Amy Wilentz is honored by the National Book Critics Circle.

Dozens of programs in business, education, engineering, law and medicine make magazine's annual rankings.

Riverside native and longtime professor Susan Straight will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.

Former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's 10th administrator.

Larry Smarr's work on black holes led to championing a U.S. supercomputing revolution and Web browsers.

Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings include Berkeley, UCLA, San Francisco, San Diego, Davis and Santa Barbara in its annual list.

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

The University of California remains a perennial leader in sending alumni to international service.

Brenda Romero, program director for gaming master's program, is recognized by industry site.

When Nancy Scheper-Hughes began monitoring the transnational organ-transplant trade, some may have thought she was off-the-mark. But a new award recognizes the positive public-policy impacts of this self-proclaimed “agent provocateur.”

Statewide conference recognizes UC, other higher ed institutions for green achievements.