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Oct 10th, 2017
UC San Diego’s $1.6 billion expansion will be even larger than the school announced earlier this year with the addition of a $25.7 million marine conservation building at the...
Jan 6th, 2017
The leaders of the University of California system — unsatisfied with funding provided by Gov. Jerry Brown and the state Legislature and interested in ambitious new initiatives...
Sep 3rd, 2015
In the 51-year rise of UC San Diego to super-elite status among the nation’s research universities, probably nothing has been as significant an embarrassment as its loss over...
Mar 16th, 2015
The University of California’s public policy school won’t be receiving money raised in its name at a farewell soiree last month for former California Public Utilities...
Feb 20th, 2015
The University of California’s history of resisting close scrutiny of its fiscal practices has been justified as reflecting UC leaders’ determination to maintain independence...
Jan 3rd, 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After winning re-election in a landslide, Gov. Jerry Brown will start his unprecedented fourth and final term with a flourish by promoting a legacy of...
Dec 20th, 2014
Rising college costs have become a major concern for many, so the recent five-year, 28 percent tuition hike approved by the University of California Board of Regents was not...
Nov 28th, 2014
Last week, over Brown’s objections and at the behest of President Janet Napolitano, UC’s Board of Regents voted 14-7 to raise tuition by 5 percent a year over the next five...
Aug 19th, 2013
The legacy of Thomas Vera, the 57-year-old man who wandered from his hospital bed on May 27 and fell to his death in a nearby canyon, can be seen today on the wrists of some...
