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.

Survey of freshmen reveals they are weighing costs, financial aid more heavily in selecting a college or university.

Student entrepreneur wins $10,000 Microsoft award to develop app for social change.

Revisions — including essay as an optional feature — reflect changes in U.S. educational philosophy.

Anti-malware company co-founded by UC Riverside alumnus is bought by company valued at $1 billion.

Scores of Cal undergrads are working to research and write articles for Wikipedia. Their coach is the first Wikipedian-in-residence at a U.S. college or university.

UCLA alumna has nailed the first big hurdle toward a one-way trip to Mars.

UCLA's chapter of Flying Samaritans brings quality medical care to Tijuana's Colonia Margarita Moran.

"Nebraska" is one of several notable films produced by Ron Yerxa.

The University of California Office of the President teams up with Directing Change, a contest that encourages students to submit videos that will positively impact campus life.

The man who edits and publishes Martin Luther King’s papers isn't just a scholar of the civil rights movement. Historian, documentarian, playwright and scholar Clayborne Carson lived it.

Spotlight on the UC Davis student experience — from the student's point of view.