Young gay athletes set tone for NBA coming out
20 days ago
Several campuses - including Princeton, the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley - now have groups for gay and lesbian athletes.
Farm labor shortage looms as California workers age
74 days ago
People simply are not doing farm work to the extent they were doing before," said J. Edward Taylor, a University of California, Davis, economist who has studied the migration of farmworkers from...
College credit recommended for free online courses
106 days ago
The American Council on Education, which represents U.S. degree-granting institutions, is recommending credit for five entry-level classes: Algebra and Pre-Calculus from the University of...
UC President Mark Yudof to step down in August
125 days ago
Yudof has led the University of California through a tumultuous period, when deep cuts in state funding led to sharp tuition hikes, cuts to academic programs and rowdy campus protests.
California Gov. Jerry Brown says budget deficit has disappeared
133 days ago
No new salary increases or furlough days are anticipated.ยท Child care: Proposes no new funds for various subsidized child-care programs, but calls for a study group to recommend streamlining of...
Law students charged in Vegas bird beheading case
147 days ago
Prosecutors filed charges Thursday against two University of California, Berkeley, law school students accused of decapitating an exotic bird at a Las Vegas casino earlier this year.
Hero dog missing snout seems to have beaten cancer
150 days ago
A veterinarian at the University of California, Davis, has some good news about a dog from the Philippines who became an international hero after sacrificing its snout to save two young girls.
Conservation 'easements' let owners keep working their acreage
158 days ago
"There's been a shift to working more with industries," said Lynn Huntsinger, professor of rangeland ecology at the University of California, Berkeley.
California Gov. Jerry Brown undergoes prostate cancer treatments
162 days ago
"Men, as they get older, have a higher and higher rate of prostate cancer," said Dr. Ralph deVere White, a urological oncologist at the UC Davis Medical Center.
