UC Grad Slam competition challenges students to explain their research in just three minutes without using technical jargon.

California institutions have in many ways been in the vanguard of progressive policies to promote energy efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint. Now, in the grip of a severe drought and facing mandatory water restrictions, the state's colleges are under intensified pressure to reduce consumption and ramp up other conservation measures.

Avoiding technical terms and keeping things simple is the goal for UCLA graduate students who are participating in Grad Slam, a contest that rewards students for speaking more like ordinary people.

UC San Diego is home to the second chapter of Alpha Lambda Mu, the country's first Muslim fraternity.

Activities are planned across the UC system to build awareness.

A few new species of these colorful, dancing spiders have been found in eastern Australia; a UC Berkeley grad student discovered and named some of them.

Military veterans and their dependents who are UC students will be able to pay lower in-state tuition even if they otherwise are not eligible.

While public perception is currently not in the UC president's favor, she should remain steadfast in her current approach to effectively bargain with Gov. Brown for additional funding and to change UC's perception in the minds of California voters.

Hobbes the terrier mix can do a lot, for a dog with three legs. Even so, his owner and a few of her fellow UC Davis graduate students are determined to give him a fourth leg.

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

By this measure, California's low ranking is a very good thing.

For UC Berkeley's Leigh Madeira and others in her generation, the goal of a high-priced business degree isn't a job in traditional Wall Street finance anymore.