Already impressive, UC graduation rates are growing, and student data is helping.

Led by subtropical horticulturalist Mary Lu Arpaia, UC Riverside’s avocado breeding program has released four varieties, including GEM, which boasts the same excellent characteristics as the coveted Hass, while reducing harvesting and maintenance costs

The new program will apply only to staff hired on or after July 1, 2016.

Employee comments on the proposed policy revisions are due by April 22, 2016.

On March 16, graduate students met with state lawmakers to share their expertise, such as how to conserve water in California aqueducts or engineer bacteria to produce biofuels. Their aim was not to make elected officials

President Napolitano has created a new Systemwide Peer Review Committee to review and approve all proposed sanctions for any senior university leader found to have violated the UC Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment.

At this month's Regents meeting, President Napolitano will present a proposal regarding new retirement benefits for UC employees hired on or after July 1, 2016.

UCLA researchers looking for renewable raw materials to produce biofuels were struck by all the waste that was going to waste.

President Napolitano is asking California’s congressional delegation to support strong and sustained funding of federal student aid programs, full funding for basic and applied research and investment in multi-agency research initiatives.

A newly launched tablet- and smartphone- friendly website brings retirement information to your fingertips.

Six UC campuses made the 2016 Peace Corps rankings of colleges and universities that produce the most volunteers.

Fourteen UC researchers are recipients of the highest honor granted by the U.S. government to scientific professionals in the initial phases of their careers.