winners

Fine art and late night comedy inspired the creators of the winning entries.
UCLA |

New Discrimination Prevention Officers discuss mission, goals

Lillie Hsu and Dion Raymond have long-standing connections to UCLA. Their new positions are a key component to remedying bias, improving campus climate and strengthening UCLA’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
UCSB GradPost |

Grad student takes on bitter cold and fast penguins

Far from balmy Santa Barbara, Umi Hoshijima is conducting ocean research in Antarctica.
UC Santa Cruz |

Undergrads earn bronze medal in bioengineering competition

iGEM team worked to engineer a microbe to produce biofuel from cellulose.
UC Newsroom |

How traffic jams affect heart health

Clogged interstates aggravate clogged arteries, according to research by a UC Irvine graduate student.
UCLA |

UCLA honors Jackie Robinson by retiring 42 across all sports

Campus honors the baseball pioneer and stellar Bruin.
UC Office of the President |

Legal services program for undocumented students

The UC Davis School of Law will host a pilot legal services center that will serve the immigration-related legal needs of students on UC campuses.
Wired |

Wearable device detects pollution to build air quality maps in real time

Keychain-sized gadget, devised by several UC Berkeley students, lets you constantly track exposure to air pollution via a smartphone app. But it’s also a way of crowdsourcing much broader studies on air quality.